Hello Chaps,
I attended a car show Sunday at the Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum trust Nr. Lewes, East Sussex, I'll put a few photos of some of my favourite cars on for you but I must tell you about the Rolls Royce parked next to me! You wont mistake it when you scroll through the photos, it's 80 years old, has a hand built 2 seater all alloy body and then there's the small matter of the engine, it's a 27 Litre Spitfire unit!! When the car started I thought it was going to suck me into the Carbs, the noise was music to my ears, straight pipes and no baffles, apparently the exhaust gases were measured at 175 Mph as they exit!! It had a two speed gearbox connected to the engine through another, step-up gearbox using a Torque convertor to transmit the 1,500 Ft/Lbs of torque!!
It's a stunning car, fully road legal and the owner has just got back from driving it to watch the Le Mans Classic race so it's no trailer queen!! I can't begin to imagine how much fuel it got through!! One little story he was telling me is that he was parked outside a restaurant, all the windows were open and the tables laid, when he started it up to leave, the exhausts were facing the windows, it blew all the tablecloths and cutlery off and the two nearest tables were blown over as well, he left a bit sharpish!!
Anyway, here's just a few of the cars I liked.........
Cheers,
Alf.