It looks like the sort of car that if you hang around it too long, very serious men in long dark coats approach you and ask what your business is, and then pointedly tell you to move on.
It's not made out of paper. Minor bumps wouldn't do much to it. Sure, touching up the paint will be hideously expensive compared to fixing a scratch on your Corolla, but not in absolute terms - and a scooter can't hurt this thing. Modern cars on the other hand would absolutely obliterate it (even a small modern car would), of course.
Nope. The 1930 Speed Six that raced the Blue Train was a different example with a different body on the same chassis. This is the Gurney Nutting Sportsman Coupe, not the car that raced the train.
Reminds me of the 1929 Auburn Boattail Speedster I used to see at my local gas station. I love the look of cars from this era with their flowing sleek lines
I'd probably sooner argue that decopunk is a derivative of Dieselpunk as both kind of require a...I guess I would say a "heavy" or "dense" aesthetic to the design. Diesel engines are incredibly heavy compared to petrol, for example, and all art deco buildings are usually steel and stone. I'd sooner label the Boattail as raypunk. The Bentley in the post is definitely Dieselpunk though (even though it's petrol powered)
Looking at it more closely (didn't even click on the photo, admittedly, just looked at the thumbnail), the owner is phony. This is a 2000s replica. The interior and much wider wheels are obvious giveaways, but also hoses on the wrong side, lack of a hatch behind the passenger side door, wrong chrome trim, wrong door hinges, wrong seat, etc. pp. This is unfortunately a common thing: Cars this rare and valuable attract liars who like to pass off their clumsy copies as the real deal all the time.
I have that one. On a small scale though... But it's probably the most beautiful toy car I have. (And I've had it for almost 50 years, so it's getting to be an antique soon ;) )
1) it looks cool as shit, 2) this is not your only car. 3) you use this when you wanna flex more then you wanna be sensible 4) it looks COOL AS SHIT, 5) not your only car, 6) its about sending a message
The Bentley cockpit coachwork was coated in green leather, that's why it looks matte compared to the glossy British Racing Green bonnet (hood) and fenders. I learned that when I was building an Airfix model kit that I had previously built as a boy and, back in the 1970s, I had inexpertly painted the car one shade of green. It was very tricky to get that two-tone look, and it tested me to the limits of my abilities, but I ended up loving that texture offset.
not as much as by the hood. The fenders alone being gloss would look fine if they were not the color as the body. Its mainly that section between the glass and the hood that causes the issue
NotWorthMyTimeAnymore
Yo, that's a Belgian license plate! Can we make modern cars that look like this but have better safety? Sign me up!
ActualTttony
6' tall and it still looks slammed. Siiiiick
bourbonandbaddecisions
Suicide doors. Nice.
PowerPedant
Must be an uncomfortable ride with those elliptic wheels. (The video – despite being vertical – is stretched horizontally. WTF.)
ThankYouForYourTime
It looks like a supervillain is having lunch at a private club
yesdearmetoo
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cmc1MDM5czZ6MWJrcnplcnF4OWc5cW5sMHA3YWphcGduMDJva2hrNCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/SWjC8DcSLv0fCDXD6L/200w.webp
insaaanity
Did you have a stroke writing that title?
JustJimWillDo
The trouble is that all the CDs are Queen's Greatest Hits.
Athol
It looks like the sort of car that if you hang around it too long, very serious men in long dark coats approach you and ask what your business is, and then pointedly tell you to move on.
kurvarVillain
Wouldn't it be nice to have the money, time and energy to build something like that in your garage?
Ah, this reality could have been so much more cool
haitamimama
That bonnet would drive me bonkers
Greyp
You said what what?
Evenmoreuselessname
Here, fixed the squashed aspect ratio they used to make it look longer. It's long, but not THAT long.
Casually
Thank you
willpostanything
Tommy Shelby car vibes.
RelentlessDevastation
Bentley Special Blue Train. More photos here: https://www.belroseclassics.com/car/bentley-special-blue-train/
Purplerollox
Landscape, guys…
geekyfarmer
Half expect Cruella DeVille to be behind the wheel
SimSimSimsalabim
Or Rob Zombie
guitardemon66
I was hoping for Crowley from Good Omens
NeverShaveYourDuck
That is a gorgeous vehicle! But who has the Geld to buy it? And where the hell are you gonna park it?
DdCno1
This is the car that people you don't even consider people park for you.
GenericUsername71
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cmx3M3J6enBrbGJxMDdmbnB2djZtdDU3dDc2aGVtdTVyOGx4MHd2cCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/qqD2dzGdJTmda/200w.webp
Poppypoppoppop
This looks like Nazi Germany era kind of car
Detacheddavid
Cars from the 30s look like a Nazi Germany era kind of car.
I still ask myself how could the German Nazis create such a cute care though:
realGeorgelucas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL-m5Nocb-g
Chefpnut
Looks like a rat rod. Beautiful.
faaatBastard
Easy to afford it when you’re not paying for parking because there’s never a foking sun in Belzhem!
davebarton315101
This is a glorious opportunity to cause more than a million dollars in damage with your little electric scooter.
JohnSatclaire
Some overpriced modern shitbox supercar? 100% hilarious.
This work of art that's older than most humans and far more interesting? May as well smear a Dirty Sanchez on the Mona Lisa.
davebarton315101
I’m referring to the insane cost of the most minor bump.
DdCno1
It's not made out of paper. Minor bumps wouldn't do much to it. Sure, touching up the paint will be hideously expensive compared to fixing a scratch on your Corolla, but not in absolute terms - and a scooter can't hurt this thing. Modern cars on the other hand would absolutely obliterate it (even a small modern car would), of course.
Comboverman
HIGGENS FETCH THE MOTORCOACH!!
slidewhistlesymphony
Bentley Speed Six with H. J. Mulliner saloon coachwork. Raced the Blue Train in 1930 in England.
ToobyBoody
Ah, that must be why i see it called the 'Bentley Blue Train' in a few places. thanks!
LeifHietala
Negative. This is the Gurney Nutting custom that was delivered after a different Speed Six raced the train.
yokwe
You have been waiting for the moment your arcane knowledge of Bentleys would pay off.
WillemHellfire
Paid off for me because I knew absolutely none of this.
androgenoide
The trunk is a real trunk.
thebonesofmyancestors
Bet it's got some junk in it.
Zeeall
Even in the 30s they knew that chop tops where cooler. 1930 Bentley Blue Train
chatawillybilly
Blue train - https://www.pebblebeachconcours.net/cars/the-blue-train-bentley-a-mystery-solved/
charondaboatman
It’s actually a Gurney Nutting coupé-bodied Speed Six , and not the Blue Train Bentley. Sadly, the actual “Blue Train Bentley” was a more sedate 4 door Bentley Speed Six sedan. https://www.pebblebeachconcours.net/cars/the-blue-train-bentley-a-mystery-solved/
LeifHietala
Nope. The 1930 Speed Six that raced the Blue Train was a different example with a different body on the same chassis. This is the Gurney Nutting Sportsman Coupe, not the car that raced the train.
flordelasantillas
Blue Train Six https://www.pebblebeachconcours.net/cars/the-blue-train-bentley-a-mystery-solved/
LeifHietala
The actual Blue Train car is pictured midway down the story. The Gurney Nutting car is gorgeous, no question. But it isn't the legendary race winner.
MostAwesomeDan
Reminds me of the 1929 Auburn Boattail Speedster I used to see at my local gas station. I love the look of cars from this era with their flowing sleek lines
ilhares
Not very roomy, but feckin' gorgeous.
Ijustwantquiet
I think I saw a cartoon version of this in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".
FortifiedWhine
Would you describe this as Decopunk or Dieselpunk?
MostAwesomeDan
I'd probably sooner argue that decopunk is a derivative of Dieselpunk as both kind of require a...I guess I would say a "heavy" or "dense" aesthetic to the design. Diesel engines are incredibly heavy compared to petrol, for example, and all art deco buildings are usually steel and stone. I'd sooner label the Boattail as raypunk. The Bentley in the post is definitely Dieselpunk though (even though it's petrol powered)
DdCno1
This is the 1935 version, not the 1929 one, which had a much more conservative design.
MostAwesomeDan
To be fair, this was over ten years ago, but I could've swore that's what the owner told me. I do see the differences comparing them online, good eye!
DdCno1
Looking at it more closely (didn't even click on the photo, admittedly, just looked at the thumbnail), the owner is phony. This is a 2000s replica. The interior and much wider wheels are obvious giveaways, but also hoses on the wrong side, lack of a hatch behind the passenger side door, wrong chrome trim, wrong door hinges, wrong seat, etc. pp. This is unfortunately a common thing: Cars this rare and valuable attract liars who like to pass off their clumsy copies as the real deal all the time.
ricpaul
I have that one. On a small scale though... But it's probably the most beautiful toy car I have. (And I've had it for almost 50 years, so it's getting to be an antique soon ;) )
DdCno1
I've driven this car (in the game Mafia): https://youtu.be/_2cWqSjErr0 Might look quaint now, but in 2002, no other game came even close.
ricpaul
https://imgur.com/uRAIp5B
Vebrandsson
That thing looks like it has an orbit instead of a turning radius
DragonThunderUndertaking
When you're this rich they just pave a new road to where ever you are going for you.
Casually
Believe it or not, the wheel base is only six inches longer than a current Mercedes.
L00kinSpiffy
Hey man, six inches is pretty long!
firlefranz
i4nimassive
Random fact the sr-71 Blackbird has a turning radius of 160+km (approx 100miles) at mach 3
TheRealFireFrenzy
thats pretty small compared to what i thought it'd be...
Nykidemus
Why would anyone *ever* want a car that long? You'd need a pull through parking space every time.
ilhares
Just one of many reasons why we back it in when we park.
TheRealFireFrenzy
1) it looks cool as shit, 2) this is not your only car. 3) you use this when you wanna flex more then you wanna be sensible 4) it looks COOL AS SHIT, 5) not your only car, 6) its about sending a message
Nykidemus
It's definitely a cool car, but it's not the length that makes it cool.
TheRealFireFrenzy
correct, but if you made it shorter it'd fuck up the proportions, and if you scaled it down in all dimentions it'd be to small to sit inside off...
whiskeywonka
Am I the only one annoyed that the hood is glossy and the doors are matte?
excandusno
You should look up Weymann fabric body construction to learn why. The car is a modern replica by the way.
flashfilms
The Bentley cockpit coachwork was coated in green leather, that's why it looks matte compared to the glossy British Racing Green bonnet (hood) and fenders. I learned that when I was building an Airfix model kit that I had previously built as a boy and, back in the 1970s, I had inexpertly painted the car one shade of green. It was very tricky to get that two-tone look, and it tested me to the limits of my abilities, but I ended up loving that texture offset.
whiskeywonka
In person it might look very differnt, thanks for the info
WolfTarAnis
Probably not, though to me the two tone look is awesome.
whiskeywonka
Its the location of the split that is at issue. Ive been informed that classically it was done in leather. In person it likely looks much different.
RamanBiot
Agreed. It would look better entirely matte.
whiskeywonka
Yea all matte or all gloss. That partial just ticks off my ocd
PostHartmann
My previous comment was a valid question. This answers the question. Sorry.
PostHartmann
Fenders are glossy too. Are you annoyed by that?
whiskeywonka
not as much as by the hood. The fenders alone being gloss would look fine if they were not the color as the body. Its mainly that section between the glass and the hood that causes the issue
PostHartmann
Take care. Thanks for not being offended.
whiskeywonka
Getting offended on the internet is not as much fun as the trolls make it seem