The Bentley story
Abbiss, Reg2014
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Walter Owen Bentley's huge, snarling race cars aggressively dominated motor racing for years. Revered and feared; driven in the 1920s by hard-partying young men known as the Bentley Boys, Bentleys beat all-comers, winning the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race five years out of six; made the cradle of British motor racing, Brooklands, their own and developed into the world's most admired sporting motorcars. Bought by Rolls-Royce in 1931 after running into financial trouble, Bentley languished in semi-obscurity for half a century as Rolls-Royce focused on its own marque. This book tells the fascinating story of Bentley.
Main title:
The Bentley story / by Reg Abbiss.
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Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2014.
Collation:
128 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 19 cm
ISBN:
9780750954624 (hbk)
Dewey class:
629.2'222629.2222
Language:
English
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BRN:
2011300
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