The cars and bikes thread!

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I owned a P5B , only mine was dark grey with red leather, such a classy looking car, I loved it. Is that a Blower Bentley? Rare metal if it is.

Majestic car, the P5B. You lucky fella.

It was my dream car, when I was of an impressionable age, along with the occasional Bristol and Alvis. The Rovers were quite common round here, usually owned by well-to-do farmers and retired military types. There were several P5Bs at the show. A couple of years ago, there was one that had been converted to run on nitrous oxide. Not in the best possible taste, perhaps, but impressive.

Yes, that was a Blower Bentley, with a racing history, as most of them have. It had a digital timer on the passenger side, so is presumably still used in competition. I spotted another in blue, and there was a similar Lagonda. God knows what these things are worth. They make the ‘poster’ Ferraris of the 60s and 70s look almost disposable.