Manitou Springs

Postby drewcrane » 27 Jun 2010 13:58

AMXJim and were invited to a small show for the Pikes Peak hill climb folks, Manitou is right on the foot of pikes peak,and Jess Neal put on the show,the hill climb is today, so the had a little show for the racer, i got a few pix

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These 2 Brits showed up in this 1931 Bentley,not a hill climb car but a Colorado 1000 race tour car 6k just to enter
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This car is massive, probably one of the coolist cars i have seen in these parts,just awesome work resto was done 20 years ago
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GOT MUSTANG?
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A touch of Ire for ya Wayne
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Pikes Peak
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Postby Eddie » 27 Jun 2010 14:04

Cool Pics,,thanks for postin :thumbsup:
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Postby dave-r » 27 Jun 2010 18:12

Those old Bentleys were something else eh? They were the Grand Prix cars of their day but Gentlemen used them as daily transport too.

The 1929 "Blower Bentley" was the best of course.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_4%C2%BD_Litre
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Postby drewcrane » 27 Jun 2010 18:22

dave-r wrote:Those old Bentleys were something else eh? They were the Grand Prix cars of their day but Gentlemen used them as daily transport too.

The 1929 "Blower Bentley" was the best of course.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_4%C2%BD_Litre


yea i had to pick my jaw up several times that thing is awesome,man what car ,compared to all the other cars,this thing is still kinda modern for 1931,yea awesome car :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Postby RedRaven » 27 Jun 2010 19:20

HaHaHa.....would had the paddy clobber??
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