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| Dream to Reality — 3 Litre
Bentley |
| By Danny Moran |
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in "Beaded Wheels" magazine of the Vintage Car
Club of New Zealand in 1982 |
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According to legend the Goodman Bentley
was conceived about 200 metres from the summit of Danseys
Pass-a remote and little used short cut to Central Otago
from the north — on Saturday, June 4th, 1960. The
South Canterbury Branch's Queen's Birthday Tour was
en route to an overnight stop at Alexandra and the Goodman
lads, Brian, then aged 20 and Barry, aged 17 struggled
up the long winding pass in their Model T Tudor, they
each having to put a foot hard down on the low gear
pedal. Suddenly with the blare of a horn and a shower
of shingle Don Oddie bellowed past in his 4 1/2 litre
Bentley, and as he disappeared over the summit Barry
was heard to mutter "One day I will own a car like
that!" Continued...
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From article by
Danny Moran which first appeared in "Beaded Wheels"
magazine of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand in 1982.
Made available by Roy Tilley |
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21, 2008 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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