Full Throttle- Tim Birkin

Full Throttle- Tim Birkin

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Redwing

Original Poster:

912 posts

233 months

Monday 15th February 2010
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I was just leafing through my copy of "Full Throttle" , as you do. Well it is dedicated to all schoolboys. Well I noticed that it has been very carefully signed by what looks like "R R W Rons. Now I don't know enough about Bentley folklore to know who this gentleman is? He may just be the former owner of the book. Anyway I thought it was worth asking. Thanks James

2woody

919 posts

217 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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at least it didn't say "stolen from ....."

Balmoral Green

41,764 posts

255 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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My copy says 'Property of Ship & Castle Hotel'.

What else do you have in your collection?

Redwing

Original Poster:

912 posts

233 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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It' probably the only book like it I have. I do have a lot "Countach, the definative guide" sort of books and quite a few 50's and 60's magazines. Oh for a time machine! Any suggestions as to what else to read would be greatly appreciated.

ADP68

528 posts

178 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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The Neville Minchin books are quite fun. Sort of 1930's whodunnits featuring Rolls-Royces being driven to the South of France. One is caled 'murder in the Monte Carlo Rally' and I can't remember what the other is called, but available from the RREC club shop.
Andrew

Redwing

Original Poster:

912 posts

233 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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I'm off to Ebay!

Balmoral Green

41,764 posts

255 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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THE OTHER BENTLEY BOYS - ELIZABETH NAGLE

I can highly recommend, it's all about the guys that worked in the service department and who were despatched to all corners to fettle and fix customers cars. Some great stories and fantastic characters in the book, like the lady in Mayfair who had a chauffeur driven 8 litre and it was only used to walk the dogs at a snails pace and it never got used properly, or the Portuguese aristo who had a little man to sit in the back of the car full time, who's job was to periodically get out and clean the screen, but was never ever spoken too or acknowledged in any way.

Great book, and the people in it are as mad & eccentric as can be.

2708420018

339 posts

206 months

Thursday 18th February 2010
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I have a copy of "the Bentley Era " By Nicholas Foulkes.
Highly reccomended. Available in soft cover for about £15.
Its the story of the Bentley Boys and there escapades. They sure knew how to party in those days.
Now a Welsh rugby player pops out for breakfast and drives down the M4 in a "borrowed" golf buggy and gets charged and thrown out of the squad