Re: [CR] Bentleys, Bikes and team cars

From: David Cooper <dbcooper@coopertechnica.com> Subject: Re: [CR] Bentleys, Bikes and team cars To: "Dave Porter" <frogeye@porterscustom.com> Cc: "'Jim Kruse'" <jim@menofsteelracing.com>, brianbaylis@juno.com, classic rendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 4:00 PM

At the Bonhams auction in February in Paris a number of advertising cars de veloped for the Tour de France were offered for auction. Here is a link to one of them, which will get you to the auction listing. http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=E UR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNoB02706&iSaleNo043&iSaleSe ctionNo=2 David Cooper Chicago, IL

On Mar 28, 2009, at 10:23 AM, Dave Porter wrote:
> There are quite a few "vintage" team cars on Facebook photo sites. Start
> with the Bill Woodul fan club
> DaveP
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kruse
> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 9:14 AM
> To: brianbaylis@juno.com
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR] Bentleys, Bikes and team cars
>
> Brian:
>
> A few years ago I was lucky enough to be a guest at Donnington Park and
> had
> the chance to ride around in a 1920's 4.5 liter Bentley.  It was
> amazing
> .  Nothing like your R-type, but still pretty cool.
>
> Maybe Lord March will catch on with the Cars and Bikes bit and a
> bring a
> vintage bike racing class to Goodwood sometime.  I bet it would be a
> big
> hit.  And cheaper to ship a bike then a car.  When you consider
> all t
> he drivers that raced bikes, including, maybe the greatest early
> American d
> river, Barney Oldfield, there is a real historical connection.  He got
> hi
> s start racing bikes on the track.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what ever happened to the vintage cycling team
> su
> pport cars?
> They have to be somewhere.  Maybe not.  Would love some photos of
> those
> if anyone has them.
>
> Cheers.  Jim
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