{"id":5298,"date":"2019-04-11T09:18:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T11:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=5298"},"modified":"2023-02-23T10:13:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T13:13:53","slug":"bentley-speed-6-4-ixo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/bentley-speed-6-4-ixo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bentley Speed Six #4 – Ixo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1930 Bentley Speed Six #4<\/strong>\nPilots: W. Barnato, G. Kidston\nTeam: Bentley Motors Ltd<\/em>\nRace: 1st overall (S8 class) at Le Mans in 1930<\/strong>\nIxo - LMM 1930 (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 04\/11\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 1930 24 Heures du Mans<\/em> was the first race to have female drivers and German cars. And for Bentley, after three consecutive victories, they were confident. They brought three cars to La Sarthe, all Speed 6s with the big 6.6 engines and short wheelbase (3353 mm). There were also two Blower Cs in the hands of privateers. Bentley\u2019s director Woolf \u201cBabe\u201d Barnato paired with Glen Kidston to drive car #4. Speed Six #4 (chassis #LB2332) was the same car that won in 1929, and was known as “Old Number One<\/em>“. Only 17 cars started, and up until midnight it was a duel between the Bentleys and Mercedes. But at 1:30am Rudolf Caracciola\u2019s Mercedes-Benz SS was out and Bentley cars were leading 1-2-3-5. After that things settled down and the Speed Six came in first and second places. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I think that fuel tank might not be very safe…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
This Speed Six #4 is quite important to the history of Bentley, since it was the last of their winning cars. Bentley won at Le Mans five times, in 1924 and than from 1927 to 1930. But in financial trouble, right after the last race they dissolved their racing department. By November 1931 Rolls Royce owned the brand, and  the next racing Bentley would only happen in 2003<\/a>. I wonder what Bentley would be like today if daddy Rolls Royce didn\u2019t frown upon racing\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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That Bentley winked at me!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
And about the model. In 1:43 form Ixo did a fairly good job on this clunker. However, there are some issues. The fuel tank, for instance, is too low. And, there are those asymmetric headlights… I only found one photo<\/a> where the right headlight kind of looked<\/em> as if it’s covered by a mesh. While this may be true, by the end of the race<\/a> they had no cover whatsoever.  So definitely not an \u201camazing model\u201d but in the end, nice at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UPDATE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Published 04\/12\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was bothered about those asymmetric headlights, so I did more digging. Since I didn’t find any conclusive answer, yesterday I commented this with that oaf extraordinaire, the Earl of Northumberland. And what do you know, he also knows stuff about old Bentleys. He sent me a link and I found out that at least in 1930, there was a mesh in front of the right hand side headlight.  It was a  stone guard fitted in front of the Zeiss headlamp. But only on the offside, since it cut down the light considerably in racing conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Image courtesy of Diecast Legends<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I also found the pic above. If you look closely, you’ll notice there’s a fine grill in front of the right-hand headlight. Therefor, Ixo’s Speed Six #4 is correct, though the “mesh” they used looks a bit heavy. So, mystery solved, courtesy of the Earl. Thanks Gary! \ud83e\udd1c\ud83e\udd1b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1930 Bentley Speed Six #4 Pilots: W. Barnato, G. Kidston Team: Bentley Motors Ltd Race: 1st overall (S8 class) at Le Mans in 1930 Ixo – LMM 1930 (diecast) Published 04\/11\/19 The 1930 24 Heures du Mans was the first race to have female drivers and German cars. And for Bentley, after three consecutive victories, … Continue reading “Bentley Speed Six #4 – Ixo”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5298","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5298"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15385,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5298\/revisions\/15385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}