CLASSICS
It’s back to life for the Bentley ‘Blower’
A 90-year-old racing icon will be revived, built from scratch using the original moulds and tooling jigs
19 September 2019 - 05:04
One of the most iconic cars from Bentley’s history — Sir Tim Birkin’s 1929 supercharged 4½-litre “Blower” — is to be reborn with a new build of 12 matching cars.
They will be each individually handcrafted by a team of specialists from Bentley’s bespoking and coachwork division, Mulliner. Together, the new cars will form the world’s first pre-war race car continuation series...
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