[ROVERNET - UK] Blue Train Rover was Bentley

Thu Apr 3 05:15:32 BST 2008

Hi
 The Blue Train Rover story is on page 95 of George Oliver's book " The Rover , published by Cassells in 1971 ISBN 0 304 93817 3
 As a  publicity stunt a  tuned  Rover light 6 was driven 750 miles across France from St Raphael to Calais in 20 hrs in January 
1930 , beating the Blue Train by 20 minutes. There's a picture of the car , a two door sedan with a Weyman body , cycle front wings, 
a small step board and narrow set hreadlights in the book . The Autocar magazine described the car as " unusual to the point of 
being startling " I saw the car at Gaydon and would simply call it pig ugly .
Oliver's book is a detailed history of  the Rover Co up to late 1970 . It is long out of print but turns up occasionally on ABE,com 
, a specialised internet book site or E Bay
The Bentley Blue train car was for sale several years ago at an astronomical price . It was advertised in The Automobile magazine 
for months
Cheers
 Patrick

om: "Reverend Weasel" <rweasel at gmail.com>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: [ROVERNET - Blue Train Bentley

> Indeed, it was. a 200 wager.  RROC has a decent version of the story.
> Th Barnatos have quite a history, his father was lost overboard
> returning to England.  Good stories about his bargaining with Cecil
> Rhodes.  Woolf's uncles worked with MI-5 funding a cover for one of
> their spy networks (London Films).
>
>
> On 02/04/2008, James Dean <jaguru at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> At some future time, I would love to have that"Blue Train Bentley" painting
>> reproduced as a wall mural on a building.Does anyone have a link to a good
>> illustration I can print and file away- ?- Also, an article telling the
>> story? I believe it was Wolf Barnato racing the blue train from Paris to
>> Calais; probably a drinking bet that has become legend.. Thank you, James
>> Dean--- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Wilson" <rovercar at comcast.net>
>>  To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>>  Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 7:04 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover Restorations
>>
>>
>>
>> > Reverend Weasel wrote:
>> >
>> > > Glen, that Blue Train Rover was actually a Bentley, you know.
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> > Whoops! I was just going by the advertisement from 1930 reproduced on page
>> 22 in the Daniel Young book on Rover Advertising. It's a Castrol ad. Did the
>> Bentley do it first or something?
>> >
>> > I guess the car I would like to buy would be a 1935 Rover Speed 14
>> Streamline Coupe, and I bet I'd still get lots of change back from my $100k.
>> That was the sort of car that was pictured in my brain. Did the Bentley look
>> like one of these? I can picture another old ad about the Blue Train, but
>> maybe that was a Bentley ad.
>> >
>> > Glen
>> >
>> > > On 01/04/2008, Glen Wilson <rovercar at comcast.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > Bill,
>> > > >
>> > > >  I guess that goes beyond "cost is no object" to "please help me
>> launder
>> > > > this money."
>> > > >
>> > > >  Eh? Think the Feds would be interested in this story?     ;-)
>> > > >
>> > > >  I guess I'm out of the mainstream, but I've had $3,000-5,000 cars
>> that I
>> > > > thought were really nice and lots of fun, to say nothing of having
>> actually
>> > > > been painted, upholstered and assembled by Rover Company employees.
>> They
>> > > > also had the patina and character that come from being used.
>> > > >
>> > > >  If I paid someone a huge amount of money to RESTORE a P6 for me, I'd
>> have
>> > > > them paint the engine compartment black like Rover did and I'd like
>> nice
>> > > > leather seating surfaces like the cars that came out of the factory
>> (and I
>> > > > could probably do without those screws holding the seat backs on).
>> > > >
>> > > >  Otherwise, I'd go the RESTOMOD route, slap some flares on it, throw
>> away
>> > > > the bumpers and add beastly side pipes. That would actually be a lot
>> more
>> > > > fun.
>> > > >
>> > > >  But if I was going to spend $100K on Rover stuff, I'd start shopping
>> at the
>> > > > home of Ian Glass and then maybe see if I could track down the car
>> that
>> > > > raced the Blue Train. They I'd take the change and set up about twenty
>> > > > hospitals in someplace like Darfur.
>> > > >
>> > > >  Glen
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >  Robertson wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > > While Glen seems surprised by the money spent on the beautiful
>> burgundy
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > one (approx $32,000) i'll up the ante with the ante by a far margin
>> with
>> > > > this 1967 Rover 2000TC................Completed 2 years ago
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > >
>> http://www.guildclassiccars.com/1967_rover_979/index.html
>> > > > > I talked to the Guild owner who let me thoroughly examine the car
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > throughout the process ...........He wouldn't give me a final figure
>> on the
>> > > > restoration obviously but the shop steward let me know it was  over
>> > > > ............GET READY FOR
>> > > > IT>>>>>>>>>>.......$100,000............A beauty but
>> still a
>> > > > whole lot of money..............The car has returned to San Diego to
>> its
>> > > > loving owner
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > > Cheers
>> > > > > Bill Robertson
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > >
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