[ROVERNET - UK] Blue Train Rover was Bentley
Reverend Weasel
rweasel at gmail.com
Fri Apr 4 02:44:12 BST 2008
I think St. Raphael is about 20 miles short of Cannes. A clever idea,
but I think Rover fudged it a bit. Woolf left Cannes as the train
pulled out, and arrived in London, 4 minutes before the train pulled
into Calais. That was some spirited running. Very interesting event,
inspired by the Rover advertising I beleive.
On 03/04/2008, phing <phing at videotron.ca> wrote:
> 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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