[Spridgets] W E S L A K E holiday - very old LBC Content

[pdxpete]

A local gentleman is the proud owner of a 1924 3L Bentley, which he drives. 
It's not as if he abuses the car but he certainly doesn't baby it by any 
stretch of the imagination. I don't know if he routinely passes anyone but 
he does tend to keep up with traffic. A few years ago one of the con rods 
let go, dismembering the crankshaft. He sent the pieces off to the UK, 
waited patiently, came up with a rather large amount of money, had the 
engine reassembled and resumed driving the vehicle. That's one of the fun 
things about attending the All British Field Meets in Bellevue, Washington, 
and Portland, Oregon ... seeing vintage cars moving on down the highways and 
byways. (Well, in one situation, the term "moving" is relative. There is 
this one enthusiast who routinely drives down from Vancouver BC in an 
original Austin 7 and proudly proclaims to have done so "at glacial speed".)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Weslake1330 at aol.com>

> As he passed me the make of the car was on the back of it and I was  no 
> longer
> surprised - 'Frazer Nash'.  So when did anyone see a car that old  going 
> that
> fast on the public highway and passing them?