4.5-Litre Bentley Owners' Workshop Manual by Ian Wagstaff

4.5-Litre Bentley Owners' Workshop Manual by Ian Wagstaff

The 4 1/2 litre Bentley is one of the most iconic pre-war cars, and the super charged 4 1/2 litre blower Bentley is today one of the most sought-after and most valuable cars for collectors.

The Bentley Boys won several high-profiles races in Bentleys, and Woolf Barnato and Bernardo Rubin won with a 4 1/2 litre car in 1928. Five supercharged Blower Bentleys were built to compete at Le Mans, but the car's Achilles Heel was its reliability, and it never won the 24-hour race.

This Manual provides details of the 4 1/2 litre unsupercharged and Blower Bentley racing cars, detailing their period racing history, anatomy and engineering, and provides an insight into owning, maintaining, and running an example of this iconic card today. Illustrated with period photographs and design and engineering material, plus photographs of restored examples in use today.

Ian Wagstaff is a freelance journalist specialising in motorsport and the automotive components industry. He has written for numerous magazines in both Europe and the USA, including Racecar Engineering, Race Engine Technology, Autosport and Motor Sport. In 2006 he was awarded the Mercedes-Benz Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy for his book The British at Le Mans. He is the author of Haynes's Lotus 72 Manual, McLaren M23 Manual, Maserati 250F Manual, Lotus 49 Manual and forthcoming Porsche 917 Manual and Porsche 956/962 Manual. He lives in Oxfordshire.

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ISBN 13	9781785210709
ISBN 10	178521070X
Title	4.5-Litre Bentley Owners' Workshop Manual
Author	Ian Wagstaff
Series	Owners' Workshop Manual Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Haynes Publishing Group
Year published	2017-07-13
Number of pages	160
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