Bentley Blower No.1 is a racing car developed from the Bentley 4½ Litre by Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin to win the Le Mans twenty-four-hour race. The car was developed into its current form for racing at Brooklands.
Bentley Blower No.1
Tim Birkin racing Bentley Blower No.1 at Brooklands in 1929.
The Bentley 4½ Litre is a British car based on a rolling chassis built by Bentley Motors. Walter Owen Bentley replaced the Bentley 3 Litre with a more powerful car by increasing its engine displacement to 4.4 litres. A racing variant was known as the Blower Bentley.
Gurney Nutting saloon 1928 Chassis MF3155, Engine MF3155, Reg PH 9512 Weymann body all original with Brooks trunk
1929 4½ Litre with original Thrupp & Maberly four seat coachwork
Very few vintage Bentleys have survived with their four-seater coachwork intact
Tim Birkin's Bentley Blower No.1, shown at the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance