LOT 82 †

A sterling Silver 1:12 scale model of UU 5872 1929 4½ litre Birkin's 'Blower' Bentley, by Gil Holt, 2020,

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Lot 82^†

A sterling Silver 1:12 scale model of UU 5872 1929 4½ litre Birkin's 'Blower' Bentley, by Gil Holt, 2020,

Goodwood Revival: Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia|7 September 2024, 11:00 BST|Chichester, Goodwood

A sterling Silver 1:12 scale model of UU 5872 1929 4½ litre Birkin's 'Blower' Bentley, by Gil Holt, 2020,

finely detailed and immaculately recreated and modelled, features patinated silver tyres to resemble rubber, tread, a double hinged louvred bonnet, revealing fine engine detailing on both sides, well-observed dashboard with full instrumentation, 35cm long, mounted on a polished lacquered plinth, 45cm wide. The model is complete with bespoke green calfskin Bentley presentation case. Bearing makers marks and London hallmarks for 2020.

Footnotes

Only four 'Team Blowers' were built for racing, and this registration UU 5872, was Tim Birkin's own team racing car, no.2, raced at Le Mans and went on to play a pivotal role in the Speed Six victory in 1930.

Based on 'UU 5872', Bentley Motors announced in 2019, the production of a 'continuation' series of 12 'Blowers' would to be produced, as a faithful recreation of Bentley's own 'Team Blower', chassis number HB 3403. The original car would be disassembled, catalogued and meticulously scanned in three dimensions, the component parts then being recreated using the original 1920s moulds, tools and jigs, alongside the latest manufacturing technology. The 12 continuation 'Blowers' would then be assembled by specialist Mulliner engineers over a period of two years, as close mechanically, aesthetically (and spiritually) to the original car.

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