Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Flying B

The other day I stumbled across a web piece highlighting this 1947 Bentley Mark VI Drophead Coupe, with a body by French coachbuilder, Franay.


This is a custom coach-built sports car built in 1947 for a very well-to-do Englishman. He would be driving his sporting automobile with the missus beside him, and driving with the verve of a man who had perhaps survived Alamein or Arnhem.

There is no clock on the dashboard, just engine instruments.

Behind the front seats is this jump seat, facing to the right of the car, with access to a small bar & cooler. The bar has a thermometer so Jeeves can monitor the temperature of the chilled beverages before mixing them and passing them forward to the driver's compartment, and a clock so that our gentleman can ask "Jeeves!" (that's the old-fashioned name for Siri or Alexa) "I say, what the devil time is it?"

You'll note that Jeeves also has access to Sir & Madam's luggage so he can fetch it when they arrive at their summer cottage.


Click over to the article for more detailed pics of the car, inside, outside, and underhood, as well as a bit of history on it.
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