1929 Napier Bentley

This was one of the competitors in the Boulogne Trophy race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Boulogne and Hawthorn Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 2006.

It's the 1929 Napier Bentley of Christopher Williams, a car that was created by Peter Morley and David Llewellyn in 1968 using a 24 litre Napier Sea Lion engine which has a 'W' configuration - two banks of four cylinders in a 'V' with a third upright bank between them. The car was originally built on a Sunbeam chassis but after an accident was rebuilt using the chassis of a 1929 8 litre Bentley.

1929 Bentley Napier

I took this photograph at Old Hall Corner on the first lap of the Richard Seaman Memorial Vintage Trophy race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1974.

Leading is Peter Morley in the 1929 Bentley Napier, a vehicle that he and David Llewellyn created in 1968 using a 24 litre Napier Sea Lion engine which has a 'W' configuration - two banks of four cylinders in a 'V' with a third upright bank between them. The car was originally built on a Sunbeam chassis but after an accident was rebuilt using the chassis of a 1929 8 litre Bentley. The nose of the car was later altered to resemble that of the Napier Railton. The car behind it is Ron Footitt's Cognac Special, a 1925 AC/GN constructed in 1925 using the chassis of a GN Cyclecar and an 1,991cc AC engine.

1929 Napier Bentley

This car competed in the Brooklands and Goddard Trophies race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.

It's the 1929 Napier Bentley of Christopher Williams and this is probably an early morning shot as it bears the number 193, presumably from a previous meeting, as it was number 70 at this meeting.

The Napier-Bentley was created by Peter Morley and David Llewellyn in 1968 using a 24 litre Napier Sea Lion engine which has a 'W' configuration - two banks of four cylinders in a 'V' with a third upright bank between them. The car was originally built on a Sunbeam chassis but after an accident was rebuilt using the chassis of a 1929 8 litre Bentley.

Here's Christopher Williams at Britten's chicane during the race