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Beyond the headline figures, the beauty of Blower Jnr is in the recreation and repurposing of details from the original car. <\/p>\n
The frame is painted steel, to which an authentic chassis specification is attached. Leaf springs and scaled-down, period-correct friction dampers bring a comfortable ride, while Brembo disc brakes at the front and drums at the rear provide the stopping power. The electric motor is mounted across the rear axle, while the batteries and drive electronics are all housed in a hidden undertray.<\/p>\n
The bodywork is crafted in two sections, and while the rear body structure is crafted in carbon fibre rather than being an ash frame, it\u2019s covered in impregnated fabric, just as the original. The bonnet, with its multiple cooling louvres, is hand-crafted in aluminium using traditional techniques and fastened with beautiful leather buckled bonnet straps. The two-person cockpit is in a 1+1 layout, with a central adjustable driving position and the passenger travelling behind in the rear seat. An optional bespoke weekend bag fits behind, in the scaled down and repurposed fuel tank complete with lockable latch.<\/p>\n
At the front of the car, the supercharger now houses the charging port that connects the onboard charger to any Type 1 or Type 2 socket. It\u2019s surrounded by the famous Bentley mesh grille, in an authentic nickel-plated radiator housing. <\/p>\n
At first glance the dashboard looks like a scaled-down replica of the original, with Engine Turned Aluminium forming the dashboard itself. The fuel pressure pump has been repurposed as the drive mode selector, with a choice of Comfort (2 kW), Bentley (8 kW) or Sport for maximum power of 15 kW. Forward, Neutral and Reverse are selected via a lever that looks and feels like the ignition advance control from the original Blower. Other switchgear for the headlights and indicators copies the form and materiality of the magneto switches from the Team Car, while the battery charge gauge recreates the original ammeter.<\/p>\n
A USB charging point is discreetly concealed until required, and a dual-function display that serves as a Garmin satellite navigation screen and reversing camera completes the cabin. <\/p>\n
The First Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n The first 99 examples of Blower Jnr will be First Edition Models. These will feature First Edition badging on the hood, door sill plate and dash as well as an engraved and numbered \u20181 of 99\u2019 plaque. All First Edition models will be finished in Blower Green, with matching painted chassis and wheels, and a Union flag hand-painted on both sides of the body as per the original, while the seats and interior are upholstered in the Dark Green Lustrana Hide used by Mulliner for the Blower Continuation Series. The side panel and radiator carry the period-correct racing number, while the steering wheel is rope-bound.<\/p>\n The original Supercharged 4 \u00bd Litre \u2018Blower\u2019 Team Car No. 2. <\/strong><\/p>\n No other pre-war Bentley had an impact like the supercharged 4\u00bd-litre \u2018Blower\u2019 Bentley. While it never won an endurance race, the Blower Bentley was the outright fastest race car of the day, and counted amongst its fans the author Ian Fleming \u2013 who later decided that his famous fictional secret agent James Bond would drive a supercharged 4\u00bd-litre Bentley, with the often-associated rival British sports car merely the MI6 \u201cpool car\u201d.<\/p>\n The Blower Bentleys were born from a philosophy devised by Sir Tim Birkin \u2013 notable racing driver and Bentley Boy \u2013 to extract more speed from the racing Bentleys of the day. While W.O Bentley\u2019s method was to increase engine capacity \u2013 from 3-litre, to 4\u00bd-litre, to 6\u00bd-litre \u2013 Birkin was impressed by the Roots-type supercharger developed by British engineer Amherst Villiers, which boosted the 4\u00bd\u2019s power from 130 bhp to 240 bhp in race tune. He persuaded Bentley Chairman Woolf Barnato to sanction production of 55 supercharged 4\u00bd-litre Bentleys, with five allocated for competition. The car on Bentley\u2019s heritage fleet – UU 5872 – is the second of the four \u2018Team\u2019 cars developed at Birkin & Co\u2019s workshops at Welwyn Garden City with funding from wealthy heiress the Hon. Dorothy Paget. The cars competed in twelve races, with the most famous being Team Car No. 2\u2019s adventure at the 1930 Le Mans 24 Hours.<\/p>\n Team Car No. 2 was sympathetically restored in the 1960s, preserving much of its original patina. Owned by Bentley Motors since 2000, it has had only minor cosmetic maintenance, and is much as Birkin would have driven it. Since then it has competed in the modern Mille Miglia five times, has driven to Le Mans on several occasions and has also appeared at the Goodwood Festival of Speed as well as the Pebble Beach Concours d\u2019Elegance.<\/p>\n Team Car No. 2 inspired a highly exclusive edition of twelve Continuation Cars, each one an exact recreation handcrafted in the Mulliner Classic workshops using traditional techniques passed down through generations. The Blower Continuation Series is the world\u2019s first pre-war continuation, and the final car is in the final stages of build now. A second Continuation Series of 12 Bentley Speed Six models is currently in development. <\/p>\n Monterey Car Week Global Debut <\/strong><\/p>\n Blower Jnr will made its world debut in front of 100 VIPs at Monterey Car Week, ahead of a schedule of appearances across the weekend. Production is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2024, starting with the 99 First Edition models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Little Car Company and Bentley Motors have unveiled a road-legal, 85% scale recreation of the most famous Bentley in the world. \u2018Blower Jnr\u2019, a reinterpretation of the 1929 4\u00bd-litre Supercharged Team Car No. 2 in Bentley\u2019s Heritage Collection, is … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thelittlecar.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/LCC_Bentley-39-1-e1692707676922.png\")
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