I went out to get some 'stuff', and then to the Salvation Army (I *GOTTA* stay away from that place!) and located a decent bag for my camera. I was going to take the highway home, but at the last minute decided to take one of the old "State" highways, just because it's a nice ride.
Now, consider I was going downtown to get a gallon of milk, but took my camera anyway, thinking to myself, You never know when an opportunity may happen...
How I wound up 25 miles from the store...
So, I drive about 5 miles up the highway, and did a double-take...then turned around! In a parking area on the side of the road, in front of a quite pristine garage, was a Bentley Speed 6, a six and a half litre, wooden bodied car made in the early 1930's. "Jon Steed" drove one in the Avengers.
I was going to hop out and start shooting pictures, but I figured I'd ask first. I went into the garage and was overwhelmed! There were parts everywhere, but located next to the chassis they were going to be assembled to....then I noticed a hood sitting on the ground...the shape oddly familiar to pictures I had seen in magazines on the Internet and in books and magazines. "Is..is that an ALLARD hood?" The answerr was, yes, and all these are Allards. There were two frames, one completely stripped and redone, and one redone with the trunk section mathing the hood on the floor. The third was complete. In front of the complete Allard was an almost complete MG, ca. 1934, minus the engine. I had an interesting talk with the owner of the garage, and then went outside, where he lifted the bonnet and let me take pics to my heart's content of the Bentley. I would have taken some shots of the Allards, but it wasnt' too big a shop, and I could just imagine tripping over something trying to line up a shot and wrecking the place...
I posted two pics in alt.binaries.images.fun under the header "M.Bentley faits des camions le plus vite du Monde", a slam made by Bugatti, who hated Bentley. For those who don't know French, what he said was...
"Mister Bentley builds the fastest TRUCKS in the world."...!