The Family Jewel: Really Living With a Blower Bentley

摘要

WHEN THE FIRST SUPERCHARGED BENTLEY debuted at the 1929 British International Motor Show, Charles Noble was only eleven years old, but he was already obsessed with Bentleys, spending countless hours with his nose pressed against the window of Jack Barclay's London dealership admiring the cars within. "His heroes were the great drivers of the day," recalls his son, Roger. "Woolf Barnato, Tim Birkin - all the Bentley Boys. He would say, 'I'm going to have one of those cars one day' When he died, he had seven."