Bentley Speed Six

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The Bentley 6½ Litre and the high-performance Bentley Speed Six were rolling chassis produced by Bentley from 1926 to 1930. The Speed Six, introduced in 1928, became the most successful racing Bentley. Two Bentley Speed Sixes chassis became known as the Blue Train Bentleys after their owner Woolf Barnato in March 1930 "raced" the French Blue Train which departed Cannes at 17:45 and, after a stop in Paris, was scheduled to arrive in Calais at 15:24 when Barnato already was in his club in London.

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