2015

SP3554 : Heritage Motor Centre, Bentley Continental

taken 11 years ago, near to Gaydon, Warwickshire, England

Heritage Motor Centre, Bentley Continental
Heritage Motor Centre, Bentley Continental
PYR 1 is a 1955 Bentley "R type" Continental. At the time, the Continental was the fastest four seater car in the World, out-performing many open sports cars.

See also SP3554 : Flying B Mascot, Gaydon Heritage Motor Centre.
The British Motor Museum (Heritage Motor Centre)

The Heritage Motor Centre (now re-named as the British Motor Museum) is a motor museum and research centre, located adjacent to the Jaguar Land Rover Gaydon Centre near Gaydon in Warwickshire. The centre is open to the public, and houses a collection of important vehicles, celebrating Britain's motoring heritage. It boasts the world’s largest collection of British Cars; nearly 300 cars in its collection which span the classic, vintage and veteran eras (LinkExternal link pdf list of vehicles in the collection).

The collection, now cared for by the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, is housed in a spectacular, purpose-built museum which opened in 1993. The building, with its art deco design is on the site of the former RAF Gaydon airfield in South Warwickshire, which was home to the Rover Group's design, technology and testing ground.

LinkExternal link more information (the British Motor Museum).


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David Dixon   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 1 September, 2015   (more nearby)
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Friday, 4 September, 2015
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 356 546 [100m precision]
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