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Re: Thunderbolt !

There's a photo of Thunderbolt in the same gallery as Mavis http://www.benwatkinsphotography.com/Motorsport/Bentley-Drivers-Club-2011/i-65KSgnm/A

Thunderbolt, is an 850bhp, 27 litre, V12 Rolls Royce powered car based on the Bentley Speed Six chassis. It holds 10 UK National speed records at Millbrook Proving Grounds, set in 2003

Also some shots of the Napier-Railton. She's is a 535bhp, 24 litre, W12, Napier Lion aero-engined car from 1933. Between 1933 and 1937 the Napier-Railton broke 47 World speed records at Brooklands, Montlhéry and Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. It is owned by the Brooklands Museum. http://www.benwatkinsphotography.com/Motorsport/Bentley-Drivers-Club-2011/i-8m5NJW6/A

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Mavis

There are some amazing photos of Chris Williams' Packard-Bentley, "Mavis", powered by a 42 litre Packard V12 aero engine, at http://www.benwatkinsphotography.com/Motorsport/Bentley-Drivers-Club-2011/i-k2MvsvZ/A - Mavis develops 1500 bhp and is based on a 1930 Bentley 8-litre chassis.