{"id":49,"date":"2025-04-19T15:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T15:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wordpress\/?p=49"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:46:22","slug":"old-bessie-bentley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/old-bessie-bentley\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessie Bentley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bentleyOff.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Algy and Ginger would always look back on those late summer days on Minerva, as their happiest. Strapped snuggly in behind Bessie&#8217;s 6 litres and out looking for adventure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bentleyUnder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steering was via the spare wheel and the 2 cylinder engine was powered from the real axle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bentleyUnpack.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And when the day was done the old dear would pack snuggly away ready for loading onto the mothership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bentleyCrate.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was really pleased how this one turned out. It&#8217;s inspired by this <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bentley_Speed_Six\">beast<\/a> which is all sixes: 6 cylinders, 6 litres etc. A ridiculous exhilarating machine. Did they even have brakes in the 1920s? When one beat the other much Frencher racers yet again Mr Bugatti is quoted as saying &#8220;Mr Bently makes the world&#8217;s fastest lorries&#8221;. Meow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I grew up with a <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.airfix.com\/products\/1930-45-litre-bentley-a20440v\">model<\/a> like it, made by my father, on my bookshelf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algy and Ginger would always look back on those late summer days on Minerva, as their happiest. Strapped snuggly in behind Bessie\u2019s 6 litres and out looking for adventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moc","tag-space-planetary-explorer-chassis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}