Bentley Blower

Before the Bond Movies, before Sean Connery, before the Aston Martin....
There were the James Bond Novels, and this car, the Bentley 4½ Litre aka the Bentley Blower, Ian Fleming's car of choice for the spy of his novels. In Casino Royale, Fleming writes that Bond bought the car "almost new" in 1933 and had it carefully stored during the war. In Double or Die, Bentley's backstory is expanded upon, and coincides with Bond's buying it in 1933, confirming that James was indeed 13 at the time. Bond came into possession of the Bentley at the suggestion of his friend Perry Mandeville. It was for sale on blocks behind a Cambridge pub because it had become too expensive for the owner to keep, and his wife insisted he sell it. James passed on the offer, much to Perry's dismay, because he was already driving a 1.5 liter Bamford & Martin Sidevalue Short Chassis Tourer willed to him by his uncle Max Bond. However, the Bamford was totaled in a car chase and after being sent a cut of Casino winnings he had helped American beer baron Dutch Flegenheimer to claim, he was able to buy the car. In Fleming's second novel, Live and Let Die, he erroneously states that the car is a 1933 model. However, in November 1931, production of the vehicle ceased. Realizing this, he went on to correct this error in Moonraker, describing it as a 1930 4½ Litre with the Amherst-Villiers supercharger.. The Bentley 4½ Litre crashed in Casino Royale but was salvaged; however, it was finally destroyed during a chase sequence in Moonraker. And here, on Second Lifeyou can have it for a mere 75 Linden. A little taste of that old world luxury and the taste of the early years of the worlds most famous spy.