Topic: Bentley sss-C2 / Eastick Special

[grobmotorix]

Who knows this radical sports car?

[grobmotorix]

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[Hiawatha]

Any connection with Novi-Ferguson?

[grobmotorix]

To my best knowledge - no...

[Willie McCrum]

Bentley SSS.  A one-off special for Bentley Drivers Club speed events

[grobmotorix]

Bentley - YES

SSS - is not the name I have for this

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[Willie McCrum]

The full title for the car, which has recently been advertised for sale, is Bentley sss-C2.  It features a prototype 'display' chassis dating from 1965 which was acquired by Bentley Drivers Club racer Barry Eastick with the intention of turning it into a rather special racer. This he did with 6.5 litre dry sumped alloy V8 (supercharged for racing)and  bodywork by Lyncar Engineering - a company which built its own Formula 1 car in the 1970s.
That's all I have, apart from the fact that it looks rather exciting.

[grobmotorix]

To be honest I did not know the designation "Bentley sss-C2" so far.

Back in the late 1970s it was the Eastick Special.

Very good - your point!

[Allan L]

To be honest I did not know the designation "Bentley sss-C2" so far.

Back in the late 1970s it was the Eastick Special.

Very good - your point!

I agree that "in period" there was nothing like sss-C2 about it and it was just a T-type Special (or for those easily amused, a Model T Special) made mainly by Alan Padgett and driven by Barrie Eastick at Bentley DC events (and it was not really eligible for anything else).

[Willie McCrum]

It appears to be for sale in Florida - or at least has been recently.  Perhaps it acquired the designation there ?

[Allan L]

It appears to be for sale in Florida - or at least has been recently.  Perhaps it acquired the designation there ?

I'd agree with that and say it's the sort of thing many of the dealers do, not just in the USofA.

[Djetset]

The Lyncar Bentley SSSC-2 as it looks (photo taken last Sunday) now, reunited with its original creator in the UK.