[{"id": 10132763, "authorName": "Travan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/travan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Not sure why one needs a roll bar in this? Odd placement for fire extinguisher. Well OK it was in 1995 La Carrera Panamericana but still looks out of place.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1669503381, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10132859, "authorName": "Stimfig (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stimfig/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "seller here;\r\n please feel free to ask questions and please use the contact seller button if you don't want to post your question. I have some videos of the car starting and driving to add as the auction progresses.\r\n I have driven her about 250 miles and she really drives great. The skinny tires take some getting used to but she is a strong driver ,and surprisingly useable.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1669504854, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10132869, "authorName": "Stimfig (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stimfig/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Travan \r\nagreed roll bar is a little excessive but it is part of the cars history as a rally car so might appeal to someone I think it would take about 30 mins to remove it and we will happily do so if required.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1669505051, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10133030, "authorName": "ninerfan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ninerfan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "And now we have a new entry in the \u201cI guess I\u2019ve seen everything\u201d sweepstakes. A classic Bentley R-Type with a roll bar, racing harnesses, and rally history\u2026wow! Or should I say \u201chuzzah!\u201d ?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1669507543, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10133493, "authorName": "Airboss16", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/airboss16/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The car would represent a whole lot better without the roll bar, harnesses , and white walls. \r\nAll very easily correctable .", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1669517273, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10133508, "authorName": "1996MBZ", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/1996mbz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A very nice-looking Bentley R-Type but I find all the racing duds silly. I hope that the new owner removes them.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1669517611, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10133557, "authorName": "Dan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Stimfig\r\nIs there a record of finishing the 1995 race? Do you have the missing roll bar supports?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669518506, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10133651, "authorName": "Harpoon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/harpoon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This race is punishing. We\u2019re the brakes upgraded from the standard one pot / drum / servo assist?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669520503, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10133689, "authorName": "Stimfig (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stimfig/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Airboss16 \r\ncould be done easily I'll let someone else decide \r\nDan \r\nyes it finished the race and yes I have the roll bar supports \r\nHarpoon\r\nI believe the brakes are stock, I get the feeling the car wasn't driven super hard", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669521868, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10133912, "authorName": "Sryan1984", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sryan1984/", "bidAmount": 3500, "content": "$3,500 bid placed by Sryan1984", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669535980, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10134376, "authorName": "rickaz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rickaz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I love the juxtaposition of a Bentley competing in the rough-and-tumble of the Carrera Panamericana. I can picture the owner-navigator having a spot of tea while the chauffer changes a flat tire, LOL! Don't get me wrong. I love the fact that this car crossed the finish line under its own power. That says a lot about this vehicle's sturdiness: a pugilist in a Savile Row suit. GLWTA!!!!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1669560620, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10134512, "authorName": "DenverWoody", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/denverwoody/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yesssssss, also look at that sunroof.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1669563086, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10134524, "authorName": "DenverWoody", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/denverwoody/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@1996mbz How can a commentor on an enthusiast car auction website characterize modifications for an actual road race that the vehicle finished as \u201csilly\u201d?", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1669563246, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10134554, "authorName": "1996MBZ", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/1996mbz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@DenverWoody Not all vehicles should be dressed-up as race cars. That's just my opinion and I don't mind yours.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1669563669, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10134931, "authorName": "Lotus7A", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lotus7a/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by Lotus7A", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669569153, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10135839, "authorName": "TheOMDude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/theomdude/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Bring_A_Trailer really needs to stop calling Bentley hardwood veneer and inlayed interior trim, \u201cwoodgrain trim!\u201d That\u2019s a euphemism used to disguise the fact that a dash has fake wood. On a Bentley that\u2019s an unforgivable insult. And those mirrors are mounted on the \u201cwings.\u201d", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1669582754, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10136769, "authorName": "brakeservo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brakeservo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@TheOMDude - along with your comments, BAT needs to stop calling the speedometer \"reverse sweep\" because it isn't. The speedometer needle sweeps in a clockwise directly as do virtually all other cars with a round speedometer. An original 427 Cobra is the only car I can think of that has a genuine reverse sweep speedometer!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1669600510, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10139649, "authorName": "PMC1924", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pmc1924/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The term \"reverse sweep\" isn't limited to an anti-clockwise (vs. clockwise) movement. A needle that sweeps around the bottom of the dial (as this does) vs. the (customary) top of the dial would also be the reverse.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669661152, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10144591, "authorName": "brakeservo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brakeservo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@PMC1924 - that's a bit of a stretch - sweep is directional and we have two choices, clockwise and anti-clockwise. Only anti-clockwise qualifies as reverse sweep", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1669688566, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10144609, "authorName": "brakeservo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brakeservo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "In January 1953 Mike Couper entered a 1953 R-Type into the Monte Carlo Rally and it was modified too (and not all of those modifications were \"legal\" as per the rule book at the time.) The car was B68SR and I discovered it on Craigslist of all places 10 or 15 years ago. At the time I first saw and drove it, I didn't know it's history. All I knew is that it was faster than any other R Type I'd ever driven, and I later learned why! I think the car at hand is really cool but strongly recommend modern radial tires on this car. Thirty years ago I did some hot laps on a track day in yet another Bentley, this time on bias ply - it was very dramatic for the spectators!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1669688816, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10145402, "authorName": "V8roller", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/v8roller/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Airboss16 imho whitewalls suit some colours very well, including burgundy, but I do prefer narrow-bands. \r\nPerhaps fortunately, this car is too long for my garage.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669726623, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10145438, "authorName": "brakeservo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brakeservo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@V8roller - A Bentley R Type is only 16 feet long, about as long as a Toyota Camry. It's only an optical illusion due to proportion that makes one think it's quite big.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669727484, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10145939, "authorName": "Stimfig (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stimfig/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "brakeservo\r\nagree wholeheartedly about the tires they are good on a very smooth service but a bit alarming on poor surfaces must have been a bear on the rally...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669734387, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10146435, "authorName": "V8roller", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/v8roller/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@brakeservo... I have 200\" as the length, which is only 3\" short of the Silver Shadow and that stuck about a foot through the back of the garage into my workshop....\r\nMind you, it says something positive about the design when a large car looks small.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1669739481, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10148503, "authorName": "jpfrazier", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jpfrazier/", "bidAmount": 15000, "content": "$15,000 bid placed by jpfrazier", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669750443, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10150909, "authorName": "Stimfig (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stimfig/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "some videos of cold start and driving", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669761061, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10152595, "authorName": "marswalker", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/marswalker/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I remember this car from the 1995 La Carrera Panamericana - it\u2019s been nice seeing some of the 90\u2019s entrant\u2019s coming across BAT. Good memories of a fabulous event. Good Luck!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1669773223, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10153857, "authorName": "Jack659831", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jack659831/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks a bit rusty underneath, rear resonator - glass pack? \r\nBut? Oh my Dog!\r\nWhat a fun car to take anywhere.\r\nLove it and the idea.\r\nGLWTA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669816305, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10155304, "authorName": "Stimfig (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stimfig/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "jack659831\r\nthe rust is only on the sills it's easily repairable and absolutely not structural probably been like that for 50 years. We didn't want to cover it up and would be willing to talk to the new owner {if there is one} about cleaning it up.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669829468, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10161328, "authorName": "brakeservo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brakeservo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Stimfig, @Jack659831 - new inner and outer sill panes are available in steel and fiberglass. What I saw wouldn't scare me . . . I've had perhaps several hundred R Types and Mark VI Bentleys, quite a few much worse than this car.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1669858551, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10161932, "authorName": "Jack659831", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jack659831/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a fun car period!\r\nGLWTA", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1669866090, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10173177, "authorName": "WeimHaus", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/weimhaus/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Absolutely love the story on this one. Easy ask: (since I'm not seeing a detail picture) What is inscribed on the metal plaque on the dash?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1670004719, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10177862, "authorName": "anfojo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/anfojo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A proper driver...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1670034881, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10179941, "authorName": "Lotus7A", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lotus7a/", "bidAmount": 15500, "content": "$15,500 bid placed by Lotus7A", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670089564, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10180189, "authorName": "jcp911s", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jcp911s/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If you found out that the beautiful woman you met at the bar had (OMG) \"relations\" with several other men, would you turn her advances away?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1670091055, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10181487, "authorName": "Stimfig (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stimfig/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1670096654, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10181501, "authorName": "Stimfig (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stimfig/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "WeimHaus\r\nadded picture of plaque", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670096718, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10181594, "authorName": "Stimfig (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stimfig/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "well It's at parts money right now so a bit more is needed !\r\n I should add we took the car to Winning Makes to make \r\nsure it was fully safe and roadworthy after coming out of the \r\nMurphy ,so spent another couple of grand replacing the master\r\n cylinder and a wheel cylinder that were deemed as suspect.\r\nIt now drives ,stops and steers great this car\r\n is ready to go on another rally....", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1670097173, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10182139, "authorName": "59turner", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/59turner/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So, a roll bar and seat belts is -$40K. I don't think so.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1670099981, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10182179, "authorName": "Stimfig (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stimfig/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We will happily bring the car to stock for no charge !", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1670100228, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10182188, "authorName": "susita", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/susita/", "bidAmount": 16000, "content": "$16,000 bid placed by susita", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670100272, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182203, "authorName": "Lotus7A", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lotus7a/", "bidAmount": 16500, "content": "$16,500 bid placed by Lotus7A", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670100354, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182249, "authorName": "PepperMRoadster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/peppermroadster/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jcp911s well said. Do you mind if I use that myself on The BaT? :) \n\nGLWS! Unique offering.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670100685, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10182273, "authorName": "HEALEYJAG", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/healeyjag/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "There are so many different British seat belts one can use...confusing..", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1670100762, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10182283, "authorName": "susita", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/susita/", "bidAmount": 16750, "content": "$16,750 bid placed by susita", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670100828, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182290, "authorName": "MadDog63", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maddog63/", "bidAmount": 17250, "content": "$17,250 bid placed by MadDog63", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670100868, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182299, "authorName": "Lotus7A", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lotus7a/", "bidAmount": 17500, "content": "$17,500 bid placed by Lotus7A", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670100917, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182313, "authorName": "Najicharlie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/najicharlie/", "bidAmount": 17750, "content": "$17,750 bid placed by Najicharlie", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670101026, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182326, "authorName": "MadDog63", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maddog63/", "bidAmount": 18000, "content": "$18,000 bid placed by MadDog63", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670101115, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182336, "authorName": "Lotus7A", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lotus7a/", "bidAmount": 18250, "content": "$18,250 bid placed by Lotus7A", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670101173, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182338, "authorName": "Najicharlie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/najicharlie/", "bidAmount": 18500, "content": "$18,500 bid placed by Najicharlie", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670101184, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182351, "authorName": "MadDog63", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maddog63/", "bidAmount": 18750, "content": "$18,750 bid placed by MadDog63", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670101269, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182364, "authorName": "Lotus7A", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lotus7a/", "bidAmount": 19000, "content": "$19,000 bid placed by Lotus7A", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670101320, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182370, "authorName": "Najicharlie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/najicharlie/", "bidAmount": 19250, "content": "$19,250 bid placed by Najicharlie", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670101341, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10182392, "authorName": "Anonymous", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Reserve not met on 12/3/22 at $19,250", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670101503, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 10182404, "authorName": "Najicharlie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/najicharlie/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@stimfig im located in Los Angeles and can pick up today, contact me", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1670101600, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10183261, "authorName": "omark88", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/omark88/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The $250 bids are comical. This car deserves better!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670112825, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10184857, "authorName": "brakeservo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brakeservo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "30 years ago this car would have sold for $29,500 instantly (at least in the hands of a knowledgeable seller).", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670165472, "type": "comment"}]