Reid Railton: Man of Speed Bentley and covers the models year-on-year

and covers the models year-on-year development history from 1938-1966

and sales representatives

Bert Hawthorne

This was an epochal revolution

but cannot take away from the excellence and desirability of the cars themselves

Reid Railton: Man of Speed Bentley and covers the models year-on-yearReid Antony Railton, Cheshire born automotive engineer par excellence, created an extraordinary range of cars. He rose to renown during the 1930s as chief engineer at Thomson & Taylor, Brooklands based racing car builders. There he realised the dreams of that era's top men of speed, including Tim Birkin, Malcolm Campbell, Whitney Straight, John Cobb, Raymond Mays and Goldie Gardner. His great cars powered them all to sensational racing and record