Bentley Bacalar and Blower Continuation first customer cars ready

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The Mulliner division has completed building the Bacalar Car One and Blower Car One, finished in Atom Silver Satin paint and Birkin Green paint, respectively. Both are, of course, limited to 12 units each. The Blower Continuation is essentially an official replica of Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin’s 1929 supercharged 4½-Litre.

For the Blower Continuation, the engineers dismantled the original car in order to laser-scan and create a CAD model which then helped in creating a perfect replica. As mentioned, the first Blower is finished in Birkin Green paint, which is again a recreation of the color of the original Blower upon which it is based—Team Car No.2, with registration UU 5872. The original car is still owned by Bentley and is run weekly.

Mechanically, the car is identical to Birkin’s original, save for two safety-critical features—modern electric fuel pumps, and a foam baffle for the fuel tank. A dynator—a reworked alternative to the original dynamo has also been added, for a more powerful and reliable charging system whilst retaining the look of the original dynamo. The engine is a brand new example of W.O. Bentley’s own 4½-litre design, featuring aluminium pistons, an overhead camshaft, four valves per cylinder and twin spark plugs. Attached to the front is the iconic supercharger that gives the Blower its name, and is an exact recreation of that created in the 1920s by Amherst Villiers. Power has been measured as part of engine sign-off, with the near-100-year old design reliably making 240 bhp, the company said.

The Bacalar Car One’s carbon fibre body is finished in a champagne-tinted satin silver called Atom Silver. The car sits on 22-inch Bacalar-exclusive tri-finish wheels, with polished faces, dark grey satin spokes and gloss Moss Green highlights. The same Moss Green accent is applied to the front grille centre bar, the insides of the headlamps, and around the gloss black “power humps” at the rear. Speaking of the rear-end, the gloss black outer exhaust tips have Moss Green inners. The interior follows the same black and green theme. Open Pore Riverwood over Gloss Black veneer with unique satin bronze detailing flows across the cockpit into the doors and behind the front seats, creating a circle of a 5,000-year-old veneer.