The Guest of Honour
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The Guest of Honour
Regular price
£21,000.00
Sale
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Bronze on granite plinth
Old No. 7 approaches White House Corner at Le Mans.
Plinth dimensions: 500mm x 300mm x 75mm
Weight: 155kg
Height, inc. plinth: 480mm
Width: 1140mm
The Guest of Honour pays homage to a famous racing Bentley and its drivers, Benjafield and Davis. The car, known as ‘Old No. 7’, won at Le Mans in 1927 and the sculpture focuses on the moment when Benjafield narrowly avoided colliding with his team mates, as the rest of the Bentley team had crashed ahead of him. The Savoy Hotel was the location for a renowned celebration dinner, organised by Autocar magazine. Old No. 7 was ‘The Guest of Honour’. The Bentley Boys sat down to an eleven course banquet around a horseshoe-shaped table with the car in pride of place.
This sculpture is individually made to order. To commission a sculpture, please contact Tim Potts on the enquiry form below. Payment needs to be made in full by bank transfer prior to casting. The casting and finishing process takes 12 weeks from order to completion.