# Trans-Europe camping trip... in a 1926 Bentley **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 20, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trans-europe-camping-trip-in-a-1926-bentley/228834 "2013-02-20T07:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeathBy240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@DeathBy240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathBy240)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trans-europe-camping-trip-in-a-1926-bentley/228834/1 "2013-02-20T07:17:47Z")
Pretty interesting read about a Brit who travels around Europe, hitting up campgrounds in a very old Bentley! Click here for the full story: [http://traveldriverace.com/2013/vintage-bentley-owner-isnt-your-average-camper/](http://traveldriverace.com/2013/vintage-bentley-owner-isnt-your-average-camper/) ![http://traveldriverace.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Bentley-Vanden-Plas-camping-013.jpg](http://traveldriverace.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Bentley-Vanden-Plas-camping-013.jpg) Anyone else take their vintage cars on road trips like this? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trans-europe-camping-trip-in-a-1926-bentley/228834/2 "2013-02-20T07:20:59Z")
I’m surprised that car could last more than a week straight on the road ---
**Author:** ![prozac3ne2nr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/prozac3ne2nr/32/5581_2.png) [@prozac3ne2nr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/prozac3ne2nr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trans-europe-camping-trip-in-a-1926-bentley/228834/3 "2013-02-20T08:10:57Z")
shouldn’t be bing. At one time they were daily driven cars. With updated electricals they can be somewhat reliable. Nice share. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trans-europe-camping-trip-in-a-1926-bentley/228834/4 "2013-02-20T08:18:43Z")
I’d rather be in the Porsche ![http://traveldriverace.com/wp-content/gallery/bentley-vanden-plas/bentley-vanden-plas-camping-005.jpg](http://traveldriverace.com/wp-content/gallery/bentley-vanden-plas/bentley-vanden-plas-camping-005.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trans-europe-camping-trip-in-a-1926-bentley/228834/5 "2013-02-20T08:21:07Z")
Hell no. In the Porsche that’s a grocery run. In the Bentley that’s an experience you’ll tell your grandkids about. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trans-europe-camping-trip-in-a-1926-bentley/228834/6 "2013-02-20T08:23:00Z")
> [@TrueBlue](#): > > In the Bentley that’s an experience you’ll tell your grandkids about. “Kids, it was the most uncomfortable trip EVER.” ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trans-europe-camping-trip-in-a-1926-bentley/228834/7 "2013-02-20T08:40:37Z")
^Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trans-europe-camping-trip-in-a-1926-bentley/228834/8 "2013-02-20T14:04:30Z")
my dad built a back seat between the shock towers of his 71 240z so my sister and I could go to the Watkins Glen vintage event every year (~3.5 hour backroad cruise). We went to Kingston, ON for a Z convention as well as Cleveland, and those were pretty fun/nervous trips. Needed a slave cyl in Cleveland, lucky some racers had a spare and were staying in a cottage with a nice garage. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/Coldaccord/8C00AF04-6BB9-4348-AAB2-1A1AE6941F5E-116-000000017EAC9539.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/Coldaccord/8C00AF04-6BB9-4348-AAB2-1A1AE6941F5E-116-000000017EAC9539.jpg) (his is the gunmetal one red one is mine) ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trans-europe-camping-trip-in-a-1926-bentley/228834/9 "2013-02-20T14:22:16Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > “Kids, it was the most uncomfortable trip EVER.” And that was before the rain! Still, I’d get there in the Bentley, and do the relaxing drive home in the 911.