Some cars catch your eye from quite some distance. As I mooched through the snow near Sandefjord in Norway recently I spotted something odd. A British plated Bentley Mulsanne Turbo. No tax disc, no other clues about where it was from or what on earth it was doing parked outside a sportshall in a remote spot up the cold end of the continent. I don’t know what the name of colour is, but my hands went the same colour when circulation eventually returned after having taken my gloves off to get these iPhone snaps. Let’s call it hyperthermic rhubarb. It’s a fantastic machine. Sat on regular winter tyres, snow dropping from the arches, it was clearly in regular use.

The Bentley Musanne Turbo is exactly the kind of car we love on MotorPunk. See Paul’s crackers track car for example. If whoever owns this Bentley is reading, I salute your choice of wholly inappropriate winter transport, please drop us a line!

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PS – At the airport I found something utterly filthy. A top shelf Swedish magazine dedicated to BL cack. Phwøøøåår!

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About The Author

Rich Duisberg

Rich Duisberg* has had work published in Classic & Sportscar, Practical Performance Car, Modern Mini, Banzai, MogMag, Evo, GT Porsche, Complete Kit Car, Absolute Lotus, Alternative Cars, Classic Retro Modern, and elsewhere. Rich often appears on CBS’s XCAR and Carfection channels, and Motors TV, plus JayEmm on Cars, enthusing about historic motoring. His latest book (find his work on Amazon) was described by SniffPetrol as "hilarious", although he was also threatened with legal action by elderly DJ Tim Westwood. In his Midlands man cave is a 1972 Fiat 500, a Lotus Elise, a BMW barge and a vintage Royal Enfield pushbike. Previous machines of interest include an Mk1 MX5 (owned for 14 years!), an Alfa GTV6, a Porsche 968 and a Sinclair C5. The Metro (right) was bought for an experiment, and abandoned in Africa. "I am not getting in a car with him" -  said Le Mans winner, Derek Bell. *A nom-de-plume inspired by the BBC's League of Gentlemen.

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