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    It’s all getting very real

    Feb 18, 2022 4 minutes

    Yesterday I drove my 1947 MkVI Standard Steel Bentley to AllCargo Express in Richmond BC and left it there for consolidation into a container, shipping to Southampton and then delivery to a friend in Norfolk. It was nice to meet AllCargo’s Marie Takemura in person as I’ve been emailing with her for a while about shipping my fleet to the UK for my next emigration, this time to Scotland.

    This process has been entirely theoretical and hypothetical – until yesterday. I wiped the condensation off the Bentley’s windscreen, moved the choke control on the steering wheel to the right, hand throttle to the left, and thumbed the chrome starter button. As always, B70CF rumbled into life. The car

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