Excerpt from the Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival 2013 Program
This car alone was well worth the price of admission..... 10 times over! Wow! What a Beast! The engine ALONE weighs about 2,000 pounds! And to hear it start and run! OMG! I saw that they planned to start it at 1:00pm, so I marked the time and strayed a few yards away to the Jerry Letterri Collection. Holy Christmas! What a collection.... I got totally distracted by this until I suddenly heard this enormous eruption!
Day um!
It was 1 o'clock and they had just started the Bete Noir! It was that kind of a day: there was soooo much to see, and every exhibit was so amazingly interesting..... I can't believe I missed the Bete Noir Start up!
Not to worry though!
Here is the video of the Bete Noir running. The FIRST video I was able to snag, a little belatedly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AZg4JN9hCM
Sent from my iPhone
OK now.... I was so fascinated by this 'beast', that I hung around chatting with the guy in the video and listening to the questions asked by other visitors. Trust me, there was a tremendous amount of interest in this car!
That paid off!
A little while later, someone asked, on behalf of an older gentleman, if they could hear the "Bete Noir" run, since they had missed the 1pm show. I was standing next to John (at least I think that was his name. He is the guy in the video that you can see starting and stopping the Bete Noir.) at that exact moment..... and I could see him hesitate for a second.... and then say "Sure, why not!"
I couldn't believe my luck! It pays to hang around, folks! You never know!
Here is the video that followed! This time I was ready, and I got it from start to finish!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KFp_hS2PGw
I loved it, as did everyone who heard it, I am sure!
Enjoy!
Addendum: Baurspotting has actually seen the "Bete Noir" once before! Last fall we attended the Lime Rock Park Historics Sunday in the Park. Talk about sensory overload!!! Well sure enough, I was going through some pics today and.... look what I found!
This car alone was well worth the price of admission..... 10 times over! Wow! What a Beast! The engine ALONE weighs about 2,000 pounds! And to hear it start and run! OMG! I saw that they planned to start it at 1:00pm, so I marked the time and strayed a few yards away to the Jerry Letterri Collection. Holy Christmas! What a collection.... I got totally distracted by this until I suddenly heard this enormous eruption!
Day um!
It was 1 o'clock and they had just started the Bete Noir! It was that kind of a day: there was soooo much to see, and every exhibit was so amazingly interesting..... I can't believe I missed the Bete Noir Start up!
Not to worry though!
Here are the notes on the car. Right next to this display was another display with a several more flyers on the history of the Bete Noir. I naturally grabbed those. I will try to scan them and add them to this post, so check back in a couple of days.
Here is the video of the Bete Noir running. The FIRST video I was able to snag, a little belatedly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AZg4JN9hCM
Sent from my iPhone
OK now.... I was so fascinated by this 'beast', that I hung around chatting with the guy in the video and listening to the questions asked by other visitors. Trust me, there was a tremendous amount of interest in this car!
That paid off!
A little while later, someone asked, on behalf of an older gentleman, if they could hear the "Bete Noir" run, since they had missed the 1pm show. I was standing next to John (at least I think that was his name. He is the guy in the video that you can see starting and stopping the Bete Noir.) at that exact moment..... and I could see him hesitate for a second.... and then say "Sure, why not!"
I couldn't believe my luck! It pays to hang around, folks! You never know!
Here is the video that followed! This time I was ready, and I got it from start to finish!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KFp_hS2PGw
I loved it, as did everyone who heard it, I am sure!
Enjoy!
Addendum: Baurspotting has actually seen the "Bete Noir" once before! Last fall we attended the Lime Rock Park Historics Sunday in the Park. Talk about sensory overload!!! Well sure enough, I was going through some pics today and.... look what I found!
Interestingly enough, there is no reference to this car as "Bete Noir", nor anything else about its history!
Bete Noir Brochure from Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival
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