The Old B and the New B
I have always known the Flying B to look like this.
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6QDgIabT-gQ/RoUITuNzdxI/AAAAAAAABAE/jfzrW4mBvEE/s400/bent.1.jpg)
It was on all the S models, the T's and Mulsannes and Turbos, probably even the Derbys.
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6QDgIabT-gQ/RoUIT-NzdyI/AAAAAAAABAM/V21nLOjJJRo/s400/bent.2.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6QDgIabT-gQ/RoUIUONzdzI/AAAAAAAABAU/qlcT0slkM78/s400/bent.3.jpg)
It is what I know as the Flying B.
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6QDgIabT-gQ/RoUIUONzd0I/AAAAAAAABAc/BMBYT1QePYk/s400/bent.4.jpg)
This year 2007 the Flying B changed. I initially felt reserved. Here it is.
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6QDgIabT-gQ/RoUKNeNzd1I/AAAAAAAABAk/Gg0JXk9q7SQ/s400/new.1.jpg)
I thought it looked unusual from the 'wrong' side.
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6QDgIabT-gQ/RoUKNeNzd2I/AAAAAAAABAs/FKg93altVjg/s400/new.2.jpg)
And quite good from others.
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6QDgIabT-gQ/RoUKNuNzd3I/AAAAAAAABA0/bEv4_YtcXBg/s400/new.3.jpg)
I did know that on older Bentley cars not all mascots were the same. Recently I went back to look at some photos, and was surprised to find that the new Flying B actually looks like the old Flying B.
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6QDgIabT-gQ/RoUL--Nzd4I/AAAAAAAABA8/0ijKyGxI164/s400/oldolda.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6QDgIabT-gQ/RoUL_ONzd5I/AAAAAAAABBE/KNslC7g5EFY/s400/oldoldb.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6QDgIabT-gQ/RoUL_eNzd6I/AAAAAAAABBM/j_7bpL5fDYQ/s400/oldoldc.jpg)
The font of the B is the same, it is just that the wings are stretched back further than the old old Flying B.
You can also just collect the different types.
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6QDgIabT-gQ/RoUL_eNzd7I/AAAAAAAABBU/A7Su2qsUjg8/s400/collection.jpg)
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