The Little Car Company Bentley Blower Jnr review

From the moment the light glints off the engine-turned aluminium dashboard, you just know this is a lovingly created piece of kit. Ease the sprung lever inside the door across to open it (on the left-hand side only) and use the mounting step to gracefully stride aboard.

That looks like a complicated instrument panel.

The dials scattered behind the string-wrapped steering wheel are repurposed to show range, speed and motor power. And what would’ve been the manual fuel pump is re-imagined as your mode switch. Choose from comfort (2.5bhp), Bentley, (10.7bhp), and sport (20bhp).

There’s no provision whatsoever for a roof – just like the original Blower, naturally – and if you do carry a passenger they’re likely to have their legs splayed behind the driver’s seat in a position known as ‘Week One Birthing Class.’ But they’ll be giggling too much to care.

Details to look out for include the machined Bentley pedals, the reversing camera screen, and the ornate roman numeral-festooned clock it shows when you’re not going backwards.

There is a boot, by the way, which will swallow the car cover and the charging cable. Where to plug in? The socket has been thoughtfully concealed behind the housing for the ‘blower’, aka the supercharger out front that hangs from the car’s chin like a silver goatee beard. So, instead of a supercharger, you get a super charger.