1929 Bentley Birkin Blower S/C Tourer engine detail. Although W. O. Bentley despised forced induction, his Bentley Boys, and especially Henry Tim Birkin, wanted to supercharge the engine for more power. When the company ran out of money in 1925, millionaire Bentley Boy, Woolf Barnato bought the company, and in 1929 the first supercharged 'Blower' Bentley was built at Sir Henry Birkin's engineering works in Welwyn Garden City. Barnato quickly authorised the building of 50 production Blowers in or