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Chassis
#3 last sold at the Pebble Beach auctions in October
2011. Here is the story behind the world's oldest production
Bentley.
... | 1,259 |
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In August of 1921, two years after
putting down his deposit, Llewelyn took delivery of
the first customer car, Chassis #3. The third chassis
became the first delivery ... | 1,260 |
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The car was noteworthy even in pieces.
"I think the most special aspect of Chassis #3,"
Twigg-Smith said, "is its survival in essentially
original condition and its... | 1,261 |
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Of the three experimental cars built,
only EXP2 remains and it has been rebodied more than
once. Of the first five customer cars built, only #3
and #5 exist, and only #3 ... | 1,262 |
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Then, wherever possible, he didn't
replace body parts with brand new components; instead,
he repaired the fixtures that the car came with. The
brass, for example, is the ... | 1,263 |
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We attended Pebble Beach as a guest
of Bentley, and asked the firm's head of interior design,
Robin Page, if the modern cars had any connection to
ex... | 1,264 |
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Even so, he appeared satisfied that
the car found a good home. "My understanding is
that the family that bought it are enthusiastic Bentlists,
so it'... | 1,265 |
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Ethanol-laced fuel was not sold when
our cars were built. Fuel with an ethanol component
may or may not benefit current engines and the state
of the world's oil supply. Ho... | 1,266 |
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The following is a short list of things one can do
to protect our cars' engines:
* Run a non-alcohol fuel stabilizer like STA-BIL in
the... | 1,267 |
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Bentleys are a unique breed among classic
automobiles, because you're just as, if not more, likely
to see an 85-year-old Bentley being driven hard on a
... | 1,268 |
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There are many movies all about cars, with a small
amount of plot, others featuring long dramatic car chases,
but there are also many movies and TV shows where the
choice ... | 1,269 |
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After contacting another very experienced
owner (Geoff Owen) the advice was to check the oil filter
for particles of white metal, tell tale signs of main
bearing collapse.... | 1,270 |
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More than 60 old Bentleys from all
over the world toured around South Africa in March 1990.
These were brought to South Africa from all around the
world to take part in t... | 1,271 |
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(Crewe and Goodwood, 29 June 2012)
Just 35 miles away from the fabled Brooklands race circuit
where it astonished thousands of spectators eight decades
ago by sprin... | 1,272 |
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A record-breaking British car from
the 'tween-war years has broken another record at the
Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed sale this Friday
29 June. It is now the most ex... | 1,273 |
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Celebrating the Bentley Drivers' Club's
75th birthday in suitable style.
This event mustered the finest collection of vintage
Bentley’s see... | 1,274 |
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Swiss entrant Kurt Furger who nowadays
resides in the USA, keeps his 1928 6½ litre (Chassis
No. LM1345),
converted to a Speed Six by R.C. Moss in 1960, in the
... | 1,275 |
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Bentley Blower No. 1 (Chassis No. HB3402)
is a racing car developed from the Bentley 4½
Litre by Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin to win the
Le Mans twenty four hour race. The car c... | 1,276 |
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Production
The original No.1 had a taut canvas top stretched over
a lightweight Weymann aluminium frame, housing a two-seat
body. This presented a very light but still res... | 1,277 |
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This distingusihed car is now up for
auction by Bonhams at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
on June 29, 2012.
2012
... | 1,278 |
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Author:
David Venebles, 2011. 16 color and 175 black
and white photos and charts, 312 pages,
large format, hard bound.
... | 1,279 |
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Before
you say, "Another Bentley racing history?",
note that this one combines the W.O. Bentley racing
era with the Rolls-Royce and Volkswagen built Bentley
... | 1,280 |
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(Crewe, England & Brescia, Italy.
16 May, 2012) W.O. Bentley's gift for creating cars
that combined the speed of a thoroughbred racing machine
with a... | 1,281 |
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A 1954 company-owned R-Type Continental
has also made the journey from England to Italy. Widely
regarded as one of the most elegant cars to have sported
Bentley's d... | 1,282 |
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An appeal court recently heard a case
on whether a vintage car should be deemed authentic
after a good number of its original components were
replaced. An earlier d... | 1,283 |
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A vintage car can still be
considered authentic even following a substantial
rebuild where many of its original parts are replaced,
an appeal cour... | 1,284 |
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American businesswoman Mercedes
Brewer bought the £425,000 Bentley from
a respected dealer in 2007 believing it to be
in its original condition.
... | 1,285 |
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Mr Mann welcomed the decision
claiming that the previous judgement would have
had “immense” consequences for the “entire
antiques market”.
... | 1,286 |
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1,000 miles in a day... in a 1925 LeMans
Bentley... with the top down... and the temperature
below freezing... is a feat that should be attempted
only by mad dogs, Eng... | 1,287 |
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When the first supercharged Bentley
debuted at the 1929 British International Motor Show,
Charles Noble was only eleven years old, but he was
already obsessed with Bentle... | 1,288 |
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But I'm getting ahead of the story.
Supercharging the uncompetitive 4-litre four-cylinder
racing car was not W. O. Bentley's idea. Decades later,
he wrote, "To superch... | 1,289 |
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The Bentley Boys are on the road again, this time taking
part on the 'Britain by Bentley Tour'. Thirty-one days
of magnificent driving, travelling some 3,000 miles
... | 1,290 |
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After two days of sightseeing in London,
we took the train to Bedford where we were met by our
"garagier" who took us to the Bentley and
we took off ... | 1,291 |
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Spent a free day in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city,
taking an open-top bus tour to get an overview of the
city surrounded by water. The UNESCO World Heritage
Site ... | 1,292 |
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Some of us stopped at the Gleneagles
Hotel for coffee, the world famous haunt for golfers.
Crossed the Tossachs National Park which separates the
Hig... | 1,293 |
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Left the beautiful lake district on a rainy
morning, put on all the rain gear to start with, then
it brightened up and got warmer as we drove further
south. Stopped at... | 1,294 |
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Next morning Roger and I went to visit
the impressive Caenavon Castle some 30 miles away. Caenavon
castle is the most famous of Wales's castles and also
a World Her... | 1,295 |
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We then went on to visit Chatsworth
House, the magnificent estate of the Cavendish family
for 16 generations and where the Duke and Duchess of
Devonshire still reside.... | 1,296 |
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The first day in Stratford we spent
walking around checking out all the important sites.
In the evening we drove to close by Royal Leamington
Spa to see family there. We ... | 1,297 |
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The next day we spent in Bath and
were received by the mayor in the city park, followed
by a lunch in the County Club. The mayor, the President
of the County Club (a r... | 1,298 |
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Left Torquay for the New Forest. A busy day. Met up
with Richard (who came to visit us at the Imperial Hotel
with Natasha the night before) and a couple of his work
collea... | 1,299 |
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The following day we went to see Lord
Montagu's world famous National Motor museum in Beaulieu.
The museum houses a collection of over 250 automobiles
... | 1,300 |
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Push started the car for the run through
Sussex into Kent. The re installation of the starter
motor was not successful. With all the handling of the
unit it now has a loo... | 1,301 |
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Crewe, Tuesday 21st June: Bentley
Motors today rolled out the red carpet to welcome over
a hundred members of the Bentley Drivers Club (BDC)
- and their fifty Bentl... | 1,302 |
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The drivers arrived at Crewe Hall on
Monday evening for a gala dinner with executive members
from Bentley Motors. They then travelled to Bentley's
Pyms Lane site under an ... | 1,303 |
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Richard Charlesworth, Bentley's Director
of Royal and VIP Relations, who hosted the visit said:
"No grand tour of Britain by Bentley would be complete
... | 1,304 |
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Often enough during the 1930s I saw an advertising
slogan for Austin cars, "You buy a car but you
invest in an Austin." A comparable advertising
slogan for Bentley car... | 1,305 |
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30th Jul 1966; A Day that will live
in memory, especially if you are English. Actually I'm
a Kiwi but I was in the UK on that day and it has more
memories than a mere spor... | 1,306 |
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Bill then opened the garage doors and
there was a 1929 or 1930 (wish I could remember which)
Blower Bentley, British Racing Green and enormous. 'Would
I like a ride?' ... | 1,307 |
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UPDATE:
March 7, 2012
The case was originally heard by a High
Court Judge who had ruled against Stanley
... | 1,308 |
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A
classic car enthusiast has won £94,000
in damages after paying £430,000 for
a vintage Bentley, unaware that only one
... | 1,309 |
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Mercedes Brewer was awarded
£94,000 in damages after learning
that only a small part of the chassis was
genuine and the engine was 're... | 1,310 |
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A. Introduction</s> | 1,311 |
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The car. This
case is about a vintage Bentley car that was sold
as a 1930 Speed Six Bentley ("the car"). The car
was delivered from the Bentley Cricklewood wo... | 1,312 |
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Mrs Brewer.
Mrs Mercedes Brewer is an American citizen and
she is both a practising US attorney and a practising
English solicitor. She was admitted to the Bar... | 1,313 |
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Mr Brewer.
Mr Fredric Brewer, Mrs Brewer's husband, was
a contemporary car dealer in the 1960s and early
1970s and is now a business consultant. He has bee... | 1,314 |
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Mr Mann and
SMRL. Mr Stanley Mann is a Bentley
vintage car dealer and he is both an enthusiast
for these cars and very knowledgeable about them.
... | 1,315 |
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Mrs Brewer's
case - contractual inducement. On
8 May 2007, Mr Brewer saw an advertisement that
Mr Mann had placed in Classic and Sports Car.
... | 1,316 |
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Mrs Brewer contends
that she was induced to buy the car by Mr Mann when
he warranted in this critical pre-contract meeting
that the car h... | 1,317 |
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SMRL's purchase
of the car. It is now known that neither
SMRL nor Mr Mann owned the car on 6 June 2007 when
SMRL sold it to Fortis and Mrs Brewer paid SMRL
... | 1,318 |
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Mrs Brewer's
case � breach of warranty. Mrs Brewer discovered
in August 2008, over a year after taking delivery
of the car, that its engine was actually on... | 1,319 |
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Mrs Brewer's
case � contractual misdescriptions. Mrs
Brewer contends that the description of the car
as a "1930 Speed Six Bentley Car" was contained
... | 1,320 |
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It therefore followed
that this contractual description had the same meaning
in all three contracts and was one which incorporated,
or wa... | 1,321 |
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Mrs Brewer also
contends that the car did not conform to that description.
Her case is that the car, when sold to Fortis and
then bailed to her, no long... | 1,322 |
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Mrs Brewer's
case � damages. In July 2008, Mrs Brewer
decided that she should sell the car since she could
no longer afford to maintain all her financial c... | 1,323 |
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After the car was
retaken by Fortis it was, on 27 July 2009, repurchased
by SMRL from Fortis for �425,000 to minimise the
loss. This was the price that SMR... | 1,324 |
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Mr Mann's
case � liability. Mr Mann denies
liability. He contends that he has no personal liability
to Mrs Brewer because he acted throughout as SMRL's ... | 1,325 |
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SMRL's and
Fortis's cases - liability. SMRL
adopts Mr Mann's defence and also, with Fortis,
contends that the description of the car as a "1930
... | 1,326 |
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Defendants'
cases � damages. Each defendant puts
forward various defences to Mrs Brewer's claim for
damages if, contrary to their respective primary
... | 1,327 |
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Dispute �
summary. It follows that the dispute
is, in essence, three-fold:
(1) How did Mr Mann describe... | 1,328 |
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Contribution
proceedings. Contribution proceedings
by Fortis against SMRL were only started during
the trial following my granting Mrs Brewer permission
... | 1,329 |
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Issues.
These claims give rise to a large number of
issues. Essentially, these are:
(1) The essential factual matrix;
... | 1,330 |
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Parties.
There were, originally, three parties to this
claim: Mrs Brewer, Mr Mann and Fortis. On the second
day of the trial, I granted Mrs Brewer permissi... | 1,331 |
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Following that joinder
order, Fortis applied for permission to join SMRL
as a third party and to claim an indemnity or damages
from SMRL.... | 1,332 |
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Witnesses.
The trial took place over four days. There were
five witnesses: Mr and Mrs Brewer, Mr Mann and two
experts, Mr Dennis Sibson who was called on beha... | 1,333 |
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Expert Evidence
� Mr Sibson. Mrs Brewer was given
permission by the court to call expert evidence
from an automotive engineer specialising in the
... | 1,334 |
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Mr Sibson acknowledged
that he understood his duties to the court as an
expert witness. He is now aged sixty four and is
qualified to act as an expert in the e... | 1,335 |
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I am satisfied that
although Mr Sibson had not given expert evidence
previously, he had fully acquainted himself with
his duties as a court expert and t... | 1,336 |
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Expert Evidence
� Mr Fenn. Mr Mann was given permission
by an order sealed on 24 July 2009 to call expert
evidence from an historic and classic car engineerin... | 1,337 |
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Mr Fenn is now aged
seventy seven. His expertise relates to Bentley
vintage cars and has been acquired as a result of
a life-long passion... | 1,338 |
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Mr Fenn, therefore,
has and demonstrated an expert and possibly unrivalled
knowledge of the history of Bentley vintage cars
and of how they have been ra... | 1,339 |
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Expert evidence
� findings. The two experts gave
complementary evidence on the issue as to how the
car's engine should be described, Mr Fenn from a
... | 1,340 |
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Given their respective
lengthy working experiences with all vintage Bentley
types including Speed Sixes, both experts were highly
qualified to give evid... | 1,341 |
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The experts disagreed
on two significant issues, those relating to the
extent to which the car's chassis had been altered
and as to whether the engine had been... | 1,342 |
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Mr Sibson had inspected
and measured the chassis very carefully and had
concluded that the only surviving section from the
original 1930 chassis was part of th... | 1,343 |
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Mr Fenn's evidence
was that the relatively insignificant changes to
the chassis had left the chassis in its original
state and as being a... | 1,344 |
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Overall, Mr Sibson
contended that the car could not be described as
a Speed Six and the engine could not be described
as either a Speed Six engine or as... | 1,345 |
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C. The essential factual matrix</s> | 1,346 |
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(1) Speed Six Bentleys</s> | 1,347 |
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Bentleys were first
manufactured in 1919 when Walter Owen Bentley, or
W.O. as he is usually known as ("W.O."), founded
his own motor car ... | 1,348 |
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W.O. was the chief
designer of vintage Bentley racing engines. The
team that he assembled produced just over 3,000
Bentley cars in the Cricklewood works... | 1,349 |
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W.O. and his design
team started with a 3-litre engine and then moved
to a 4�-litre engine. The design of the car, particularly
the engine, was constant... | 1,350 |
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Following the arrival
of Barnato's finance, Bentley Motors produced world
beating racing models and the focal point of the
business was its racing team. W.O. a... | 1,351 |
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Initially, following
Barnato's involvement in Bentley Motors, the company
concentrated on developing the 6�-litre car which
had been intr... | 1,352 |
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The most celebrated
Speed Six was always known as Old Number One. This
was built in 1929 and was only the second Speed
Six to be built. It had a six cylinder 6... | 1,353 |
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There is a detailed
account of the working history of Old Number One
in the judgment of Otton J in Hubbard v Middlebridge
Scimitar Limited[4].
... | 1,354 |
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Many of the Speed
Sixes that were produced were immediately bought
by wealthy individuals and used for private purposes.
Although their design and specificatio... | 1,355 |
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Speed Sixes consisted
of a chassis frame which was designed by W.O.'s
Cricklewood team and manufactured on the Clyde and
which then had incorporated in the... | 1,356 |
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W.O.'s vintage Bentleys
are all collectors' items but the pride of place
for any enthusiast of these Bentleys from the 1920s
Cricklewood era inevitably goe... | 1,357 |
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Since 1945, however,
interest in vintage Bentleys has increased enormously
and all vintage Bentleys are now both extremely
valuable and regarded as good in... | 1,358 |
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