This Bentley was 30 years in a barn, dust to happen

Posted on 03-06-2015 at 22:09 by ricardo – 25 Comments”

Long enough to ‘m the predicate ‘barnfind’ to give him an expensive auction house.

The Bentley in question is a 4 1/2 Litre. A car that, according to the adage ‘there’s no replacement for displacement”, Walter Owen Bentley was built. The Brit came in 1935 as a six year old used car in the hands of the grandfather of the current owner. The family knew the car about 50 years of riding. It was not until 1985 he was on the road, and in a shed in Surrey stopped.

You know the shed undoubtedly from earlier barnfind stories. It is messy, there is a spider web from floor to roof, the dust layer is millimeters thick, and again: it’s messy. Now we are going to here certainly do not claim that the mess tents, but if we have a classic ‘find’, then we had also that he is messy in the photo. For that extra juicy barnfindswag.

But since all serial numbers are correct, the body is still in reasonable condition, and here only 665 pieces are built, the car how a lot the money. Auction house Bonhams expect between £150,000 and £250,000 for the catch. A lot more than the 30,000 quid that the owner – who wishes to remain anonymous – itself had in mind.

Interest in this British stofnestje? Bonhams is hammering the car on 5 september, during the Collectors’ Motor Cars and Motorcycles sale.

Thanks to all the tipgevers!

Gallery: Bentley barnfind Surrey

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