This delightful Bentley T2 left Crewe during October 1977.

Its chassis number prefix of SBH confirms it as a factory right hand drive model.

The car was first registered in November of 1977 making it a very early example of the revised T2 model.

The car was supplied by dealers Heron to the Northern Optical Company of Houghton-le-Spring.

Heron went on to service the car for its first three years or so and 24,000 miles, suggesting that Northern Optical retained it until then.

The second owner acquired the T2 in 1981 and retained it for a full 16 years.

He parted with the Bentley in 1997 at which point it had covered around 49,000 miles.

A further four keepers came and went before the current owner, Ken, acquired the car in 2019.

Ken bought the T2 from classic car specialists Graeme Hunt in London.

By now the Bentley had covered around 86,500 miles.

Since then, Ken has only used the Bentley on “sunny summer days” with it being kept in a centrally heated garage for the rest of th...