A rare overdrive car with stunning foursome coachwork by famed French carosserier De Villars; one of 5 derby Bentley chassis built by them.

After bodying, the Bentley was displayed at the 1938 Paris Motor Show, at the end of which it was, reputedly, purchased by a French Army general.

The car’s next recorded owners are Edgar de Evia and Robert Denning of New York, who purchased it in 1955, by which time the interior had been re-trimmed in red.

There were two further owners and then in 1975 the Bentley passed to Dominic Cappelli of North Carolina.

Mr Cappelli commissioned a restoration, which was completed in 1989 by John Griffin of Montgomery, Alabama at a cost of approximately $50,000.

Since being repatriated to the UK B8MR has been the recipient of a further £50,000 spent with motor engineer Michael Hibberd and also Fiennes Engineering.

The car is thus in very fine order and ready for immediate extended use.

The excellent exterior paint is pale blue over darker grey wings with...