Registration No : DLO 936

Chassis No : B-135-FC MOT : Exempt According to its accompanying Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club copy build records, chassis B135FC was despatched to Vanden Plas Ltd of London on 6 th May 1936.

Initially ordered for stock, the Bentley was fitted with body number 3476 (one of just four executed to this design).

Incorporating such extras as a louvred scuttle, peaked wings and ribbed running boards, the Drophead Coupe was supplied new to Robert S.

Hayward Esq. of The Hawthorns, Galashiels.

A director of the nearby R & A Sanderson Woollen Mill, he was allowed £50 in part exchange for his old W.O.

Bentley 3 Litre but had to pay an additional £1,490 to secure its successor.

Acquired in part to help celebrate one of his brother-in-law Sir J.

Donald Pollock's many awards, the four-seater was first road registered as 'DLO 936' on March 1 st 1937.

Elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh that same year, Sir Donald was among the University of Edinburgh's...