Year: 1926 Make: Bentley Model: 3-litre Speed Sports Tourer by Vanden Plas Registration: YP 9505 Chassis No: LM1333 Engine No: LM1334 Mileage: 5,834 •: Originally supplied as a Vanden Plas bodied sports tourer •: Original engine •: Modified slightly for hill climbing and racing, probably in the 1950’s •: Possibly one of the last remaining unrestored examples to be discovered With characteristic humility Walter Owen Bentley was constantly amazed by the enthusiasm of later generations for the products of Bentley Motors Limited, and it is testimony to the soundness of his engineering design skills that so many of his products have survived.

From the humblest of beginnings in a mews garage off Baker Street, London in 1919 the Bentley rapidly achieved fame as an exciting fast touring car, well able to compete with the best of European and American sports cars in the tough world of motor sport in the 1920s.

Bentley’s domination at Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930 is legendary, an...