A stunning 1949 Bentley Speed 8 recreation with coachwork by Racing Green....

"Fools! They've missed a zero from the guide price." I hear you say.

Well we haven't, read on and we'll explain.

Most of you reading this will be aware of the exploits of the Bentley Boys and of the cars they raced.

Now getting very hard to find, and with a price tag that reflects this, ownership of original cars is restricted to only the very privileged.

Allow us to introduce a vehicle that can turn as many heads, is easier to drive, own & maintain, and could be snapped up here for around a tenth of the price.

Interested? You should be! After the Second World War Bentley launched the Mark VI as a steel bodied, luxury sports saloon but with chassis' continuing to be supplied to many coachbuilders who offered a variety of saloons, coupes and convertibles.

Coachbuilders often favoured the use of aluminium as steel available then was often of very poor quality due to the government's strict post-war contr...