Finished in wonderfully of-the-period Wildberry Mica, this 1996 Bentley Brooklands also benefits from the light-pressure turbo the factory installed as part of that year’s update.

Now boasting 300bhp, a remarkable figure that dropped the benchmark spring under eight seconds and lifted the top speed to a genuine 140mph, ‘P600 PRH’ also has the advantage of a top-end engine rebuild in 2015 by Bentley Leicester at a cost of almost £5,000.

It is not currently MOT’d – although it was issued with an advisory-free MoT in April 2025 – but by way of compensation, it’s got a charming story behind it.

You see, the seller’s father had always wanted a Bentley and in 2006 he decided to make his dream come true – and he didn’t let the small matter of having just celebrated his 80th birthday deter him.

He enjoyed driving his prized Brooklands Turbo for a few years, even as far as Stamford on one occasion, to have tea with the Queen at Burghley House, no less.

Age started to take its toll, and he ...