Year of manufacture 1981 Recorded mileage 16,800 Asking price £26,995 Vendor Kim Cairns, Snettisham, Norfolk; 01485 541526; kimcairnsclassics.co.uk WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £15,039 Max power 205bhp Max t

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ASKING £20,000 PRICE ENGINE 2549cc/V8/OHV POWER 150bhp@5800rpm TORQUE ...

That’s marque historian Clare Hay’s verdict regarding the boat-tail body on 1927 Bentley 3 Litre chassis TN1564, and it’s no idle hyperbole. This ultimate development of the ‘skiff ’ body style (origi

Year of manufacture 1980 Recorded mileage 73,997 Asking price £97,750 Vendor Graeme Hunt, Battersea, London; 020 79378487; graemehunt.com WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £53,332 (1979) Max power 220bhp (est) Ma