Storm Goretti hampers Coach Brian and his clients from getting out in the New Year until the skies cleared and leads began to fly again!

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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