A stylish 1930 Bentley 4.5-litre saloon still wearing its original Freestone & Webb fabric four-door coachwork is for sale in Sydney at the Shannons Autumn Auction on May 7.
The 4.5-litre, with its advanced engine in touring trim, fulfilled W.O. Bentley's famous slogan: "There's no replacement for displacement."
A total of 720 4.5-litre vehicles were produced - between 1927 and 1931 before Bentley was forced to sell his company to Rolls-Royce after the Great Depression.
This vehicle is believed to be one of the last of its type and was delivered new to a Captain C.D. Leyland in the UK in July 1930.
Bentley enthusiast Alan Mingaye found the car in NSW in 1957. It had been standing under a tree for a couple of years, with its engine and transmission removed and in 1980 it was totally restored by a Sydney coachbuilder.
