1977 | Bentley T 2

Many of our viewers / readers will know how much we like the T2

In the past examples in Brown or Gold would have been repainted by us into some fabulous colours, like Smoke, Velvet, Sage, Brewster and always Green of some sort

Having recently taken her back in part exchange, we again feel that finished in the very period Honey Gold, we couldn't bring ourselves to change anything - and with a sumptuous original specification why would we? Leather top and knee rolls in dark brown, complimenting the dark brown binding to the Wilton carpets, and the matching front headrests to mirror those on the back seats too. Whitewall tyres and a Gold "B" flying mascot to the radiator grill

As always we have given her a full service and thorough check over after which we have then used her for our everyday car

The interior is unsullied and is in such good condition with beautiful veneers to the fascia and straight grain to the door cards

We have fed the interior vigorously and they have taken on that nice patinated soft feeling from quality hides which have been well looked after

In the past a "Gold Roller / Bentley" would have been followed by jeers and snide remarks - nowadays in first quarter of the 21st Century, 44 years after her birth we are followed by waves, cheers and the thumbs up

How times change - in a nice way sometimes

We have just driven her back from Geneva, where the last owner kept her in his motor house - a plethora of period colours from the seventies lie within there too, so the T2 fitted in perfectly

The journey home to London was uneventful, that is to say she ran smoothly and without hiccup on the 2 day journey

He had purchased her from us 4 years ago and covered only 1.500 miles in that time

The previous owner had kept her in his care for the previous 40 years and obviously she was well loved in his family - a full book pack and history folder confirms this and obviously the original small and large tools are included with her inventory as well

So many service invoices, service stamps, MoT's and old tax discs are there, that we have fully documented the history of this beauty, so that you don't have to trawl through the whole lot !!

Having been first registered in June 1977, she is clearly one of the launch cars, for the model was not launched to the public until that time, so she will be one of the first ever to have been registered

Her number plate ROG 700R, has been with her all of her life too

Another cracking version of these extraordinary fine motorcars looking for her next custodian and one we shall be sad to see go