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10 June 2009
Bentley 3-litre, 100-mph model
Only 18 100mph-model Bentley 3-litres were made -- the lightest and the quickest of the breed. Malcolm McKay drives a rare survivor in amazingly original condition... Late in 1925, prosperous butcher and part-time gentleman racer at Brooklands, Henry Leeson, ordered from Bentley Motors a Super Sports: the new, ultimate 3-litre. The chassis was despatched to the Surbiton Coach and Motor Works, where craftsmen painstakingly constructed the most beautiful body ever to grace a Vintage Bentley...
Only 18 100mph-model Bentley 3-litres were made — the lightest and the quickest of the breed. Malcolm McKay drives a rare survivor in amazingly original condition... Late in 1925, prosperous butcher and part-time gentleman racer at Brooklands, Henry Leeson, ordered from Bentley Motors a Super Sports: the new, ultimate 3-litre. The chassis was despatched to the Surbiton Coach and Motor Works, where craftsmen painstakingly constructed the most beautiful body ever to grace a Vintage Bentley... Continued...
