Holylands Tour, 2018

This car has been recently purchased by Steven Collins.

"The car has now been lightly restored and wings to the original style have been made and fitted. The original body has been found to be one manufactured by Harrison and is still on the car."

This car was purchased by John Blake in 2010.

Mar. 27, 2000 - Chassis No. 113 was sold at auction by Christie's in London.

Below is a report From the Telegraph & Argus, first published Wednesday Mar. 8, 2000

Why this runabout will fetch £60,000
For sale: 1922 Bentley sports car, in excellent condition with two previous Bradford owners.

The three litre, two-seater sports car, was once a familiar sight on the highways and byways of Bradford, will go under the hammer at Christie's in London on March 27. And it is expected to fetch £55,000 to £60,000.

The blue model was number 113 to roll out of the Bentley factory in Cricklewood, London, in 1921 and was sold new to an enthusiast named Mr E W Knowles, of Charles Street, Bradford.

With its Bradford number plate, KU 631, it was sold within a year to a Mr R Smith, of Fieldhead Mills, Bradford, who looked after the motor for more than 50 years. And according to newspaper cuttings in the car's file, Mr Smith used his car for the purpose for which it was built — sport. He entered the car in speed trials on the Morecambe New Road during the Morecambe summer carnival of September 1923.

Simon Towle, executive director of the Bentley Drivers Club, said its first owner would have paid £1,050 for the chassis and engine, and an extra £450 for the seats and body.

"People who bought these cars were obviously well off, probably rich mill owners. And no doubt they'd cause trouble at t'mill if they pulled up in one of these," he said.

"It's a lovely little motor and the new owner will have lots of fun. It's nice to see a car that's been sympathetically restored. It has the original style wheels and it would appear it has the original body and still has the front wheel brakes. The early Bentleys were built with front wheel brakes but a lot of others have had them fitted since for safety reasons. The engine also has a very early carburettor set-up that's been retained."

He said there were about 1,600 classic Bentleys in the world, about 1,000 of which are in Britain. "But a lot of them are a bit of one car and a bit of another. This one is quite unusual."

Colin Warrington, motor expert at Christie's said: "Initially it's quite a special car. It's almost one of the very first built by Bentley Motors and it appears to have the original body. It had long-term ownership in the north of England and ran in a very early motor sport event driven by a resident of Bradford. Obviously there are risks with this kind of sport but the car seems to have survived."

The car has the original chassis, engine, steering box and bonnet with matching numbers. After its Bradford links the car moved to Dorset and was then sold on to the current vendor in London.

It is ready for road use and has a current MoT.

Christies, London - 2000

Owner, 1929-1945 - Richard Hughes

One of the early owners of Chassis No. 113 was Richard Hughes, the famous author who wrote High Wind in Jamaica. He died in Wales in 1975. He bought the car on Oct. 26, 1929 and paid 150 UK pounds. He bought it at Boyd Carpenter, 47 West End Lane, Kilburn, NW6, London.

Owner in 1928 - G. R. Sketon, Harrogate, Yorkshire

Owner in 1927 - Pamela Ash, Harrogate, Yorkshire

Owner in 1925 - Ronald Smith, Bradford, Yorkshire - According to newspaper cuttings in the car's file, Mr Smith used his car for the purpose for which it was built — sport. He entered the car in speed trials on the Morecambe New Road during the Morecambe summer carnival of September 1923.

Owner in 1922 - E. W. Knowles
The car was delivered to the first owner on July 7, 1922. According to an article in the "Telegraph and Argus" newspaper, the first owner was E. W. Knowles, of Charles Street, Bradford.