Equipment
RHD. 3,680/105hp, 4-speed, polished wheel discs, suicide doors, landau bars, Flying B mascot, badge bar, wood dash and window trim, rear-mounted enclosed spare, painted radiator shell.
Condition
Formerly owned by Frederick Charles Stewart (construction manager of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth ocean liners), Sid Craig (diet guru Jenny''''s husband) and the Academy of Arts University. A few chips on the front of the car and some sizable cracks at the bottom of the A-pillars. Lots of cracking around the semaphores and several chips on the spare wheel cover. Clean and restored but lightly used underneath. Creased seats but mostly good interior. A handsome, rakish little car with a lot of eyeball, but upon closer inspection the age of its early ''''90s restoration is apparent despite having little or no use in the past ten years. 112 good quality, thorough photos.
Market commentary
Sold by Bonhams from the Sid Craig collection at Quail Lodge in 2009 for $122,500, then by Mecum at Las Vegas in 2018 for $115,500. A particularly attractive Park Ward body with long-term value and quality that makes even this bid close to reasonable. The consignor isn''''t known for hanging on to cars past their sell-by date and that is getting perilously close for this Bentley.