1924 Bentley 3-Litre Drophead Coupé by H J Mulliner

First registered owner, based at Dalham Hall in Newmarket. Sale handled through London dealer Gaffikin Wilson.

Resident in Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire; tenure appears to have been brief before the car passed to the next owner.

Based in Sherborne, Dorset and also in London.

Second of two early-1930s owners before the factory reacquired the car for resale.

Purchased from Bentley Motors directly; based in Carrickmines, County Dublin. Body modifications and steering updates were likely carried out around this period while the car was in Ireland.

Last entry in the factory service record; located in Tivoli, Cork. Car's history has a gap covering the wartime years.

Ownership documented in the Suffolk County Archives at Bury St Edmunds.

Based in the United States; the car remained stateside for several years before returning to the UK by 1980.

Offered the car for sale after its return to the UK; transaction likely occurred around 1980–1981.

Commissioned a comprehensive restoration during the 1980s including engine overhaul, body frame timber replacement, new aluminium panels, re-trimming and repaint. A 1988 invoice from S Brunt Ltd is on file.

Compiled a detailed specification sheet around 2001; undertook a 3,500-mile Bentley Drivers' Club tour of New Zealand in 1999.

Servicing invoices from Goudhurst Services in late 2002 and early 2003 are on file, along with work on hub spinners and the starter motor.

Owned the car from 2009; the engine was professionally reassembled in 2008 just prior to or during this ownership, with new white metal bearings and crack-tested con-rods.

Acquired approximately six years before the 2019 catalogue date. Participated in multiple Bentley Drivers' Club events in the UK and abroad, including overseas rallies in 2014 and 2018.

One of two owners through whose hands the car passed in the early 1930s.

A 3,500-mile touring event through New Zealand conducted under Bentley Drivers' Club auspices.

One of several BDC events in the UK and overseas in which the current vendor participated.

Entered by the current vendor as part of ongoing use on VSCC events.

Comprehensive restoration encompassing a full engine overhaul, replacement of deteriorated body-frame timber, fitting of new aluminium body panels where required, reupholstering of seats and door cards, new carpeting, and a complete respray.

Carried out during K W Tams's ownership. The sole surviving invoice in the history file, dated 1988, is from S Brunt Ltd of Silverdale, Staffordshire and covers the engine rebuild element.

Servicing work including fitting new hub spinners and rebuilding the starter motor.

Invoice on file dated October 2002.

Further servicing work carried out.

Invoice on file dated February 2003.

Engine reassembled following fitting of new white-metal bearings by Formhalls and crack-testing of the connecting rods prior to final assembly.

Documented by invoices in the history file.

Ongoing maintenance and upkeep by a dedicated marque specialist from 2010 onwards.

Stuart Fearnside of SF Racing has been responsible for the car's care since 2010.

Body converted from a two-seat-plus-dickey configuration to a close-coupled four-seater with boot; windscreen changed from a three-pane to a single-pane unit. Steering updated to a low-geared type and well-base wheels and tyres fitted — modifications typical of Bentley Motors' 1930s refurbishment practice for cars offered for resale.

Work believed to have been carried out around the time of the 1933 sale to F C Butterworth.