1928 Bentley 4½-Litre Le Mans Tourer

Original recipient of the car when delivered through Henlys dealer; vehicle registered YX 2006 at this time and fitted with Victor Broom coupe coachwork.

Based in Cheshire, England; retained the car for roughly eight years.

Held the car for an extended period before selling in 1982.

Based in Zimbabwe; carried out a reconditioning of the largely unaltered vehicle and drove it in a 1995 rally while it still wore its original coachwork.

Well-known Bentley enthusiast who repatriated the car to the UK and commissioned a new Vanden Plas-style Le Mans Tourer body by James A. Pearce and Roger Wing, replacing the original Victor Broom coupe body and undertaking mechanical upgrades.

Respected East Coast US collector who used the car actively in rallies and meets over roughly a decade, carrying out brake, kingpin, and gearbox maintenance.

Frequent Bentley customer who accumulated over 10,000 miles in the car; one of several British custodians noted in factory service records up to 1937.

Car participated while still wearing its original Victor Broom coupe coachwork following a reconditioning by the owner.

Entered by the current owner in concours-style judging.

Car was reconditioned by its Zimbabwe-based owner prior to the 1995 rally season; the automobile was described as largely original at this time.

Work carried out by or under D.M.A. Stronge.

Original Victor Broom coupé coachwork removed and replaced with a new Vanden Plas–style Le Mans Tourer body built by specialist coachbuilders; features included cycle wings, a folding windscreen, Brooklands screens, Weymann-patent synthetic-leather bodywork over a padded wooden frame, an extended louvered bonnet, belly pans, quick-release radiator and fuel-tank caps, Zeiss headlamps, dual Bosch horns, and four 'diver's helmet' taillamps.

Commissioned by William Sykes after the car's return to the UK.

Original D-type gearbox fitted with Laycock overdrive and an Eldown Engineering clutch conversion; turned aluminium dashboard installed with period-style instruments.

Part of the broader re-body and upgrade programme under the Sykes ownership.

Engine overhauled with a Phoenix crankshaft fitted; dual Draper dampers added to the front axle and a larger racing fuel tank installed.

Completed as part of the same rebuild programme concurrent with the new coachwork.

New brake linings, drum linings, and kingpins installed; original gearbox rebuilt with fresh seals.

Work noted in documentation held by Piers MacDonald, carried out during his ownership circa 2001–2011.