1929 Bentley 4½-Litre Short Chassis

Derby-based repeat Bentley customer who commissioned the car through racing driver Bertie Kensington-Moir as agent; retained it only briefly before selling.

Held the car for approximately two years before passing it on.

Notable Brooklands Bentley racer; period photographs from 1932 show the car in its current appearance during his tenure.

Stockport-based owner who sold the car in 1933.

Manchester owner who held the car through the wartime years, representing a long period of stable custody.

Several owners passed through custody in the post-war period; the body exterior was re-paneled in metal during this interval.

Long-serving Bentley Drivers Club member from Richmond who re-registered the car as 'WT 43' and carried out a careful restoration and sustained maintenance over 18 years.

Owned the car for seven years before selling in 1980.

Tadcaster-based owner and the longest single custodian, holding the car for 28 years; during this time the engine was rebuilt with upgraded internals, the gearbox re-geared, radiator recored, and rear axle overhauled.

Well-regarded UK specialist who held the car for personal use for nine years, including a period based in Cambridge; in April 2006 succeeded in recovering the original registration mark 'CH 8280' for the car. Arranged major mechanical rebuilding with Elmdown Engineering in 2008–2009.

The car successfully finished the rally following its cosmetic restoration, demonstrating its mechanical reliability post-rebuild.

Exterior body panels replaced with metal re-panelling prior to William Thompson's acquisition.

Carried out by unknown parties during the post-war short-term ownership phase.

Careful restoration carried out by owner William Thompson, followed by attentive mechanical upkeep throughout his tenure.

Thompson owned the car for 18 years and maintained it consistently.

Full engine rebuild performed as part of comprehensive mechanical recommissioning, also including the fitment of an overdrive unit.

Work spanned 2008 and 2009.

Continued mechanical rebuilding and final fitment of overdrive completed as a follow-on to the 2008 engine work.

Completion phase of the two-year mechanical programme.

Sympathetic yet highly detailed cosmetic restoration returning the car to its original blue-over-blue livery, with additional mechanical sorting; Rexine fabric covering reproduced in the correct original graining.

Rexine reproduction was carried out by R.C. Moss. The work also confirmed retention of the original chassis numbering, body, windscreen, and as-original Smiths headlamps.

Engine overhauled with a counterbalanced Allan crankshaft, Carillo connecting rods, and replacement pistons.

Undertaken during David Benson's approximately 28-year ownership period (1980–2008).

Radiator recored, new gearset installed in the 'D'-type gearbox, and rear axle rebuilt.

Also carried out during Benson's ownership period.