Bentley with a full 100-year service history set to sell for £180k – and it’s got a Hollywood connection

A BENTLEY as soon as pushed by the well-known Fiennes household is predicted to fetch as much as £180,000 when it goes below the hammer.

The 1923 Bentley 3-Litre can be offered at H&H’s public sale on the Imperial Battle Museum, Duxford on March 15.

The 1923 Bentley 3-Litre can be offered at public sale subsequent monthCredit score: Triangle Information

It's anticipated to fetch £140,000 - £180,000Credit score: Triangle Information

The automobile has been owned by relative of famed actor Ralph FiennesCredit score: Triangle Information

Nicknamed Wilfred, the motor spent the primary a part of its life being raced at Brooklands - and was victorious in a 90mph Lengthy Handicap, recording two laps at 92.23mph.

It additionally went on to say a third-place end on the thirty fifth 100mph Brief Handicap within the arms of Captain Cecil Wingfield Twisleton-Wykeham Fiennes - relative of famed explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and the actor, Ralph Fiennes.

Wilfred is just one of 1,621 examples constructed between 1921 and 1929.

The automotive has a steady automobile historical past because it was put into circulation - with replacements and restorations required following a collision.

Surviving the Second World Battle unscathed, it was broken in an accident in 1947, requiring a substitute body.

The classic automobile's retained its engine and petrol tank, nevertheless.

The motor comes with a duplicate of its authentic Kingsbury manufacturing unit service report, a handwritten log detailing the late Nineteen Forties rebuild, a Bentley handbook, handbook and quite a few images and receipts referring to previous work.

It is present proprietor has owned the automotive for 60 years.

James McWilliam, senior motorcar specialist at auctioneers H&H Classics, mentioned: “Very not often do we discover automobiles with such racing pedigree and over sixty years of steady possession.

“From successful occasions at Brooklands, to finally discovering its solution to an proprietor who has sorted Wilfred for over sixty years, it’s an actual delight to deliver this automotive to public sale.

“Through the years Wilfred has had important upkeep with specialists and retains a robust reference to its previous.

“We anticipate important curiosity from pre-war automotive and motorsport fanatics as this can be a uncommon alternative to accumulate a Bentley from very-long time period possession and with a singular and engaging backstory.”

The motor is predicted to promote for £140,000 - £180,000.