General description :
Chequered Flag International is pleased to offer this 1987 Bentley Eight in Vermillion with Tan interior. 17,567 miles from new. Sold new by Chaisson Motorcars Las Vegas where it resided until 2000. From then on it lived in Palm Desert CA where its second owner took possession in 2003 to present day. Absolutely the cleanest '87 Bentley you will find for sale. All original paint, all original interior etc, etc. Has factory alloys. Perfect mechanically. Books, tools, jack etc. What a lot of car for the price. Drive it or collect it - you can't go wrong. Inspections encouraged. All sales AS-IS. Sales tax and lic fees due if delivered in California. - Contact Chequered Flag at 310-827-8665 or sales@chequeredflag.com for more information. - Please see more inventory and photos at http://www.chequeredflag.com. -
Before becoming a mere subsidiary to Rolls-Royce, Bentley was an independent Automaker famous for the "fastest lorries in the world" e.i Bentley 4½ Litre.
Good ol' Bentley boys (A group of wealthy British motorists, mainly Woolf Barnato, Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin, steeplechaser George Duller, aviator Glen Kidston, S.C.H. "Sammy" Davis, and Dr Dudley Benjafield ) -in their trusty Bentley cars- took four consecutive victories at 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930
In 1931 Bentley was taken over British Central Equitable Trust that later proved to be a front for Rolls-Royce Limited. Unhappy with his role at Rolls-Royce, W.O. Bentley left the company when his contract expired in 1935 duly joining Lagonda. This was beginning of which ultimately led Bentley cars to become more or less badge-engineered Rolls-Royce.