16th Dec 2022, 09:43

I cannot comment on the later model Bentleys. In fact only one Bentley.

As a 20 year old Senior Aircraftsman with RAF, I hitch hiked a ride on the Doncaster bypass in 1960. A Bentley Continental convertible stopped (believe it or not). The gentleman at the wheel was from the Admiralty. He told me to put on the safety belt (what's that?) because we will be going fast. He wasn't kidding. Yet for all the speed it was as if I watched it on TV. Passing all the Ford Zodiacs parked on the motorway. A slight whistle in the hood caused him to complain... the mind boggles.