• Year of manufacture 
    1997
  • Mileage 
    23 800 mi / 38 303 km
  • Car type 
    Coupé
  • Reference number 
    18701-30
  • Drive 
    LHD
  • Condition 
    Used
  • Location
    United Kingdom
  • Exterior colour 
    Other
  • Gearbox 
    Automatic

Description

- Incredible find! - Just under 23,800 miles from new - One of only 217 left hand drive Continental T’s built world wide - Special order Carmine Red with two-tone St. James Red and Black interior - Engine turned dashboard - Complete with copies of factory records and lengthy service history - The fastest Bentley available in 1997 Finished in special order Carmine Red coachwork with St. James Red/Black Connelly hide, Black Wilton carpets throughout the car. Red and Black top roll combined with a matching gear stick and steering wheel trimmed in the same hide - exquisite. The unique finished engine turned aluminium creates a cockpit-like interior that is reminiscent of the great Bentley racing heritage. Order on 3rd January 1997 and to be delivered to Don Massey Cadillac INC, this example had been one of the first LHD cars to run off the factory line. Completed 3 months later and shipped across the Atlantic to NY, over the course of the next 25 years the T covered just 23,800 miles which equates to only 952 miles per year since its delivery. Fitted with Matrix Grill, Sedanca alloy wheels really sets this car apart from pack, in total there where 321 cars built world wide and in period it had been the most expensive car in the world - to add to its global importance. On file we have the factory build sheets, books and invoices from 2004 to the present day. The stance says everything, the Continental T is a machine - Under the bonnet, is a 6.75 litre turbocharged and inter