27th Jul, 2022 13:00

Pavilion Gardens, Buxton

 
Lot 58
 

1989 Bentley Turbo R

Sold for £14,625

(including buyers premium)


Lot details

Registration No: G948 YND
Chassis No: SCBZR04AXKCH27640
MOT: July 2023

  • Just c.62,300 miles from new and just four former keepers (two from the same family)
  • Offered with an extensive history file including original book pack with stamped service book
  • Just returned from a c.1,100 mile round trip to the Le Mans Classic without fault
  • Rated as ‘very good’ throughout by the vendor

Launched at the 1985 Geneva Motor Show, Bentley's Turbo R was based on the chassis of the Mulsanne and powered by a modified version of the engine from the Mulsanne Turbo. However, the newcomer proved to be rather more than the sum of its parts, causing the respected American magazine Motor Trend to describe it as `the first Bentley in decades deserving of the famous name'. The chassis changes were especially key to the model's success. This was to be an unashamedly sporting model, requiring tauter suspension than the Mulsanne. The Turbo R had wider tyres than the Mulsanne, which were mounted on alloy wheels - a first for the marque. The model was available with short (3,061 mm) or long (3,161 mm) wheelbase - 4,653 short and 1,211 long-wheelbase Turbo R's were produced between 1985 and 1997.

Supplied new in 1989 by Dutton-Forshaw Rolls-Royce in Preston costing a total of £82,111.52, this Turbo R was initially registered as ‘BS 45’. Finished in the attractive colour combination of Balmoral Green with Parchment leather and Green piping, the 6750cc turbo-charged Bentley V8 engine is mated to the three-speed automatic gearbox. The Bentley has covered just c.62,300 miles from new, with only five former keepers, two of which being from the same family (father and son).

Accompanied by an extensive history file that comprises the original book pack (with stamped service book) in the leather Bentley wallet; full factory build sheets; past logbooks and tax discs; a large selection of previous MOTs and a vast quantity of invoices. The aforementioned service book illustrates fourteen stamps, all of which are from either Bentley and Rolls-Royce main dealers or specialists. The Turbo R benefitted from approximately £18,800 worth of expenditure between 2017 and 2019, with much of the spend being with either Colbrook Rolls-Royce and Bentley specialists or Flying Spares, including brake, springs, shock absorbers, and much additional work. More recently, ‘G498 YND’ has benefitted from a new wiper motor with Colbrook in June 2022 and is offered with a no advisory MOT until July 2023. Having recently returned from a c.1,100 mile trip to Le Mans Classic and back, the Bentley is rated by the vendor as ‘very good’ in regards to bodywork, paintwork, electrical equipment, engine, gearbox and interior trim.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452

 

Auction: Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 27th Jul, 2022

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