1997 BENTLEY TURBO R LWB

6750cc, auto. This gorgeous Bentley Turbo R was previously owned by Countess Raine Spencer (stepmother to Princess Diana). It is accompanied by over £40,000 worth of maintenance invoices, one of which indicates that the head gaskets were replaced 6,000 miles ago at a cost of £8,000. The MoT is valid to 15th July 2027, and the vendor reports that it "drives beautifully, as a Bentley should!" The Royal Blue bodywork is in lovely overall condition, complete with hand-painted coachlines, and complemented by a magnolia leather interior with blue carpets and blue leather top roll.

The car has been registered to its latest keeper since 2016, who is now selling due to ill health. In addition to its sizeable stack of maintenance invoices the car comes with a spare key, MoT certificates from 2013-on, original handbooks and a service logbook which records a remarkable 28 services up to 94k miles. Recent work has included a new battery, fuel pump and filter, fuel injector seals, Michelin tyres, and all the brakes have been stripped and cleaned. The vendor advises that the passenger seat is intermitted (though the driver's is ok) and the air conditioning blows cool rather than cold.

The odometer is showing 96,125 miles although there is a record of a clock change in 1998 at around 9000 miles, so the true mileage is believed to be around 105,000.

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