10th Dec, 2025 10:00
December Classic Vehicles & Memorabilia Auction
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1978 BENTLEY
£17,500 - £20,000
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Make: BENTLEY
Registration: LGH 746T
Engine Size (cc): 6750
Current Speedometer Reading: 94,900
Year of Manufacture: 1978
Date First Registered: 06/09/1978
MOT Expiry Date: 13/11/2026
Location: DUE ON SITE
You can view from: Saturday 6 December 2025 - Tuesday 9 December 2025
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The vendor has provided the model of the vehicle to be a Bentley T2, please confirm upon your own inspection.
The vendor has provided the following:
- 1978 BENTLEY T2 SALOON from The Aldeburgh Collection
- Registration Number: LGH 746T
- Chassis Number: SBH 35063
- Recorded Mileage: 94,800 miles
- Rare and desirable in original Masons Black with St. James Red leather interior
- Investment of over £80,000 in recent maintenance and repair works
- Outwardly distinguishable from the Silver Shadow only by virtue of its different radiator and winged 'B' mascot
- The T-Series Bentley was introduced alongside its Rolls-Royce sibling in 1965
- Mechanically identical, the duo represented a complete break with tradition, being the first of the Crewe factory's models to employ unitary construction
- Originally of 6,230cc, the pushrod V8 engine grew to 6,750cc in 1970 and provided identical power in either application
- Nevertheless, Autocar's T2 proved fastest of the Shadow family that the magazine had tested, accelerating to 60mph in under 10 seconds and achieving a maximum speed of 119mph
- Introduced in 1977 alongside the Shadow II, the T2 gained split-level air-conditioning, rack and pinion steering, revised dashboard and a chin spoiler
- Bentley was seen as very much the 'junior' marque at this time - its resurgence in the form of the Mulsanne Turbo was still some five years away - and sold in correspondingly limited numbers
- By the time production ceased in 1980, only 568 Bentley T2s had found customers compared with over 10,500 Rolls-Royce Shadow IIs, and today this arguably more handsome car is increasingly sought after
- This unique Bentley T2 was produced in September of 1978, finished in the rare and discrete colour scheme of Masons Black with a St. James Red leather interior
- With just five registered keepers (plus me now) from new, from 2019 to the present day the Bentley has enjoyed a huge amount of investment in its engine, drivetrain, suspension, braking, hydraulic and electrical systems, coachwork and trim to produce the simply stunning example presented
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Auction: December Classic Vehicles & Memorabilia Auction, 10th Dec, 2025
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