"My father and mother were members of the Bentley Driver's Club for over 50 years. Dad owned many vintage Bentleys including GP 4258."

Found on Vintage & Prestige website on September 21, 2018

1931 Bentley 8.0 Litre Tourer
Chassis No. YM5032 ~ Engine No. YM5032 ~ Registration No. XGM945 GP (South Africa)

Vintage and Prestige Fine Motor Cars are proud to be offering this 1931 Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer for sale. The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer was auctioned from the ‘Sword Collection’ in March 1965 where the Bentley sold for £1,520.00.

The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer was subsequently owned by Douglas Worral until 1982. Douglas used the Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer on numerous B.D.C events over the years. Filmed at some stage with W.O Bentley at his home and shown on British television. Offered for sale by Coys of Kensington in December1984, This Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer is in excellent original condition throughout.

The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer was finished in ‘Duck Egg Blue’ and royal blue with black leather to the front and beige ‘Bedford Cord’ to the rear. In 1985/6, the Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer was re-bodied by Elmdown Vintage Autos as a Le Mans replica for Stanley Mann and the engine was fitted with a Phoenix crank and rods as well as new pistons.

In 1988 Ed Hubbard used the Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer for one of his numerous record attempts at Millbrook, where the Bentley averaged 108mph for an hour. This Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer has also been fitted with a Laycock overdrive. The Bentley was imported to South Africa in 1990 by Clive Woolley of Johannesburg, who used the car regularly. The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer was sold to Aylwin Stephenson of Johannesburg in 2007. Reg. No’s: GP4258, LDH-518-GP/SAF.

Ref/photo:

Bentley The Vintage Years p.197; Motorsport Jun 84 p.751; Motorsport Mar 89 p.284; BDC Review 95 p.35, 98 p.264, 100 p.138, 101 p.187 + 214,108 p.99, 169 p.204; Coachwork on Vintage Bentleys p.82; T&CC Dec 1995 p.67 VBTSA 1990p.26; VBTSA 1995 p.24 and VBTSA 2003 p.7.

The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer has completed the International Vintage Bentley Tours of South Africa in 1995, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2007.

Note 2015:

- The original saloon body is available via Graham Moss Vintage Bentley UK.

- The body, upholstery and instruments are all in good condition and it is available.

- The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer is currently in South Africa in Johannesburg where it may be viewed by prior appointment. We will handle export permits, shipping & European import taxes/UK registration.

"YM5032 was shipped from Johannesburg to Switzerland in April 2016.

Registered in Switzerland since then. Original Freestone & Webb Saloon Body, found in UK, bought by the current owner as well. No intention to rebuild the tourer body back to its original 1931 saloon configuration, but most important, chassis and saloon body are in the same ownership again."

This car was purchased by Rene Gilli in 2016.

Parkhurst Johannesburg, South Africa

"This is Chassis no. YM5032, the only 8-litre currently in Africa." — Wayne M. Kennerley, Nov 16, 2012

BDC lunch 2005

"Clive Woolley's 8l at Port Elizabeth, on 2001 International Bentley Tour of South Africa"

"I sat in this Bentley in about 1983 and decided I wanted a Bentley... one day I hope to have this Bentley or one very similar. I hope it still exists in its original form..."

Kensington Gardens, circa 1970

Owned by T.D. Worral.

1931 8 Litre, Reg.No: GP 4258, Engine No: YM5032, Chassis No: YM5032

This car was originally fitted with a Freestone and Webb 7-seater limousine body. Owned for many years by Mr. R.B. Dick in Scotland who parked it in the Sword Collection in Scotland for 30 years. Subsequently owned by T. Worrall until about 1982. During his ownership the car was filmed with W.O. Bentley at WO's home at the special request of WO and was shown on British television.

In 1985/86 the car was converted to a Le Mans replica by Elmsdown Vintage Autos for Stanley Mann. The engine was fitted with a Phoenix crank and rods and new pistons, otherwise the car has all its original matching components. In 1988 the car was used by Ed Hubbard for one of his numerous record attempt at Millbrook, the car averaging 108 mph for one hour before seizing a piston. It was on the International Vintage Bentley Tours in 2001, 2003 and 2006.