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This 1924 3-Litre Red Label Bentley, also known as ‘Speed One’, is probably one of the few Bentleys to have a full record of its previous owners. One of them was Colonel Euan Rabagliati of Brooklands Double Twelve fame. He raced ‘Speed One’ during the 1925 season with Wally Hassan and Micheal Sedgwick. They were apparently an extremely colourful team and a number of apocryphal stories are told of their exploits, like this one: “In the summer of 1925 Rabagliati was driving ‘Speed One’ from a Brooklands meeting to a party being held in Grovesnor Square. His passengers were Wally Hassan and Doctor Benjafield. They were closely followed by another 3-Litre driven by another gentleman driver and Rabagliati was determined that the car should not pass him. They apparently approached Buckingham Palace Road neck and neck, only to find a Phantom 1 limousine being driven sedately down the middle of the road, they passed either side of it at full bore with just a bonnets length between them. Rabagliati was pronounced the victor on arrival with a good deal of shouting and back slapping. The following morning, Hassan (a Bentley employee) was carpeted by a very angry W.O. Bentley who by fate had been a passenger in the Phantom 1.“
This Milestone Bentley will certainly be the star attraction during Coys Auction at Blenheim Palace on July 18th. Find it at lot 638! (photos courtesy Coys)

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