Sunday March 28th. British Summer Time. My friends and customers Mr & Mrs Bowen brought their lovely car out for lunch. A very unusual, exceptionally pretty car with an amazing history. Bently 1931. Bodied by Barker of Kensington the first model with a 'fast back'. A show stopper at the Paris salon d'automobiles 1931, photographed in all the fashionable magazines. Exhibited again in December 1931 at tge Olympia British motor show on the Barker stand. It was bought by Mr J.F. Kruse, one of the owners of the Daily Mail who drove it regularly to the Daily Mail offices in Paris and for this it was fitted with miles and kilometres as well as gallons and litres.

The next owner The Marquis of Portago, a Spanish aristocratis actor and polo player. Then Captain Drummond of Drummonds bank and so on through a list of glittering owners. The present owner would be delighted to give you full details. Telephone me and I will put you in touch with him if you are interested.