The Bentley nameplate has carried its old-world English heritage since 1919, and this rare 1936 Bentley 4-Litre Airflow Saloon " one of just two built to this design specification " is among the most historically significant examples. Chassis B-118-HK is one of the first 4-Litres to be completed and leave the factory. Penned by Chief Designer A. F. McNeil of Gurney Nutting, it was exhibited on the Gurney Nutting stand at the famed Olympia Motor Show in 1936, originally finished in 'steel dust' over grey leather upholstery. Known ownership history begins with Major C. Watson Smythe of Cornwall in March 1937, passing through Royal Air Force squadron leader V. Motion of London in 1943, and eventually to West Coast Bentley collector Gary Moore. Restored with a body-off-the-frame restoration in the late 1980s, it was exhibited at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in 1995. Featured in Johnnie Green's book 'Bentley: Fifty Years of the Marque.' As Bentley historian Diane Brandon said of this example, 'It is a stunning car, with no awkward views or angles.'
