Highlights

• One of just six Chatsworth’ Continental Rs, commissioned by Burton House, Sheffield
• Mulliner Park Ward special package costing £19,459 and bringing the total original sale price to £219,385
• Kenwood Electronics touchscreen system fitted, incorporating a 7” motorised fold-away monitor, tuner, DVD/CD receiver, USB and iPhone interface, Bluetooth hands-free and rearview camera
• Extensive and well-documented service history

The Appeal

The History and Paperwork

• MOT valid until March 2024
• 56,645 miles
• Supplied through Burton House, Sheffield who carried out the initial 1,000 mile service
• The first owner, Mr Smith of Macclesfield, kept the car for just over five years from December 1998 to April 2004
• It was serviced by Bentley main dealers Michael Powles, Leicester.  30/8/2000 schedule 1 service at 5523 miles, 5/4/2001 schedule C 7654 miles, 21/6/2002 schedule 2 9569 miles, 23/12/2003 schedule C 13,868 miles
• Michael Powles, Leicester sold the car to its second owner Mr Wright of The New House, Gonalston, Nottingham, NG14 7JA, on 26/4/2004 
• He continued to have the car serviced at Bentley dealer Michael Powles, Leicester: 5/5/2004 schedule 1 service 14,358 miles, 4/11/2004 schedule C 17848 miles, 21/7/2005 schedule 2 20829 miles, 31/5/2006 schedule C by Paul Mackley Engineering (Bentley specialist) 23517 miles, and 27/9/2007 24,259 miles schedule 1 service by Michael Powles, Norwich 
• 12/10/2007 MOT at 24,300 miles by Stratton Motor Company 
• The third owner, Mr Cusworth of Chesham, bought the car on 26/10/2007 (at 27,000 miles) from Stratton Motor Company, Norwich 
• In his ownership the car was maintained initially by Jack Barclay, Nine Elms, London
• 22/8/2008 “check schedule” service and replaced front brake pads 29404 miles, 28/10/2008 replaced rear gas spheres 32,817 miles, and 4/11/2008 MOT 32,976 miles
• From July 2009 it was maintained by Hadley Green main dealers Barnet, 24/7/2009 schedule C and renewed brake discs and pads 37,572 miles 
• 21/12/2009 Hadley Green replaced the head gaskets 37,593 miles, at a cost of £7,196. 25/1/2010  (MOT 40458 miles)
• Taken into stock by Marlow Cars in September 2011, it had a check-over and schedule C service at 43,200 miles (work undertaken by Paul Bradshaw, of Bradshaw Bentley Services) 
• Advertised in the November 2011 issue of RREC Advertiser and bought by the present owner in late 2013; delivery taken in January 2014 after no.  2 service and MOT at 43,880 miles by Marlow Cars (work carried out by Paul Bradshaw, Bradshaw Bentley Services)
• Service and repair record in current ownership: 13/3/2014 front ball joint replaced by Performance & Prestige Cars (PPC), 18/3/2015 MOT 44270 miles and attended to rusty brake pipe, 12/5/2015 no.1 service by PPC and front dampers reconditioned 44,338 miles
• From October 2015, the car has been maintained by Hillier Hill
• 16/10/2015 Extensive repairs including front brakes, spring cups, fuel feed, parking brake pads and Tectyl underbody treatment 44,941 miles, 10/3/2016 MOT 45169, 22/6/2016 no. 1  service 45,263 miles, 27/3/2017
• New air conditioning, new main battery and MOT 45,439 miles,  6/3/2018  MOT 46,256 miles,  3/4/2018  schedule C  47,050 miles (annually serviced since then) 
• The most recent service was carried out on 9/3/2023 no. 1 service & MOT 51,702 miles
• Currently stored in an airflow chamber - sending 50,000 litres of filtered air through per hour
• Last of the pre-Rolls-Royce/Bentley separation models - with a body unique to Bentley
• Original sales invoices and specification paperwork present

The Condition

• Silver Pearl paintwork still in fantastic order
• The MPW package includes Birdseye Maple Stained Grey woodwork and waist rails, black chrome to all interior brightwork finishings, and Continental T style seat trim in “Dyed Through” black leather
• Black trim with green badging
• There are Chatsworth logos on all four waist rails and embroidered onto the top section of all four seat squabs 
• Continental T 18” five-spoke wheels with 255/50 tyres
• The previous owner had fitted a Kenwood Electronics touchscreen system, incorporating a 7” motorised fold-away monitor, tuner, DVD/CD receiver, USB and iPhone interface, Bluetooth hands-free and rearview camera (costing £2,465)
• Still also has the original Motorola telephone fitted in the armrest locker which the vendor informs us is in full working order
• No signs of corrosion or damage to the bodywork
• The leather upholstery remains free from excessive wear
• We understand all the cabin electrics to be in good working order

The Mechanics 

• 6.75-litre turbocharged V8
• Four-speed GM automatic gearbox
• Fewer than 60,000 miles on the odometer assures all remains in fine mechanical condition
• Judiciously serviced and reportedly running well
• The vendor assures us that the car drives without fault

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