IT`S WITH SADNESS TINGED WITH A RAY OF OPTIMISM THAT I PLAN TO SELL OFF A LOT OF THE VINTAGE BENTLEY PROJECTS THAT I HAVE ON THE GO.
I`VE BEEN LIVING IN CHAOS FOR YEARS NOW AND MY WIFE HAS BEEN TRYING TO "PERSUADE" ME TO PUT MY AFFAIRS IN ORDER AND NOT LEAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR MY SUCCESSORS WHEN I SNUFF IT!
I`M SURE THAT THIS MUST BE A TYPICAL PROBLEM FOR COLLECTORS AND AS WE ALL KNOW, A LOT OF VALUABLE VINTAGE CAR STUFF IS JUST GIVEN TO THE SCRAP MAN BY GRIEVING WIDOWS.
I STILL THINK AT MY ADVANCED AGE THAT I CAN HANDLE THE SITUATION BUT THE SIGNS ARE THERE THAT THE CHAOS OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN AFFECTING MY QUALITY OF LIFE.THE THING THAT REALLY HAS TIPPED THE SCALES TOWARDS DOWNSIZING WAS THE RECENT DISCOVERY THAT MY BEST FRIEND THAT I HAD BEEN ESTRANGED FROM DUE TO FALLING OUT WITH HIS WIFE, HAD COLLAPSED AND DIED LAST CHRISTMAS AND HAD LAIN UNDISCOVERED ALL NIGHT OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE!
WHAT I INTEND TO DO IS TO KEEP MY FINISHED BITSA AND BRING IT BACK TO ROADWORTHY CONDITION SO THAT I CAN ACTUALLY USE IT ON THE ROAD. CONTINUE WITH THE 4 LITRE ENGINE PROJECT BUT THE PARTIALLY FINISHED 4 LITRE CAR WILL BE SOLD OFF AND ALL THE OTHER PARTS THAT ARE LYING AROUND IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND THERE IS A LOT OF THEM.
DOWNSIZING CAN MEAN THAT LOW VALUE COLLECTIONS OF 78 RECORDS, MAGAZINE COLLECTIONS AND LIBRARIES ARE VULNERABLE TO BEING THROWN AWAY IF NO TAKERS ARE FOUND. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ON MY 78 RECORD COLLECTION FREE OR MY COLLECTIONS OF CAR MAGAZINES FREE THEN PLEASE CONTACT ME.
I WILL BE COMPILING LISTS OF THE PARTS THAT I WILL BE RELEASING AND ADD THEM TO THE SPARES PAGE, SO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS PAGE IF YOU WANT SOME ORIGINAL VINTAGE BENTLEY NUMBERED PARTS