1930 Bentley Speed Six Old Number 2 Tourer

Widely regarded as the most important surviving works Bentley, this Brooklands Double-Twelve winner and LeMans team car from 1930 is also one of the most original vintage Bentleys in the world. This car with chassis number HM2868, was specifically built for racing. With specially designed bodywork by Vanden Plas the car has a 200 bhp, 6.5-liter straight six engine. It formed part of the trio of Speed Sixes built by W.O.'s Cricklewood factory specifically to compete in the 1930 24 Hours of Le Mans, in which, driven by 'Bentley Boys' Dick Watney and Frank Clement, it came in second behind its stable mate Old Number 1. As a dress rehearsal for LeMans, the car was entered for the Brooklands Double Twelve in May. This was a 24-hour race divided in two parts with a break at nightfall. Driven by Woolf Barnato and Frank Clements, the Bentley Boys were victorious. After LeMans, the W.O. Bentley team retired from racing.

The racing Speed Six models were all built on a shorter, 11-foot chassis, and their 6.5-liter engines were fitted with lightweight aluminum pistons, dry-sump lubrication, twin spark ignition and an advanced valvetrain.

The car has enjoyed a long and illustrious history and has always been carefully maintained in largely original condition, but after a previous restoration in 2008, its true brighter green paint color was discovered in 2018, so its original Vanden Plas body has been carefully repainted for a second time while still keeping the patina that made it world famous.