ONE of the worlds and Australia’s oldest Bentleys turns 100 this September, coinciding with a Bentley Drivers Club of Australia tour of the region.
Currently on display at MOVE, this magnificent Blue Badge three-litre Bentley is a three-seater Cloverleaf Tourer (still original body) by Lawrence Cutter of Ballarat. It arrived in Australia in September 1922 much to the excitement of its original owner, Oswald Syme (son of David Syme, proprietor of Melbourne’s The Age newspaper).
The new body was completed in time for him to compete in the RACV 1000-mile Alpine Trial in November 1922. A few weeks later Oswald Syme recorded the fastest time at the Gap Hill Climb – the first competition win for Bentley in Australia.
This month the Bentley Drivers Club of Australia will visit Northeast Victoria on a Silo Art Tour. They will visit Shepparton on days four through six, visiting MOVE and the 100-year-old Bentley, and stopping past SAM, the Australian Botanic Gardens and the Shepparton Golf Club and more.
Don’t miss this historic marvel while it is on display and keep your eyes open September 16-18, for when the Bentleys come to Shepparton.
