Photo: Mathieu Heurtault / Courtesy of Gooding & Company
Four magnificent motorsport legends will return to the public eye at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auctions on August 18-19, in association with the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The quartet is made up of a 1928 Bentley 4.5-Liter Le Mans Sports “Bobtail” team car, the 1964 Ford GT40 Prototype 104, a 1955 Ferrari 857 Sport and a 1960 Porsche RS60 Spyder.
The Bentley, YW 2557, is a 1928 4.5-liter Vanden Plas Le Mans Sports “Bobtail,” one of the few purpose-built 4.5-liter Le Mans team cars and the only remaining example in “Bobtail” form. It was completed in 1928 for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which another Bentley team car won. The following year Bentley Boys swept 1st through 4th places, the “Bobtail” taking 3rd with J. Dudley Benjafield and Baron Andre d’Erlanger at the wheel. This car has recently been restored to its 1929 Le Mans specification. Its estimated value is $5.5–$7.5 million.
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