Rolls-Royce & Bentley Driver

PADGETT MOTOR ENGINEERS

We know Padgett's is a family business, Jeremy, but can you tell us about its origins?

'My father bought a 1926 Bentley 3-Litre in the early 1950s and worked part time for a specialist to get to know the cars, until he founded his own business in 1957. He worked on lots of famous vintage Bentleys that were active in the BDC, and then in the 1960s developed

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