Buy cheap, buy twice goes the saying and nowhere is it more appropriate than our experience acquiring a Bentley Continental GT 6.0-litre W12.
Backed with a confidence which comes from gambling company money rather than personal cash, we set out on a mission to discover whether a Continental from the bottom of the market can be a worthwhile project or an expensive disaster and it’s fair to say we’ve learned a lot on the way.
After trawling the bargain end of the Continental market, you’ll find there’s always someone who brightly offers a comment along the lines of “You paid how much?” before commenting how they could have found you one so much cheaper than that, but in reality, it’s not that straightforward.
At the sub-£20k mark, there’s actually not a lot of choice once you’ve weeded out the Category N cars and the badly modified examples with aftermarket Speed model bits glued to the bodywork, black-painted wheels and dubious vinyl wraps hiding who knows what.
Yes, you can find a Continental GT in an auction for as little as £8000 but unless you have a lot of spare time and your own workshop facilities – crucially, with a two-post
