{"id":1677,"date":"2021-09-24T13:14:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T05:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1677"},"modified":"2021-09-24T13:14:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T05:14:05","slug":"100-year-old-gifted-car-he-drove-as-a-chauffeur-in-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1677","title":{"rendered":"100-year-old gifted car he drove as a chauffeur in 1964"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/931\/524\/BENTLEY-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Fox News Flash top headlines for September 20\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Fox News Flash top headlines for September 20<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what&#8217;s clicking on Foxnews.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">It\u2019s reward enough to reach 100-years-old, but getting a classic Bentley luxury car for your centennial birthday present is icing on the proverbial cake. Especially when its one you used to drive.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/640\/320\/BENTLEY-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Huges drove the Bentley as a chauffer in 1964.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Huges drove the Bentley as a chauffer in 1964.<br \/>\n      (SWNS)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Eddie Hughes of Lacock, U.K., was surprised by his family when they gave him the keys to a Bentley S3 he drove as a chauffeur way back in 1964.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes had picked the car up from the factory for his employer and drove him around in it for a year before moving on to another job.<\/p>\n<p>His son Ron, 69, began the quest to find the car two decades ago after his father told him &#8220;it was the best car he had ever driven.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/640\/320\/BENTLEY-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (SWNS)<\/p>\n<p>Ron told SWNS that he\u2019d contacted Bentley clubs around the world over the years, but it wasn\u2019t until his son, James, recently entered the registration number into a Google search and found the car for sale in the U.S. that they were able to track it down.<\/p>\n<p>They purchased the brown sedan from the Beverly Hills Car Club and had it shipped to the U.K. for a total $44,000 before sending it to the shop to have it repaired.<\/p>\n<p>MORE COLLECTOR CAR NEWS FROM FOX NEWS AUTOS<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/640\/320\/bentley-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ron Hughes spent 20 years trying to track down the Bentley for his father.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Ron Hughes spent 20 years trying to track down the Bentley for his father.<br \/>\n      (SWNS)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The car was very complete with its original parts but its running condition was poor until it was fixed,&#8221; Ron said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just could not believe it. It was wonderful to see it again,&#8221; Eddie said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was very emotional when I saw it. I never knew anything about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>Eddie said it still rides smoothly, but he unfortunately won&#8217;t be getting to drive it on the road as he is about turn in his driver\u2019s license after 83 years.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/640\/320\/BENTLEY-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (SWNS)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ll be leaving that to my family,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for September 20 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what&#8217;s clicking on Foxnews.com. 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