The Bentley T-Series, released in 1965, was a sister to the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, and stayed in production until 1980.
Bentley is restoring its first T-Series, representing a model that kept the automaker alive for about 15 years. The project is expected to be completed in 2023, at which point the first T-Series will join Bentley's heritage collection, the automaker said in a press release.
Bentley was owned by Rolls-Royce at the time, and the T-Series sedan was essentially a badge-engineered version of Rolls' Silver Shadow. The two cars looked virtually identical except for brand-specific grilles and hood ornaments.The two models also shared hydraulic self-leveling suspension licensed from Citroën, and a 225-hp 6.25-liter V-8 that had launched in 1959 in the. At the time, it had the highest specific output of any production engine, at 2.
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