The vintage 1935 car was bought new by wealthy Australian tea merchant Philip Bushell.
He shipped it over to Australia, where it spent two decades before it returned to Britain in 1954.
The Bentley went up for sale at a garage in Shaftesbury, Dorset, where local farmer James Young paid £1,050 for it.
After the aforementioned MOT failure, it was then parked up in a barn from 1968 until a winter storm damaged the barn's roof last year.
Mr Young’s grandson, Roger, and his wife, Linda, feared it would only deteriorate further in the exposed condition, so they decided to put the car up for auction.
He shipped it over to Australia, where it spent two decades before it returned to Britain in 1954.
The Bentley went up for sale at a garage in Shaftesbury, Dorset, where local farmer James Young paid £1,050 for it.
After the aforementioned MOT failure, it was then parked up in a barn from 1968 until a winter storm damaged the barn's roof last year.
Mr Young’s grandson, Roger, and his wife, Linda, feared it would only deteriorate further in the exposed condition, so they decided to put the car up for auction.
MOT - Minister of Transportaion. Annual inspection
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