Bentley R-Type Continental HRX 990

[GTBob]

HI, I hope this is not seen as an invasion of privacy but I am interested in finding the owner (or perhaps past owner?) of this car. I collect postcards and blog about my collection. (I'd give you the link but I think it breaches PistonHeads rules to do so). One of my regular readers, who lives in the Netherlands, has found a marvelous old postcard of Santiago de Compostela with this Bentley parked outside. He's very excited (as am I!) to discover the car is still with us and wonders who it was who made that journey in that wonderful car and whether there are any stories associated with the trip. So, I am hoping that through this post I can make contact with the person who parked their car in our postcard.
Thanks
Bob.

[GTBob]

Many thanks, I will try that.
Bob

[GTBob]

Thanks Voxy for the photo. Very interesting. I have discovered that the car was first registered in 1953 only a month before it was captured in my postcard in northern Spain but seems to have now disappeared. Your photo is one of the very few of the car. I took the liberty of including it in my blog post. Hope that is OK. I don't think I am allowed to post a link here but if you search for postcards for petrolheads you'll probably find it or wait a day until Google has it is its sights and search for the registration number.
All the Best
Bob

[GTBob]

Voxy said:

It was originally supplied to Michael Collier of The Autocar who used it extensively on continental journeys.

@Voxy

Excuse my ignorance, I saw the name Michael Collier in Stanley Sedwick's book of the R-Type Continental but I must confess I do not know who he is/was and a quick Google did not connect that name with The Autocar. Can you enlighten me?

Thanks
Bob