Me And My Car: Like riding a magic carpet

That was how it felt when Larry Lim drove his Bentley R-Type Continental 3,800km from Sydney to York in Western Australia

Mr Larry Lim fell in love with the Bentley R-Type Continental in 1953 when he was 12 and browsing car magazines at bookshops in Bras Basah Road.
Mr Larry Lim fell in love with the Bentley R-Type Continental in 1953 when he was 12 and browsing car magazines at bookshops in Bras Basah Road. PHOTO: MECCANICO STUDIO
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Retired businessman Larry Lim, who turned 77 last year, remembers the exact year he fell in love with the Bentley R-Type Continental.

It was 1953, when he was 12 and browsing car magazines at bookshops in Bras Basah Road.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 09, 2019, with the headline Me And My Car: Like riding a magic carpet. Subscribe