Bentley - original vintage 1960s CUD torpedo keyring in age -worn condition

NOW SOLD – sorry this keyring has now been sold and can no longer be ordered

An original vintage Bentley torpedo keyring which will have been produced in the 1960s .

We have just this one example of this keyring in this condition to offer – when this keyring has been sold this listing will be cancelled .

This is an original vintage Bentley keyring dating from the 1960s .

This keyring is in very well used  condition with a nickel plated Bentley wings badge with black vitreous enamel detail mounted onto a torpedo keyfob in genuine black leather .

The nickel plating on the badge has worn through with constant use to reveal the underlying metal .

The leather keyfob has become well worn in like a comfortable pair of shoes and has become polished with use – all of this can be seen in the enlarged high resolution photos .

This keyring is still perfectly serviceable – it has many more miles left in it yet – but is more a collector’s item as an example of a completely original period keyring although it would look very much the part in use in an original condition car which has not suffered the indignity of over- restoration .

A few years ago keyrings in this condition would not have been considered saleable but the market has changed very dramatically .

Nowadays many customers do much prefer a keyring which has ‘had a life ‘ rather than one in new old stock perfection – and the value of original automotive keyrings has risen to the extent that original keyrings in patinated condition for interesting cars like this one have now become relatively valuable items .

Venerable old keyrings like this one were brand new almost 60 years ago and dangled from the ignition of a similarly brand new Bentley motor car as the ignition was turned on for the very first time .

Fast forward almost a lifetime and that keyring has now travelled countless thousands of miles probably in several Bentley cars but often with the same driver .

It has only been as a result of repairing many hundreds of keyrings for customers over the years that we have begun to realise the significance of these aged jewels and the sentimental importance that they are held in by their owners irrespective of condition .

Keyrings like this one have often become talismans which have accompanied their owner on all their journeys through life .

If only a keyring like this one could talk…………….

The keyring will have been made in the 1960s by Castles Unit Developments of Church Gate Leicester ( the famous CUD Company )

The keyring in the photos is the actual one which you will receive. SMOSO   00/57    04/24