By Charles Walford Last updated at 11:46 PM on 27th December 2011 They drove 33,000 miles around the world without mishap in a 55-year-old classic car. But when Geoffrey and Hilary Herdman got back to Britain they found a large dent in the side of the 1956 Bristol 405 Drophead Coupe after leaving it in a Sainsbury’s car park. The retired couple took 16 months to complete the trip they described as a ‘wrinkly gap year’ in the Bristol, of which only 42 were made. The convertible is believed to be worth around £90,000. Geoffrey Herdman with his 1956 Bristol 405 Drophead Coupe at the Skyway Bridge in St Petersburg, Florida, during his 33,000-mile trip around the world with his wife Hilary
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£300 worth of damage done to the 1956 Bristol 405 Drophead Coupe when  Geoffrey Herdman popped into the shop
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