"Yesterday afternoon 13/6/19 on my drive into London on the A1 I came upon and followed this beautiful 1925 Bentley 3 litre Reg No CWO 121. It was raining and driver and passenger suitably dressed as the hood was down. The burble exhaust noise was music and deep. We went through the Galleria Tunnel and the noise amplified above the other traffic. It was wonderful. Just before this a car merged in front of the Bentley without giving way, but, the Bentley deftly drifted off to the right and snuck back into its lane. Fabulous, I was emotional and so wanting to cherish and enjoy a Bentley sculpture like this one, before my time is up in around 65 years time!!!"

Robert Erskine Senior Euroepan Correspondent, Autolab Broadcast USA. Automotive Correspondent BBC Radio Suffolk.
Member International Motor Press Association. Fellow Royal Society of Sculptors

"Bentley Motors Parade Lap before the race at Le Mans 2019"

"The car is shown above in racing trim on 19 inch Dunlops -- I use it for VSCC and BDC competition. Next week it will be taking me to the Le Mans Classic weekend."

"Blimey, that’s a surprise! You’ve shown a photo’ of my car which I’ve not seen before. (Newsletter - June 2018)

Firstly, I’ll explain that the photo has to be 1938 or later. That’s because you can see the registration is CWO 121, which is a Monmouthshire number issued at that time. John Chaston, or his father who owned Chaston’s garage in Blackwood, South Wales, had re-registered the car from its originally issued London number in 1925. They bought the car in late 1937 or 1938 from the first owner, Brian Kelly.

I have been to the end of the world and back to discover that original registration. It does not appear anywhere in factory or VDP records, and I have scoured the country trying to find it, or early photographs from when Brian owned the car.

In 1938 the Chastons employed a coachbuilder, ‘Mr Butler’, who remodelled the car’s rear end to make it a bit sportier than the original VDP tub style, however, the body remained largely original elsewhere. John Chaston explained all this to me a few years ago, and that when he went off with his regiment in the War, he thinks his father sold the car to Mr Chamberlain from Weston Super Mare.

After the War, my car was owned by Stanley Coldham, a well known Cooper 500 racing driver. It appeared at a very early BDC meeting and has been in the club ever since."

VSCC Silverstone, April 2017

"Hello VintageBentleys.org,

So sorry to trouble you but just a hope you can put my mind at rest. On 1st May 2015 there was a dreadful road accident outside our property. My husband and I were first on the scene and spent time with the people involved until help arrived.

The road was closed for hours and it is only now that telegraph poles have been replaced and we have Internet and phones again.

The one vehicle was a Bentley Reg CWO 121 and we understand the driver was Vivian Bush. He and his lady passenger both left in two air ambulances and we simply wish to send our best wishes to them and hope that they are ok. They were both in a very bad way when we last saw them.

Sorry to trouble you but after finding pictures of the car on your site thought perhaps somebody may known how they are.

Kind regards
Sally & Dave Hiams"

VSCC "Spring Start" at Silverstone - Saturday 18th April 2015

"Bentleys registered CWO 121 on the M20 on Thursday June 12, 2014"

"I was looking for coaches on the M20 when I saw two Bentleys in tandem coastbound two days ago. One was CWO 121, the other registered KNF 989. I would welcome any info you can provide for my own records. I have forwarded a copy of two pics I snapped between junctions 4 and 5. Both looked lovely, I have to say!"

Bentley Drivers Day, August 2013

VSCC Spring Start, Silverstone, April 2013

Highland Classic Motor Club

Bentley Rally Aberystwyth Wales 2008

Original Registration No. unknown (lost in destroyed London archive) because this chassis was re-registered in 1938 by its second owner, John Chaston (managing director of the Rolls and Bentley agency in the 1960s), who had acquired it directly from the first owner, Capt. Brian Kelly in Argoed, South Wales.

Photograph of David Hodgson's Bentley 3-Litre was taken at the 2005 Rolls-Royce Enthusiast's Club's Annual Rally.

"My father often told me about his Bentley. This is an original sepia photo of him in it which I am happy to give to the current owner. Is it a Bobtail?

I believe this car belonged to my grandfather Edmund George Howell, a Cardiff pharmacist. The registration looks like CWO 121. I guess it was taken in the 20s or 30s on Manor Way in Cardiff. My father told me that it was in the garage during the War and was damaged by a bomb. I do not know more than this I am sorry to say."

More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1147; with a 4-seater Sports; scratched aluminium /black body. Car was delivered in May 1925.

But Vanden Plas also recorded in Sept. 1925 that the same chassis was fitted with Body No. 1180; with a standard 4-seater Sports; scratched aluminium body.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1147/1180 - ?which? Now registered CWO 121."