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1923 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 278
Engine No. 283
Registration No. (Not available)

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(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - April 2020)
 
 

"This car was the very first Bentley registered in Barcelona, Spain. Registration number was B-12550."

 
     
     
  Source: Luis Cascante
Posted: Apr 27, 2020
 
     
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Chassis No. 278
Engine No. 283
Registration No. (Spain)
Date of Delivery: Jun 1923
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: TT
   
First Owner: Romulo Bosch
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1014 with a 4-seater Sports; (Spain); 10/1923.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1018. ?No. 12 in the 1923 GP de Tourisimo Guiposcoa, San Sebastian, Spain? - only 3 Litre delivered to Spain before race date."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 03, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439
Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147
Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651
Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg for his Chassis No. KL3590
Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207
Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165
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