Information on all Vintage Bentley cars ever produced  
HISTORY BY CHASSIS REFERENCE MATERIALS RESTORATION INFO UNIDENTIFIED BENTLEYS
Home Articles Bentley Clinic Galleries Newsletter Subscribe to Newsletter Advertisements Links  Submit Info Contact
 
 
1923 Bentley 3 Litre
Chassis No. 348
Engine No. 353 / LT1590
Registration No. (Not available) / GQ 3524
 
November 2015
 

"Hi, In the 1980's my father had Auto Restorations rebuild the engine but no body work was done by them at that time. Also you have the original engine 353 in chassis 260 but Ron Hassel, a previous owner of 260, told me only the cam drive housing was from our car not the block or crank case. This is a great website as a valuable record of our cars."

 
     
     
  Source: Katy Parish (Owner)
Posted: Nov 06, 2015
 
     
Jan 7th, 2013 - March 26, 2015
Click on thumbnail for larger view
   
 
 

1923 Bentley 3.0 Litre

 
     
     
  Source: Auto Restorations
Posted: Oct 20, 2015
 
     
Click on thumbnail for larger view

April 2015
1923 Bentley 3 litre Park Ward Tourer TT Replica, chassis 348, photographed in April 2015. (This was the first Bentley to come to New Zealand in October 1923)

Katy Parish with 348

March 1975
John King’s photograph of Trevor Timms and 348 at Invermay, March 1975

1986
348 and crew above Akaroa during the 1986 Pan Pacific
Rally.

Edgar and Helen Ridgen with 348

1952
Joe Studholme took this photograph of his father, brother, sister and mother with 348 at Kingston in 1952. Note the angle of the one-piece windscreen, and its shorter brackets, changed by Trevor Timms to a longer, and stronger type.

Joe Studholme’s photograph of 348’s instrument panel, with a long, and gravel
of course, road ahead.

Joe Studholme’s photograph of 348 about 25 years earlier, with the bent and rather insecure mindscreen brackets.
 
 
 

Read article: The Life and Times of Chassis 348, by Katy Parish

 
     
     
  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Newsletter Issue 15-4, 2015
Posted: Oct 20, 2015
 
     
Click on thumbnail for larger view
   
 
 

"The late Edgar Ridgen was a much loved character and member of our club. Edgar's and Helen's daughter, Katy, has inherited the 3-litre, Chassis 348, depicted here." - June 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Rolls-Royce & Bentley Motor Car Enthusiasts, UK
Posted: May 07, 2010
 
     
2003
In New Zealand in 2003 / Owned by a BDC member
1970s - 1980s
Click on thumbnail for larger view
   
 
 

Chassis 348. Engine 353. 3 Litre Tourer
This early 3 L was originally owned by Wardell Brothers of Dunedin. In 1957 Don Oddie of Timaru purchased it from the Studholme family of Rangitata, and about 1959 sold it to John Kennedy of Dunedin. Later this car was owned by Trevor Timms, who later sold it to Edgar Ridgen of Greendale, Canterbury, seen here attending to a battery problem? This Bentley is now owned (?) by Edgar Ridgen's daughter Katie Parish.

 
     
     
  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Newsletter Issue 10-4, 2010
Posted: Nov 10, 2010
 
     
March 1975
Click on thumbnail for larger view
   
 
 

"John King's photograph Trevor Timms in 348 competing in the Vintage Car Club's Invermay Hill Climb, March 1975."

 
     
     
  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Newsletter 13-2
Posted: May 11, 2013
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 348
Engine No. 353
Registration No. (New Zealand)
Date of Delivery: Oct 1923
Type of Body: No info
Coachbuilder: No info
Type of Car: TT
   
First Owner: Wardell Bros. & Co.
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "4 seater by Park Ward. Eng LT 1590 fitted - not from a production chassis. Eng 353 in ch. 260."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
Submit more information on this car
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
[More]

October 2019 issue
Subscribe :: Archives
CLUB TALK
Upcoming Vintage Bentley Events
FOR SALE/WANTED
C A R S
For Sale    Wanted
P A R T S
For Sale    Wanted
L I T E R A T U R E
For Sale    Wanted
 
 
 
 
 
 

About | Privacy Policy | Copyright & Disclaimer | Sitemap | Contact

Founder: Robert McLellan ~ Editor: Mona Nath

 
 
VintageBentleys.org :: info@vintagebentleys.org

Copyright © 2006-2020