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1928 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. HT1648
Engine No. HT1650
Registration No. (Not available)

  This car - updated
Chassis No. HT1648
Present engine no. not known.
(Original engine HT1650 owned by Malcolm Hobbs in 2016)
Registration No. - Not known
 
2006
In Australia in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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Chassis No. HT1648
Engine No. HT1650
Registration No. (Not available)
Date of Delivery: Jun 1928
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Salmons
Type of Car: ST
   
First Owner: W.P. Yapp
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "B/1648. Was registered HC 9241 - shooting brake - now 4 seater in Zimbabwe, engine SL 3052 ex ch. SL3056."  
     
  "I am just completing the rebuild of the original engine (HT1650) for this car as a 3-4½. On this engine, I started to collect bits several years ago with the thought in mind that I would put a 4 1/2 L into my 3 litre, (formerly owned chassis TN1551), but the car was so correct that I didn't want to spoil the originality... I am beginning to think I am too old to bother with another WO..." - Malcolm Hobbs, March 8, 2016  
     
  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
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