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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. PM3254
Engine No. MF3166
Registration No. (Not available)

  This car - updated
Chassis No. PM3254
Engine No. MF3166
Registration No. XR 6258 (34946-H)

(Updated with information from owner Adrian Vine. - August 2020)
 
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"PM3254 is a Vanden Plas tourer delivered new to Australia, one of three 4½ Litres to be sent there as new. It was fitted with engine MF3166 and a C Type gearbox, C6323, both still in the car. The car was imported back to the UK in 2016 and conservation work was carried out by VBE Restorations and by James Pearce over a period of two years. The original Vanden Plas coachwork has survived also, the original colour - maroon - (one of the three standard VDP colours available at the time the car was built) has been reinstated from the BRG it had acquired. Apart from new carpets, hood and some leather work, the car is entirely original, but it is thought the fabric of the body may have been replaced. It has been registered in the UK as XR 3254 - a twenties London registration."

 
     
     
  Source: Adrian Vine (Owner)
Posted: Aug 27, 2020
 
     
2016
 

This car was purchased by Adrian Vine in 2016.

 
     
     
  Source: Adrian Vine (Owner)
Posted: Aug 27, 2020
 
     
2003
In Australia in 2003 / Owned by a BDC member
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Chassis No. PM3254
Engine No. MF3166 (or is it MF3168)
Registration No. (Australia)
Date of Delivery: Aug 1928
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: H.J. Clements
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1487 with a Sports 4-seater; Weymann fabric / black / paint to match fabric; 6/1928.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1487. Engine number confirmed as MF 3166 new (see "All the pre-war Bentleys - As New"). Rebuilt on new frame 9/31 after hitting tollgate near Sydney Harbour Bridge."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 05, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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