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    
Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 217
Engine No. 221
Registration No. AJ 9553

  This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. AJ 9553

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - August 2016)
 
August 2016
Click on thumbnail for larger view
   
 
 

Bentley Drivers Club Silverstone, August 2016

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 19, 2016
 
     
August 1, 2015
Click on thumbnail for larger view
 
 

Bentley Drivers Club at Silverstone - Saturday 1st August 2015

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 14, 2015
 
     
August 2010
Click on thumbnail for larger view
   
 
 

This picture was taken on Saturday, 7th August 2010 at BDC, Silverstone.

 
     
     
  Source: PreWarCar, photos by Peter de Rousset-Hall
Posted: Aug 26, 2010
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 217
Engine No. 221
Registration No. AJ 9553
Date of Delivery: May 1923
Type of Body: Allweather
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: S
   
First Owner: C. E. Garvey
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 3237 with a short wheelbase; grey.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 3237. Now 2/4 seater believed original body modified (1930). Eng HP397 ex HP397 now in 610 eng now RN3041 ex ch. RN3035."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 03, 2007
Posted: Sep 15, 2006
 
     
 
 
 
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