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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre    
Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. SB2766
Engine No. NH2728
Registration No. GC 2816

  This car - updated
Chassis No. SB2766
Engine No. -
Registration No. GC 2816

(Updated with information from Norbert Andrup, September 2016. Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - September 2016)
 
August 2016
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Dear Robert,

Here are two photographs I did of a rare 6½. Chassis SB2766 with original H.J. Mulliner Fixed Head Coupé body won a class victory at Schwetzingen Classic Gala 2016 (August 28).

A bit of info taken from the paper fixed to the side window: The car was delivered on 20.09.1929, originally owned by actor Carlyle Blackwell (1884-1955, of Sherlock Holmes "Hound of Baskerville" fame), married to Woolf Barnato's sister Leah. He drove the car quite a lot, almost 50.000 miles, selling it after 6 years.

In the same ownership since 1968, the car was exhibited at Sinsheim (SW Germany) museum from 1981 to 2015. It was renovated in 2015 and is in original, fully drivable condition. A true gem!

I participated in the 30-car RR/Bentley Palace Garden Parade at Schwetzingen (which is very close to Heidelberg, one hour south of Frankfurt) in front of the pretty pink Baroque Palace. SB2766 was not part of that parade but I saw it driving around in the park.

Kind Regards,
Norbert Andrup

Kreativdirektor
Illustrator
Autor

 
     
     
  Source: Norbert Andrup
Posted: Sep 17, 2016
 
     
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  Source: Unknown
Posted: Jun 25, 2009
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. SB2766
Engine No. NH2728
Registration No. GC 2816
Date of Delivery: Nov 1929
Type of Body: Saloon (Weymann)
Coachbuilder: H J Mulliner
Type of Car: ST2
   
First Owner: BLACKWELL C
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Jack Barclay demonstrator. Still fitted original body."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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