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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1930 Numbers
Chassis No. AD3667
Engine No. AD3667
Registration No. GF 7581

  This car - updated
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. GF 7581

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - December 2017)
 
1945
 

"My father bought the car from Mr van Heumen but never took delivery. It was stored at Garage Mol in Tiel (Netherlands) where it was stolen by the German SS as they fled for the advancing British army just before the liberation in April / May 1945.

Presumed to have been taken to Germany. Investigations via the UK Army Headquarters in Germany in 1945 did not produce any information. Most likely destroyed in 1945."

 
     
     
  Source: Hans Hugenholtz
Posted: Feb 28, 2018
 
     
1943
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1930 4½ Litre, Vanden Plas tourer, Chassis AD3667, Reg GF 7581.

In 1943, John Hugenholtz attempted to purchase it in Holland and took this photo. He got the Instruction Book but German military removed the car before he could purchase it. First owner, Mr. H.J.A. Van Heuman of Delft, Holland was the seller.

 
     
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, August 1982
Posted: Sep 15, 2008
 
     
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Chassis No. AD3667
Engine No. AD3667
Registration No. GF 7581
Date of Delivery: Apr 1930
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: VAN HEUMEN H J A
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1644 with a 4-seater Sports; green fabric; 4/1930.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1644. Disappeared in Holland 1943/5."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 06, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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