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| 1931 Bentley 4½ Litre |
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Original 1930 Numbers
Chassis No. FS3615
Engine No. FS3614
Registration No. GH 1537
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This car - updated
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. GH 1537
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - July 2019) |
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| February
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Jun
29, 2013: Sold
Bentley 4.5 Litre Saloon
Having won Le Mans in 1928 and set
numerous speed records at Brooklands,
the 4½ litre Bentley was considered
to be the ‘must have’ sporting
automobile for the dashing, affluent
young man around town! The most popular
body style when new was the Weymann
Sports Saloon, FS3615 being such an
example, built by the famous high-class
London coachbuilders Freestone &
Webb.
Delivered to Captain C. D Leyland
of Haggerston Castle, Northumberland,
on 4th July 1930. He was a keen motorist
and covered almost 6,000 miles in
the first year! But by 1931 Leyland
couldn’t resist another new Bentley
and the factory service records show
that FS3615 continued to be regularly
used by its new owner, covering a
total of almost 46,000 miles by 1937.
In 1956 FS3615 moved to Australia,
being bought by Mr T. P Cox. The car
remained in his family ownership for
over thirty years, before the Bentley
– still in Australia – was
purchased in 1988 by Alan Mingaye,
a Bentley Drivers Club member who
regularly used to take the Sports
Saloon to Club events.
Sadly, after the war the habit was
to throw away the bodies of closed
cars and replace them with Vanden
Plas-style open four-seat versions
instead, so only a fraction of those
original, closed examples have survived.
FS3615 is the last known surviving
example of an original Freestone &
Webb Weymann Sports Saloon on the
ultimate late specification, heavy
crank and chassis frame 4½
litre. When taking into account that
not only does it retain its original
body but engine and gearbox also,
this Bentley is not just rare –
it’s unique.
Repatriated to the UK in 2012, FS3615
is accompanied by a report by marque
historian Clare Hay who notes just
how original an example it is. The
subject of a thorough mechanical service
by R.C Moss Ltd, this 4½ litre
is one of the finest driving examples
we have ever come across. |
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Source:
Fiskens
Posted: Feb 23, 2013 |
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Australia in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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| EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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| Chassis No. |
FS3615 |
| Engine No. |
FS3614 |
| Registration
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GH 1537 |
| Date of Delivery: |
Jul 1930 |
| Type of Body: |
Saloon |
| Coachbuilder: |
Freestone &
Webb |
| Type of Car: |
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| First Owner: |
LEYLAND Capt C D |
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More Info:
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"In Australia." |
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Posted: Mar 01, 2007 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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