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1931 Bentley 4½ Litre Supercharged    
Original 1931 Numbers
Chassis No. MS3935
Engine No. MS3938
Registration No. GK 8449

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. GK 8449

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - August 2018)
 
September 2012
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Photographs were taken at the Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance

 
     
     
  Source: Bentley Media
Posted: Sep 11, 2012
 
     
July 2010
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Blower Rally, July 2010

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Dec 06, 2014
 
     
2006
In Channel Islands in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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Although we have restored many blowers over the years, this car stood out beyond all others for its grace and beauty. Brought to us as a totally complete, rusting mess of a barn find, it became in my eyes the best blower today. Interesting challenges where the paint finishes.

The body had originally been painted in a satin egg shell finish, which proved difficult to produce and very difficult to spray, however it looked magnificent.

 
     
     
  Source: Richard C. Moss
Posted: Jan 05, 2007
 
     
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Photograph of this Bentley 6½ Litre Tourer was taken during a 1951 or earlier Watkins Glen parade.

 
     
     
  Source: Sports Cars and Hot Rods, Larry Eisinger, 1951
Posted: Oct 09, 2007
 
     
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Posted: Aug 20, 2018
 
     
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I believe this to be MS3935, the Supercharged Bentley that was saved from a fire that broke out at the transport depot of Marston Road Services on Lightbody Street and Great Howard Street, Liverpool, England in 1934. It was owned by Mr. John Donaldson-Hudson of Cheswardine Hall, Market Drayton, UK. Read more.

 
     
     
  Source: Anton van Luijk
Posted: Jan 30, 2013
 
     
 

The first 25 production Supercharged 4½ Litre cars where Chassis Nos. SM3901-SM3925, all with "smooth-case" blowers. The next 25 were Chassis Nos. MS3926-MS3950 and had "rib-case" blowers.

Production Blower Bentleys had handbrake handles made from rectangular stainless steel, whereas the five 4½ litre race cars for Tim Birkin had the "H" section handle, but were drilled for lightness.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Feb 20, 2008
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. MS3935
Engine No. MS3938
Registration No. GK 8449
Date of Delivery: Jan 1931
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: 135
   
First Owner: MASON HUBERT P
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1710 with a supercharged; Special 2-door, 4-seater Sports; egg-shell black; £357 10s.; 1/1931.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7247. Vanden Plas body no. 1710. Believed to have been used by RAF during the War for carrying a wireless set. Rebuilt by Moss (1990/2)."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 06, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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