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1931 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original Numbers
Chassis No. RC46
Engine No. RC446E
Registration No. GME 988

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. GME 988

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - March 2018)
 
August 24, 2019
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1931 Bentley 4½-Litre Vanden Plas Style Tourer
V.S.C.C. 85th Anniversary/Formula Vintage Round V, August 2019
Brands Hatch, Fawkham, Kent

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Zack's Motor Photos'
Posted: Jul 15, 2020
 
     
16th August 2015
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"This Bentley seen at the WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust (WAHT) fly, 16th August 2015 at Stow Maries Aerodrome in Essex."

 
     
     
  Source: Robin East
Posted: Aug 19, 2015
 
     
September 19, 2009
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Aviva Classic, September 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Robert Knight'
Posted: Jun 02, 2015
 
     
2009
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Broughton, 2009

 
     
     
  Source: MSA Classic, photo by S. Welton
Posted: Sep 13, 2010
 
     
May 2007
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Car was seen at P&A Wood at their celebration of "100 Years of the Silver Ghost" on Sunday, May 06, 2007.

 
     
     
  Source: Nigel Macdonald
Posted: Jun 07, 2007
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
1984
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RC46 in 1984

 
     
     
  Source: eBay
Posted: Mar 21, 2018
 
     
September 1977
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Photograph was taken at Silverstone Race Track in England in Sep. 1977.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: July 29, 2006
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. RC46
Engine No. RC446E
Registration No. GME 988
Date of Delivery: 1937
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: CORSICA
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: RAMSEY S C
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Now Vanden Plas 4 seater by Lee. Original saloon body sold to Townshend by Bendall."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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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
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