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1931 Bentley 8 Litre    
Original 1931 Numbers
Chassis No. YF5022
Engine No. YF5022
Registration No. GN 4119

  This car - updated
Chassis No. YF5022
Engine No. YF5022
Registration No. JYF 719 (GN 4119)

(Updated with information from Rene Gilli. - September 2019)
 
September 2019
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"This car is permanently on display at the "Fondation Renaud" Exhibition in Cortaillod / Switzerland."

 
     
     
  Source: Rene Gilli
Posted: Sep 24, 2019
 
     
2006
In Switzerland in 2006 / Owned by an RROC member
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This photograph is from an advertisement by Dan Margulies in "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, October 1980.

Text in advt reads: 1931 BENTLEY 8 LITRE - Chassis number YF5022, Park Ward limousine. Actual car pictured in Johnnie Green's Fifty Years of the Marque. One of the very few original 8 Litre Bentleys available today.

 
     
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, October 1980
Posted: Aug 13, 2008
 
     
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This photograph appeared in June 1976 issue of "Car Classics" magazine.

 
     
     
  Source: "Car Classics" magazine, issue June 1976
Posted: Dec 20, 2006
 
     
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Chassis No. YF5022
Engine No. YF5022
Registration No. GN 4119
Date of Delivery: Mar 1931
Type of Body: Limousine
Coachbuilder: Park Ward
Type of Car: 13
   
First Owner: DAVIES E D
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "F/8023. Park Ward body no. 3509, still fitted, "Enclosed Limousine de Ville. Lucas wiper, black/white line." Now in Switzerland."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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