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1931 Bentley 8 Litre    
Original 1931 Numbers
Chassis No. YF5005
Engine No. YF5005
Registration No. GP 1999

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. GP 1999

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - September 2016)
 
June 18-25, 2016
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First International Bentley 8 Litre Rally, June 18-25, 2016
Team: John & William Whitaker, UK

Read article by Tamsin O'Brien.

Extract from article:
John Whitaker from Skipton, UK, who has had a passion for Bentleys since 1958 when he was 22 tells me that the first owner of his Open Sports Tourer was the Duke of Leinester. Whitaker bought it 30 years ago. “It seemed like a good idea at the time” he says “and it still is”...

 
     
     
  Source: Franco & Kathi Weibel, Peter Singhof & Wolfgang Singhof
Posted: Sep 13, 2016
 
     
2008
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Newby Hall Rally 2008.

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'imagetaker'
Updated: Jul 21, 2011
Posted: Jan 28, 2009
 
     
1987
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1987 Peter Harper

 
     
     
  Source: RROC
Posted: Mar 19, 2013
 
     
1971
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Manchester to Blackpool Car Run

 
     
     
  Source: Nigel Catterall
Posted: Jun 25, 2012
 
     
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Chassis No. YF5005
Engine No. YF5005
Registration No. GP 1999
Date of Delivery: Jul 1931
Type of Body: D/H Coupe
Coachbuilder: Thrupp & Maberly
Type of Car: 12
   
First Owner: LEINSTER Duke of
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "F/8009. 1930 Olympia Show car. T&M body no. 5325. Rebuilt as tourer by Broadhead."  
     
     
  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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