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1931 Bentley 8 Litre    
Original 1931 Numbers
Chassis No. YM5032
Engine No. YM5032
Registration No. GP 4258

  This car - updated
Chassis No. YM5032
Engine No. YM5032
Registration No. XGM945 GP
(South Africa)
(Updated with information from Vintage & Prestige. - September 2018)
 
 

"My father and mother were members of the Bentley Driver's Club for over 50 years. Dad owned many vintage Bentleys including GP 4258."

 
     
     
  Source: Robert Worrall (Son of former owner)
Posted: Mar 07, 2019
 
     
2018
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Found on Vintage & Prestige website on September 21, 2018

1931 Bentley 8.0 Litre Tourer
Chassis No. YM5032 ~ Engine No. YM5032 ~ Registration No. XGM945 GP (South Africa)

Vintage and Prestige Fine Motor Cars are proud to be offering this 1931 Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer for sale. The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer was auctioned from the ‘Sword Collection’ in March 1965 where the Bentley sold for £1,520.00.

The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer was subsequently owned by Douglas Worral until 1982. Douglas used the Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer on numerous B.D.C events over the years. Filmed at some stage with W.O Bentley at his home and shown on British television. Offered for sale by Coys of Kensington in December1984, This Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer is in excellent original condition throughout.

The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer was finished in ‘Duck Egg Blue’ and royal blue with black leather to the front and beige ‘Bedford Cord’ to the rear. In 1985/6, the Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer was re-bodied by Elmdown Vintage Autos as a Le Mans replica for Stanley Mann and the engine was fitted with a Phoenix crank and rods as well as new pistons.

In 1988 Ed Hubbard used the Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer for one of his numerous record attempts at Millbrook, where the Bentley averaged 108mph for an hour. This Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer has also been fitted with a Laycock overdrive. The Bentley was imported to South Africa in 1990 by Clive Woolley of Johannesburg, who used the car regularly. The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer was sold to Aylwin Stephenson of Johannesburg in 2007. Reg. No’s: GP4258, LDH-518-GP/SAF.

Ref/photo:

Bentley The Vintage Years p.197; Motorsport Jun 84 p.751; Motorsport Mar 89 p.284; BDC Review 95 p.35, 98 p.264, 100 p.138, 101 p.187 + 214,108 p.99, 169 p.204; Coachwork on Vintage Bentleys p.82; T&CC Dec 1995 p.67 VBTSA 1990p.26; VBTSA 1995 p.24 and VBTSA 2003 p.7.

The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer has completed the International Vintage Bentley Tours of South Africa in 1995, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2007.

Note 2015:

- The original saloon body is available via Graham Moss Vintage Bentley UK.

- The body, upholstery and instruments are all in good condition and it is available.

- The Bentley 8.0 Liter Tourer is currently in South Africa in Johannesburg where it may be viewed by prior appointment. We will handle export permits, shipping & European import taxes/UK registration.

 
     
     
  Source: Vintage & Prestige
Posted: Sep 21, 2018
 
     
 

"YM5032 was shipped from Johannesburg to Switzerland in April 2016.

Registered in Switzerland since then. Original Freestone & Webb Saloon Body, found in UK, bought by the current owner as well. No intention to rebuild the tourer body back to its original 1931 saloon configuration, but most important, chassis and saloon body are in the same ownership again."

 
     
     
  Source: Rene Gilli (Owner)
Posted: Aug 29, 2018
 
     
2016
 

This car was purchased by Rene Gilli in 2016.

 
     
     
  Source: Rene Gilli (Owner)
Posted: Aug 29, 2018
 
     
September 2012
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Parkhurst Johannesburg, South Africa

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'finepixtrix'
Posted: Oct 31, 2012
 
     
 

"This is Chassis no. YM5032, the only 8-litre currently in Africa." — Wayne M. Kennerley, Nov 16, 2012

 
 
2005
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BDC lunch 2005

 
     
     
  Source: ClassicRolls, South Africa
Posted: Nov 12, 2010
 
     
2003
In South Africa in 2003 / Owned by a BDC member
2003
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  Chassis no. YM5032 at Craddock, South Africa, International BDC Tour, September 2003  
     
     
  Source: Mr R Browne
Posted: Nov 27, 2012
 
     
2003
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  Source: ClassicRolls, South Africa
Posted: Nov 12, 2010
 
     
2001
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"Clive Woolley's 8l at Port Elizabeth, on 2001 International Bentley Tour of South Africa"

 
     
     
  Source: Russell Browne
Posted: Jul 11, 2013
 
     
1983
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"I sat in this Bentley in about 1983 and decided I wanted a Bentley... one day I hope to have this Bentley or one very similar. I hope it still exists in its original form..."

 
     
     
  Source: Neil Bennet
Posted: Dec 10, 2011
 
     
1970
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Kensington Gardens, circa 1970

 
     
     
  Source: Mike's Bus Pages
Posted: May 30, 2013
 
     
Early 1970s
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Owned by T.D. Worral.

 
     
     
  Source: Sonographic Series On The Road, 2, Vintage Bentley - (LP book - 1972)
Posted: Mar 04, 2009
 
     
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  Source: Rolls-Royce & Bentley International Pageant at Goodwood program, May 20, 1967
Posted: Feb 05, 2007
 
     
1931
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1931 8 Litre, Reg.No: GP 4258, Engine No: YM5032, Chassis No: YM5032

This car was originally fitted with a Freestone and Webb 7-seater limousine body. Owned for many years by Mr. R.B. Dick in Scotland who parked it in the Sword Collection in Scotland for 30 years. Subsequently owned by T. Worrall until about 1982. During his ownership the car was filmed with W.O. Bentley at WO's home at the special request of WO and was shown on British television.

In 1985/86 the car was converted to a Le Mans replica by Elmsdown Vintage Autos for Stanley Mann. The engine was fitted with a Phoenix crank and rods and new pistons, otherwise the car has all its original matching components. In 1988 the car was used by Ed Hubbard for one of his numerous record attempt at Millbrook, the car averaging 108 mph for one hour before seizing a piston. It was on the International Vintage Bentley Tours in 2001, 2003 and 2006.

 
     
     
  Source: Program for "6th International Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa", 2007
Posted: Dec 13, 2007
 
     
  Also read article 'Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa 2007'.  
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. YM5032
Engine No. YM5032
Registration No. GP 4258
Date of Delivery: Jun 1931
Type of Body: Limousine
Coachbuilder: FREESTONE & WEB
Type of Car: 13
   
First Owner: R B Dick
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "F/8055. In Sword collection for many years. Original body removed and sold ca 1985 - chassis rebuilt with Vanden Plas body by H&H."

"The first owner (June 1931), Mr. R.B. Dick in Scotland placed the car in the Sword collection, from where it was auctioned in March 1965." - ClassicRolls, South Africa, Nov 2010
 
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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