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| 1930 Bentley 4½ Litre |
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Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. KL3600
Engine No. KL3597
Registration No. KW 8726
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This car - updated
Chassis No. KL3600
Engine No. KF2382
Registration No. GX 140
(Updated with information from Olle Ljungström. - December 2008) |
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Racing special 4½
/ 6½-litre. 6½-litre
engine KF2382 modified to 8-litre
specification and fitted with 3 carburettors.
D-type gearbox. Fitted with single
seater racing type bodywork. Axles
and registration number, ex 4-litre
VA4087.
In Jay Leno's collection in the USA.
View video here |
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Source:
Olle Ljungström
Posted: Dec 09, 2008 |
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Photograph shows
Jay Leno's Cricklewood Bentleys. Car
on extreme right is Chassis no. KL3600. |
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Source:
Unknown
Posted: Jan 29, 2008 |
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| 2006 |
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England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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Source:
Ed Hyman
Posted: Dec 26, 2007 |
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Tony Fabian notes:
4½ litre chassis. 6½
litre engine. Started by F Sowden
1963. Passed to P.Morley, then to
G. Russell in 1976. Bought by V. Gauntlett
and finished by Blackmore Eng. Raced
by V. Gauntlett, sold to USA in 80s.
Believed to have been converted by
Stanley Mann to single seater. (full
monty)? |
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Source:
Tony Fabian
Posted: Feb 11, 2008 |
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Tony
Fabian has mentioned Engine no. as being
KF2385. — VintageBentleys.org |
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This photograph is
from a DCM Ltd. advertisement in "Thoroughbred
& Classic Cars" magazine,
December 1982.
Text in advt reads: 4½ / 6½
Bentley. Reg. No. GX 140. Well known
club competition car. |
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Source:
"Thoroughbred & Classic Cars"
magazine, December 1982
Posted: Oct 14, 2008 |
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| EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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| Chassis No. |
KL3600 |
| Engine No. |
KL3597 |
| Registration
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KW 8726 (???) |
| Date of Delivery: |
Dec 1929 |
| Type of Body: |
Saloon |
| Coachbuilder: |
Gurney Nutting |
| Type of Car: |
 No
info |
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| First Owner: |
SCOTT J |
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More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"Eng and other parts in ch. 43
- 43 reg KW 8726. This ch. now reg GX
140 with 6½ Litre eng KF2382 ex KF2830, 4 Litre axles and outrigged springs." |
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Posted: Mar 01, 2007 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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