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1922 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1922 Numbers
Chassis No. 42
Engine No. 61
Registration No. ME 1884

  This car - updated
Chassis No. - Renumbered as 94 (Indy car)
Engine No. -
Registration No.
-
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - July 2016)
 
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Photograph shows Bentley Chassis No. 42 on Ramsey hairpin. The car took 2nd Place at 1922 Tourist Trophy race.

"The three Bentley cars which ran in this race were standard production models with slight modifications for racing purposes, and were in no sense specially built chassis. The fact that the Bentleys were the only team to finish proves their reliability under the most strenuous conditions. Only 5 cars finished the course, of which three were Bentleys."

 
     
     
  Source: Bentley Motors Ltd. advertisement, July 1922
Posted: Feb 23, 2008
 
     
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Chassis No. 42
Engine No. 61
Registration No. ME 1884
Date of Delivery: Feb 1922
Type of Body: 2-seater
Coachbuilder: Ewart
Type of Car: TT
   
First Owner: LEARY JOHN
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "2nd 1922 TT. Renumbered as Indy Car (ch.94, eng 53, reg ME 4976) appeared post-war reg YR 1010 (with logbook of that car chassis DE1204) then reg ME 4976 before being rebuilt by Cranfield. Now in Indianapolis Speedway Museum."  
     
     
  Posted: Sep 26, 2006  
     
 
 
 
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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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