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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre
Chassis No. FB3316
Engine No. FB3318
Registration No. MT 2064
 
September 2015
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  "Seen at the Yorkshire Air Show on 26.9.2015, looking very good."  
     
     
  Source: Peter Hodge
Posted: Sep 30, 2015
 
     
1999
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This photograph was taken just prior to tour from Yorkshire to LeMans Race Track in 1999.

 
     
     
  Source: "Queste" magazine, Winter 1999
Posted: Dec 19, 2006
 
     
February 1929
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First body from Vanden Plas

Flexible 4-door saloon with aluminium steps substituting for running boards and with cycle-type front wings. Addition of double-bumpers at front and rear. Body 1565 on 4½ litre Bentley FB 3316, February 1929.

 
     
     
  Source: Unknown
Posted: Oct 04, 2011
 
     
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Chassis No. FB3316
Engine No. FB3318
Registration No. MT 2064
Date of Delivery: Feb 1929
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: DAVIS Miss M D
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1565 with a 4-door flexible Saloon; 2/1929.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1565. Body disintegrated - rebuilt as Le Mans rep."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 05, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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