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1923 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 219
Engine No. 223
Registration No. NC 9935

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. NC 9935

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - June 2016)
 
May 2016
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Historic Vehicle Run, May 2016

 
     
     
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Posted: Jun 20, 2016
 
     
2008
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Grand Henham Steam Rally, 2008

 
     
     
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2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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Chassis No. 219
Engine No. 223
Registration No. NC 9935
Date of Delivery: Mar 1923
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: TT
   
First Owner: A. E. Cunliffe
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 3246 with a sporting 4-seater; blue and red; Finished in March 1923. Delivered to A. E. Cunliffe.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 3246. 3 seater. Engine now 635 ex ch. 636. Used for sand racing (Cunliffe)."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 03, 2007
Posted: Sep 15, 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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