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Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 434
Engine No. 442
Registration No. NX 5589
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This car - updated
Chassis No. 434
Engine No. -
Registration No. NX 5589
(Updated with information from Drage Thompson, October 2016. Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - October 2016) |
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| October 2016 |
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Oct 16 - Oct 28 2016
"Firstly I'd like to say what a fantastic website you have!
I'd like to help you out a little if I may? As the owner of Bentley 3 Litre 1923
Registration number NX 5589 I can tell you that the information you have on this
vehicle is inaccurate. My father has owned this car since 1958. You need to refer to
the Bentley Drivers Club archive department with reference to chassis 434 which will
give you all the information required. Could you please amend your records
accordingly?
I will send an attachment to you which is a copy of the records held by the
Bentley Drivers Club. I will send a few pictures of the car when I get chance and a scan of the
log book. (See below)
You will see the current information provided to you is totally incorrect.
The years of ownership supplied to you are not correct and the car had
never been 'stolen'! I personally like this comment the least as it
certainly detracts from the car's history."
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Source:
Drage Thompson (Owner - son of W.B. Thompson)
Posted: Nov 01, 2016 |
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| 2004 |
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"Letter from Bentley Drivers Club confirming the identity of the car in 2004." |
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Source:
Drage Thompson (Owner - son of W.B. Thompson)
Posted: Nov 01, 2016 |
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According to Technical
Facts of the Vintage Bentley (at p.6)
chassis No 434 is listed as a 'Speed'
model with a 9' 9 1/2" wheelbase
having been registered with the London
County Council.
I bought the car with the registration
YO 6129 but discovered from the LCC
that this was not a number issued
in 1926. Further research revealed
that the car had been stolen during
WW2 and that these were in fact false
plates. With the agreement of the
LCC the original registration of NX
5589 was restored.
Major Cammel had originally had a
saloon body built for the car, but
he replaced it, I think in 1929, with
an open Vanden Plas aluminium body.
The car was a 3 lire when I had it
with an Autovac fuel deliver device
under the bonnet, two banks of plugs
and BTH magneto ignition. It also
had finned brake drums as fitted to
the 6 litre. Headlamps were Lucas
P100.
I bought it from a member of staff
at the Outward Bound Centre in Cumbria
and sold it to a buyer in Yorkshire.
I note that the car was still around
in 2006 and would be most interested
to be in touch with the present owner
if it has survived.
It was certainly built like a camion,
if not plus vite!
A modern "Morse" type Jaguar
once reversed into it when it was
parked and was impaled on the dumb
irons of the Bentley's front axle.
Bentley unscathed! |
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Source:
Professor Terence Morris (Former owner)
Posted: Apr 27, 2012 |
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| 1956
- 1958 |
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This car was owned
by Professor Terence Morris from 1956
to 1958. |
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Source:
Professor Terence Morris (Former owner)
Posted: Apr 27, 2012 |
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| EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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| Chassis No. |
434 |
| Engine No. |
442 |
| Registration
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NX 5589 |
| Date of Delivery: |
Dec 1923 |
| Type of Body: |
No info |
| Coachbuilder: |
Park Ward |
| Type of Car: |
SP  |
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| First Owner: |
CAMMEL Major |
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More Info:
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"(1) 3 Litre Vanden Plas 4 seater
reg YO 6129 eng RT1539 ex ch. RT1547.
(2) Ch. 434/PL 3481, Vanden Plas 4 seater
with 4½ Litre radiator, 4½ Litre engine,
axle from ch. PL3481." |
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Posted: Sep 20, 2006 |
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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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