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| 1923 Bentley 3 Litre |
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Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 290
Engine No. 296
Registration No. OK 9470
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This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. OK 9470
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - October 2016) |
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| August 2015 |
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"Helmingham Hall Festival of Classic and Sports Cars, 2nd August 2015" |
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Source:
(Name withheld on request)
Posted: Aug 05, 2015 |
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| 2006 |
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England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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1923-8 Bentley
3/4½ Litre Sports Four-Seater
Coachwork By Vanden Plas, London
Reg. No. OK 9470; Chassis No. 290;
Engine No. TX 3246
Engine, four-cylinder, overhead-camshaft,
monobloc, bore 100mm., stroke 140mm.,
capacity 4,398 c.c.: dual magneto
ignition: four-speed gearbox, right-hand
change: spiral bevel final drive:
footbrake on four wheels, handbrake
on rear wheels: suspension semi-elliptic
front and rear: wheelbase 9ft. 9 1/2in.:
tyre size 5.25 x 21: never catalogued
in this form.
This car started life in 1923 as a
T.T.Replica 3-litre chassis with Smith
carburetter, A-type close-ratio gearbox,
and the short 9ft. 9£in. wheelbase
common also to its successor, the
famous 'Red Label' Speed Model. The
enamel of the radiator badge on T.T.Replicas
was, however, blue. Front-wheel brakes
of Perrot type, working in 16in. drums,
were standard on Bentleys from mid-1923,
and these are fitted to the car. A
previous owner has fitted it with
a 4½ litre engine and D-type
gearbox. Other mechanical modifications
include a lightened flywheel, twin
S.U carburetters of modern type, and
twin electric fuel pumps in place
of an Autovac. Bodywork is the classic
Vanden Plas open four-seater of panelled
type with cutaway driver's side and
externally-located handbrake lever;
it has a hood, a non-original single-panel
windscreen, and non-original headlamps
with a lower-than-standard mounting.
Also non-original are the angular
mudguards at front and rear.
The car has been in its present ownership
for twenty years, having taken part
in the Bentley Drivers' Club Rally
to Le Mans in 1969, and in a subsequent
French rally to Aubusson. Condition
of the engine is described as good,
with a sound chassis and transmission,
though the gearbox is noisy. Condition
of electrics, body and trim is fair. |
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Source:
From a Christie's Beaulieu sales catalog
dated July 10, 1975
Made available by Michael J. Immecke
Posted: Jul 16, 2007 |
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| (196? - Mid 1979s) |
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"My father owned this car from 196? until the mid 1979s and sold it by
auction through Christies at Beaulieu in the early/mid 1970s. I might be able to add
some information if the owner would like to contact me and have loads of photos. Dad
even let me drive it!" |
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Source:
Rosemary Ablitt (Daughter of former owner)
Posted: Oct 18, 2016 |
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| EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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| Chassis No. |
290 |
| Engine No. |
296 |
| Registration
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OK 9470 |
| Date of Delivery: |
Jun 1923 |
| Type of Body: |
No info |
| Coachbuilder: |
No info |
| Type of Car: |
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| First Owner: |
CROFT S |
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More Info:
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"4 seater. Front axle LB 2343.
Rear axle PM 3253. D Box. Eng TX 3246
ex PM 3253. "Car partially burnt out
(1927) and sold as such"." |
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Posted: Sep 14, 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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