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1924 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 405
Engine No. 411
Registration No. OL 3085
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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. OL 3085
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - February 2018)
 
March 2012
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1923 Bentley 3-Litre (#405) Gurney Nutting Saloon.

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Sep 16, 2014		  
     
February 2012
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"William's Winter Wally, February 2012"

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Sep 16, 2014		  
     
February 2011
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  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Joe Simon'
Posted: Oct 17, 2012		  
     
February 2009
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William's Benjafield Vintage Bentley Winter Wolly Feb 2009.

The body is original.

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, photos posted by user 'adamnsinger'
Posted: Mar 06, 2009		  
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
1981
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Silverstone 1981

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Norfolkboy1'
Posted: Oct 25, 2012		  
     
1970
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Kensington Gardens, circa 1970

  
     
     
  Source: Mike's Bus Pages
Posted: May 30, 2013		  
     
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Chassis no: 405
Coachbuilder: Gurney Nutting

  
     
     
  Source: Pipo Aymamí
Posted: Jul 10, 2014		  
 
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1959
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405 advert in 1959 Motor sport

  
     
     
  Source: Motor Sport magazine, 1959
Posted: Feb 22, 2018		  
     
1958
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405 advert in 1958 Motor sport

  
     
     
  Source: Motor Sport magazine, 1958
Posted: Feb 22, 2018		  
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 405
Engine No. 411
Registration No. OL 3085
Date of Delivery: Nov 1923
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Gurney Nutting
Type of Car: ST
   
First Owner: MARSH F
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Still fitted original body."  
     
     
  Posted: Sep 20, 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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