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1926 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1926 Numbers
Chassis No. PH1470
Engine No. SR1420
Registration No. PY 4753
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Registration No. PY 4753
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - January 2017)
 
June 2019
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"In France, June 2019 my Bentley on a Downes trip."

  
     
     
  Source: Peter Wilson
Posted: Jun 17, 2019		  
     
August 2018
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1926 Bentley 3-Litre Vanden Plas 2-seater with Dickey
VSCC Prescott - Sunday 5th August 2018

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Feb 05, 2019		  
     
August 7, 2011
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1926 Bentley 3/4.5 Litre
Registration Number PY 4753
With original two seater Vanden Plas coachwork
Prescott Hill Climb, August 2011

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Robert Knight'
Posted: May 01, 2015		  
     
2008
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Western Rally 2008
Le Mans Classic, 2008 		 
 
 

 

 
     
     
  Source: VSCC & Flickr, posted by user 'Misiu'
Posted: Jul 15, 2014		  
     
July 2008
 

This car is owned by Peter Wilson as of July 2008.

  
     
     
  Source: Peter Wilson
Posted: Jul 18, 2008		  
     
2007
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PH1470 2007 in France

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'The Brond'
Posted: Oct 31, 2012		  
     
2005
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This photograph was taken on Nov 05, 2005

 
     
     
  Source: PreWarCar
Posted: Oct 05, 2006		  
     
2003
In England in 2003 / Owned by a BDC member
Late 1980s - Early 1990s
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"I took this picture in the late 1980s / early 1990s at a race meeting."

  
     
     
  Source: Paul Dale
Posted: Jan 18, 2017		  
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. PH1470
Engine No. SR1420
Registration No. PY 4753
Date of Delivery: Apr 1926
Type of Body: 2-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: GUNTER R G
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1279 with a 2-seater to drawing 232 with Dickey; grey / black; Regd. GD 2250; 3/1926.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1279. Original body 2 seater with dickey. Fitted 4½ Litre eng no. FT 3208 ex ch. FT 3207." 		 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 04, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007		  
     
 
 
 
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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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