"1928 Bentley 4.5 Litre Tourer

Make: Benltey
Model: 4 1/2 Litre Tourer.
Year: 1928
Price: £380,000 (approx €514,938 euros)

Chassis number: HF3190
Engine Number: HF3188
Registration number: UC6531

In Magnificent condition: This car had a stem to stern rebuild in 2004 at the behest of USA Bentley club chairman Ed Gehringer. Since then it has completed some rallies & done a limited number of pleasure trips.

The car started life as An H. J. Mulliner Weymann saloon before the current Vanden Plas style tourer body was fitted. The result is a very rakish narrow bodied open tourer that turns heads wherever it goes.

A folding windscreen is fitted & the twin glass side deflectors unscrew to cunningly form Aeroscreens when the main screen is folded flat.

The car breathes through twin SU slopers. Dual Ignition is via a scintilla magneto to the drivers side & coil to the passengers side. A laycock overdrive is also fitted giving the car very very long legs & the ability to run with & ahead of modern traffic. The car starts instantly & pulls very very strongly. An electric fan is fitted for additional summer cooling duties.

Period correct Marchal headlamps adorn the front The dash is covered in the requisite correct instrumentation, & the two non standard gauges (oil & temp) are about to be changed for period correct items prior to sale.

The car is finished in a deep green colour with the paint being in perfect show order. A full tonneau cover comes with the car & the hood is in excellent condition, although we do not expect it to be raised often. Behind the rear seats is a useful storage compartment for tools & other ancillaries. The spare wheel is rear mounted.

The best part of this car is the way it looks & the way it drives. Coachwork is light & minimal. On the road the car strong & robust. It is a car ready to go & needing nothing doing at all."

Sold on July 16, 2012

Bentley 4½ litre VDP replica tourer 1928 for sale

This handsome 1928 Bentley 4 1/2 litre Vanden Plas replica tourer (Chassis HF3190 - Engine HF3188 - Registration UC6531) was built up in 2004, sporting a new 10/10 chassis, tub and Le Mans folding windscreen. It is fitted with SU dual slopers, BS gearbox, Scintilla magneto/coil ignition, Laycock overdrive, electric fan, Marchal headlamps, proper instrumentation, green livery, green Connolly hides, black canvas top, full tonneau cover, and rear storage compartment. Campaigned by current owner Ed Gehringer on many BDC rallies since 2005.

Price: USD 349000

This car is for sale as of April 9, 2012.

The following information was received from car owner Ed Gehringer in November 2010:

"Currently sports a new frame, plus new tub and windscreen by Jim Pearce. The engine is HF3188, out of chassis HF3176. It has been rallied extensively in the US and England since 2004, and will participate in the month long BDC 75th Anniversary Tour of England, Scotland and Wales in 2011."

1928 Bentley 4.5 Litre Vanden Plas Tourer

Los Angeles, June 2009

Queen's Own All British Car Day, 2009

Woodley Park, Van Nuys, California, 2008

Coastline Car Classic 2007

This car was purchased by Ed Gehringer, California, in 2003.