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1931 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1930 Numbers
Chassis No. FS3620
Engine No. FS3623
Registration No. UD 4153

  This car - updated
Chassis No. FS3620
Engine No. FS3623
Registration No. AZK 436

(Updated with information from Kjell Lind. - September 2016)
 
September 2016
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Found on Classic & Sport Car website on September 23, 2016

1930 Bentley 4½ Litre
WO Bentley 4½ Litre 1930. Totally unique car. Drophead Coupe by T. H. Gill & Son Ltd. Specially made for Olympia Car Show 1930 and is still in original condition and with maching numbers. The car is one of the 50, 4.5 L with "Heavy crank engine" (the same as the compressor cars) gearbox of c-type. A unique opportunity to purchase one of the few WO Bentley that still has its original body remains in fantastic condition.

This car is for sale as of September 23, 2016.

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Additional information received from dealer Kjell Lind:

Chassis no: FS3620
Engine no: FS3623
Registration no: AZK 436

Asking price: £835000

Location: Ulricehamn. Sweden

 
     
     
  Source: Kjell Lind & Classic & Sport Car
Posted: Sep 23, 2016
 
     
March 2015
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Car in the photograph
bears Reg. No. AZK 436
on the number plate
 
 
 

"1930 Bentley 4½ Litre DHC
Price: EUR 1100000
Location: Sweden

WO Bentley 4.5 L 1930 Totally unique car. Drophead Coupe by T. H. Gill & Son Ltd. Specially made for Olympia Car Show 1930 and is still in original condition and with maching number. The car is one of the 50, 4½ L with "Heavy crank engine" (the same as the compressor cars) gearbox of c-type. A unique opportunity to purchase one of the few WO Bentley that still has its original body remains in fantastic condition. Price: 1.1 million Euro or nearest offer."

 
     
     
  Source: PreWarCar
Posted: Mar 25, 2015
 
     
2003
In Sweden in 2003 / Owned by a BDC member
1996
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FIVA World Rally, 1996

 
     
     
  Source: Britannia
Posted: Jul 01, 2013
 
     
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  Source: Commons Wikipedia
Posted: Jul 01, 2013
 
     
1968
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At Skandiahamnen Terminal, Gothenburg, 1968

At Skandiahamnen Terminal, Gothenburg, 1968

FS3620 (left) and 3-litre Chassis 1238 on
Sunday 1st December 1968 in Örebro
 
 

"Magnus Hedborg bought the 1930 4½-litre Bentley Chassis FS3620, Registration No. UD 4153 in October 1968 from D. Margulies Ltd in London. The T.H. Gill & Sons bodied Drop Head Coupe arrived at Gothenburg from Tilbury on Swedish Lloyd's Saga on October 24th (together with friend and neighbour Åke Hellden's Singer Le Mans).

The car was driven some 300 kms to Örebro the same evening."

 
     
     
  Source: Anders Hedborg
Posted: Dec 12, 2017
 
     
1930
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4½ litre originally shown at 1930 London Motor Show. Body by Gill.

 
     
     
  Source: "Classic Car" magazine, June 1974
Posted: Jul 21, 2008
 
     
 

Sven Ljungström identified this car as Chassis No. FS3620. He adds that the car is in Sweden at present, with original body. - July 25, 2008

 
 
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. FS3620
Engine No. FS3623
Registration No. UD 4153
Date of Delivery: Nov 1930
Type of Body: Coupe
Coachbuilder: GILL
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: HAYES DASHWOOD E
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Olympia show car 1930. Still with original body in Sweden."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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