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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. PL3487
Engine No. PL3483
Registration No. UV 3110

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. UV 3110

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - April 2015)
 
2015
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From the article 'Bentley - Strongest and Fastest of the Pack When Our Parents Were Young' by Winsbury White with Photos by Winsbury and Doug Cornes

 
     
     
  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club Inc Issue, 15-2 2015 - Made available by Hilary and Tom King
Posted: Apr 15, 2015
 
     
2009
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Bentley Alaska Tour 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Picasaweb, posted by user 'Bentleyalaska'
Posted: May 13, 2011
 
     
March 2009
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In New Zealand

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'spooky21'
Posted: May 13, 2011
 
     
2007
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1929 4.5 litre Tourer, Reg No: XO 5410, Engine No: PL 3483, Chassis No: PL 3487

PL 3487 was shipped to East Africa in the early I930's. There it was severely damaged in an encounter with a "large animal". Eventually it filtered down to South Africa where it was bought by Jack Acutt and restored by him. It was he who christened it Harry. Harry then spent some time in the care of John White, going with John on the 1983 International Tour of South Africa. In 1989 he sold it to the late Mike Morelli.

It is now owned by Peter, Mike's son, and lives in New Zealand. It has travelled extensively in New Zealand, doing two BDC tours as well as the 2004 Rolls-Royce Centennial Tour, driven by Evan & Gill Douglas. Later that year Peter and Mary took Harry to the Australian BDC Nationals in Western Australia.

 
     
     
  Source: Program for "6th International Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa", 2007
Posted: Dec 14, 2007
 
     
  Also read article 'Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa 2007'.  
     
2007
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First car from right is
Reg. no. XO 5410
   
 
  6th Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa (2007).

Read article 'Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa 2007'.
 
     
     
  Source: Kurt Furger
Posted: Nov 05, 2007
 
     
2006
In New Zealand in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. PL3487
Engine No. PL3483
Registration No. UV 3110
Date of Delivery: Jul 1929
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Cadogan
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: DOBSON T Y
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "In South Africa. Ogilvie tourer fitted, replica of original."  
     
     
  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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