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1928 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis No. AX1657
Engine No. AX1663
Registration No. UY 242

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Registration No. UY 242

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - January 2017)
 
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"I took these pictures in the 1980s at a steam fair."

 
     
     
  Source: Paul Dale
Posted: Jan 19, 2017
 
     
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Chassis No. AX1657
Engine No. AX1663
Registration No. UY 242
Date of Delivery: Apr 1927
Type of Body: 4-seater (W)
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: Barker P W
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1359 with a standard Sporting 4-seater; Weymann fabric/black; 4/1927.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1359. In Spain in the 30s."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 05, 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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