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| 1929 Bentley 4½ Litre |
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Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. PL3476
Engine No. HB3425
Registration No. VR 1523
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This car - updated
Chassis No. PL3476
Engine No. HB3425
Registration No. VR 1523
(Updated with information from owner Bob Ashworth. - December 2012) |
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Source:
Bob Ashworth (Owner)
Posted: Dec 15, 2012 |
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| 2006 |
| In
England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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Source:
Robert Ashworth
Posted: Jun 22, 2010 |
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| 1999 |
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This car was purchased
by Bob Ashworth in 1999. |
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Source:
Bob Ashworth
Posted: Dec 15, 2012 |
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This photograph is
from an advertisement by Stanley Mann
in "Thoroughbred & Classic
Cars" magazine, April 1981.
Text in advt reads: 1929 BENTLEY 4
1/2 LITRE. Le Mans specification,
an exceptional car. A true dream machine. |
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Source:
"Thoroughbred & Classic Cars"
magazine, April 1981
Posted: Aug 13, 2008 |
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| EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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| Chassis No. |
PL3476 |
| Engine No. |
HB3425 |
| Registration
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VR 1523 |
| Date of Delivery: |
Jul 1929 |
| Type of Body: |
2-seater |
| Coachbuilder: |
Vanden Plas |
| Type of Car: |
 No
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| First Owner: |
FRANCOPULO T F |
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More Info:
According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder
records, this car was originally fitted
with Body No. 1611 with a fabric 2-seater,
Vanden Plas sketch 440, double dickey,
3-piece screen; 7/1929.
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"Vanden Plas body no. 1611. Now
Townshend 4 seater." |
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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 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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