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1924 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 398
Engine No. 400
Registration No. XP 7478

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. XP 7478

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - April 2018)
 
September 2019
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1923 Bentley Three-Litre tourer
Goodwood Estate, Chichester, West Sussex

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Zack's Motor Photos'
Posted: Jan 29, 2020
 
     
January 2018
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William Medcalf, Liss, West Sussex

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'The 289 Register'
Posted: Apr 09, 2018
 
     
July 11, 2015
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1924 Bentley 3 Litre

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Stephen Keen'
Posted: Jul 14, 2015
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
August 2000
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Photographs were taken at Silverstone Race Track in August 2000.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Mar 10, 2007
 
     
1940s or 1950s
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"This car belonged to my father - Denis Michell in late 1940s or 1950.

I have an original tax disc from this car.

I am sending you an extract from an email my mother sent me when I asked her about her memory of the Bentley.

He then bought a 4½ litre Bentley on his return which they then drove out to Trieste when he was stationed out there. I have a whole album of photographs of that car — registration UC 3690.

I don't know if any of this information is of any interest to anyone. I believe the car is still in existence in Texas."

E-mail extract
"Daddy bought the green one — 3-litre when we were first married and we were looking for a flat somewhere behind Peter Jones and below this flat was a garage and in it was this Bentley. We didn't get the flat but the Bentley instead. At that time Daddy was doing Guards at Buckingham Palace. He was then posted to Hongkong so had to sell the Bentley."

 
     
     
  Source: Linda Jones (Daughter of former owner)
Posted: Apr 27, 2015
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 398
Engine No. 400
Registration No. XP 7478
Date of Delivery: Nov 1923
Type of Body: No info
Coachbuilder: No info
Type of Car: ST
   
First Owner: JESSOP I De B
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "No body 1957 - rebuilt on chassis 286. In pieces - eng 1043 ex ch. NR 513. previously 2 seater boat-tail. Chassis frame 398 being used as basis of a second car."  
     
     
  Posted: Sep 14, 2006  
     
 
 
 
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