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1924 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 415
Engine no. 422
Registration No. XR 1611

  Chassis 415 - Updated
Engine no. TN1558 (ex Ch TN1555)
Registration No. TS 6223
(this regn & eng TN1558 both from Ch TN1555)
 
February 2016
 

"For the records Reg. TS 6223 has the following presently:

Chassis 415
Engine TN1558
Steering Box TN1555
Magneto Switch Plate/Dash TN1555
Back Axle 415
Front Axle 268

This information has been taken from the car. The car is parked in the garage awaiting restoration by myself."

"Just been doing some more digging into the components with the BDC. The gearbox 6341 is a 'C type' box originally in chassis WT2262 which was a 6.5 litre Bentley registration XV6011 from November 1928."

 
     
     
  Source: Roger Morton (Owner)
Updated: Feb 24, 2016
Posted: Feb 22, 2016
 
     
     
     
  This is what we at VintageBentleys.org have been able to gather after extensive correspondence with Roger Morton.:

ABOUT ENGINE TN1558 THAT IS IN CHASSIS 415 NOW
- At some point when the Morton family owned Chassis No. TN1555, it had original Engine No. TN1558 and original Registration No. TS 6223.

- Michael Hay's Bentley: The Vintage Years notes that in 1997 (the year the book was published) Chassis TN1555 had Engine No. PM3257 ex ch. PM3257 (Chassis PM3257 was also owned by the Morton family. If Chassis TN1555 had Engine PM3257, where was its original Engine TN1558 during this period?)

- Now in 2016, Chassis TN1555's original Engine TN1558 along with original Registration TS 6223 is in Chassis 415.


ABOUT CHASSIS 415's ORIGINAL REG. NO. XR 1611
- It is not known what happened to Chassis 415's original Registraion XR 1611. There are old photos of Sammy Davis driving this car with XR 1611 showing on the reg plate (scroll below to view).


ABOUT CHASSIS TN1555 THAT ORIGINALLY HAD ENGINE TN1558 & REG TS 6223
- Roger Morton writes, "The chassis is now number 415 as the original (TN1555) was damaged. It (Reg TS 6223) has an H M body and still has original registration TS 6223." - May 2014
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2003 - 2006
 

BDC records for 2003 and 2006 list Reg. No. MW 2963 for Chassis No. 415. The regn no. has nothing to do with chassis 415.

"These records are not correct." Roger Morton

 
     
     
  Source: Roger Morton (Owner)
Posted: Feb 09, 2016
 
     
1982
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1982
   
 
 

"This photograph was taken around 1982 when I started doing some restoration on my father's (Tom Morton's) car. It is taken in front of the garage at my father's house. The car is still in that garage."

"Just been looking through my father's records. The chassis was 415 in 1982."

 
     
     
  Source: Roger Morton (Owner)
Updated: Feb 24, 2016
Posted: Feb 09, 2016
 
     
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"Pictures of chassis 415 being driven by Sammy Davis, Hillstead passenger."

Sammy Davis seems to be driving chassis 415 with its original reg no. XR 1611 — VintageBentleys.org

 
     
     
  Source: Roger Morton
Posted: Feb 09, 2016
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 415
Engine No. 422
Registration No. XR 1611
Date of Delivery: Nov 1923
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: No info
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: EDWARDS Lt M G
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Parts of engine in ch. 16."  
     
     
  Posted: Sep 20, 2006  
     
 
 
 
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