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1924 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1924 Numbers
Chassis No. 446
Engine No. 457
Registration No. XR 1616
   This car - updated
Chassis No. 446
Engine No. 457
Registration No. XR 1616
(Updated with information from owner Gaggl Kurt. - May 2018)
 
May 2018
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This car was purchased by Gaggl Kurt in 2018.

"Chassis No: 446
Engine No: 457
Registration No: XR 1616

I am now the owner of the Bentley 3/4.5 Litre XR 1616"

  
     
     
  Source: Gaggl Kurt (Owner)
Posted: May 09, 2018		  
     
August 2016
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1924 3-Litre Vintage Bentley chassis no. 446 at BDC Silverstone 2016

  
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Jan 14, 2020		  
     
August 2016
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Bentley Drivers Club Silverstone, August 2016

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 30, 2016		  
     
August 2015
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Bentley Drivers Club at Silverstone, August 2015

  
     
     
  Source: Full Throttle - Issue 17, BDC Newslette
Posted: Feb 02, 2016		  
     
August 2015
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Bentley Drivers Club at Silverstone - Saturday 1st August 2015

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 20, 2015		  
     
August 2, 2014
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Bentley Drivers Club at Silverstone - Saturday 2nd August 2014

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Jun 30, 2015		  
     
August 2012
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Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance, August 2012

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Graham Woodward'
Posted: Jan 16, 2015		  
     
June 2010
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Southam, UK

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, photos posted by user 'jjs77'
Posted: Jul 12, 2010 		 
     
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This photograph is from a July 2008 VBE advertisement.

  
     
     
  Source: VBE advertisement, July 2008
Posted: Oct 14, 2008		  
     
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Marathon
Silverstone
Silverstone
   
 
 

 

  
     
     
  Source: VBE Restorations
Posted: Oct 15, 2008		  
     
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Apparently this is a 3-Litre chassis, which has been fitted with a 4½ Litre engine and body. — VintageBentleys.org

  
     
     
  Source: Advertisement for VBE Restorations, 2003
Updated: 11 Jul 2008
Updated: Oct 20, 2007
Posted: Oct 18, 2007		  
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 446
Engine No. 457
Registration No. XR 1616
Date of Delivery: Feb 1924
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: HOWLAND V R
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1020 with a 4-seater Sports; 2/1924.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1020. Believed disappeared in breakers. Engine 457 was in ch. PL 3499. Now rebuilt as Vanden Plas 4 seater, new 4½ Litre engine." 		 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 03, 2007
Posted: Sep 20, 2006		  
     
 
 
 
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