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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. XL3112
Engine No. XL3113
Registration No. YC 2309

  This car - updated
Chassis No. XL3112
Engine No. -
Registration No. YC 2309

(Updated with information from Jan Dopheide. - February 2015)
 
August 2017
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"I was on holiday passing through Stein-Am-Rhein, Switzerland, August 2017 when I spotted this car. These are the photos."

 
     
     
  Source: Andy Millard
Posted: Sep 25, 2017
 
     
February 2015
 

"Reading the information about my car I see that there are a lot of mistakes and missing details. This car never has been a saloon. Clare Hay is wrong in this part. I am the owner of XL3112 in Germany."

 
     
     
  Source: Jan Dopheide (Owner)
Posted: Feb 26, 2015
 
     
1969
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"Photographed at Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, UK in 1969."

 
     
     
  Source: Tom Irving
Posted: Jul 10, 2016
 
     
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Advertisement by Harold Webb Motors Limited in "Classic Cars" magazine, October 1973 issue.

 
     
     
  Source: "Classic Cars" magazine, October 1973
Posted: Jul 21, 2008
 
     
1960
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XL3112 advert in 1960 Motor sport

 
     
     
  Source: Motor Sport magazine, 1960
Posted: Mar 12, 2018
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. XL3112
Engine No. XL3113
Registration No. YC 2309
Date of Delivery: Mar 1928
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Park Ward
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: WILLS G
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7018. Park Ward body no. 3139. "Semi-sports 4 seater (unfinished) Mr Gerard Wills". In Switzerland. Was saloon - now Vanden Plas replica." (See Jan Dopheide's content above)  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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