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1927 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis No. LT1595
Engine No. LT1595
Registration No. YE 9455

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. YE 9455

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - March 2018)
 
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LT1595 in Africa

1927 Bentley 3-litre Vanden Plas 4-seater
Chassis no: LT1595
First owner: W. Wilhelmsen, Jnr in March 1927

 
     
     
  Source: Classic Rolls (SA)
Posted: Mar 22, 2018
 
     
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In Africa.

 
     
     
  Source: The Piston Ring, South Africa
Posted: Mar 26, 2009
 
     
1971
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  Source: eBay
Posted: Sep 03, 2013
 
     
1960s
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"My grandparents, Jack & Madeline Leckie, once owned this Bentley. I believe they purchased the car in the late 40s or early 50s(?) and sold her in the 1970s(?). The photo was taken on the English coast, around Camber Sands in 1960 I think."

 
     
     
  Source: Dr. John Harle
Posted: Dec 12, 2018
 
     
May 1938
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Photographs taken in Pilton, Somerset, England, in May 1938.

This car was owned by the contributor's father, Reginald (Rex) George Hodge at the time.

 
     
     
  Source: Peter Hodge
Posted: Aug 20, 2007
 
     
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Chassis No. LT1595
Engine No. LT1595
Registration No. YE 9455
Date of Delivery: Mar 1927
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: WITHELMSEN Jnr W
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1351 with a standard Sporting 4-seater; Weymann fabric; 3/1927.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1351. Accident 7/29 - new 9'9½" frame and front axle beam."
 
     
     
  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 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651
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