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| 1928 Bentley 4½ Litre |
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Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis No. ST3001
Engine No. ST3001
Registration No. YH 3196
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This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. YH 3196
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - September 2017) |
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Chassis No. ST3001
at Wakui Museum (Japan), 2008 |
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Source:
Picasa, posted by user 'Archives'
Posted: May 11, 2012 |
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| In
England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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Source:
Shelvey
Posted: May 11, 2012 |
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| 1934-1938 |
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1934 B.R.D.C. 500 Mile Race |
Shortly after completion with the 4½
Litre engine fitted |
Manual assistance during
the 1934 500 Miles race |
Dixon in the Riley passes Marker in
the 1934 Easter Monday Ripley Lightning
Long Handicap; Marker retired. |
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Richard Marker bought
'Old Mother Gun' in 1932 and fitted
a 2 seat body for track racing, probably
the one fitted to YV 7263 for the
1931 500 Miles Race. Subsequently
the body seen below was fitted in
1934, being the body used on Chassis
No. 1106 by Froy in 1928. As seen
above (photo 1), the original 4½
Litre engine is still fitted (exhaust
on the near side). This engine was
removed after the 1934 500 Miles Race
when the flywheel sheared the end
of the crank. A 6½ Litre engine
was fitted by Bowler, based on crankcase
LB 2345, ex Chassis No. LB 2338, the
ex-Prince George Imeritinsky Speed
Six which was salvaged after an accident
by Bowler in 1934. It is possible
that this engine incorporates some
of the Speed Six engine of 'Old No.
1' Unfortunately the 4½ engine
seems to have been scrapped - it would
have been interesting to have seen
it, as it was by then fitted with
the bottom half of engine EXP 6 from
Hubert Pike's 3 Litre saloon Chassis
No. 238. ST 3001 became the Bentley-Jackson
over the winter of 1936/7 when R.R.
Jackson rebuilt her in the form seen
overleaf (photos 2, 3) on a new frame,
with a new body. In this form the
Bentley-Jackson set her fastest lap
at 134.97 mph, driven by Kitt Baker-Carr.
The remains were acquired by Vaughan
Davis Esq., who is rebuilding this
motor car in her latter guise, as
seen here (photo 1). |
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Source:
Text from Michael Hay's Bentley:
The Vintage Years
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 |
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This photograph is
from Motor Sport magazine, 1957.
Accompanying text reads: Miss Margaret
Allen in Richard Marker's 6½-litre
Bentley during the Second Short Handicap
at the 1936 Opening Meeting. She lapped
at 119.15 m.p.h., but was unplaced.
On another occasion, she lapped at
over 120 m.p.h. in the car, and Marker
at 129.36 m.p.h. |
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Source:
Motor Sport magazine, 1957
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Oct 21, 2008 |
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| 1932 |
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Richard Marker bought
'Old Mother Gun' in 1932 and fitted
a 2-seat body for track racing, probably
the one fitted to YV 7263 for the
1931 500 Miles Race. |
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Source:
Motor Sport magazine, 1957
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 |
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| 1931 |
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Bill Pacey owned
'Old Mother Gun' 4½ Litre ST
3001 in 1931. |
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Source:
Motor Sport magazine, 1957
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 |
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| 1928 |
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| EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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| Chassis No. |
ST3001 |
| Engine No. |
ST3001 |
| Registration
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YH 3196 |
| Date of Delivery: |
Jun 1927 |
| Type of Body: |
4-seater |
| Coachbuilder: |
Vanden Plas |
| Type of Car: |
No info  |
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| First Owner: |
BARNATO W |
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More Info:
According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder
records, this car was originally fitted
with Body No. 1379 with a Sports for
Le Mans (first production 4'/2 litre);
Weymann grey fabric / green; 5/1927.
Effectively 4 1/ 2 Litre prototype Team
car known as "Old Mother Gun".
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"Vanden Plas body no. 1379. Known
as "Old Mother Gun". Had three frames
during racing career. Evolved into the
Bentley-Jackson, with Speed Six engine
LB 2345 ex LB 2338, special frame and
single-seater body. See Bentley-Jackson
under "Non-production Chassis". Parts
of original 4½ used to built bitsa -
was 9'9 ½" frame, MK. VI Bentley engine
and gearbox, Gurney Nutting saloon,
now rebuilt on 10'10" frame, replica
of 1927 form, Vanden Plas body by Wilton,
4½ Litre engine." |
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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 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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