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1925 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1925 Numbers
Chassis No. 1047
Engine No. 1086
Registration No. YL 1041

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. YL 1041

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - August 2016)
 
September 14, 2014
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VSCC Loton Park - 14th September 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 10, 2015
 
     
August 9, 2014
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VSCC 80th Year - Celebrations, August 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'David Grounds'
Posted: Nov 04, 2014
 
     
August 3, 2014
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Prescott Vintage Speed Hill Climb, August 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Pete'
Posted: Oct 22, 2014
 
     
July 21, 2013
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Mallory Park, July 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Cole Trickle'
Posted: Nov 11, 2014
 
     
2012
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Near Nottingham, UK, 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Pistonheads
Posted: Aug 12, 2013
 
     
August 7, 2011
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1925 Bentley 3 litre
Registration Number YL 1041
Chassis Number 1047
Originally fitted with a Saloon body by Harrington
Prescott Hill Climb, August 2011

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Robert Knight'
Posted: May 05, 2015
 
     
2011
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BDC Silverstone, 2011

 
     
     
  Source: Russell Browne
Posted: May 17, 2013
 
     
2009
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Staffordshire Airshow, 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'R. Knight'
Posted: Oct 16, 2012
 
     
May 2008
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"Here's a photograph I took of this car (1925 Bentley 3 litre Reg. No. YL 1041) in a spectator car park at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in May 2008."

 
     
     
  Source: Dave Williams
Posted: July 23, 2016
 
     
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  Source: Mobile Travelogue
Posted: Oct 16, 2012
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2002
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Prescott Hill Climb 2002.

 
     
     
  Source: Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society
Posted: Feb 13, 2009
 
     
1960
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Easter parade at Battersea, London in 1960.

 
     
     
  Source: Pathe News
Posted: Dec 07, 2009
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 1047
Engine No. 1086
Registration No. YL 1041
Date of Delivery: Mar 1925
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: HARINGTON
Type of Car: ST
   
First Owner: PRATT Mrs A F
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Chassis frame built into ch. 23 - cut to 9'9½" registered BWD 467 - rebuilt 1937. However a 3 Litre 2 seater registered YL 1041 with different owners from BWD 467 was known of until ca 1966 - ??. Engine 1086 was in ch. BL 1625 now in ch ? See ch. 23."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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