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1926 Bentley 3 Litre
Chassis No. 1206
Engine No. 1210
Registration No. YL 5800
 
September 2008
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This photograph was taken near the border close to Aachen, Germany, in September 2008.

"In September 2008 a group of Bentley Drivers Club members from Britain entered Germany to tour around the country for a whole week. In the photo here they had just came across the English Channel and crossed the border after a further 200 miles nonstop drive between The Netherlands and Germany, a few miles north of the German city of Aachen.

This was a batch of 15 Vintage Bentleys, all of them open ones, in the style of the famous Vanden Plas Le Mans tourers."

 
     
     
  Source: Juergen Buech
Posted: Jan 24, 2009
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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  Source: Vivian Bush
Posted: Oct 24, 2007
 
     
 

"Henry Courtney Brocklehurst, first owner of the car, was Game Warden of the Sudan at the time the car was bought. He was a retired Army captain, and often called Capt. Brocklehurst. He was born in Swythamley."

 
     
     
  Source: Alan Weeks of the Swythamley Historical Society
Posted: Mar 02, 2011
 
     
1928 - 1930
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1928
These photos were taken by car's owner Captain Henry Courtney Brocklehurst at The Franchise, Burwash, Sussex, England
1930
Photo was probably taken somewhere near Dinard in France (as indicated on envelope)
 
 

Owned by Captain Brocklehurst from 1927 or 1928 until 1931.

 
     
     
  Courtesy and copyright 'Swythamley Historical Society', UK. Not to be reproduced without permission.
Posted: Mar 30, 2011
 
     
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Chassis No. 1206
Engine No. 1210
Registration No. YL 5800
Date of Delivery: Oct 1925
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: BROCKLEHURST C
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1186 with a standard 4-seater Sports; "Celluloid Spray Black"; 10/1925.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1186. New diff fitted 12/31."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 04, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439
Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147
Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651
Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg for his Chassis No. KL3590
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