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1926 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1926 Numbers
Chassis No. 1192
Engine No. 1200
Registration No. YM 4037

  This car - updated
Chassis No. 1192 + front of ch. 648 welded on
Engine No. MF3158
Registration No. YM 4037 / SMOKY

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - March 2016)
 
August 2016
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1926 3-Litre Vintage Bentley chassis no. 1192 at BDC Silverstone 2016

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Jan 06, 2020
 
     
August 2016
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Bentley Drivers Club Silverstone, August 2016

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 27, 2016
 
     
April 2016
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8th Flying Scotsman Rally, April 2016

 
     
     
  Source: Sports Car Digest & Flickr, posted by user 'Richard Brothwell'
Updated: Jun 27, 2016
Posted: May 06, 2016
 
     
September 2015
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Alpine Trial Rally, September 2015

 
     
     
  Source: Sports Car Digest
Updated: Mar 18, 2016
Posted: Feb 26, 2016
 
     
June 14, 2014
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Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival, June 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by users 'Cobra Stallone De $ouza', 'Cole Trickle' & Brooklands Museum
Posted: Nov 08, 2014
 
     
21st January - 1st March 2013
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International Vintage Bentley New Zealand Tour, January 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Jane Nearing'
Posted: Nov 14, 2014
 
     
2013
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Art Deco Festival Napier New Zealand, 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'spooky21'
Posted: May 16, 2013
 
     
August 2012
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"Smokey" Kitt Baker-Carr's Brooklands Racer at BDC Silverstone, August 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Russell Browne
Posted: May 17, 2013
 
     
April 2012
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Vintage Car Reliability Rally Vol.2 (London to Edinburgh), April 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Peter Barker'
Posted: Dec 31, 2014
 
     
April 2012
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Flying Scotsman, Apr 20, 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Gerard Brown, UK
Posted: Jun 25, 2012
 
     
June 19, 2010
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VSCC Shuttleworth and Nuffield Trophies, June 2010

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'SomeBlokeTakingPhotos'
Posted: Feb 09, 2015
 
     
2009
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Bentley Alaska Tour 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Picasaweb, posted by user 'Bentleyalaska'
Posted: May 18, 2011
 
     
2003
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  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club
Posted: Oct 08, 2008
 
     
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"SMOKEY" started life as one of the very rare 9 foot Super sports 3 litre Bentleys, with incredible good looking JARVIS of WIMBLEDON 2-seater coachwork. Kit Baker-Carr, a senior salesman at H.M.Bentley and Partners, fitted 4½ Litre engine EXP 5, a full Le Mans race-tune engine, already a veteran of the 1927 Le Mans and Montlehery record attempts, and raced Smokey extensively at Brooklands, winning several trophies. Baker-Carr sold the car in late 1937 to South Africa. The current owner's father bought the car in 1949 and started a slow rebuild.

Spec as follows: 9 foot chassis number 1192; lowered Jarvis 2-seater racing body; 4½ Litre engine number MF3158; "D" box; 4½ Litre steering; self-wrapping brakes.

 
     
     
  Source: Tim Houlding International
Posted: Apr 19, 2007
 
     
1931
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"Chassis 1192 as purchased by C.T. Baker-Carr in 1931"

 
     
     
  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Newsletter 13-2
Posted: May 11, 2013
 
     
1926-1931
 

"My grandfather / uncle drove a 3 litre Bentley Special which he drove around Europe between 1926-1931. He (Jennison Heaton) sold it to Baker-Carr, a designer for Bentley who had it modified for racing at Brooklands. It is known as the famous 'Smoky' and apparently resides in New Zealand, so I have been informed.

I have some pictures from then and some film from that time of the car. Can check for licence plate number if required."

 
     
     
  Source: Simon Heaton
Posted: Jan 29, 2018
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 1192
Engine No. 1200
Registration No. YM 4037
Date of Delivery: Mar 1926
Type of Body: 2-seater
Coachbuilder: JARVIS
Type of Car: 100
   
First Owner: J Heaton
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Outside gear lever. Lowered 5" 1934 - raced at Brooklands by Kit Baker-Carr called "Smokey". Fitted 4½ Litre engine EXP5 ex ch. AP323 1932. Sold to SA 1937. Engine blown up rebuilt with crankcase MF 3158. Dropped into ravine and front of ch. 648 welded on. Now being rebuilt. D box 7081."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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