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1926 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1926 Numbers
Chassis No. AH1481
Engine No. AH1487
Registration No. YM 7165

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. YM 7165

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - May 2016)
 
August 2020
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1926 Bentley YM 7165 on the hill climb at Prescott during the Vintage Sports-Car Club track day event on 1st August 2020.

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roger Wasley'
Posted: Sep 24, 2020
 
     
July 2019
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Shelsley Walsh Vintage Sports Car Club Meeting, 7th July 2019

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Andrew C. Noble'
Posted: Feb 10, 2020
 
     
March 2019
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Bentley Centenary race to take place at Silverstone Classic 2019.

 
     
     
  Source: AutoClassics
Posted: Mar 19, 2019
 
     
August 2018
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VSCC Mallory Park 2018, Saturday 11th August 2018

 
     
     
  Source: Roy Cousins
Posted: Aug 16, 2018
 
     
June 4, 2016
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Harewood Classic & Vintage Hillclimb, June 2016

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Keith Hunt'
Posted: Aug 09, 2017
 
     
April 2016
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VSCC Silverstone, April 2016

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: May 16, 2016
 
     
July 5, 2015
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VSCC Meeting Shelsley Walsh 5th July 2015

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Andrew C. Noble'
Posted: Jul 29, 2015
 
     
July 6, 2014
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VSCC Vintage & Post Vintage thoroughbred 6th July 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Andrew C. Noble'
Posted: Aug 08, 2015
 
     
July 6, 2014
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VSCC Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, July 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'AndehtW'
Posted: Oct 21, 2014
 
     
June 8, 2014
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BARC Harewood Speed Hillclimb, June 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'SomeBlokeTakingPhotos'
Posted: Feb 04, 2015
 
     
August 4, 2013
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VSCC Prescott - Sunday 4th August 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Jul 20, 2015
 
     
2013
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Birkin Rally, 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Dec 08, 2014
 
     
June 2013
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Harewood Hill Climb, June 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Chris Firth'
Posted: Jul 04, 2013
 
     
March 23, 2012
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Benjafileds AGM, March 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, photo posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Nov 28, 2014
 
     
June 2010
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Harewood, June 2010

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'DMJ-Photography'
Posted: Jun 11, 2010
 
     
2009
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Castle Combe Circuit, 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Castle Combe Circuit, UK
Posted: Apr 04, 2011
 
     
2009
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Loton Hill Climb 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by users 'focused photography' & 'David Turner' and Zipp
Posted: Aug 25, 2010
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. AH1481
Engine No. AH1487
Registration No. YM 7165
Date of Delivery: Feb 1926
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Harrison
Type of Car: ST
   
First Owner: CHAPMAN F K
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1236 with a Standard 4-seater Sports; red; 1/1926.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Last heard of 1959. Registration no. YM 7165 was on ch. MR3376 - why?"
 
     
     
  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
Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207
Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165
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