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1926 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1926 Numbers
Chassis No. AH1491
Engine No. AH1494
Registration No. YN 3401
  This car - updated
Chassis No. AH1491
Engine No. AH1494
Registration No. YN 3401
(Updated with information from owner N.C. Williams. - June 2009)
 
September 2019
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The International Classic Car Show (Ryde, Isle of Wight), September 2019

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Leonora (Ellie) Enking'
Posted: Nov 22, 2019		  
     
June 2015
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"Photo of 3-litre Bentley YN 3401 taken at a Old Tyme Farming and Craft fair in Rochford Essex. June 2015. Nice original car. One among lots of others."

  
     
     
  Source: Roy Ginn
Posted: Jun 20, 2015		  
     
June 2009
 

This car was purchased by N.C.Williams in 2007.

"Original bodywork (no. 1248) is still fitted."

  
     
     
  Source: N.C. Williams (Owner)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009		  
     
2008
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Manningtree Vehicle Show 2008

  
     
     
  Source: Picasa, posted by user 'Matthew'
Posted: Oct 11, 2012		  
     
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  Source: Wikimedia Commons, posted by user 'Charles'
Posted: Oct 11, 2012		  
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2006
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This vintage Bentley is the classic 3 litre Red Label Speed model still carrying its original VDP 4 seater open sports body and still with it's original engine, blimey!!

Full history, in fact, pages of it, pornography for Bentley aficionados.

Sold by us some 20 years ago and re-purchased from the same chap (looks like he really liked this car and so do I). I just couldn't resist buying her back.

  
     
     
  Source: Stanley Mann Racing
Posted: Oct 11, 2006		  
     
Late 1960s
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At Oulton Park.

  
     
     
  Source: Unknown
Posted: Aug 04, 2008		  
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. AH1491
Engine No. AH1494
Registration No. YN 3401
Date of Delivery: Mar 1926
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: WELLESLEY WESLEY C H St Maur
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1248 with a standard 4-seater Sports; maroon; 2/1926.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1248." 		 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 04, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007		  
     
 
 
 
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