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1928 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis No. ML1519
Engine No. ML1521
Registration No. YT 6067

  This car - updated
Chassis No. ML1519
Engine No. PM3269
Registration No. YT 6067

(Updated with Hay's 1997 information. Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - May 2016)
 
August 2015
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"Car retains original, unusual Vanden Plas body. Fitted with 4½ litre engine and D-type box in 1948."

 
     
     
  Source: Owner since 1965 (Name withheld on request)
Posted: Aug 07, 2015
 
     
1980
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Banham Museum, 1980

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Beechwood'
Posted: Jul 22, 2010
 
     
1979
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3/4½ litre Bentley.

 
     
  "Photograph from 'Thoroughbred & Classic Cars' of car in museum taken 1979." — Owner since 1965 (Name withheld on request), Aug 7, 2015  
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, December 1979
Posted: Jul 31, 2008
 
     
1976
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Meet at Banham Motor Museum.

1927 3/4½ Litre shown with Lord Cranworth and Colin Tribe.

 
     
  "Lord Cranworth and Colin Tribe taken 1976." — Owner since 1965 (Name withheld on request), Aug 7, 2015  
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, April 1977
Posted: Jul 22, 2008
 
     
1962
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Boquhan Scotland Bennie, 1962

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Mac'
Posted: May 22, 2013
 
     
1940s
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  Source: Old Classic Car, UK - Made available by Robin Gurdon
Updated: May 07, 2015
Posted: Sep 09, 2013
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. ML1519
Engine No. ML1521
Registration No. YT 6067
Date of Delivery: Aug 1927
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: DE BOURBON Mme
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1401 with a Speed model, standard 4-door, 4-seater Sports; 7/1927.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1401. Accident 11/31 - rebuilt on reconditioned frame - rec f/axle bed fitted. Engine PM3269 ex ch. PM3274 - ML1521 in ch. 1102."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 05, 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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