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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis No. SL3051
Engine No. SL3051
Registration No. YU 3854

  This car - updated
Chassis No. SL3051
Engine No. RN3044
Registration No. ZH 150 362

(Updated with information from owner Thomas Henne. - May 2019)
 
 

She travelled with me:
- The great Australian drive 2015
- All around Switzerland regularly
- Blue Train Rallye 2017
- Nürburgring 2017
- BDC Centenary Drive spring 2019 etc.

 
     
     
  Source: Thomas Henne (Owner)
Posted: May 28, 2019
 
     
2014
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1927 Bentley 4½ Litre - YU 3854

 
     
     
  Source: The Medcalf Collection
Posted: Aug 09, 2014
 
     
2006
In Channel Islands in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
1997
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Silverstone, 1997

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'boybentley'
Posted: Jun 13, 2013
 
     
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BDC concours in Kensington Gardens. Photograph taken by Max Bole.

 
     
     
  Source: Max Bole
Posted: Nov 15, 2010
 
     
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Chassis No. SL3051
Engine No. SL3051
Registration No. YU 3854
Date of Delivery: Oct 1927
Type of Body: Saloon (Weymann)
Coachbuilder: Gurney Nutting
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: GORT Viscount
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Rebuilt and rebodied. (2 seater) 1956. Reg JB 7490. Now Vanden Plas 4 seater by Phillips with eng RN 3044ex RN 3043 reg YU 3854."  
     
     
  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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