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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. MF3158
Engine No. MF3159
Registration No. YW 3688

  This car - updated
Chassis No. MF3158
Engine No. MF3159
Registration No. BF 6755

(Updated with information from owner John Barrett. - June 2017)
 
March 2018
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"Hello Vintage Bentley people, I have just recently purchased a 4½ Bentley MF3158, signed up for your newsletter and am including pictures of our Bentley. We look forward to meeting some of our fellow Bentley owners and sharing some fun times on the roads together."

 
     
     
  Source: John Barrett (Owner)
Posted: Mar 26, 2018
 
     
June 2017
 

Chassis No: MF3158
Engine No: MF3159
Registration No: BF 6755

This car was purchased by John Barrett in 2017.

 
     
     
  Source: John Barrett (Owner)
Posted: Jun 13, 2017
 
     
2016
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"The car has just undergone full nut-and-bolt restoration and fitted with H&H built Le Mans Tourer 4-seater body. Engine was rebuilt in 2005 so has not been rebuilt as part of this restoration. All other ancillaries etc have been. Latest photo above."

 
     
     
  Source: Piers Fox (Owner)
Posted: Dec 13, 2016
 
     
July 2014
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This car is presently owned by Piers Fox

 
     
     
  Source: Piers Fox (Owner)
Posted: Jul 29, 2014
 
     
November 2013
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This car is presently owned by Piers Fox

"Repatriated to the UK by me. Working with BDC to get original plate reinstated but challenging. Suspect YW3688 is not the original plate. Now trying with UU3009 which is also listed against Barr Smith in Stanley Sedgwick's book All the Pre-War Bentleys"

 
     
     
  Source: Piers Fox (Owner)
Posted: Nov 25, 2013
 
     
2013
 

This car was purchased by Piers Fox in 2013.

 
     
     
  Source: Piers Fox (Owner)
Posted: Nov 25, 2013
 
     
August 2008
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Car in the photograph
bears Reg. No. 24266H
on the number plate

 
 

This car is owned by Fred Heming (in Australia), who purchased it around 1985.

 
     
     
  Source: Fred Heming (Owner)
Posted: Aug 04, 2008
 
     
1989
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Car in the photograph
bears Reg. No. PS 949
on the number plate
   
 
 

 

 
     
     
  Source: VSCCA
Posted: May 16, 2013
 
     
Around 1985
 

"Owner Peter Swan sold this car to Fred Heming around 1985. The two-seater body was built while in Peter Swan's ownership."

 
     
     
  Source: Fred Heming
Posted: Aug 04, 2008
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. MF3158
Engine No. MF3159
Registration No. YW 3688
Date of Delivery: Jun 1928
Type of Body: 2-seater
Coachbuilder: Harrison
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: BARR SMITH Miss U
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7061. Given to Miss Barr Smith as 21st birthday present. Body now 4 seater plywood monocoque by Wilson. Reg YW 3688 before export to Australia."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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