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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. MF3171
Engine No. MF3173
Registration No. YW 5701
  This car - updated
Chassis No. MF3171
Engine No. MF3173
Registration No. YW 5701
(Updated with information from Co-owner Crispin Scott. - July 2010)
 
August 2019
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"YW 5701 at Chatsworth Country Fair, August 2019"

  
     
     
  Source: J P Dale
Posted: Dec 11, 2019		  
     
August 2016
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1928 4½-Litre Vintage Bentley chassis no. MF3171 at BDC Silverstone 2016

  
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Jan 28, 2020		  
     
July 2010
 

"YW5701 has been owned by our family since 1933. It was bought by my grandfather, Murray D Scott, passed down to my father David M Scott and is now owned by myself and my two brothers Timothy D Scott and Justin M Scott.

I just wanted confirm the car still has the original engine MF3173. In the comments it refers to engine 3137 being in AP 305. This may well be the case but as you will see someone has got their numbers mixed up - engine MF3173 is still in chassis MF3171.

The car has been in the family for 77 years."

  
     
     
  Source: Crispin Scott (Co-owner)
Posted: Jul 19, 2010		  
     
2009
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This photograph was taken at Silverstone at the annual BDR meeting last year.

  
     
     
  Source: Crspin Scott
Posted: Jul 19, 2010		  
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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Chassis No. MF3171
Engine No. MF3173
Registration No. YW 5701
Date of Delivery: Jun 1928
Type of Body: 2-seater
Coachbuilder: Harrison
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: JOEL G
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7075. New chassis frame after accident 11/32 - body has Gurney Nutting plates. Eng ? 3137 in ch. AP 305."

Read Crispin Scott's comments above. 		 
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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