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1928 Bentley 6½ Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. BR2370
Engine No. BR2371
Registration No. YW 821

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(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - January 2020)
 
2006
In Switzerland in 2006 / Owned by an RROC member
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Weymann bodied 8-Litre

 
     
     
  Source: The Great Cars by Ralph Stein, 1967
Posted: May 23, 2007
 
     
 

This previously 'unidentified' vintage Bentley has been identified as Chassis No. BR2370 by Olle Ljungström.

Not an 8 litre as stated in "The Great Cars" picture caption, but a Standard 6½ litre with H. J. Mulliner (Weymann) Saloon coachwork. The front wings have been modified with infills at the front and skirts.

 
     
     
  Source: Olle Ljungström
Posted: Feb 14, 2008
 
 
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"Marquis de Casa Maury (first owner) also owned Chassis FW2621."

 
     
     
  Source: Rob Geelen
Posted: Jul 06, 2020
 
     
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Chassis No. BR2370
Engine No. BR2371
Registration No. YW 821
Date of Delivery: May 1928
Type of Body: Saloon (Weymann)
Coachbuilder: H J Mulliner
Type of Car: ST2
   
First Owner: Marquis de Casa Maury
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "'Chrome plated rad. Undershield to gearbox.' In Switzerland — original body still fitted."  
     
     
  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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