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1931 Bentley 8 Litre
Chassis No. YX5101
Engine No. YX5107
Registration No. YY 3694
 
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Chassis No. YX5101
Engine No. YX5107
Registration No. YY 3694
Date of Delivery: Oct 1932
Type of Body: Coupe
Coachbuilder: Gurney Nutting
Type of Car: 13
   
First Owner: DE CESPEDES DON DIONISIO
 
     
  More Info: The engine from this vehicle was used in PPB 10, a special that was owned by Frank Sowden and sold to Victor Gauntlet. Sadly both gentlemen have now passed away. PPB 10 is illustrated in Johnnie Green's book, Bentley: Fifty Years of the Marque. Source: D. B. Greenwood

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "F/8079. Believed owned by S H Richardson 1954."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jun 11, 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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