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February 2013 saw the highest number of contributions received from fellow vintage Bentley enthusiasts in the last six months.

Belinda Noble, Bert Degenaar, Bob Rippon, Brian Rivett, Chris, Chris Tutton, Duncan Donaldson-Davidson, Edward LaBounty, Federico Alvarez Castillo, Fraser Lamprell, Gregory Porter, Lewis Luxton, Malcolm Hobbs, Marcus Sutcliffe, Michael Muellmann, Paul Sydlowski, Peter Greaves, Steve Hamilton, Syd Reinhardt, Ted & Carol Collins, Tim Rymill (A few contributions are queued up and will be published in the next few days.)

 
 
 
February 2013: Bonhams - Paris Auction at the Grand Palais
1929 Bentley 6½-Litre Speed Six Tourer sold for €828,000

"The top sale at the 2013 Bonhams Paris auction held at the Grand Palais went to a vintage 1929 Bentley 6½-Litre Speed Six tourer that sold for €828,000, beating its pre-sale estimate. The vehicle was originally created as a touring car and has saloon coachwork by English design firm Gurney Nutting."

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Article from 1949
Talking of Sports Cars: Colossus of Roads

Published in "The Autocar", January 7, 1949

Proverbially there is many an untrue word spoken in all seriousness, but when in 1930 The Autocar described the then new 8-litre Bentley as "not a sports model in any shape or form" the writer could hardly be blamed for failing to foresee that a track-rigged edition (re-styled the Barnato Hassan Special) would later raise the Brooklands lap record to 142.6 m.p.h. or that later still the same machine would become one of the fastest sports cars on the roads of Britain.

 
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Chassis no. 635: "The power steering is only as strong as their arms and the turning circle needs a safety margin, but for Roy Partridge and more than 50 fellow members of the Bentley Drivers' Club, there is no better way to travel around New Zealand" — [More]
   
 
Chassis no. RT1534: "Bentley RT1534, Reg YN 2534 came to Australia in 1982 and my father Dick Rymill bought it in 1984. It passed to me when he died in 1997.... " — Tim Rymill (Owner) [More]
   
 
Chassis no. MS3936: "The last event of 1933 was a private wager between Sir Guy Domville the well-known bridge player and his friend Ivor Birts, driving Essex Terraplane Six and Bentley 4½-litre supercharged coupe respectively." — Bob Rippon (son of former owner) [More]
   
 
Chassis no. YF5015: "I bought this car in 2006 in England from P&A Wood. It was fully restored in Argentina during the last six years." View over 60 recent photographs. — Federico Alvarez Castillo (Owner) [More]
   
 
Chassis no. KR2687: "There are very few original 6½ litre cars left. Our delightful Sedanca de Ville, a car with enormous provenance which started with it being the show car at the 1929 Olympia Motor Show, will be sold at the exclusive Villa d'Este auction (25 May 2013) to be staged by RM" — Syd Reinhardt (Former owner) [More]
   

Feb 28, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Bert Degenaar for Chassis No. VF4019

Feb 28, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. BA2580 & YX5109

Feb 28, 2013 - Information received from Duncan Donaldson-Davidson for Chassis No. TX3250

Feb 28, 2013 - Information received from Chris for Chassis No. BA2600

Feb 28, 2013 - Unidentified Bentley identified as Chassis No. DE1220

Feb 28, 2013 - New info and photograph received from Peter Greaves & Fraser Lamprell for Chassis No. 726

Feb 28, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Tim Rymill for Chassis Nos. RT1534 & RL3446

Feb 28, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Bob Rippon for Chassis No. MS3936

Feb 28, 2013 - Photographs received from Steve Hamilton for Chassis No. NH2735

Feb 28, 2013 - Information received from Chris Tutton for Chassis Nos. 640 & HT1637

Feb 28, 2013 - Information received from Belinda Noble for Chassis No. YM5036

Feb 25, 2013 - New info and photographs added for Chassis No. 781

Feb 23, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. MF3153, FS3615, NR507, 1179, 840, 935, 913, 650 & WB2553

Feb 22, 2013 - Info and photograph received from Ted & Carol Collins for Chassis No. HP395

Feb 22, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Marcus Sutcliffe for Chassis No. 917

Feb 19, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Federico Alvarez Castillo for his Chassis No. YF5015

Feb 19, 2013 - Unidentified Bentley identified by Michael Muellmann as Chassis No. ST3006

Feb 18, 2013 - New info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. 671 & NT3133

Feb 18, 2013 - Unidentified Bentley identified by Paul Sydlowski as Chassis No. ML1502

Feb 18, 2013 - Unidentified Bentley identified by Malcolm Hobbs as Chassis No. TN1551

Feb 15, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis No. YF5014

Feb 08, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. LT1582, NT3137 & XF3521

Feb 05, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. BL1607, 1235, 641 & 413

Feb 01, 2013 - New information received from Anders Tysk for his Chassis No. NT3133

Feb 01, 2013 - Unidentified Bentley identified by Lars Hedborg as Chassis No. 17

Feb 01, 2013 - Info and photograph added for Chassis No. HR3976
Feb 01, 2013 - Information received from Greg Porter for an unidentified Bentley
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