|
|
|
|
|
Index |
|
Bentley 3-litre, 100-mph model |
By Malcolm
McKay |
Published
in Classic Cars, Dec 1997 (Photos by Colin Burnham) |
|
|
Only 18 100mph-model Bentley 3-litres
were made the lightest and the quickest of the
breed. Malcolm McKay drives a rare survivor in amazingly
original condition... Late in 1925, prosperous butcher
and part-time gentleman racer at Brooklands, Henry Leeson,
ordered from Bentley Motors a Super Sports: the new,
ultimate 3-litre. The chassis was despatched to the
Surbiton Coach and Motor Works, where craftsmen painstakingly
constructed the most beautiful body ever to grace a
Vintage Bentley... Continued...
|
|
|
|
|
First published
in Classic Cars, Dec 1997 |
|
Posted here on June
10, 2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
[More] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CLUB TALK
Upcoming Vintage Bentley Events |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|