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1922 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1921 Numbers
Chassis No. 17
Engine No. 22
Registration No. (Not available)

  This car - updated
Chassis No. 17
Engine No. SR1418
Registration No.
ME 265
(Updated with information from owner John Anderson. - May 2016)
 
May 2016
 

This car is presently owned by John Anderson.

 
     
     
  Source: John Anderson (Owner)
Posted: May 05, 2016
 
     
November 2013
 

"Once more Lars Hedborg has posted wonderful photos but Lars please can you get in direct touch with me? I own the car and would love to have your involvement recorded. I now have its history from new..."

 
     
     
  Source: John Anderson (Owner)
Posted: Nov 12, 2013
 
     
 

"I have much information on this car of course and its history. The earliest photo is from 1927. The first owner was not Brune Prideaux as in Clare Hay's book but Fulke Knatchbull Prideaux Brune who was a Director of Bentley Motors although not yet at the time of purchase in December 1921.

Could Lars Hedborg who kindly posted the 1969 photo which I think shows Prince Bertil as the passenger please give me more info on the event / the publication and date."

 
     
     
  Source: John Anderson (Owner)
Posted: Apr 29, 2013
 
     
2008
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Photograph was taken at Brooklands Race Track on New Year's Day, 2008.

 
     
     
  Source: Chris Card
Posted: Jan 31, 2008
 
     
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  Source: British Motor Manufacturers
Posted: Mar 04, 2009
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
1998
 

This car was purchased by John Anderson in 1998.

 
     
     
  Source: John Anderson
Posted: Apr 29, 2013
 
     
August 1971
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"I found some more photos of chassis 17 taken by me in 1971. It was at the time on loan to Mr Sven Härnström, the man with moustache standing beside the car.These pictures ware taken at my parents' country house summer 1971. The photo from Stockholm was taken at the start of the "Skokloster rally" in August 1971"

 
     
     
  Source: Lars Hedborg
Posted: Oct 26, 2012
 
     
1969
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Photo from a Swedish magazine, 1969
   
 
 

The car is a 3-litre owned then by Mr Ebbersten, Sweden. The film Monte Carlo or bust was partly shot in Sweden.

Chassis no. and present owner unknown.

 
     
     
  Source: Lars Hedborg
Posted: Sep 07, 2012
 
     
 

Identified as being Chassis no. 17 by Lars Hedborg. — Feb 01, 2013

 
 
1969
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Bentley 4½ litre in Monte Carlo or Bust!, Movie, 1969

 
     
     
  Source: Internet Movie Car Database
Posted: Aug 29, 2012
 
     
Early 1960s - Mid-1990s
 
 

This car has a Swedish history. It was imported here in the early 1960s from Kenya by Douglas Ebbersten, Esq. It was sold abroad by him in the mid 1990's. It was used extensively by the secretary of the Arctic Region (Swedish section) of the Bentley Drivers Club, Sven Härnström.

Coachwork is by Cadogan.

It was auctioned about 1990 by the leading Swedish auction company, Stockholms Auktionsverk, but did not meet reserve. I wrote the catalogue text.

 
     
     
  Source: Olle Ljungström
Posted: Feb 04, 2008
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 17
Engine No. 22
Registration No. (Not available)
Date of Delivery: Dec 1921
Type of Body: No info
Coachbuilder: No info
Type of Car: S
   
First Owner: Brune Prideaux
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "New block & secondhand crank fitted 1926. Brune - director of Bentley Motors."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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