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1922 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1922 Numbers
Chassis No. 43
Engine No. 49
Registration No. (Not available)

  This car - updated
Chassis No. 43
Engine No.
Registration No. KW 8726

(Updated with information from Classic Driver. - March 2019)
 
March 2019
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Found on Classic Driver website on March 29, 2019

1930 Bentley 3 / 4½ Litre
Chassis number : 43

Based on 3 Litre chassis no 43 (originally manufactured in 1923) this car remained in the hands of a well known Bentley Drivers Club member for many years. It is now fitted with a 4.5 Litre specification engine and is registered as a 1930 car. Totally rebuilt to the highest standards it has been built up to full "Birkin" Specification, with Phoenix con rods and rockers, shell bearing crankshaft, full flow engine lubrication, and a full Birkin Spec Le Mans Style body. The instruments and petrol tank are also to Le Mans race spec. An ideal car for rigorous international rallies and events.

This car is for sale as of March 29, 2019

 
     
     
  Source: Classic Driver
Posted: Apr 11, 2019
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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Chassis No. 43
Engine No. 49
Registration No. (Not available)
Date of Delivery: Feb 1922
Type of Body: No info
Coachbuilder: No info
Type of Car: S
   
First Owner: Maj. Straetfield
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Reg OW 9457. Rebuilt and body modified. Crashed - rebuilt using the Vanden Plas touring body and eng 16 ex chassis 15. Then broken up - chassis rebuilt using 4½ Litre engine KL 3600 see KL 3600."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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