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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. HF3178
Engine No. HF3179
Registration No. (Not available)

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(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - October 2018)
 
1929
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  Thought to be chassis HF3178. - VintageBentleys.org  
     
 

"A picture of HF3178 which confirms the Gallé body. This photograph was taken in 1929 during a Concours d'Elegance in Paris."

 
     
     
  Source: Anton van Luijk, Autocar magazine
Posted: Sep 24, 2011
 
     
1928
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Car in the photograph
bears Reg. No. 3348 XI
on the number plate
   
 
  "HF3178 4½ litre here seen at a 1928 Concours d'Elegance, then owned by Comtesse de Kimboull."  
     
     
  Source: Facebook
Posted: Oct 29, 2018
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. HF3178
Engine No. HF3179
Registration No. (Not available)
Date of Delivery: Jan 1928
Type of Body: No info
Coachbuilder: No info
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: W. Glass
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Believed 4 seater by Galle in France Reg 3348 XI (1929)."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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