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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. HF3198
Engine No. XL3101
Registration No. (Not available)

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(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - May 2018)
 
1975
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"Willis Brown at play in HF3198 at the 1975 Invermay Hill Climb, Dunedin." Photo courtesy Willis Brown.

 
     
     
  Source: Rolls-Royce & Bentley Motor Car Enthusiasts, UK
Posted: May 07, 2010
 
     
1972
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Car in background is HF3198
   
 
 

HF3198 on the Wanaka lakefront during the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand's 1972 International Rally.

 
     
     
  Source: Rolls-Royce & Bentley Motor Car Enthusiasts, UK
Posted: May 07, 2010
 
     
April 1972
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Willis Brown's 4½ litre 1927 Bentley thunders down the straight, to the pits, closely followed by Brian Jackson in his 1930 Rolls Royce
   
 
 

24-Hour 'Le Mans' Rally at Renwick, April 1972

 
     
     
  Source: Nelson Photo News
Posted: May 28, 2018
 
     
1961
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Chassis no. HF 3198
is 3rd from left
   
 
 

"Willis Brown's photograph taken at Easter 1961, when (from left) the Pinckneys in Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 14KG, McKellars in their 4½-litre Lagonda, the Haggitts in their 3-litre Bentley 1063, and Browns in HF3198 travelled to Haast. The road through the Haast Pass was still largely unmade, and the connection with the rest of the West Coast was not completed until the end of 1965."

 
     
     
  Source: Rolls-Royce & Bentley Motor Car Enthusiasts, UK
Posted: May 07, 2010
 
     
1930
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Brooklands 1930

Brooklands 1930
 
 
 

"C.W.F, Hamilton at Brooklands during the Easter Meeting in 1930 with HF3198, the day when he won three races there; with his friend Tom Williams."

 
     
     
  Source: Rolls-Royce & Bentley Motor Car Enthusiasts, UK
Posted: May 07, 2010
 
     
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"C.W.F, Hamilton in the Mackenzie country with a good day's catch."

 
     
     
  Source: Rolls-Royce & Bentley Motor Car Enthusiasts, UK
Posted: May 07, 2010
 
     
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Bill Hamilton with one of his earlier inventions, called a Shingle Spreader, mounted on the 4½ litre BrooKlands winning Bentley HF3198.

Photograph courtesy of George Calder; it was published in "Beaded Wheels'' (date of publication not known).

 
     
     
  Source: RRBEW, user 'G. Calder'
Posted: Nov 15, 2010
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. HF3198
Engine No. XL3101
Registration No. (Not available)
Date of Delivery: Mar 1928
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: F. K. Fenwick Luke
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1439 with a Sports 4-seater; Weymann fabric /black; 2/1928.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7005. Vanden Plas body no. 1439. Raced at Brooklands by C.W.F. Hamilton. "3/30 Brooklands silencer fitted on loan. Also 15/50 diff & bottom half of eng SE 2"."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 05, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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