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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre    
Original 1930 Numbers
Chassis No. LR2781
Engine No. LR2787
Registration No. (Not available)

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(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - March 2017)
 
1971
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LR2781 is the car on right
   
 
 

Hunua Hundred Rally 1971 Auckland Veteran & Vintage Car Club - Competitors

 
     
     
  Source: The Roaring Season
Posted: Mar 20, 2017
 
     
1960s
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AO 6 when in New Zealand
 
 
 

"The above photos of this car when in New Zealand, have recently been discovered. These have been published in the New Zealand R-R&B Club magazine 17-2, which I edit. These were photographed by Keith Humphreys in the 1960s in New Zealand."

 
     
     
  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club Inc, Newsletter Issue 17-2 2017, Made available by Tom King
Posted: Mar 27, 2017
 
     
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Chassis No. LR2781
Engine No. LR2787
Registration No. (Not available)
Date of Delivery: May 1930
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP3
   
First Owner: J. Dibble
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1668 with a 11' 8½"; Sports/Tourer, Vanden Plas sketch 519; green; 5/1930.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1668. Re-Reg AOH 6. Now in New Zealand."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 06, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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