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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. PL3481
Engine No. PL3479
Registration No. (Not available)

  This car - updated
Chassis No. PL3481
Engine No. XT3629
Registration No. SV 4904

(Updated with information from owner Nigel Batchelor. - October 2008)
 
October 2013
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May 22, 2014: Sold

1929 4½ Litre Supercharged Bentley
"Is there a more emphatic and charismatic Vintage Bentley, I doubt! She benefits from a Phoenix Steel Crankshaft and Conrods inside her highly tuned and recently rebuilt engine, making her as at home on he track as the road. As a rally car, she is more than adequately equipped, fitted with long range fuel tanks, overdrive and luggage racks. Fast, reliable and meticulously prepared, nurtured by N.D.R. for over 10 years. A very serious car."

 
     
     
  Source: NDR Limited
Posted: Oct 31, 2010
 
     
March 23, 2012
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Benjafileds AGM, March 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Nov 24, 2014
 
     
2011
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Donington Historic Festival, 2011

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Chris McEvoy'
Posted: Mar 19, 2015
 
     
July 2010
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Le Mans Classic 2010

 
     
     
  Source: Supercars, user 'Dirk de Jager'
Posted: Oct 20, 2010
 
     
November 2009
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Beaujolais Rally, November 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Robert Grounds'
Posted: Mar 06, 2019
 
     
November 2009
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Beaujolais Rally, Nov 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'rallypix'
Posted: Nov 26, 2010
 
     
September 26, 2009
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"Spa 6-hours 2009.
Bentley 4½ Litre, Chassis No. PL3481, rebuilt as S/C"

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'boybentley'
Posted: Jan 28, 2015
 
     
August 2009
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Silverstone, Aug 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Dirk Glassly'
Posted: Nov 26, 2010
 
     
July 2009
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Photographs taken on July 25, 2009 at the Sliverstone Classic - Pre-war Sportscars.

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Major_Clanger'
Posted: Oct 18, 2010
 
     
2009
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VSCC Spring Start 2009

 
     
     
  Source: VSCC
Posted: Jun 25, 2011
 
     
2008
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Spa 2008

At Cornbury 2008

Goodwood Revival 2008
 
 

 

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'fabvt' & 'adamnsinger'
Posted: Jun 25, 2011
 
     
2008
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Goodwood Revival 2008.

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'KLV & ADS' and 'Dom'
Posted: Jan 24, 2009
 
     
September 2008
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Goodwood Revival Meeting on September 21, 2008

 
     
     
  Source: Bob Rippon
Posted: Sep 27, 2008
 
     
September 2008
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BDC Silverstone 2008

Spa 2008
 
 
 

The car was raced at Silverstone, Mallory and Spa in September 2008.

 
     
     
  Source: Nigel Batchelor (Owner)
Posted: Oct 16, 2008
 
     
July 2008
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This car was purchased by Nigel Batchelor in July 2008. These photographs were taken in July 2008 at the Benjafields Sprint Meeting at Cornbury Park in July 2008.

 
     
     
  Source: Nigel Batchelor (Owner)
Posted: Oct 15, 2008
 
     
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  Source: Bentley Boys, Japan
Posted: Sep 07, 2007
 
     
2007
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Car appears in advertisement for Neil Davies Racing, Nov. 2007.

 
     
     
  Source: Advertisement for Neil Davies Racing, Nov. 2007
Posted: Jan 29, 2008
 
     
 

This car has been identified as Chassis no. PL3481 by Nigel Batchelor. — Oct 15, 2008

 
 
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
In USA in 2006 / Owned by an RROC member
2003
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  Source: Advertisement for RH Specialist Car Division, Freepost, 2003
Posted: Oct 12, 2007
 
     
 

Nigel Batchelor has identified the car in above photograph as his Chassis no. PL3481. — Oct 08, 2008

 
 
2002
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Photograph taken during the European Concours D'Elegance Schwetzingen 2002.

 
     
     
  Source: Madle
Posted: Feb 11, 2008
 
     
 

Chassis PL3481 was originally fitted with a saloon body and registered in 1929. It was crashed in the late forties, and the damaged car was eventually purchased by Tom Gibson, who owned several damaged Bentleys, and remained in storage for some time. In the 1970's the chassis was separated from its axles and engine, and was subsequently rebuilt as a two seater supercharged 4 1/2, using heavy crank engine XT3629 and the 1930's body from chassis MS3949, an original blower. Because the original Registration could not be traced, the car was reregistered SV 4904.

 
     
     
  Source: Nigel Batchelor
Posted: Oct 15, 2008
 
     
1960 - 1968
 

This car was owned by Robert Grounds from 1960 to 1968.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert Grounds (Former owner)
Posted: Mar 05, 2019
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. PL3481
Engine No. PL3479
Registration No. (Not available)
Date of Delivery: Jun 1929
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Freestone & Webb
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: J.W. Chessum
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Believed dismantled pre-war after fatal accident. Eng PL 3479 in ch. PB 3546. Rebuilt as 4½ S/C, eng XT3629, 9'9½" chassis, 2 seater by Competition Cars of Nayland ex ch. MS 3949. See also ch. 434."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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