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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre |
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Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. PL3495
Engine No. PL3493
Registration No. (Not available)
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This car - updated
Chassis No. PL3495
Engine No. PL3495
Registration No. CX 2600
(Updated with information from New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club Inc. - July 2018) |
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"1929 4½ litre Chassis PL3495, engine PL3495, CX2600. Park Ward Cabriolet, exhibited 1930 New York Motor Show with American headlamps (replaced with Lucas by Willis Brown); arrived "NZ 1934; J. Robbie, Invercargill end of war; W.I. Brown 1969 with mileage 61250; then J. Lucas U.S.A. 1/78 although the car is still in New Zealand."
(Gavin Bain’s research and photograph) |
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Source:
New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club Inc, Newsletter Issue 13-6 2013
Posted: Jul 10, 2018
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EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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Chassis No. |
PL3495 |
Engine No. |
PL3493 |
Registration
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(Canada) |
Date of Delivery: |
Aug 1929 |
Type of Body: |
Saloon |
Coachbuilder: |
Park Ward |
Type of Car: |
No
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First Owner: |
B. G. Smith |
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More Info:
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"In New Zealand since 1934. Original
body Park Ward Allweather still fitted.
?Park Ward body no. 3297 - "4 dr Allweather,
Pyrene bumpers, grey/black chassis and
top"." |
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Posted: Mar 01, 2007 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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