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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. PL3495
Engine No. PL3493
Registration No. (Not available)

  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)

 
     
     
  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club Inc, Newsletter Issue 13-6 2013
Posted: Jul 10, 2018
 
     
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Chassis No. PL3495
Engine No. PL3493
Registration No. (Canada)
Date of Delivery: Aug 1929
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Park Ward
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: B. G. Smith
 
     
  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"."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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