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| 1928 Bentley 4½ Litre |
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Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis No. RN3044
Engine No. RN3048
Registration No. (Not available)
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This car - updated
Chassis No. RN3044
Engine No. -
Registration No. SL 9705
(Updated with information from Charles S. Crail Automobiles. - August 2018) |
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Found on Charles S. Crail Automobiles website
Date of publication of the information below is not known.
Stock: 832
1927 Bentley 4½ Litre Vanden Plas Tourer
Chassis: RN3044
The car was delivered to its first owner Broadribb Bros. of Australia in December 1927. According to Vanden Plas records, this car was originally fitted with an 4- seat open touring body number 1435. Engine number RN 3048. Registration number BPB 908. In the late 1950s the car was owned by "Mick" Mingaye, but was sold in 1959 and exported overseas. It was one of the first cars to leave Australia.
In 1970, William Klein advertised the car as "This is a most original car, complete except top. Engine to be overhauled. As is $5,700.00 - complete engine overhaul $9,700.00."
The car currently* has been refitted with a LeMans replica body, English registration number SL 9705. |
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Source:
Charles S. Crail Automobiles
Posted: Aug 07, 2018
*(Date of publication of the information above is not known) |
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Scotland in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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| 1950s |
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Car in the photograph bears Reg. No.
BPB 908 on the number plate |
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1927 4½ Tourer
(RN3044). This car was owned by the
late "Mick" Mingaye in the
1950s, but was sold overseas in 1959,
one of the earlier cars to leave Australian
shores. |
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Source: BDCA Newsletter, Winter
2012, Page 26
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 |
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| EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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| Chassis No. |
RN3044 |
| Engine No. |
RN3048 |
| Registration
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(Australia) |
| Date of Delivery: |
Dec 1927 |
| Type of Body: |
4-seater |
| Coachbuilder: |
Vanden Plas |
| Type of Car: |
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| First Owner: |
Broadribb Bros. |
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More Info:
According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder
records, this car was originally fitted
with Body No. 1435 with a Sports 4-seater;
11/1927.
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"Vanden Plas body no. 1435. Now
Le Mans replica reg. SL 9705." |
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Updated: Jul 05, 2007
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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