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1925 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1924 Numbers
Chassis No. 779
Engine No. 785
Registration No. AX 6758

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. AX 6758

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - February 2020)
 
July 2017
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1924 Bentley 3-Litre
Warlingham R.F.C. Classic Car Show, July 2017

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Zack's Motor Photos'
Posted: Feb 03, 2020
 
     
September 2010
 

"Whilst the Bentley Drivers' Club state that no information is known about Chassis no. 779 post 1955, a quick check on the DVLA webpage reveals that it still on the road, taxed and still green."

 
     
     
  Source: Edward Hall (grandson of previous owner)
Posted: Sep 11, 2010
 
     
1949 - 1955
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"My grandfather owned this Bentley AX6758 between 1949 and 1955 when it was used as the everyday family car. By this stage it was no longer wearing its original saloon body and had been converted to a open body."

 
     
     
  Source: Edward Hall (grandson of previous owner)
Posted: Sep 11, 2010
 
     
1930s
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At Kingsbury Service Department in the 1930s.

 
     
     
  Source: Unknown
Updated: Oct 05, 2018
Posted: Nov 08, 2008
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 779
Engine No. 785
Registration No. AX 6758
Date of Delivery: Sep 1924
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Freestone & Webb
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: JONES T L
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "New - BA 779 FA 476 S/col 775 G/box A/389. Last heard of 1955 - 4 seat body."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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