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1919 Bentley 3 Litre
Chassis No. EXP 1
Engine No. 17 (?)
Registration No. BM 8287
 
April 2014
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VSCC Spring Start GP Itala Trophy Race Meeting, April 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'peezedgee'
Posted: Dec 23, 2014
 
     
April 20, 2013
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VSCC Spring Start, Silverstone, April 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Robert Knight'
Posted: Apr 22, 2015
 
     
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Another onscreen sighting of a Bentley with this BM 8287 plate. Unlikely to be EXP1, but what is going on?

1927 Bentley 3 Litre in Midsomer Murders, TV Series, 1997-2012 Ep. 9.02

 
     
     
  Source: David Lynn (dsl)
Posted: Nov 27, 2012
 
 
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1927 Bentley 3 Litre in The Da Vinci Code, Movie, 2006

 
     
     
  Source: Internet Movie Cars Database
Posted: Feb 08, 2007
 
 
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"I stumbled across various pics of Bentley registration BM 8287 on this page and wondered if you've seen this photograph (above). The headlamps appear to be higher in this pic, but could it be the same car?"

 
     
     
  Source: Philip Sage
Posted: May 08, 2015
 
 
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H M Bentley driving

 
     
     
  Source: RollsRoyce Foundation
Posted: Oct 10, 2012
 
 
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W. O. Bentley at the wheel of the prototype 3 Litre in January 1920

The first Bentley is road tested by "Autocar" magazine. W. O. Bentley is at the wheel with S. C. H. Davis as passenger.

on, occasion of Sammy
Davis' first road test.
 
 

Photographs by Ozzie Lyons.

 
     
     
  Source: "Queste" magazine, Bentley Special Issue, 1984
Updated: Nov 14, 2008
Posted: Jan 29, 2007
 
 
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  Source: Unknown
Posted: Nov 08, 2008
 
     
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1919: Ex No. 1. The first ever Bentley ever made.

 
     
     
  Source: Article by Darell Berthon in Profile Publications, 1967
Posted: May 24, 2007
 
 
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1919
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On Barnet-St Albans Road in 1919.

 
     
     
  Source: From article "A Test of a Three Litre Bentley" published in "The Autocar" January, 24, 1920 issue
Posted: Feb 23, 2008
 
     
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Chassis No. EXP 1
Engine No. 17
Registration No. BM 8287
Date of Delivery: 1919
Type of Body: 4 seater
Coachbuilder: Harrisons
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: No info
 
     
  More Info: 1st prototype.  
     
     
  Posted: Sep 26, 2006  
     
 
 
 
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