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1931 Bentley 8 Litre    
Original 1932 Numbers
Chassis No. YX5111
Engine No. YX5113
Registration No. CG 1379

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Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. CG 1379

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - August 2018)
 
2016
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The Quail Show, 2016

 
     
     
  Source: The Auto Blonde
Posted: Sep 03, 2018
 
     
2008
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This car was sold on Oct 15, 2008.

 
     
     
  Source: Classic Driver
Posted: Nov 12, 2010
 
     
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  Source: Coys
Posted: Apr 11, 2007
 
     
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Driven by Major Hartley Whyte

 
     
     
  Source: Facebook
Posted: Jul 08, 2013
 
     
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Major W Hartley Whyte's (the Whyte of Whyte and Mackay) 8 Litre.

 
     
     
  Source: Dove Publishing, UK
Posted: Mar 08, 2013
 
     
1932
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1932 Bowers photo

 
     
     
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Posted: Mar 19, 2013
 
     
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  Source: Sports Cars, TV
Posted: Aug 23, 2013
 
     
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Chassis No. YX5111
Engine No. YX5113
Registration No. CG 1379
Date of Delivery: May 1932
Type of Body: Tourer
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: 12
   
First Owner: DOBBS H
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1779 with a short; open Tourer for Jack Barclay to Vanden Plas design 773; £265; 5/1932.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "F/8104. Vanden Plas body no. 1779."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 06, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439
Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147
Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651
Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg for his Chassis No. KL3590
Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207
Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165
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