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1924 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1924 Numbers
Chassis No. 530
Engine No. 527
Registration No. CX 6596

  This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No.
CX 6596
(Now 4-seater racer, 4½ Litre engine. Updated with Hay's 1997 information. Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - March 2016)
 
September 2015
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Alpine Trial Rally, September 2015

 
     
     
  Source: Sports Car Digest
Posted: Mar 18, 2016
 
     
April 5, 2014
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Flying Scotsman Rally, April 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by users 'Tony Coates' & 'SGH38'
Updated: Jul 30, 2015
Posted: Nov 17, 2014
 
     
2009
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Flying Scotsman Rally 2009

Three Castles Welsh Classic Trial May 2009
 
 
 

 

 
     
     
  Source: Picasa, posted by user 'Teesdale' and Flickr, posted by user 'rallypix'
Posted: May 11, 2012
 
     
August 2009
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Silverstone, Aug 2009 (CX 6596 is car on extreme right)

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Dirk Glassly'
Posted: Mar 23, 2011
 
     
July 2009
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BRDC 500 Trophy Race Silverstone, July 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'matt31112'
Posted: Mar 23, 2011
 
     
July 2009
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Photographs taken on July 25, 2009 at the Sliverstone Classic - Pre-war Sportscars.

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, user 'Major_Clanger'
Posted: Oct 18, 2010
 
     
2008
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Le Mans, Classic 2008

 
     
     
  Source: GT Dreams
Posted: Aug 06, 2014
 
     
2008
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VSCC Donington 2008.

 
     
     
  Source: Vintage Racing, U.K.
Posted: Mar 04, 2009
 
     
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  Source: Flickr
Posted: Jan 20, 2009
 
     
October 2008
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This car is for sale at Neil Davies Historic Racing as of Oct 21, 2008.

Rebuilt in the 1980s to its current form by the renowned Bentley race mechanic and restorer John Guppy for the very well known historic racer and Bentley entrepreneur John May specially to be able to take part in competitive tours and race meetings. Few cars have the ability to be driven to the circuit, raced competitively and driven home again.

Benefiting from lightweight Phoenix crankshaft, close ratio 'D' box and very light construction, all resulting in phenomenal performance, a truly turn key road / racer.

 
     
     
  Source: Neil Davies Historic Racing
Posted: Oct 21, 2008
 
     
July 2007
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Car is shown on Silverstone Race Track during British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) 500 on Jul. 28, 2007.

 
     
     
  Source: Motor Racing Legends
Posted: Sep 11, 2007
 
     
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  Source: Webshots, posted by user 'paulnh1' and Deviant Art
Posted: May 11, 2012
 
     
Early 1950s to early 1960s
 

"I don't know exact dates, but from the early 1950s until sometime after 1962 this car was owned by William Good of Caversham, Reading. (When I was ten years old, I polished the radiator shell of this car.)"

 
     
     
  Source: Chris Innis
Posted: Mar 29, 2008
 
     
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During World War II my mother lived with the Good family while she was in the Territorial Auxiliary (British Women's Army) along with six other young women. My father was stationed in England during the war, they met and my mother later came to the US as a war bride. We went to England in 1962 to visit family and visited the Goods as well.

Bill Good was a very quiet man, normally. It was quite an experience as a ten year old to ride with him in his Bentley, going 70 miles an hour on the narrow country roads near Caversham. He always smiled broadly behind the wheel, enjoying himself immensely.

The car has changed a great deal since he owned it, judging by the more recent photographs. It's a privilege to add a few photographs. The Goods were wonderful people; their parish priest told them that they were "Good by name and better by nature".

 
     
     
  Source: Chris Innis
Posted: Mar 29, 2008
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 530
Engine No. 527
Registration No. CX 6596
Date of Delivery: Jul 1924
Type of Body: No info
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: Major Murray Marshall
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "New - BA 530, FA 182, S/col 528, G/box A/291. Now 4 seater racer, 4½ Litre engine."  
     
     
  Posted: Sep 20, 2006  
     
 
 
 
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