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1924 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1924 Numbers
Chassis No. 542
Engine No. 537
Registration No. EL 9524

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Registration No. EL 9524

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - November 2017)
 
 

"I have a few photos of this car when the car was new. The original owner Stanley Watson was my great uncle."

 
     
     
  Source: Andrew Terrington
Posted: Nov 28, 2017
 
     
2003
In Channel Islands in 2003 / Owned by a BDC member
1946
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EL 9524 1946
   
 
 

"My father, Alexander (Sandy) McGrady of Broughty Ferry, Dundee, bought EL 9524 but my mother-to-be found the clutch too heavy so the car had to go."

Alexander (Sandy) McGrady also owned YK 1360 from May 1938 until he went to France with the British Expeditionary Force at the end of 1939.

 
     
     
  Source: Hamish McGrady (Son of former owner)
Posted: Jan 28, 2019
 
     
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Chassis No. 542
Engine No. 537
Registration No. EL 9524
Date of Delivery: Jun 1924
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: WATSON S A
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "New - BA 542, FA 206, S/col 540, G/box A type."  
     
     
  Posted: Sep 20, 2006  
     
 
 
 
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