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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre Supercharged |
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Original 1930 Numbers
Chassis No. SM3905
Engine No. SM3904
Registration No. EU 919
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This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. EU 919
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - August 2018) |
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2006 |
In
Switzerland in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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"Front and side
views of 4½ litre Supercharged
Chassis number SM3905 at rest on the
greensward with Burghley House, Lincolnshire,
England in the background." |
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Source:
John S. Mackiernan
Posted: Apr 13, 2015 |
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1960s |
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Blower 4 1/2 EU919
with Birkin replica body by Townshend.
(Four Bentleys from the Klein Collection
in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, in
the 1960s. Nearest the camera is 3
litre Vanden Plas Speed Model YR5725,
chassis LT1579,
rebuilt to Kensington Gardens concours
standard by Dick Moss. Next another
Vanden Plas car, this time a 1928
4 1/2 litre chassis FT3210
delivered new to L. Du Pont Copeland,
and blower 4 1/2 EU919 with Birkin
replica body by Townshend. Finally
a second blower 4 1/2, chassis MS3932
registered GN6087,
with its original high-sided Vanden
Plas four-seater body, a sister car
to GO2641.) |
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Source:
Kalila Haddad
Posted: Sep 30, 2014 |
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Car was owned by
William Klein, Jr., of Elizabethtown,
Pennsylvania. |
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Source:
Sports Cars in Review, Henry Ford Museum,
1969
Posted: May 08, 2007 |
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Source:
Unknown
Posted: Sep 21, 2006 |
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William Klien Jr.
with his Blower Bentley, Elizabethtown,
Pa |
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Source:
Don Struke
Posted: Aug 01, 2011 |
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Original body. |
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Source:
Pipo Aymamí & Flickr, posted
by user 'BoyBentley'
Updated: May 09, 2014
Posted: Oct 23, 2012 |
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The first 25 production Supercharged 4½
Litre cars where Chassis Nos. SM3901-SM3925, all with
"smooth-case" blowers. The next 25 were Chassis
Nos. MS3926-MS3950 and had "rib-case" blowers.
Production Blower Bentleys had handbrake handles made
from rectangular stainless steel, whereas the five 4½
litre race cars for Tim Birkin had the "H" section
handle, but were drilled for lightness. |
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Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Feb 20, 2008 |
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EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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Chassis No. |
SM3905 |
Engine No. |
SM3904 |
Registration
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EU 919 |
Date of Delivery: |
Apr 1930 |
Type of Body: |
Saloon (Weymann) |
Coachbuilder: |
MAYTHORN |
Type of Car: |
108 |
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First Owner: |
D'ARCY Capt |
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More Info:
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"D/7204. Maythorn f/h coupe then
Knibbs & Parkyn d/h coupe (transferred
to ch. HB 3408) now Le Mans replica
by Townshend. Hydraulic brakes." |
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Posted: Mar 01, 2007 |
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BACK |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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