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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre    
Original 1930 Numbers
Chassis No. HM2869
Engine No. HM2873
Registration No. GF 8511

  This car - updated
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. GF 8511

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - September 2019)
 
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GF 8511 art by the artist Tony Upson.

 
     
     
  Source: Stuart Middlemiss
Posted: Mar 03, 2020
 
     
September 2019
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1930 Bentley Speed Six ‘Old No. 3’
Concours of Elegance, Hampton Court, September 2019

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'John Tiffin'
Posted: Feb 11, 2020
 
     
August 2019
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The 69th annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, August 2019.

 
     
     
  Source: Sports Car Digest
Posted: Oct 07, 2019
 
     
July 2019
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Photographs were taken at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, July 2019

 
     
     
  Source: Jeremy Rippon
Posted: Jul 25, 2019
 
     
June 2019
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1930 Bentley Speed Six ‘Old No. 3’
Chantilly Art & Elégance - 29 & 30 June, 2019

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'LD Photography'
Posted: Aug 26, 2020
 
     
September 5, 2015
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Salon Privé, September 2015

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Shane Hicks'
Posted: Nov 20, 2015
 
     
5th September 2015
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  Source: Nigel Catterall
Posted: Sep 15, 2015
 
     
April 2015
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Flying Scotsman Rally, April 2015

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Peter Barker'
Updated: Feb 26, 2016
Posted: May 15, 2015
 
     
June 27, 2014
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Goodwood Festival of Speed, June 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by users 'Roger Lighterness', 'Phil Hooper' & 'f1jherbert'
Updated: Mar 18, 2015
Updated: Feb 18, 2015
Posted: Jan 14, 2015
 
     
April 2013
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Flying Scotsman Rally, April 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user '<p&p>'
Posted: Nov 12, 2014
 
     
April 20, 2012
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Flying Scotsman, April 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Gerard Brown, UK
Posted: Jun 01, 2012
 
     
2009
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Pebble Beach 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'pohutukawa'
Posted: Mar 24, 2011
 
     
2008
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Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 2008
 
 
 

 

 
     
     
  Source: Photobucket, posted by user 'asdcphoto' and Flickr, posted by user 'Martin Jordan'
Posted: Apr 29, 2011
 
     
2007
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Goodwood Festival of speed 2007

Goodwood Festival of speed 2007

Brooklands 2007
 
 

 

 
     
     
  Source: Fotopic, posted by user 'Alex Morley' and Flickr, posted by users 'Dave Adams' & 'adamnsinger'
Posted: Apr 29, 2011
 
     
2007
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These photographs were taken at Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2007.

 
     
     
  Source: Webshots & Russell Browne
Updated: Jul 29, 2013
Posted: Jul 02, 2008
 
     
June 2007
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Reg. No. GF 8511
is second from right

Reg. No. GF 8511
is on extreme right

Reg. No. GF 8511
is on extreme right
 
 

Vintage Bentleys celebrate Brooklands Track Centenary on June 15th 2007.

Read article here.

 
     
     
  Source: Bentley Motors
Posted: Oct 01, 2007
 
     
2006
In Wales in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2005
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These photographs were taken at Goodwoods 2005.

 
     
     
  Source: Webshots
Posted: Jul 02, 2008
 
     
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1930 Bentley Speed Six "Le Mans"

 
     
     
  Source: Madle
Posted: Jan 19, 2009
 
     
1990
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"...being sold through Coys of Kensington ay an auction in Chelsea." "...Coys spokesman Paul Dwyer said: "They are truly historic vehicles which established a legend and inspired collectors to build replicas. But these are the real things — history on wheels."

 
     
     
  Source: Daily Mail - July 25, 1990 (made available by Bob Rippon)
Posted: Jan 16, 2009
 
     
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Photograph was taken for program for Silverstone Vintage Race Meeting.

 
     
     
  Source: Silverstone Vintage Race Meeting program, Jun. 16, 1990
Posted: Dec 27, 2006
 
     
1930
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Sammy Davis and Clive Dunfee sitting inside HM2869 before the 1930 Le Mans Race.

 
     
     
  Source: Unknown
Posted: Nov 14, 2008
 
 
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EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. HM2869
Engine No. HM2873
Registration No. GF 8511
Date of Delivery: May 1930
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP1
   
First Owner: BENTLEY MOTORS
 
     
  More Info: Team car driven by Works.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "No.3 Team Car sold to Cook Vanden Plas body no. 1665. Body modified by Sajito subsequently restored. Engine SB 2770 ex SB 2760, HM 2873 subsequently refitted."
 
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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