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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre Supercharged    
Original 1930 Numbers
Chassis No. SM3909
Engine No. SM3910
Registration No. GK 6661

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. GK 6661

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - August 2018)
 
August 2019
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The 69th annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, August 2019.

 
     
     
  Source: Sports Car Digest
Updated: Oct 22, 2019
Posted: Oct 09, 2019
 
     
2012
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2012 The Quail Lodge Show, California

 
     
     
  Source: eGarage
Posted: Jun 08, 2013
 
     
2006
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This Bentley 4½ Litre Drophead Coupe has coachwork by Gurney Nutting. The design is narrow, long, and built for speed. The boat-tail rear-end and flowing fenders help accomplish task. There is a large windscreen in the front to protect the driver and passenger; and a small windscreen in the rear to protect a third passenger. There is a side-mounted, uncovered spare wheel tire mounted on the side of the vehicle. This vehicle was on display at the 2006 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

 
     
     
  Source: Concept Carz
Posted: Sep 13, 2007
 
     
August 2006
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These photographs were taken at the 2006 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Aug. 19, 2006.

 
     
     
  Source: User dust4242, Webshots Rides
Posted: Sep 12, 2007
 
     
1987
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  Source: Pictorial History of the Automobile by Graham Robson, 1987
Posted: Jan 31, 2007
 
     
May 1982
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"All of the above photographs were taken at Rolls-Royce Owner's Club Regional Meet in Salado, Texas, in May 1982. The car was owned at that time by Ed Swearingen in San Antonio, Texas."

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: July 29, 2006
 
     
1980s
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Bob Cole and Rivers Fletcher in 1980s.

 
     
     
  Source: Adrian Stevens
Posted: Sep 04, 2018
 
     
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"The car... originally owned by Woolf Barnato."

 
     
     
  Source: From article, Talking of Sports Cars: Supercharged Bentley Published in "Autocar", September 7, 1945
Posted: May 15, 2008
 
     
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Photograph was taken in the 1930s

 
     
     
  Source: From article, At Bentleys published in "The Autocar'" magazine, January 1942
Posted: Mar 17, 2008
 
     
 

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.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Feb 20, 2008
 
     
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  Source: Pinterest
Posted: Aug 07, 2018
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. SM3909
Engine No. SM3910
Registration No. GK 6661
Date of Delivery: Jul 1930
Type of Body: 2-seater
Coachbuilder: Gurney Nutting
Type of Car: 110
   
First Owner: BARNATO WOOLF
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7214. Fully modified and balanced engine with phenomenal output."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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