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| 1930 Bentley 4½ Litre Supercharged |
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Original 1930 Numbers
Chassis No. SM3907
Engine No. SM3909
Registration No. GK 8445
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This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. -
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - April 2018) |
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"I believe this car
was owned by the late John Cresswell.
I knew of only one of these blowers
in Australia. John and I were very
good friends. He showed me the cover
over the blower blower was a plain
case. He restored the car in the 1960s,
when I was working on 602 at the same
time. John had a 3 litre at the same
time. He bought this car as a chassis;
I believe had a coupe body before.
This car was last heard of in Queensland,
Australia." |
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Source:
Allan Jones
Posted: May 24, 2011 |
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| 2006 |
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Australia in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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| 1947 |
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"It's a very English car but not so the background. The year is 1947, driver a winner of the Australian Grand Prix...
Many thanks to contributor Stephen Dalton for correctly identifying the car and driver as Lex Davison and Bentley 4.5 litre s/c as the car, a big conveyance for that hill despite its open, fast flowing nature!
Lex entered the Bentley in the 12th Rob Roy Hillclimb in 1947. This picturesque venue, in the outer east of Melbourne in the Christmas Hills is still in use by the MG Car Club.
The stretch of main road which goes past Rob Roy’s location off Clintons Road, a regular stretch for 'early morning runs' by car and bike enthusiasts heading into the Yarra Valley where drivers roads, wineries and fine food are plentiful." |
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Source:
Stephen Dalton on Primotipo website
Posted: Apr 11, 2018 |
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4½-litre SC at a race track
near Sydney, Australia |
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Source:
Flickr, posted by user 'mezza'
Posted: Nov 29, 2010 |
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The car in above photograph has been
identified as Chassis No. SM3907 by
Phillip Schudmak.
"Allan Jones
is correct. This is almost certainly
the ex-John Cresswell car. It was
the only "Blower" in Australia
at that time. Now in Queensland." — Phillip Schudmak. — Sep 11, 2011 |
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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. |
SM3907 |
| Engine No. |
SM3909 |
| Registration
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GK 8445 |
| Date of Delivery: |
Jun 1930 |
| Type of Body: |
4-seater |
| Coachbuilder: |
Vanden Plas |
| Type of Car: |
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| First Owner: |
RICHARDS R T |
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More Info:
According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder
records, this car was originally fitted
with Body No. 1661 with a supercharged;
Sports 4-seater; fabric; 5/1930.
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"D/7212. Vanden Plas body no. 1661.
In Australia. Had central gearchange,
RH change refitted." |
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Updated: Jul 06, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007 |
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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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