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1931 Bentley 8 Litre    
Original 1931 Numbers
Chassis No. YF5024
Engine No. YF5024
Registration No. GN 5833
   This car - updated
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. STD WO 79H
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - September 2016)
 
July 2016
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1931 Bentley 8 Litre Le Mans Open Tourer
A beautiful 1931 Bentley 8 Litre Le Mans Open Tourer in Lech during the Arlberg Classic Car Rally 2016. Powered by a 10-litre engine.

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roger Wasley'
Posted: Sep 11, 2020		  
     
June 18-25, 2016
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Car in the photograph
bears Reg. No. STD WO 79H
on the number plate		  
 
 

First International Bentley 8 Litre Rally, June 18-25, 2016
Team: Claus & Gloria Heinrich, UK

Read article by Tamsin O'Brien.

  
     
     
  Source: Franco & Kathi Weibel, Peter Singhof & Wolfgang Singhof
Posted: Sep 13, 2016		  
     
August 4, 2013
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Classic Days - Schloss Dyck, August 2013

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Frits Klijn'
Posted: Jul 28, 2015		  
     
September 3, 2011
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(Car in the photograph bears
Reg. No. STD WO 79H on the number plate.)
 
 

10th Stadtpark Revival Hamburg, September 2011

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Transaxle (alias Toprope)'
Posted: Nov 14, 2014		  
     
 

Chassis No. YF5024 has been rebodied as tourer with wheelbase shortened from 13' to 12'. For many years it was in the Craven collection in Canada, then later in Swizerland. Outside exhaust is a later modification. Car was for sale by Axel Schuette in Germany in 2007.

  
     
     
  Source: Olle Ljungström
Posted: Jan 22, 2008		  
     
2007
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1931 Bentley 8 Litre
Desirable "Le Mans Style"- Body fitted 1968 / 69; unblemished provenance; complete ownership history; rare matching numbers car; the ultimate prewar driving machine; eligible for the Mille Miglia

  
     
     
  Source: Axel Schuette
Updated: Sep 14, 2007
Posted: Aug 22, 2007		  
     
2006
In Switzerland in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2005
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2005 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Aug. 8-17, 2005.

With the virtually unmuffled exhaust coming straight off the engine, the sound of this 1931 Bentley 4½ liter Gurney Nutting Tourer rivals any muscle car. (Photo: Perry Stern)

  
     
     
  Source: MSN Autos
Posted: Sep 12, 2007		  
     
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Old postcard...

  
     
     
  Source: eBay
Posted: Nov 23, 2010		  
     
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Craven Foundation, Toronto

  
     
     
  Source: eBay
Posted: Oct 05, 2010		  
     
1977
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Toronto, 1977

  
     
     
  Source: Motoring My Way, Stanley Sedgwick, 1976
Posted: Aug 16, 2014		  
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. YF5024
Engine No. YF5024
Registration No. GN 5833
Date of Delivery: Apr 1931
Type of Body: D/H Coupe
Coachbuilder: Gurney Nutting
Type of Car: 13
   
First Owner: BENTLEY L J C
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "F/8025. Vanden Plas 4 seater now in Craven collection in Canada. Registered MG 4200."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439
Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147
Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651
Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg for his Chassis No. KL3590
Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207
Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165
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