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1931 Bentley 8 Litre    
Original 1931 Numbers
Chassis No. YR5099
Engine No. YR5099
Registration No. GN 82

  This car - updated
Chassis No. YR5099
Engine No. YR5099
Registration No. GN 82

(Updated with information from RM Sotheby's. - August 2014)
 
August 2014
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Found on RM Sotheby's website

RM Sotheby's - Monterey 15 - 16 August 2014
1931 Bentley 8-Litre Sports Coupe Cabriolet by Barker

$3,750,000 - $4,750,000

Chassis No. YR5099
Engine No. YR5099
Registration no. GN 82

- The only original two-passenger roadster built on an 8-Litre chassis
- A one-off, bespoke “boattail” design by Barker
- Matching-numbers chassis, engine, and gearbox
- Authenticity verified by vintage Bentley authority Clare Hay
- Powerful, beautiful, and absolutely unique—the ultimate 8-Litre

200–230 bhp (44.9 RAC hp), 7,983 cc SOHC inline six-cylinder engine with twin SU H08 carburetors, four-speed sliding-pinion manual gearbox, solid front axle and live rear axle suspension with half-elliptic leaf springs and double-acting dampers, and four-wheel Dewandre mechanical drum brakes. Wheelbase: 144 in.

 
     
     
  Source: RM Sotheby's
Posted: May 04, 2020
 
     
August 15, 2014
   
 
 

RM Auctions Monterey, August 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Beetlebomb Pohutukawa'
Posted: Mar 26, 2015
 
     
2006
In USA in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2005
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Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, 2005

 
     
     
  Source: Cromoclassico & Barchetta, posted by user 'Peter Singhof'
Posted: Jun 27, 2014
 
     
2005
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Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, 2005

 
     
     
  Source: Picasa, posted by user 'finedrive'
Posted: Jun 27, 2014
 
     
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1931 Bentley 8 litre strip of 10 Mint Auto Stamps.

 
     
     
  Source: Unknown
Posted: Jul 28, 2008
 
     
 

This car has been identified as Chassis no. YR5099 by Olle Ljungström. — July 29, 2008

 
 
2005
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Bentley 8-Litre Barker Boat Tail Tourer

This is a unique Barker Boat Tail Tourer bodied short chassis 8-Litre, which is just one of 21 chassis equipped with an open coach work. It is also one of just six short chassis 8-Litres to have survived. It is pictured here, after restoration, at the 2005 Villa d'Este Concours d'Elegance. (Photographs by Wouter Melissen)

 
     
     
  Source: Ultimatecarpage
Posted: Sep 29, 2007
 
     
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  Source: Retro Classics
Posted: Jun 27, 2014
 
     
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  Source: Free Base
Posted: Feb 09, 2009
 
     
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  Source: Blackhawk Collection
Posted: Dec 09, 2006
 
     
2001
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Monterey Historic Automobile Races, 2001

 
     
     
  Source: Car and Driver
Posted: Jun 27, 2014
 
     
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  Source: Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este
Posted: Jun 27, 2014
 
     
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  Source: Corvette World (DE)
Posted: Jun 27, 2014
 
     
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Bentley 8 litre
Chassis YR5099

Having removed a non-standard four door tourer body, the original two seater Boatail coachwork was recreated from just one archive picture.

A very interesting body featuring hinged tonneau panel and disappearing hood, Dickey seat and lift-up tail section revealing the spare wheel stowage.

 
     
     
  Source: Crailville Ltd
Posted: Jun 27, 2014
 
     
1999
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RROC Yosemite Inter Regional Hill Climb Meet, 1999

YR5099 (1931 8-Litre Barker boat-tail tourer) Owner: F. Miller
"From his home in Scotland the original owner, Sir P. Malcolm Stewart, ordered this '31 8 liter boattail tourer to add to his impressive collection of motorcars. YR5099 was very similar to the Speed Six that was built for the 1930 Olympia Car Show. At some point the car was converted to a drophead coupe and it wasn't until sometime in the 70's and early 80's that it was restored by James McHarg to its original splendor. Teardrop front wings cleanly point toward the pontoon-style running boards, making a very stylish art deco tourer." — From the article 'Ultimate Hill Climb: Yosemite Inter-Regional', Text by Martin Mayer, CA and photos By Harold Pope, CA& Richard Murray, CA

 
     
     
  Source: The Flying Lady, March-April 1999
Posted: Jun 28, 2013
 
     
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  Source: The Coys Complete Collectors & Investors Car Value Guide: 1986/87 Edition, Coys of Kensington, 1986
Posted: May 24, 2007
 
     
1987
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"YR5099 is Frank Miller's 8 litre with boat tail body by Barker; the coachbuilder's only 8 litre version of their Speed Six body. This splendid car came in second in class." — From the article 'The Perfect 36: 1987 National Meet, Long Beach, California', by Phil Brooks

 
     
     
  Source: The Flying Lady, November-December 1987
Posted: Aug 01, 2013
 
     
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This photograph is from an advertisement by Coys in "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, July 1983.

Text in ad reads: 1928 W.O. Bentley 8 Litre. Boat tailed 2-seat tourer

 
     
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, July 1983
Posted: Sep 13, 2008
 
     
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  Source: Bentley: Fifty Years of the Marque, Johnnie Green, 1969 and Bentley: The Vintage Years, Michael Hay, 1997
Posted: Mar 08, 2013
 
     
September 26, 1969
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A motor museum on wheels arrived at Bamburgh in the form of 19 Bentley cars on September 26, 1969

 
     
     
  Source: ChronicleLive
Posted: Sep 04, 2018
 
     
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Chassis No. YR5099
Engine No. YR5099
Registration No. GN 82
Date of Delivery: Jul 1931
Type of Body: CABRIOLET
Coachbuilder: Barker
Type of Car: 13
   
First Owner: Stewart Sir P M
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "F/8076. Body converted to drophead coupe - now rebuilt to original pattern."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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