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1931 Bentley 8 Litre    
Original 1931 Numbers
Chassis No. YR5096
Engine No. YR5096
Registration No. GW 9885

  This car - updated
Chassis No. RC5096
Engine No. YR5096
Registration No. LM GO 61 H

(Updated with information from Peter Godehardt, February 2009. - July 2016)
 
June 2017
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Croatia, June 2017

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Updated: Jul 28, 2017
Posted: Jun 28, 2017
 
     
August 4, 2013
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Classic Days - Schloss Dyck, August 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Frits Klijn'
Posted: Jul 25, 2015
 
     
2013
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  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Sep 11, 2014
 
     
October 2012
   
 
 

7th International vintage Bentley tour of South Africa, October 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Plettenberg Bay News, ShowMe - ZA
Posted: Jul 28, 2016
 
     
August 5, 2012
   
 
 

Classic Days - Schloss Dyck, August 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Frits Klijn'
Posted: Jul 15, 2016
 
     
July 2010
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At the Schloss Bensberg Concours near Cologne.

 
     
     
  Source: Michael J. Immecke
Posted: Sep 06, 2010
 
     
August 2009
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Schloss Dyck 2009, Germany.

This photograph was taken by Michael Immecke.

 
     
     
  Source: Michael J Immecke
Posted: Aug 06, 2009
 
     
February 2009
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This car has been owned by Peter Godehardt (in Germany) since 1999.

Peter Godehardt says: "The Registration was OF-P123 earlier; now it is LM-GO 61 H... The car had an accident in 1948 while in the U.S., due to which the chassis was damaged. The chassis no. now is RC5096... The car has done 75,000 miles in the last 10 years... 8 times Mille Miglia, Argentina, South Africa, Turkey, 2009 India Rally."

 
     
     
  Source: Peter Godehardt (Owner)
Updated: Feb 20, 2009
Posted: Feb 17, 2009
 
     
June 2008
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Bassano Rally, June 2008

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Jan 05, 2015
 
     
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The car with Eccles Caravan negotiates a hairpin bend in the mountains.
     

"On the Highway, on the
left with nearly 60 mls."

In the Alps
 
 

 

 
     
     
  Source: Peter Godehardt (Owner)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009
 
     
2003
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European Concours d'
Elegance 2003
 
 
 

1931 Bentley 8-Liter Vanden Plas Open Tourer

 
     
     
  Source: Madle
Posted: Jan 22, 2009
 
     
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1929 Bentley 8-Liter Vanden Plas Open Tourer mit zeitgenössischem Wohnwagen.

 
     
     
  Source: Madle
Posted: Jan 19, 2009
 
     
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View of caravan

View of caravan interior
 
 

Photographs made available by Bentley enthusiast Ulrich Baumewerd.

 
     
     
  Source: Bentley Spotting
Posted: Jul 18, 2008
 
     
 

This car has been identified as Chassis no. YR5096 by Juergen Buech. - July 18, 2008

 
 
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. YR5096
Engine No. YR5096
Registration No. GW 9885
Date of Delivery: Sep 1931
Type of Body: CABRIOLET
Coachbuilder: KELLNER
Type of Car: 13
   
First Owner: BELL G
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "F/8047. Recovered from Breakers' 1948. Now 4 seater by Eaton on 11' WB incorporating parts of ch. YX 5120. registered JNE 901 in USA. Also - Le mans replica in UK registered DSU 552, chassis no. given as YR 5096."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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