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1926 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1926 Numbers
Chassis No. 1218
Engine No. 1224
Registration No. KA 3357

  This car - updated
Chassis No. 1218
Engine No. 1234
Registration No. KA 3357

(Updated with information from owner Richard Morrison. - September 2010)
 
August 2019
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Colorado Bentley Tour, August 2019

 
     
     
  Source: Frank Barrett
Posted: Aug 26, 2019
 
     
2008
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Pebble Beach concours 2008.

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, photo by user 'Dmentd'
Posted: Jan 30, 2009
 
     
2007
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NAVBM 2007.

 
     
     
  Source: Edward LaBounty
Posted: Feb 09, 2009
 
     
2006
In USA in 2006 / Owned by an RROC member
 

1925 Bentley 3-Litre Vanden Plas Tourer. Car was owned by Richard Morrison of Salinas, Kansas, from 1977 - 2003.

 
     
     
  Source: The Classic Car: The Ultimate Book About the World's Grandest Automobiles by Beverly Rae Kimes, 1990.
Posted: May 26, 2007
 
     
1986
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The photo in front of the house (on left) was taken at the 1986 RROC national meet in Newport, RI where it was awarded first in class. Two weeks later it won first in class and the Lord Montague of Bieulieu award for most outstand ing British car at Pebble Beach where I think the second photo was taken.

 
     
     
  Source: Richard Morrison (Owner)
Posted: Sep 17, 2010
 
     
1977
 

This car was purchased by Richard Morrison in 1977.

 
     
     
  Source: Richard Morrison (Owner)
Posted: Sep 17, 2010
 
     
1968
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"Photo taken by myself as a boy in 1968, probably at a RR/Bentley meeting at Blenheim. According to ad in MS January 1970 it had a Gurney Nutting body at that time."

 
     
     
  Source: Lars Hedborg
Posted: Nov 15, 2016
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 1218
Engine No. 1224
Registration No. KA 3357
Date of Delivery: May 1926
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: LT
   
First Owner: STARK A J
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1207 with a Short standard 4-seater; maroon / black; 11/1925.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1207. New - BA 1218 FA 922 S/col 1228 G/box 571 (A?). Eng 1234 fitted 8/34 ex ch. 1227. In USA."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 04, 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 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651
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