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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. KL3600
Engine No. KL3597
Registration No. KW 8726

  This car - updated
Chassis No. KL3600
Engine No. KF2382
Registration No. GX 140

(Updated with information from Olle Ljungström. - December 2008)
 
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"Hello, You have a reference to GX 140 that I found while Googling to see if GX 140 had been seen at any shows in the California area. I was moved to check after seeing a photograph, which I have attached, of Jay Leno driving a two-seat Bentley bearing that registration plate."

 
     
     
  Source: Andrew Battles
Posted: Nov 28, 2018
 
     
 

Racing special 4½ / 6½-litre. 6½-litre engine KF2382 modified to 8-litre specification and fitted with 3 carburettors. D-type gearbox. Fitted with single seater racing type bodywork. Axles and registration number, ex 4-litre VA4087.

In Jay Leno's collection in the USA.

View video here

 
     
     
  Source: Olle Ljungström
Posted: Dec 09, 2008
 
     
2008
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Bentley Speed Six - May 19, 2008
This Speed Six is all proper Bentley.

 
     
     
  Source: Jay Leno's Garage
Posted: Dec 09, 2008
 
     
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Photograph shows Jay Leno's Cricklewood Bentleys. Car on extreme right is Chassis no. KL3600.

 
     
     
  Source: Unknown
Posted: Jan 29, 2008
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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  Source: Ed Hyman
Posted: Dec 26, 2007
 
     
 

Tony Fabian notes:

4½ litre chassis. 6½ litre engine. Started by F Sowden 1963. Passed to P.Morley, then to G. Russell in 1976. Bought by V. Gauntlett and finished by Blackmore Eng. Raced by V. Gauntlett, sold to USA in 80s. Believed to have been converted by Stanley Mann to single seater. (full monty)?

 
     
     
  Source: Tony Fabian
Posted: Feb 11, 2008
 
     
     
  Tony Fabian has mentioned Engine no. as being KF2385. — VintageBentleys.org  
 
1981
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Photographs were taken at Silverstone Race Track in England in August 1981.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: July 29, 2006
 
     
1980
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Photographs were taken on race track in England in the 1980s.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Mar 10, 2007
 
     
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This photograph is from a DCM Ltd. advertisement in "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, December 1982.

Text in advt reads: 4½ / 6½ Bentley. Reg. No. GX 140. Well known club competition car.

 
     
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, December 1982
Posted: Oct 14, 2008
 
     
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Chassis No. KL3600
Engine No. KL3597
Registration No. KW 8726 (???)
Date of Delivery: Dec 1929
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Gurney Nutting
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: SCOTT J
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Eng and other parts in ch. 43 - 43 reg KW 8726. This ch. now reg GX 140 with 6½ Litre eng KF2382 ex KF2830, 4 Litre axles and outrigged springs."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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