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| 1922 Bentley 3 Litre |
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Original Numbers
Chassis No. 94
Engine No. 53
Registration No. ME 4976
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This car - updated
Chassis No. - Renumbered as 42
Engine No. - 61
Registration No. ME 4976
(Updated with Hay's 1997 information. Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - July 2016) |
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There is a lot of
confusion surrounding the fate of
the 1922 TT cars, 3 in no. and the
Indianapolis car.
Certainly, Chassis 94 was rebuilt
in the 1960s by Cranfield. It was
well documented in Veteran and Vintage
magazine etc. Subsequently it is believed
to have gone to the Indy Museum, in
the USA, where as far as we know,
it still is.
However, one look at the original
picture of Chassis 94, [as per P'
Tebbett] and comparing this with the
one in the Indy museum, it appears
that the Cranfield rebuild used a
standard 3 litre Bentley bulkhead
and not the 'special' lower one as
used originally for the TT cars and
the Indy car. Hence the car in the
museum is probably around 3 or 4 inches
higher at the bulkhead and also the
radiator. More later... |
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Source:
Stuart Forsey
Posted: Mar 30, 2011 |
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| In
England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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Source:
The Great Cars by Ralph Stein,
1967
Posted: May 08, 2007 |
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Source:
A Pictorial History of the Automobile
by Peter Roberts, 1977
Posted: May 24, 2007 |
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W.D. Hawkes at the
wheel of the three-litre Bentley Indianapolis
racer.
"As already announced in The
Autocar of April 22nd, a three-litre
Bentley car is to compete in the 500
Miles Race at Indianapolis on May
30th." |
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Source:
From article "The
Bentley for Indianapolis" published
in "The Autocar", May 6, 1922
issue
Posted: Feb 23, 2008 |
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| EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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| Chassis No. |
94 |
| Engine No. |
53 |
| Registration
No. |
ME 4976 |
| Date of Delivery: |
No info |
| Type of Body: |
2-seater |
| Coachbuilder: |
Ewart |
| Type of Car: |
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| First Owner: |
(HEATON T) |
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More Info:
Indy car. Became No. 1 TT (ME 1884)
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"See 42. This ch. renumbered as
ch. 42, eng 61, reg ME 1884. Raced by
Clement as 2 seater then single seater.
Engine 61 (ie 53 renumbered as 61) blown
up then re-built on crankcase 163 as
EXP 2. Sold to Whitwell of Darlington
with new Ewart body Oct 1932." |
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Posted:
Sep 20, 2006 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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