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1924 Bentley 3 Litre |
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Original 1924 Numbers
Chassis No. 629
Engine No. 624
Registration No. MO 3458
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This car - updated
Chassis No. 629
Engine No. DE1217
Registration No. MO 3458
(Updated with information from owner Laurence Jones. - 2008) |
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2008 |
In
United Kingdom in 2008 / Owned by a BDC member |
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1995-2007
Current Information |
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Chassis No. 629 returned
to England in 1989. I bought it in
March of 1995. The steering is a 4½
litre unit from FB3303 which makes
for lighter steering. The slopers
are subsequently numbered 5274 and
5275. The car is mentioned in Brian
Smith's book on the Vanden Plas cars.
I took it to New Zealand for the 2002
tour.
The engine was replaced in the 1970/80s
with DE1217 (a big sump engine) It's
orginal engine, No. 624, was offered
for sale in the "Bentley Drivers
Club Advertiser" in July 1982
for £1500 above the picture
of the 6½ that Barry Cooney
was advertising.
Regarding it's "milled top"
slopers - See "Bentley Drivers
Club Review", No. 113, Aug. 1974,
page. Six lines down it says, "'The
Motor' illustrated a drawing of the
new S.U. slopers . . .". Then
see "Bentley Drivers Club Review",
No. 115, Feb. 1975, page 33, letter
from Gordon Wilcockson. If you have
Michael Hay's book Factory Cars'
1919 - 1931, 1998, Revised Edition,
he states in chapter 8, page 144,
second paragraph that "Some of
the very early slopers had the usual
two point mounting to the inlet maniford,
but at 90 degrees i.e. with the bolts
in line with the manifold rather than
perpendicular. The tops of the barrels
were circular, with milled tops, rather
than the more usual pattern with near
- triangular tops secured by four
screws." On one occasion I was
over at the Moss's place (Dick &
Grahams) when a German came in and
seeing my 3 Litre gave the remark
that the carbs were wrong. To which
Dick Moss said, "You are looking
at the first pair of slopers fitted
to a Bentley". To which the German
replied, "I was told they were
wrong. I've just throw a set in the
bin." Dick said, "Get them
out of the bin as soon as you get
home". The result was that that
Bentley was shipped over to the Moss's
and I lent my 3 Litre to them so that
they could copy the bits that were
missing (linkages). Subsequently the
German owner was so pleased with the
way that they were set up that he
let Graham Moss race it at the first
"Classic LeMans". That was
Herr Wager's Chassis No. 592.
I have tried to track down those Bentleys
with the milled tops but have only
come upon five in total. They are
Chassis Nos.:
S16 - When owned by Brock-Jest
TT233 - Owned by Richard Gayner
TT332 - Owned by Paul Sydlowski in
the U.S.
SP592 - When owned by Herbert Wager
(now deceased)
SP629 - Owned by Laurence Jones
It is my understanding that G. Shepherd
Cross was close to one of the directors
of Bentleys. That is why he bought
an unknown car (Chassis No. 10), as
Bentleys were then. Subsequently,
he lent them his new Bentley for the
1924 Motor Show and is the further
reason why he let them fit these "new"
carbs onto his car. I did track down
a Shepherd Cross family member a couple
of years ago and he told me that "That
side of the Family moved to Hodesia"
- - - trial went cold at that point. |
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Source:
Laurence Jones (Owner)
Posted: Feb 07, 2008 |
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1982-1989 |
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After the death of
Gordon Wilcockson the car spent from
1982 until 1989 in South Africa. |
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Source:
Laurence Jones
Posted: Feb 07, 2008 |
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1983 |
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The car took part
in the 1983 Total Vintage Bentley
tour (Entry No. 5) while in the ownership
of Stewart Dodo. |
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Source:
Laurence Jones
Posted: Feb 07, 2008 |
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Source:
"The Autocar" magazine, dated
Jun. 1, 1956
Posted: Mar 10, 2007 |
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1924 |
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Chassis No. 629 was
lent by G. E. Shepherd Cross to the
company (Bentley Motors) for the 1924
Motor Show. This car is fitted with
the early version of slopers
know as "milled tops". |
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Source:
Laurence Jones
Posted: Feb 05, 2008 |
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EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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Chassis No. |
629 |
Engine No. |
624 |
Registration
No. |
MO 3458 |
Date of Delivery: |
Jun 1924 |
Type of Body: |
4-seater |
Coachbuilder: |
Vanden Plas |
Type of Car: |
SP |
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First Owner: |
SHEPHERD CROSS G
E |
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More Info:
According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder
records, this car was originally fitted
with Body No. 1028 with a 4-seater Sports;
/1924.
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"Vanden Plas body no. 1028. Was
in South Africa, now back in UK. Eng
DE 1217 ex ch. DE 1215 - eng 624 sold
1982." |
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Updated: Jul 04, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007 |
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