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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre |
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Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. MR3390
Engine No. MR3393
Registration No. MS 34
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This car - updated
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. DS 8226
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - July 2019) |
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2008 |
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Delivered in May
1929 to its first owner, W.M. Wallace
Jnr. of Clarendon Place, Stirling,
Scotland, this car, chassis number
MR3390 is one of a very small list
of vintage Bentleys that have survived
with its original Sports open four-seater
coachwork intact.
At the order of the first owner, this
chassis was sent to Thrupp and Maberley
Ltd , one of the oldest English Coachbuilders,
whose excellence had attracted the
patronage of the Royal Family and
their appointment as official suppliers
to them. The exquisite sports coachwork
executed on this superb car is a true
one-off, in that it is the sole example
of their coachwork on the 4 1/2 litre
Bentley chassis. The car would spend
its prewar years in the United Kingdom
and eventually be exported to South
Africa in the forties where it was
owned by a respected member of the
Bentley Drivers Club. As evidenced
by the United Kingdom Department of
Transport registration document, MR3390
was then returned to England in 1989.
At that time a sympathetic restoration
was performed and the car was used
sparingly. Entrance into the United
States of America is apparent in 1993
when the car was titled to Lynn Boynton
of Ohio. The car has since changed
hands one more time to the current
vendor, making its home in St.Louis,
Missouri.
The original engine MR3393 is also
retained, and the specification build
sheet indicates that a C type gear
box number 6510 was used and other
fittings include an inside battery
tray with interchangeable double batteries,
Tecalamite one-shot chassis lubrication
system, Cambridge thermometer gage,
and steering wheel set 16" from
the frame.
Several photographs of this beautiful
Bentley are known from as far back
as 1930 at the original owner's home
in Scotland, while in the Royal Scottish
Rally in 1932 and again later while
touring in South Africa. Some of these
early photos depict the car with its
hill climb fenders, which are still
with the car and included in the sale.
Early service history is noted in
the Bentley Works sheets from the
build date through to 1938, and it
is of interest to note that the car
was entered in the RAC Rally on March
1, 1932, without the prior permission
of the Works. It would then compete
again in many rallies through and
including the year 1938 with several
impressive results. Accompanying the
rally information previously mentioned
and accounted for in the book entitled
"British Rally Drivers-Their
Cars and Awards 1925-1939" by
Donald Cowbourne, are also copies
of maintenance records throughout
the rally seasons. |
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Source:
The Worldwide Group
Posted:
Apr 07, 2008 |
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2006 |
In
USA in 2006 / Owned by an RROC member |
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2006 |
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MR3390 on the 2006 NAVBM |
The Myers enjoying
MR3390, 2006 |
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EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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Chassis No. |
MR3390 |
Engine No. |
MR3393 |
Registration
No. |
MS 34 |
Date of Delivery: |
May 1929 |
Type of Body: |
4-seater |
Coachbuilder: |
Thrupp & Maberly |
Type of Car: |
No
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First Owner: |
WALLACE Jnr W M |
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More Info:
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"Re-reg WG 8032. Was in SA - now
in UK reg DS 8226. Original body still
fitted." |
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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 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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