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1931 Bentley 8 Litre    
Original 1931 Numbers
Chassis No. YR5089
Engine No. YR5089
Registration No. MV 9693

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Engine No. -
Registration No. MV 9693

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - September 2016)
 
June 18-25, 2016
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First International Bentley 8 Litre Rally, June 18-25, 2016
Team: Gaskell (Paul & Jilly Wilson), UK

Read article by Tamsin O'Brien.

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"Although — but I think it is a typo — in Clare Hay's 8-Litre book it says 'engine no. YR5098'. However, with car YR5098 it says the same engine no. Thus, I think engine no. YR5089 is correct for MV9396". - Franco Weibel

 
     
     
  Source: Franco & Kathi Weibel, Peter Singhof & Wolfgang Singhof
Posted: Sep 13, 2016
 
     
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Chassis no: YR5089
Registration No: MV 9693
Coachbuilder: Freestone & Webb

 
     
     
  Source: Pipo Aymamí
Posted: Jul 04, 2014
 
 
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Chassis No. YR5089
Engine No. YR5089
Registration No. MV 9693
Date of Delivery: Sep 1931
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Freestone & Webb
Type of Car: 12
   
First Owner: BEAUMONT THOMAS R
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "F/8040. Used by the Government during the war, with registration plated (GO 4010) of ch. YF 5010. Was in USA registered U94.048. Now reverted to MV 9363. original body still fitted."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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