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1924 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 378
Engine No. 392
Registration No. NL 6331

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(VintageBentleys.org readers, please come forward with information on Chassis 378. - March 2018)
 
2003
In England in 2003 / Owned by a BDC member
1987
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378 in 1987

 
     
     
  Source: eBay
Posted: Mar 21, 2018
 
     
July 1984
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Photograph was taken at Silverstone Race Track in England in July 1984.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Oct 11, 2007
 
     
1980
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Car in the photograph
bears Reg. No. MKM 963
on the number plate
   
 
 

Photograph was taken in the 1980s.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Mar 12, 2007
 
     
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Chassis No. 378
Engine No. 392
Registration No. NL 6331
Date of Delivery: Dec 1923
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Gurney Nutting
Type of Car: ST
   
First Owner: HUNTER Major
 
     
  More Info: Now 2-seater with Reg. No. MKM 963

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Rebuilt and raced by Jack Bailey - 2 seater reg MKM 963. 4½ Litre eng FT 3217ex FT 3214 - now fitted PH 1464 ex PH 1472. Second owner Ramsay Manners, director of Bentley Motors. Seems to have spawned two cars - (1) 4½ frame XR333?, eng PH1464 modified to 4½ Litre, 2 seater reg MKM 963 (2) 3 Litre frame 378 eng 392 reg NL 6331"."
 
     
     
  Posted: Sep 14, 2006  
     
 
 
 
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