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1923 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 290
Engine No. 296
Registration No. OK 9470

  This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. OK 9470

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - October 2016)
 
November 2017
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1923 Bentley 3-Litre
Spectating the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, November 2017
Horley, Surrey

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Zack's Motor Photos'
Posted: Jan 29, 2020
 
     
August 2015
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The Helmingham Festival of Classic & Sports Cars, August 2015

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Andrew Wright'
Posted: Nov 16, 2018
 
     
August 2015
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"Helmingham Hall Festival of Classic and Sports Cars, 2nd August 2015"

 
     
     
  Source: (Name withheld on request)
Posted: Aug 05, 2015
 
     
2011
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Stow Maries Vintage Fly, 2011

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'R Crockett'
Posted: Jun 12, 2013
 
     
November 1, 2009
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1923 Bentley open tourer joining in on the London to Brighton run, November 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'clicks_1000'
Posted: Jun 05, 2015
 
     
2006
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Le Mans Classic 2006

 
     
     
  Source: Webshots, user 'Pieter325'
Posted: Oct 28, 2010
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2005
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Horley 2005

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, user 'monkeymike'
Posted: Oct 28, 2010
 
     
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1923-8 Bentley 3/4½ Litre Sports Four-Seater
Coachwork By Vanden Plas, London
Reg. No. OK 9470; Chassis No. 290; Engine No. TX 3246

Engine, four-cylinder, overhead-camshaft, monobloc, bore 100mm., stroke 140mm., capacity 4,398 c.c.: dual magneto ignition: four-speed gearbox, right-hand change: spiral bevel final drive: footbrake on four wheels, handbrake on rear wheels: suspension semi-elliptic front and rear: wheelbase 9ft. 9 1/2in.: tyre size 5.25 x 21: never catalogued in this form.

This car started life in 1923 as a T.T.Replica 3-litre chassis with Smith carburetter, A-type close-ratio gearbox, and the short 9ft. 9£in. wheelbase common also to its successor, the famous 'Red Label' Speed Model. The enamel of the radiator badge on T.T.Replicas was, however, blue. Front-wheel brakes of Perrot type, working in 16in. drums, were standard on Bentleys from mid-1923, and these are fitted to the car. A previous owner has fitted it with a 4½ litre engine and D-type gearbox. Other mechanical modifications include a lightened flywheel, twin S.U carburetters of modern type, and twin electric fuel pumps in place of an Autovac. Bodywork is the classic Vanden Plas open four-seater of panelled type with cutaway driver's side and externally-located handbrake lever; it has a hood, a non-original single-panel windscreen, and non-original headlamps with a lower-than-standard mounting. Also non-original are the angular mudguards at front and rear.

The car has been in its present ownership for twenty years, having taken part in the Bentley Drivers' Club Rally to Le Mans in 1969, and in a subsequent French rally to Aubusson. Condition of the engine is described as good, with a sound chassis and transmission, though the gearbox is noisy. Condition of electrics, body and trim is fair.

 
     
     
  Source: From a Christie's Beaulieu sales catalog dated July 10, 1975
Made available by Michael J. Immecke
Posted: Jul 16, 2007
 
     
(196? - Mid 1979s)
 

"My father owned this car from 196? until the mid 1979s and sold it by auction through Christies at Beaulieu in the early/mid 1970s. I might be able to add some information if the owner would like to contact me and have loads of photos. Dad even let me drive it!"

 
     
     
  Source: Rosemary Ablitt (Daughter of former owner)
Posted: Oct 18, 2016
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 290
Engine No. 296
Registration No. OK 9470
Date of Delivery: Jun 1923
Type of Body: No info
Coachbuilder: No info
Type of Car: TT
   
First Owner: CROFT S
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "4 seater. Front axle LB 2343. Rear axle PM 3253. D Box. Eng TX 3246 ex PM 3253. "Car partially burnt out (1927) and sold as such"."  
     
     
  Posted: Sep 14, 2006  
     
 
 
 
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