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1931 Bentley 4½ Litre
Chassis No. XT3630
Engine No. XT3630
Registration No. OV 4754
 
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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  Source: Famous Marques of Britain by Jonathan Wood, 1985
Posted: Jan 31, 2007
 
     
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Photograph is from card in the Atlas Classic Car set.

 
     
     
  Source: Unknown
Posted: Feb 08, 2008
 
     
 

This previously 'unidentified' vintage Bentley has been identified as Chassis No. XT3630 by Olle Ljungström.

Original saloon replaced first with tourer, then in 1936 with this Triumph body, which was fitted by Coopers of Putney. Again rebodied in 1990 as a VdP tourer. Triumph body now on period Triumph Vitesse. Info by David Rolfe in BDC Review 252 p.268 (Aug. 2007).

 
     
     
  Source: Olle Ljungström
Posted: Feb 14, 2008
 
 
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This photograph is from a Sotheby's (at Stoneleigh) auction advertisement in "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, November 1981.

Text in advt reads: "Lot 40 was a Triumph Flowfree-bodied Bentley..."

 
     
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, November 1981
Posted: Aug 19, 2008
 
     
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This photograph is from an advertisement by Frank Dale & Stepson in "Classic Car" magazine, December 1973.

Accompanying text: 1931 BENTLEY 4½ LITRE Airline Saloon: A fine example in dark grey with red hide and sliding roof, coachbuilt by Cooper Motor Bodies of Putney.

 
     
     
  Source: "Classic Car" magazine, December 1973
Posted: Jul 21, 2008
 
     
 

The car in this photograph has been identified as Chassis no. XT3630 by Olle Ljungström. — Aug 13, 2008

 
 
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Chassis No. XT3630
Engine No. XT3630
Registration No. OV 4754
Date of Delivery: Jan 1931
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Gurney Nutting
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: BILSLAND Sir S
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas 4 seater - "chassis only sold to H M Bentley (pp P R Frere - the receiver) 11/8/31". Cooper saloon fitted 1936, now Vanden Plas replica."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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