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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. MF3155
Engine No. MF3155
Registration No. PH 9512

  This car - updated
Chassis No. MF3155
Engine No. MF3155
Registration No. PH 9512

(Updated with information from owner Adrian Vine. - June 2019)
 
May 6, 2018
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Bentley 4½ Litre 1928 - Weymann Saloon coachwork by Gurney Nutting
Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC), May 2018

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Simon Geoghegan'
Posted: Aug 18, 2020
 
     
 

"MF3155 is the earliest 4½ Litre saloon to survive. It is the only known early model Gurney Nutting saloon in existence. Apart from the headlining and carpets, everything is original although the coachwork fabric was changed from red to green in the eighties. The coachwork has never been removed from the chassis during the periodical spells of refurbishment. Some extras were specified by the original owner, Nigel Digby Guinness, namely a fog light, a spot light, a trunk with three fitted suitcases, Lucas P100 headlamps, an altimeter on the dashboard and two roof ventilators for smokers. The car must have been used for towing a caravan as a tow hook was fitted at each end of the car. The fittings are solid nickel, and a few small parts on the car were chrome plated when new. The dash switch panel still retains the lead lined lettering."

 
     
     
  Source: Adrian Vine (Owner)
Posted: Jun 12, 2019
 
     
April 2017
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VSCC Silverstone, April 2017

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Dec 17, 2018
 
     
May 2012
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Mendip Vintage & Classic Tour, May 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, photo by user 'Chippy1920'
Posted: Nov 14, 2012
 
     
August 2008
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Photographs were taken at Prescott Speed Hill Climb, August 2008.

 
     
     
  Source: John Burgess
Posted: Jan 27, 2010
 
     
2006
In Wales in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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These photographs are from an advertisement by Stanley Mann in "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, December 1981.

Text in advt reads: 1928 4½ LITRE BENTLEY SPORTS SALOON BY Gurney Nutting. Fabric Weyman body, very original, rebuilt to very high standards. Full history.

 
     
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, December 1981
Posted: Aug 25, 2008
 
     
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This photograph is from an advertisement by Stanley Mann in "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, October 1981.

Text in advt reads: 1928 BENTLEY 4½ LITRE SPORTS SALOON, fabric body by Gurney Nutting, very original, good condition, colour green/black wings, full history. Similar to photo above but complete with rear Brooks trunk.

 
     
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, October 1981
Posted: Aug 25, 2008
 
     
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Chassis No. MF3155
Engine No. MF3155
Registration No. PH 9512
Date of Delivery: May 1928
Type of Body: Saloon (Weymann)
Coachbuilder: Gurney Nutting
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: GUINNESS N D L
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7057. Still with original saloon body."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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