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1926 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1926 Numbers
Chassis No. HP395
Engine No. RE1396
Registration No. RU 3089

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Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. RU 3089

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - July 2019)
 
May 2012
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Chepstow UK, May 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Mark Hobbs'
Posted: Jan 02, 2013
 
     
June 2007
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At the Brooklands Centenary Festival, June 2007.

 
     
     
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Posted: Feb 24, 2009
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
August 1984
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  "This photo of the Bentley Reg RU 3089 taken in the city of Bath in August 1984. In the photo are my children Lorraine and Darren Collins. It may have been at a shop event and there was a band playing."  
     
     
  Source: Ted & Carol Collins
Posted: Feb 22, 2013
 
     
1979
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1979
   
 
 

Reg. no. RU 3089 was Deborah Chedzoy's mother's wedding car in 1979 (Bristol U.K.).

 
     
     
  Source: Deborah Chedzoy
Posted: Mar 02, 2009
 
     
August 1975
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  "This car was used as our Wedding car on 22/08/75, to collect Bride Sue and deliver to Greyfriars for Civil Ceremony, and from there to collect Bride and Groom and take them to Cheney Court, Ditteridge, Box, Nr Bath for the Reception. Approx 70mph @1900rpm along Keynsham Bypass :-)"  
     
     
  Source: John Smith
Posted: Jan 28, 2013
 
     
Late 1950s
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  "I wonder if anyone here knows this car? The photograph was taken in the late 1950s in the village of Box, Somerset. Apparently, it belonged to a friend of my parents and I was taken home from the hospital in it when a few days old. DVLA records show that it is a May 1926 3 litre and is currently taxed."  
     
     
  Source: Tim Ludbrook
Posted: Jul 11, 2019
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. HP395
Engine No. RE1396
Registration No. RU 3089
Date of Delivery: Jan 1926
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: WARD COX J
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1233 with a standard 4-seater Sports; scratched aluminium / red / black; 12/1925.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1233. Much raced at Brooklands by Harry Bowler - lapped Outer circuit at 97.85 mph. Rebuilt on chassis frame 824."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 04, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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