Information on all Vintage Bentley cars ever produced  
HISTORY BY CHASSIS REFERENCE MATERIALS RESTORATION INFO UNIDENTIFIED BENTLEYS
Home Articles Bentley Clinic Galleries Newsletter Subscribe to Newsletter Advertisements Links  Submit Info Contact
 
1927 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1926 Numbers
Chassis No. DE1217
Engine No. DE1219
Registration No. SF 6035

  This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. SF 6035

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - May 2018)
 
Click on thumbnail for larger view
   
 
 

"Bruce Mcllroy at Highland Park in 3 litre, chassis DE1217." — From the article 'Bentleys Round the Park' by Scott Thomson, Images: Barbara Thomson and Bentley Auckland

 
     
     
  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club Inc Issue, 14-1, 2014 - Made available by Hilary and Tom King
Posted: Feb 12, 2014
 
     
2008
Click on thumbnail for larger view
   
 
 

Bentley Parade, 2008

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Skope Warwick Robinson'
Posted: Apr 12, 2012
 
     
2008
Click on thumbnail for larger view
 
 
 

50th Scottish Whit 2008

 
     
     
  Source: YouTube
Posted: Apr 12, 2012
 
     
2008
Click on thumbnail for larger view
   
 
 

"Bentleys on Parade"

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, photo by user 'Volvob12'
Posted: Feb 03, 2009
 
     
2006
In Hong Kong in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
Click on thumbnail for larger view
   
 
 

3 litre Bentley outside Bentley Motor's first factory. Location is the corner of Oxgate Lane and Edgware Road, Cricklewood, London NW2.

 
     
     
  Source: Britain By Car (Tony Thorpe collection)
Posted: May 02, 2018
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. DE1217
Engine No. DE1219
Registration No. SF 6035
Date of Delivery: Jul 1926
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: (PAWSON H)
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1238 with a Speed standard 4-seater Sports; /brown; 7/1926.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1238. BS Box no. 5090 fitted 1928."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 04, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
Submit more information on this car
 
 
 
BACK
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439
Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147
Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651
Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg for his Chassis No. KL3590
Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207
Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165
[More]

October 2019 issue
Subscribe :: Archives
CLUB TALK
Upcoming Vintage Bentley Events
FOR SALE/WANTED
C A R S
For Sale    Wanted
P A R T S
For Sale    Wanted
L I T E R A T U R E
For Sale    Wanted
 
 
 
 
 
 

About | Privacy Policy | Copyright & Disclaimer | Sitemap | Contact

Founder: Robert McLellan ~ Editor: Mona Nath

 
 
VintageBentleys.org :: info@vintagebentleys.org

Copyright © 2006-2020