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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. XL3121
Engine No. XL3125
Registration No. UC 2804

  This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. UC 2804

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - February 2017)
 
April 2018
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Coffee stop at the recently new Medical Center in Walden, Colorado
   
 
 

2018 Grand (Photos by Frank Barrett):

Bentleys on the event included:
1924 3-Liter, Peter Goodwin & Barney Ruprecht, #99
1928 4-1/2-Liter, Hayden & Jami Groendyke, #32
1928 4-1/2-Liter Le Mans, Roland & Helen Frey, #53
1928 4-1/2-Liter Tourer, Don Shires & Craig Eckberg, #9
1928 4-1/2-Liter Vanden Plas, Paul Gould & Bob Dean, #30
1929 4-1/2-Liter, Thomas & Kathi Rutishauser, #40
1929 4-1/2-Liter, Richard Mattei & William Medcalf, #61
1929 4-1/2-Liter, Joel & Kim Laub, #113
1931 4/8-Liter Le Mans, Kurt Furger & Terry Unwin, #48

As usual, the Grand covered over 1,000 miles in four days of September 2018 driving through the Rockies. The event raised over $500,000 for small Colorado communities and charities, bringing cumulative total donations to over $6 million."

 
     
     
  Source: Frank Barrett
Posted: May 03, 2019
 
     
March 19, 2016
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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'THE OLD BRIT'
Posted: Feb 18, 2017
 
     
April 27, 2013
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VSCC Spring Rally, April 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'David Grounds'
Posted: Nov 10, 2014
 
     
April 2013
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North West Spring Run Lancashire UK, April 2013

 
     
     
  Source: YouTube, posted by user 'Alan Quinn'
Posted: Aug 22, 2013
 
     
2009
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Riverside Steam & Vintage Rally 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Webshots, posted by user 'Davhilweb'
Posted: Mar 03, 2011
 
     
April 2009
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April 2009 Rally Southport Lancs

 
     
     
  Source: Specialist Auctions Blogspot
Posted: Nov 25, 2010
 
     
2007
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Isle of Man Rally, 2007

 
     
     
  Source: Isle of Man Today
Posted: Mar 03, 2011
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2004
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Wales, 2004

 
     
     
  Source: Klick This
Posted: Mar 03, 2011
 
     
2003
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Photograph was taken during "The Jewel that is Jordan" car rally in Jordan in 2003.

 
     
     
  Source: "Bentley" magazine, Issue 10, Summer 2004
Posted: Jan 30, 2008
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. XL3121
Engine No. XL3125
Registration No. UC 2804
Date of Delivery: Apr 1928
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: BURBERRY T M
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1453 with a Sporting 4-seater; Weymann fabric; 3/1928.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7028. Vanden Plas body no. 1453."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 05, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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