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1926 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1926 Numbers
Chassis No. RT1550
Engine No. RT1530
Registration No. UE 1653
   This car - updated
Chassis No. RT1550
Engine No. RT1530
Registration No. UE 1653
(Updated with information from owner Stephen Wickers. - May 2019)
 
 

"I took over the car after dad headed off to the great pub meet in the sky in 2013. The car is still going strong."

  
     
     
  Source: Stephen Wickers (Owner)
Posted: May 25, 2019		  
     
May 2016
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VSCC Wiscombe Park, May 2016

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 11, 2016		  
     
May 10, 2015
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VSCC Wiscombe Park - Sunday 10th May 2015

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 18, 2015		  
     
2014
 

This car was purchased by Stephen Wickers in 2014.

  
     
     
  Source: Stephen Wickers (Owner)
Posted: May 25, 2019		  
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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Read article 'Bentley Boy!' here.

  
     
     
  Source: December 1989 issue of "British Cars"
Posted: Jan 19, 2007		  
     
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Chassis No. RT1550
Engine No. RT1530
Registration No. UE 1653
Date of Delivery: Jun 1926
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: ROLLASON M H
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1278 with a standard 4-seater Sports; blue / grey; 6/1926.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1278. "Special petrol tank" 1929." 		 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 04, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007		  
     
 
 
 
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