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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre |
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Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. MR3392
Engine No. NX3452
Registration No. UL 8606
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This car - updated
Chassis No. MR3392
Engine No. NX3452
Registration No. BN 25777
(Updated with information from Sigurd Bølling. - May 2016) |
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2006 |
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Norway in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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1985 |
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This car was purchased by Sigurd Bølling in 1985.
"I found the car at Coys in 1985, in commission for the owner a Mr Deverill(?). I then had the choice between one superbly restored Le Mans replica parked next to it, but fell in love with this totally original car. Have never regretted since." |
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Source:
Sigurd Bølling (Owner), Norway
Posted: May 21, 2016 |
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Source:
Sigurd Bølling
Posted: May 23, 2016 |
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1960s |
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Newspaper clipping |
Newspaper clipping, January 1996 |
Memorial service at Donington Church, Feb 22, 1996 |
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May 21, 2013
"My mother has recently
found a newspaper cutting dated 27
March 1964 with a photograph and short
article about UL 8606.
The article says that this car, a
1929 4½ litre Vanden Plas Tourer has
been in the ownership of Dr. P. Morris
of Donington in Lincolnshire, England
since 1934.
Pat Morris was the doctor in the village
my mother grew up in, and she well
remembers him using UL 8606 as everyday
transport during the 1960s. He also
had a 4½ litre Saloon for winter use,
but no details of this car are known.
It is thought that Dr Morris sold
UL 8606 around 1979, when he retired
from practice and moved away from
the area.
A mechanic in the village, who later
went on to specialise in Frazer Nash
cars used to look after Dr Morris'
Bentleys, and a friend of mine remembers
working for him at his garage around
1973, and changing the rear axle oil
on UL 8606. Apparently it drained
out like black treacle, and the Doctor
joked that it was probably the original
oil from the factory!
I will send the photo from the newspaper
cutting, poor quality, but it shows
UL 8606 pictured on Dr Morris' yard
at his home in Donington.
Hope this is of help, and would be
nice for the present owner to be aware
of this information."
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May 22, 2016
"My mother remembers Dr Morris' open tourer well (from the 1960s) but she was not aware of him having a second Bentley, but reading one of the cuttings, apparently he called them Olga and Oscar.
She says you could hear the Doctor wherever he was in the village due to the bark of the 4 cylinder engine through a large fishtail pipe out the rear, and she says the Doctor didn't go easy on the throttle either!
My father also added that he could remember seeing the open tourer outside the Doctor's house in the early 1960s, and thinking to himself, why a man who could afford a new top of the range car insist in running around in this old Bentley!
Dr Morris was extremely well liked and respected by all in the village and was apparently quite a character, and I guess the Bentley fitted in well with his individualism. He retired in around 1979, sold the Bentleys and moved the Shropshire to be with his sons, Patrick and William.
He died in early 1996 and his sons would now be around 65 and 69 years of age, so nobody knows if they are still around, if they could be traced they may well have many more photos of the Bentleys.
Thanks for keeping in contact and please pass on any information to the current owner, it would be so fantastic if the car could be brought over to the UK for some photographs in Donington!" |
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Source:
R.W. (Richard) Goodacre
Updated: May 23, 2016
Posted: May 21, 2013 |
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EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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Chassis No. |
MR3392 |
Engine No. |
NX3452 |
Registration
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UL 8606 |
Date of Delivery: |
Mar 1929 |
Type of Body: |
4-seater |
Coachbuilder: |
Vanden Plas |
Type of Car: |
No
info |
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First Owner: |
BISHOP N |
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More Info:
According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder
records, this car was originally fitted
with Body No. 1578 with a 4-seater Sports;
'V' screen; tan; 3/1929.
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"Vanden Plas body no. 1578 - still
fitted." |
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Updated: Jul 05, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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