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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre
Chassis No. PL3488
Engine No. PL3485
Registration No. UU 4053 / UV 3109
 
July 2013
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BDC Irish Tour, July 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Facebook, photo posted by user 'Bentley tour of Ireland'
Posted: Jun 11, 2014
 
     
2007
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Peking To Paris Rally — 2007
Gordon Phillips & Mark Phillips in 1929 Bentley 4½ Le Mans

This car won the Vintage Sports Car Club Award for pre 1931 cars during this event.

(Photo by Gerard Brown)

History Of The Peking To Paris Rally
In 1907 a Parisian newspaper issued a challenge: "What needs to be proved today is that as long as a man has a car, he can do anything and go anywhere. Is there anyone who will undertake to travel this summer from Peking to Paris by automobile?"

So started the Peking to Paris motor race.

Only five motorists managed to make the start in vehicles ranging from a three-wheeled Contal cycle car to a 7 Litre Itala. The race followed a telegraph route, which allowed the journalist travelling as a passenger in each car to wire their reports to the newspapers. This enabled the public in Europe and America to keep abreast of the race while it was being run.

The race was won by Prince Scipione Borghese in his Itala. The Prince was so confident of his chances of winning that he took a detour from Moscow to St Petersburg to attend a dinner held in his honour, before re-joining the race in Moscow.

(The following was written prior to the start of the 2007 event)
To celebrate this early pioneering motoring event The Endurance Rally Association has organised a re-enactment of the race to be held in 2007. A total of 134 cars will set out from Beijing (formerly Peking) on May 27th to follow the 1907 route as closely as possible (even making the detour from Moscow to St Petersburg).

 
     
     
  Source: Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2007
Posted: Aug 02, 2007
 
     
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  Source: Program for International Historic Motorsport Show, Stoneleigh Park near Coventry, England, Mar. 23-25, 2007
Posted: Dec 21, 2006
 
     
2003
In England in 2003 / Owned by a BDC member
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Chassis No. PL3488
Engine No. PL3485
Registration No. UU 4053
Date of Delivery: Jul 1929
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: BUCKLEY W G
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1604 with a British flexible Saloon, 4-door, 4-window; price £490; 7/1929.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1604. Frame PL 3488 cut to 9'6, replaced by MF 3165. Was 2 seater by Gill (now on ch. HT 1650). Now Vanden Plas 4 seater ex ch. MS 3950."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 05, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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