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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. PL3478
Engine No. PL3478
Registration No. UU 8721

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. UU 8721

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - August 2016)
 
24th July 2016
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Vintage Sports Car Club race meeting at Cadwell Park, July 2016

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 06, 2016
 
     
July 2013
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Mallory Park, July 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Cole Trickle'
Posted: Jun 04, 2014
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, May 1981
Posted: Aug 13, 2008
 
     
1971
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  Source: eBay
Posted: Sep 03, 2013
 
     
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Chassis No. AP313 with ch 1238 (ARN 655), 839 (GSH 135) and PL3478.

 
     
     
  Source: Lars Hedborg
Posted: Nov 23, 2016
 
     
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Chassis No. PL3478
Engine No. PL3478
Registration No. UU 8721
Date of Delivery: Jul 1929
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: INSOLE E R
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1594 with a Fabric Sports, long bonnet; black wings; 6/1929.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1594, still fitted."
 
     
     
  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
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
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