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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. DS3557
Engine No. DS3557
Registration No. UV 3957

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. UV 3957

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - September 2016)
 
April 2018
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All of 'em, lined up at the last day's lunch stop, the Delta County Fairgrounds in Hotchkiss, 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
 
     
April 2018
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Read article - 2019: The year ahead of the Bentley centenary

 
     
     
  Source: AutoWeek
Posted: Sep 14, 2018
 
     
August 13, 2016
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"This Bentley was in Las Vegas at the local Cars & Coffee event on August 13, 2016."

 
     
     
  Source: Paul Gibson
Posted: Sep 19, 2016
 
     
June 2013
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"Seen in Banff, Alberta in June 2013."

 
     
     
  Source: Bob Mould
Posted: Aug 31, 2013
 
     
2012
 

2012 Colorado Grand
1929 Le Mans, chassis DS3557, Joel Laub
Chassis UV 3957 originally carried a saloon body by H.J. Mulliner. She was restored in 1997 by well known Bentley enthusiast Ulf Smith, a Swedish diplomat, on the Azore island of San Miguel, where he is honorary consul to the Azores. The car lay dismantled for years and required real Sherlock Holmes work to find its original components. Three years and 2,500 hours later, the job was completed. Joel purchased the car in 2000 and has since run several rallies and tours including a tour of the Azores with Ulf Smith.

 
     
     
  Source: Frank Barrett, Toad Hall Motorbooks
Posted: Sep 19, 2012
 
     
2007
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In USA.

 
     
     
  Source: European Car Magazine
Posted: Apr 13, 2009
 
     
2003
In USA in 2003 / Owned by a BDC member
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Chassis No. DS3557
Engine No. DS3557
Registration No. UV 3957
Date of Delivery: Jul 1929
Type of Body: Saloon (Weymann)
Coachbuilder: H J Mulliner
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: WEBSTER F
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Dismantled ca 1939 after accident. Engine and front axle extant, to be used as basis of rebuild."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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