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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre    
Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. KR2683
Engine No. KR2685
Registration No. UV 8556

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. UV 8556

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - August 2018)
 
August 2018
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Bentley Drivers Club Silverstone, August 2018

 
     
     
  Source: Simon Laidlaw
Posted: Aug 14, 2018
 
     
April 20, 2013
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Flying Scotsman Rally, April 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Peter Barker'
Posted: Jan 02, 2015
 
     
2013
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Next to Birkin's Grave Birkin Rally, 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Updated: Dec 09, 2014
Posted: Aug 22, 2013
 
     
2013
 

The Sir Henry (Tim) Birkin Celebration Rally (in Germany) 2013: A tribute to his achievements 80 years after his passing away

Bentley Speed Six; 1929; ch.no. KR2683; Le Mans style 4 seater sports tourer; 6 cyl.; In 1986 restored by J A Pearce as accurate copy of the Seed Six Team cars that were so successful at Le Mans (e.g. 1929 with Barnato and Birkin as the winning team).

Participating Team: Clinton Smith and Dawn Caulkett; UK

 
     
     
  Source: LouisChevrolet.com
Posted: Jul 15, 2013
 
     
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  Source: LouisChevrolet.com
Posted: Jul 15, 2013
 
     
June 2011
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One of the many mansions we visited
   
 
 

This photograph was taken during the 'Britian by Bentley Tour' in June 2011 to celebrate the Bentley Drivers Club's (BDC) 75th anniversary.

Read article 'Britain by Bentley' by Kurt Furger

 
     
     
  Source: Kurt Furger
Posted: Jul 14, 2011
 
     
2008
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"Bentleys on Parade", 2008

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Volvob12'
Posted: Jan 21, 2009
 
     
2007
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Spotted in Kent CT in October 2007.

 
     
     
  Source: 8thCivic, user 'tmrC1V1C'
Posted: Oct 06, 2009
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
May 2005
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Photographs were taken at in the Las Vegas area in May 2005 during the Western U.S.A. Bentley Tour.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan and Donald E. Atkinson
Posted: Oct 06, 2006
 
     
April 2005
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Photograph was taken in Durango in April 2005 during the Western U.S.A. Bentley Tour. Courtesy of Donald E. Atkinson.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan and Donald E. Atkinson
Posted: Oct 06, 2006
 
     
2002
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Photograph taken during the European Concours D'Elegance Schwetzingen 2002.

 
     
     
  Source: Madle
Posted: Feb 11, 2008
 
     
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  Source: James E. Pearce
Posted: Jul 18, 2006
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. KR2683
Engine No. KR2685
Registration No. UV 8556
Date of Delivery: Sep 1929
Type of Body: Saloon (Weymann)
Coachbuilder: Freestone & Webb
Type of Car: ST3
   
First Owner: CHARTERIS Hon E
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Was 4 seater by Lang - rebuilt 1988/90 as Le Mans replica, body by Pearce."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
  *"Pedantic but quite significant. Under the 'Type of Car' heading you have this car as ST3 when it should, I think, be SP3." - John Baldwin, Sep 10, 2018  
     
 
 
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