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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. DS3554
Engine No. DS3552
Registration No. VJ 2092

  This car - updated
Chassis No. DS3554
Engine No. DS3552
Registration No. VJ 2092

(Updated with information from current owner (Name withheld on request). - June 2016)
 
August 2018
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1929 Bentley 4½-Litre Vanden Plas Tourer
VSCC Prescott - Sunday 5th August 2018

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Feb 06, 2019
 
     
29th May 2016
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"Photographs of VJ 2092 seen at La Vie en Bleu, Prescott Hill Climb on 29th May 2016."

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Jun 01, 2016
 
     
November 10, 2013
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  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Geoff_B'
Posted: Nov 14, 2014
 
     
2013
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Vintage Revival Montlhery, 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'tz66'
Posted: Jun 01, 2013
 
     
November 11, 2012
   
 
 

Avenue Drivers Club, November 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'shipscompass'
Posted: Jul 20, 2016
 
     
2012
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At Pre-War Prescott 2012

"Photo on left taken on a first run up the hill complete with hood up immediately upon arrival having travelled up from Bristol in torrential rain." - Photo by Allan Rhodes

"Photo on right was taken during the second run up the hill after lunch." - Photo supplied by Ian Grace

 
     
     
  Source: Owner (Name withheld on request)
Posted: Jun 04, 2016
 
     
May 13, 2012
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Queens Square, May 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'shagracer'
Posted: Jul 16, 2015
 
     
August 7, 2011
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  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Robert Knight'
Posted: Apr 29, 2015
 
     
2008
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On the way to Le Mans
Classic 2008

At "Quimperle"
in Brittany
 
 
     
     
     
  Source: Owner (Name withheld on request)
Posted: Dec 27, 2008
 
     
September 2007
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  Car now back on the road following a complete last nut and bolt restoration. Final paint and trim to be finished over this coming winter.

STILL FITTED IN THE CAR...
The original engine DS3552; original steering box DS3554; original rear axle DS3554 and new gearbox number 6066 fitted under guarantee in 1930 when the mileage was 13,566.
 
     
     
  Source: Owner (Name withheld on request)
Posted: Nov 01, 2007
 
     
2007
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  1. Rebuild coming together January 2007.

2. Original Vanden Plas body number 1596 found stamped on base of rear wingstays.

3. Original Vanden Plas body number 1597 (note one number different from body records and other body numbers - assumed originally fitted thus ) found stamped on offside windscreen upright.

4. Original chassis number DS3554 stamped on rear axle banjo and nosepiece.

5. Original chassis number DS3554 stamped on base of bonnet side panel.

6. Original chassis number DS3554 stamped on steering box (note backward "S"!).
 
     
     
  Source: Owner (Name withheld on request)
Posted: Nov 01, 2007
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2006
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Chassis wings and running boards fitting up March 2006

Bottom end assembly
August 2006

New rods and pistons
October 2006
 
     
     
     
  Source: Owner (Name withheld on request)
Posted: Nov 01, 2007
 
     
November 2004
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  Chassis being painted by offspring after straightening, repair and re-riveting November 2004  
     
     
  Source: Owner (Name withheld on request)
Posted: Nov 01, 2007
 
     
1946
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VJ 2092 in 1946

Family outing 1946 with
Major Bashall at the wheel

VJ 2092 (at a pub?) in 1946 with an
as yet unidentified 3-Litre Bentley
 
     
     
     
  Source: (Name withheld on request)
Posted: Nov 01, 2007
 
     
1937
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VJ 2092 for sale at
Jack Barclay's in 1937
   
 
  A "reconditioned chassis frame" was fitted in 1930 following the third major accident in 3 months. The chassis is stamped DS3554. A further accident in 1930 resulted in "new front and stub axles fitted" - both front stub axles having previously been replaced in the earlier accidents. The front axle is stamped DS 3554.

Vanden Plas Order No. 1596 dated 7th June 1929 was for a "Standard 4 seater Sports" with Hood, Side Curtains and Tonneau Cover in Black Mohair. Price £179. net. The order was completed on 30th June 1929.
 
     
     
  Source: (Name withheld on request)
Posted: Nov 01, 2007
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. DS3554
Engine No. DS3552
Registration No. VJ 2092
Date of Delivery: Jul 1929
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: BAILEY E W W
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1596 with a standard 4-seater Sports; Weymann fabric; 6/1929.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no 1596. Rebuilt on new frame after accident 2/30. In USA. Last UK reg DE 270. Body burnt out 1996."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 05, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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