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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. PL3476
Engine No. HB3425
Registration No. VR 1523

  This car - updated
Chassis No. PL3476
Engine No. HB3425
Registration No. VR 1523

(Updated with information from owner Bob Ashworth. - December 2012)
 
August 2016
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1929 4½-Litre Vintage Bentley chassis no. PL3476 at BDC Silverstone 2016

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Jan 03, 2020
 
     
August 2015
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  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'sebringmx'
Posted: Dec 11, 2015
 
     
April 18, 2015
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VSCC "Spring Start" at Silverstone - Saturday 18th April 2015

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Jun 25, 2015
 
     
April 2014
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VSCC Spring Start GP Itala Trophy Race Meeting, April 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'peezedgee'
Posted: Dec 20, 2014
 
     
May 31, 2013
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Cap Ferrat, May 31, 2013

 
     
     
  Source: David Johnson
Posted: Apr 25, 2016
 
     
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  Source: Bob Ashworth (Owner)
Posted: Dec 15, 2012
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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  Source: Robert Ashworth
Posted: Jun 22, 2010
 
     
2002
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Photograph was taken during 4th International Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa in 2002.

 
     
     
  Source: "Bentley" magazine, Issue 02, Summer 2002
Posted: Jan 30, 2008
 
     
2001
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International Bentley Tour of South Africa, 2001

 
     
     
  Source: Russell Browne
Posted: Jul 05, 2013
 
     
2000
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The 2000 Mile Trial 2000.

 
     
     
  Source: Moto Forum, Poland
Posted: Oct 11, 2012
 
     
1999
 

This car was purchased by Bob Ashworth in 1999.

 
     
     
  Source: Bob Ashworth
Posted: Dec 15, 2012
 
     
1950 or 1951
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Brighton Speed Trials 1950 or 1951

 
     
     
  Source: Old Classic Cars, UK
Posted: Oct 11, 2012
 
     
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This photograph is from an advertisement by Stanley Mann in "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, April 1981.

Text in advt reads: 1929 BENTLEY 4 1/2 LITRE. Le Mans specification, an exceptional car. A true dream machine.

 
     
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, April 1981
Posted: Aug 13, 2008
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. PL3476
Engine No. HB3425
Registration No. VR 1523
Date of Delivery: Jul 1929
Type of Body: 2-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: FRANCOPULO T F
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1611 with a fabric 2-seater, Vanden Plas sketch 440, double dickey, 3-piece screen; 7/1929.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1611. Now Townshend 4 seater."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 05, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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