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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre
Chassis No. RL3448
Engine No. MR3377
Registration No. VS 1451
 
December 27, 2015
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The Horseless Carriage Club’s 60th Annual “Excursion” takes hundreds of hundred-year-old cars out and runs them all over Southern California — December 27, 2015 — Photos by Mark Vaughn.

 
     
     
  Source: Autoweek
Posted: Jan 04, 2016
 
     
December 28, 2014
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59th Annual Holiday Motor Excursion, December 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Steve Sexton'
Posted: May 15, 2015
 
     
June 15, 2014
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Rodeo Drive Concours, June 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Steve Sexton'
Posted: Apr 07, 2015
 
     
2014
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These photographs were taken at NAVBM, 2014

 
     
     
  Source: Edward LaBounty
Posted: Jul 16, 2014
 
     
October 27, 2013
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Art Center Car Classic, October 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Steve Sexton'
Posted: Apr 25, 2015
 
     
October 2013
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Bruce Meyer with his 4½ Litre, October 27, 2013
 
 
 

Art Center in Pasadena, California at their 2013 auto show

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan and Art Center College
Posted: Nov 06, 2013
 
     
June 2013
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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre Tourer

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Steve Sexton'
Posted: Oct 04, 2014
 
     
2013
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NAVBM Tour Mass, Spring 2013
   
 
 

 

 
     
     
  Source: Rob Kauffman
Posted: Aug 31, 2013
 
     
May 2012
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Test day front

Test day rear

Bentley top down
 
 
 

"A few very recent photos..."

 
     
     
  Source: Bruce Meyer (Owner since 2011)
Posted: May 09, 2012
 
     
March 2012
 

"Currently being restored by Vintage Bentley Engineering... Richard Cresswell."

 
     
     
  Source: Bruce Meyer (Owner since 2011)
Posted: Mar 31, 2012
 
     
2010
 

"We took this car to Scotland in 2010. Here's a film of us doing so... Great car."

 
     
  The Bentley Boys
A trip to up the British Isles in a vintage 4½ litre Bentley
 
     
  Source: Ash
Posted: Nov 04, 2015
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2003
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Photograph was taken by Philippe de Smet in 2003 during the Bentley Drivers Club meeting at Silverstone.

 
     
     
  Source: Philippe de Smet
Posted: Oct 05, 2007
 
     
1998
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1998 Klausen Pass Switzerland

 
     
     
  Source: The Automobile
Posted: Nov 18, 2010
 
     
1978
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Club de L'Auto Rally, France in 1978.

 
     
     
  Source: PicasaWeb, photo posted by user 'Big Pete'
Posted: Aug 21, 2009
 
     
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The Classic Run to Le Mans.

 
     
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, August 1978
Posted: Jul 22, 2008
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. RL3448
Engine No. MR3377
Registration No. VS 1451
Date of Delivery: Feb 1929
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: LANG P M
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1552 with a Sports 4-seater; fabric/paint to match; 2/1929.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1552."
 
     
     
  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
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