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1931 Bentley 8 Litre    
Original 1932 Numbers
Chassis No. YM5039
Engine No. YM5039
Registration No. WD 4499

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. WD 4499

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - February 2017)
 
July 2, 2016
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Concours d'Elegance Paleis Het Loo, 2016

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Frans Verschuren'
Posted: Feb 24, 2017
 
     
2013
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Coppa Classic, 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'André Ritzinger'
Posted: Jun 05, 2014
 
     
October 2012
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YM5039 Oct 2012 Zoute Grand-Prix, Knokke-Heist; Belgium

 
     
     
  Source: Sports Car Digest & Flickr, posted by user 'Roberto Bram'
Posted: Oct 23, 2012
 
     
August 2012
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Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance, August 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Graham Woodward'
Posted: Jan 20, 2015
 
     
1996
 

This car was was offered for sale by Stanley Mann in 1996.

 
     
     
  Source: Jake Cotton
Posted: Sep 17, 2010
 
     
1990s
 

The car was owned by Reto Domeniconi in 1990s in Switzerland.

 
     
     
  Source: Jake Cotton
Posted: Sep 17, 2010
 
     
1983
 

This car was owned by Mr. D.J. Hope, Darbyshire UK in 1983.

 
     
     
  Source: Jake Cotton
Posted: Sep 17, 2010
 
     
1947 - 1971
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The car was in Canada in 1947 with Mr. J.W. Charters.

Jack Charters bought the car when he lived in the UK but took it over to Canada in 1948 and, with his wife, drove it across Canada in the winter from Halifax to Soda Creek 400 miles north of Vancouver where they lived. Jack died in a blizzard in 1949 and the car was rescued from the British Columbian wilderness by Capt. L. Goudy. He took the car to Vancouver and restored it. It was in a poor state having had a collision with a moose and the wings had been trimmed. It was also painted white by then. Capt. Goudy kept the car until at least 1971. Capt. Goudy recalls the time when he was stopped by the police in Vancouver and thought he was about to be charged with a motoring offence, but the officers only wanted to see the engine and then one of them stated that his uncle was called Lycett, and he used to race Bentleys. This, of course, was the famous Forrest Lycett.

 
     
     
  Source: Jake Cotton
Posted: Sep 17, 2010
 
     
1947
 

This car was owned by Lt. Col. W. E. Gates in 1947.

 
     
     
  Source: Jake Cotton
Posted: Sep 17, 2010
 
     
1934
 

This car was owned by V.R. Crompton of West Horsley, Surrey in 1934.

 
     
     
  Source: Jake Cotton
Posted: Sep 17, 2010
 
     
 

YM 5039 was first delivered to first owner Bernard Hopps of Rugby in September of 1932. It was on a 13' wheelbase chassis with engine number YM5039. The body was a 4 door 4 seater saloon by H.J. Mulliner and the UK registration number was WD 4499. The Gearbox was an "F" type numbered 8063.

 
     
     
  Source: Jake Cotton
Posted: Sep 17, 2010
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. YM5039
Engine No. YM5039
Registration No. WD 4499
Date of Delivery: Sep 1932
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: H J Mulliner
Type of Car: 13
   
First Owner: HOPPS BERNARD
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "F/8063"  
     
     
  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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