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1922 Bentley 3 Litre |
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Original 1922 Numbers
Chassis No. 35
Engine No. 33
Registration No. XK 3010
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This car - updated
Chassis No. 35
Engine No. 33
Registration No. XK 3010
(Updated with information from PreWarCar. - April 2019) |
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May
2011 |
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This is up for auction
by Artcurial on June 13, 2011.
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From Artcurial.fr website
1922 BENTLEY 3 LITRE SPORTS TOURER
Chassis no. 35
The car that we are offering is
rich with history. Built in 1922,
chassis no. 35 was one of the first
3 Litres to be built, and was sold
to a certain Mr H. Baldwin of Reigate,
Surrey, in the form of a four-seater
coupé by Wilton Carriage Co.
The copy of the original invoice shows
that this Bentley was delivered new
as a short chassis Speed Model.
In 1925, records show that the brake
pads were changed and the brake pedal
lever arm extended to improve braking
power. At the start of the 1960s the
coachwork was replaced with a more
contemporary body, attributed to Harrison,
making it a very good-looking four-seater
tourer with two windscreens - folding
at the front and removable at the
rear. It then became the property
of a respected member of the Bentley
Drivers Club, George Strathdee.
Between 1990 and 1993, it underwent
restoration that involved a complete
rebuild of the engine (new pistons
and rings, re-ground crankshaft, overhauled
magnetos and dynamo) and the rear
axle (with an axle ratio of 3.53).
The bodywork was taken off, repaired
and repainted, and the interior fittings
restored. Light and elegant, this
rare Bentley 3-litre retains its original
instruments in working order, even
the wind-up clock positioned on the
handsome wooden dashboard. It is also
fitted with the correct carburettor
for the very first models, the 5-jet
Smith that Bentley himself declared
more efficient than the twin S U model
in favour at the time. The car still
carries the period front axle, without
front brakes, which was only used
until 1924.
Complete with its maintenance instructions
and a file of invoices from 1995 -
2000, it is presented in very good
working condition. We have had the
pleasure of testing it, and it runs
really well. Several hundred Bentley
3 Litres were built between 1922 and
1929, and this is one of the oldest
surviving examples. It will give its
future owner the pleasure of driving
a car that started an extraordinary
saga, peppered with success and full
of panache.
Estimation 160 000 - 220 000€ |
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Source:
Artcurial, France spotted
by Michael J. Immecke
Posted: May 24, 2011 |
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2006 |
In
England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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2003 |
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"Chassis 35 was sold in the
summer of 2003 and went to a very
good home." |
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Source:
John Burgess
Posted: Dec 15, 2008 |
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2002 |
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Winner Bentley Drivers Club Vintage
section "Patina" award in
2002. |
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Source:
John Burgess
Posted: Dec 15, 2008 |
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Works
carried out
1994 - 2002 |
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Engine
Full engine rebuild to an extremely
high standard comprising:
Late pattern heavy Bentley crank with
47mm big-end journals crack tested
and the minimum amount taken off in
regrinding and polishing. (1st grind
of big-ends!)
New Phoenix rods directly metalled
(bored to allow for an optimal white
metal thickness)
New centre main bearing bronze made
All main bearings fitted with additional
/ supplementary machined & ground
bearing straps
Flywheel lightened
New flywheel bolts made to suit
Crank, rods, pistons, flywheel balanced
by Bassett Down Balancing
New Leonard Reece BM 1800 camshaft
made from BM drawings with additional
oilways as per later Bentley camshafts.
Camshaft bearings line bored (camshaft
made to suit)
New double thrust race arrangement
for front bevel on cam
(as per Bentley's first drawings)
New cam followers - rockers jigged
to give precise alignment
Omega spares scheme pistons in very
good order re-ringed as a matter of
course
Bronze cross-shaft set of gears very
carefully fitted up with new bronze
bearings to suit
New vertical shaft top bearing made,
fitted and lapped to fit
Complete turret set up and run as
an assembly to check and bed in before
fitting to engine
New additional cross shaft oil feed
fitted.
Valve seats very carefully recut by
Paynes of Oxford to ensure enough
'meat' remained for future inserts
should they ever be required.
Valves refaced by Paynes at the same
time.
Valve geometry accurately measured
and restored as necessary
New correct single entry water pump
casing cast and water pump rebuilt
with lipseal on driving gear.
New block sideplates made and fitted
with stainless countersunk screws
as original
New block to pump pipe fitted
Oil pump fettled, cover lapped, and
3 no additional fixing screws fitted
Magnetos
Twin ML G4s, correct for an early
car, completely rebuilt (rewound,
new bearings etc)
Front Axle
Checked for alignment - and the straightened!
Steering arms and track rod ends rebushed
/ pins reground
Springs rebushed and new shackle pins
made & fitted
Propshaft
Completely rebuilt with new pin &
slippers in pot joint and new pins
and bushes in front UJ
Barker Dipping
Completely dismantled and rebushed
with oilite bushes and tecalemit oilers
fitted
Wheels
5 good beaded edge wheels (3 rebuilt
by Richards of Cardiff)
Derihon Shock Absorbers
Now all refurbished with modern oil
seals and links fitted with new brass
& PTFE cups and springs.
New balls on shockers and front and
rear axles to suit
Steering
Steering box completely dismantled
and rebuilt with new bearings, set
up with minimal play.
New steering balls to Bentley drawings
New draglink to Bentley drawings
Driving - Notes by John Burgess
Since being put back on the road in
1998 and up to 2002 the car covered
some 8500 trouble free miles.
Everything works properly (!)
The brakes are actually pretty good
I am pleased to say (good enough to
get sworn at for stopping too quickly!)
and the car was regularly used around
Bristol (any excuse would do!) as
well as attending typically Prescott,
Shelsley, Silversone, Donnington,
Hatfield & Shuttle worth etc.
etc.
The Smiths 5 jet gives good starting,
smooth and even power and returns
20 m.p.g. on any reasonable run. |
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Source:
John Burgess
Posted: Dec 15, 2008 |
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About
Chassis no. 35: 1922 - 2003 |
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First registered
January 1922 |
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Chassis 35 |
Original number
from new |
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Engine 33 |
Original number
from new |
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Body (Harrison?)
(From Chassis 90) |
3 door 4 seat tourer,
full weather equipment,
Sidemounted spare wheel
Very good dark green leather upholstery
and carpets |
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Equipment |
Very early Barker dipping (fitted
from new)
CAV lighting set
Full set matching Smiths instruments
all silver faced
Speedo, Rev Counter, bezel switch/ammeter,
bezel wind clock, oil pressure
gauge |
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Early features |
Correct brakeless front axle
5 DP gearbox without speedo
drive (A Type gearbox)
Speedo driven from propshaft
by proprietary (Smiths) drive
Derihon adjustable hydraulic
shock absorbers
(original fitment)
3 : 1 step up drive from camshaft
to dynamo
Rev Counter driven off rear
of dynamo
Smiths (correctly not
a Smith Bentley) 5 jet carburettor
4 bolt rocker cover with brass
breather 'dome'
No reserve tap on fuel tank
(2 Gall can on running board!)
High ratio steering with long
drop arm
(lovely with beaded edge tyres
on brakeless front axle!) |
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Rear axle ratio |
3.53 : 1 |
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Source:
John Burgess
Posted: Dec 15, 2008 |
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1922 Bentley
3 Litre Four Seater Open Sports Tourer
Registration No. XK 3010; Chassis
No. 35; Engine No. 33
Engine: four cylinder non-detachable
head, single overhead camshaft water-cooled
monobloc, bore 80 mm X stroke 149
mm, capacity 2,996 cc. Four valves
per cylinder. Four speed gearbox with
right-hand change, inverted cone clutch,
shaft and spiral bevel final drive.
Tyres 820 X 120 b.e. Wheelbase 9 ft
8½ in.
This very early 3 litre left the works
in January 1922 and was originally
bodied as a coupe by Wilton Carriage
Co. It now carries open four seater
sports tourer bodywork removed from
a Bentley of similar vintage many
years ago.
It features the Speed Model cam, lighter
pistons and a lighter chassis than
the Speed Model, two star differential
and is fitted with the early 5 Jet
Smiths carburettor (which W.O. Bentley
always averred was faster than the
more fashionable twin carb layout).
The photo above shows 'W.O.' himself
standing by this car.
The body has a two piece opening screen,
and the original size beaded edge
wheels are still fitted and have been
restored to original two wheel braking
specification. An important and rapid
early 3 litre, having remained in
a private collection for many years,
offered with Swansea V.5. |
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Source:
Sotheby's Auction of Important Early
and Classic Motor Vehicles, Automobilia
and Automobile Art in London catalog,
Jun. 20, 1988
Posted: Dec 29, 2006 |
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EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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Chassis No. |
35 |
Engine No. |
33 |
Registration
No. |
XK 3010 |
Date of Delivery: |
Jan 1922 |
Type of Body: |
Coupe |
Coachbuilder: |
WILTON CARRIAGE |
Type of Car: |
S |
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First Owner: |
BALDWIN HA |
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More Info:
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"Now fitted tourer body believed
from ch. 90, possible by Harrisons." |
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Posted: Mar 01, 2007 |
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