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1923 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1922 Numbers
Chassis No. 129
Engine No. 128*
Registration No. XL 7726

  This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. XL 7728

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - March 2017)
 
March 2017
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Sold: Nov 3, 2017

1922 Bentley 3 Litre Vanden Plas Tourer

- Very early exemplar with short chassis
- 1 of only 194 exemplars built
- Very well documented

Colour: British Racing Green
Interior: Leather dark green
Type: open touring car
Gearbox: Manual shift
Drive: Left
Location: Hamburg
Price: on request (Sales tax not specified)

Description
This is a rare, very early example of the 3 litre Bentley on the short 9‘9½‘‘chassis. Of this model – known as "Short Standard" – just 194 were produced between 1921 and 1923!

This early 3 litre was first delivered to Gidlau Jackson in London in August 1922. The further owner’s history is very well documented. After WWII the car stayed in New Zealand for a longer period. 1990 it returned to England. Via Holland it finally found a new home in Germany, where the car was part of a distinguished Bentley collection.

The car is today in a wonderful condition with the nice slight patina you expect from a W.O. Bentley. This 3 litre comes with a FIVA paper and “Works Build Sheet”.

 
     
     
  Source: Thiesen - Automobile Raritäte
Posted: Mar 17, 2017
 
     
2006
In Germany in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2003
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Bentley 3 litre Vanden Plas Tourer, 1922.

Photograph was taken during the European Concours d'Elegance in Schwetzingen in 2003.

 
     
     
  Source: Madle
Posted: Feb 12, 2008
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 129
Engine No. 128
Registration No. XL 7726
Date of Delivery: Aug 1922
Type of Body: No info
Coachbuilder: No info
Type of Car: S
   
First Owner: JACKSON GIDLAU
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "In NZ. Engine 194 fitted ex ch. 191 Gearbox ex ch. 152 fitted 7/23. 4 seater."  
     
 

*Engine 128 is fitted in chassis RC188 as per Bonhams auction information of 15 Sep 2012
1922 Bentley 3/4½-Litre 'Le Mans' Sports Tourer
Registration no. BF 5408
Chassis no. RC188
Engine no. 128"

 
     
  Posted: Sep 15, 2006  
     
 
 
 
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