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1923 Bentley 3 Litre
Chassis No. 183
Engine No. 198
Registration No. XM 8888 / DN 6890 (New Zealand)
 
2009-2012
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The car at Southward Museum, New Zealand

 
     
     
  Source: YouTube, posted by user 'pitcairn62' and Flickr, posted by user 'ourphotowork'
Posted: May 16, 2013
 
     
February 2008
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The car in its present state at the Southward Museum.

 
     
     
  Source: Roy Tilley
Posted: Feb 14, 2008
 
     
 

According to Michael Hay's "Bentley: The Vintage Years" - 1997, this car was used as a demonstrator by A F C Hillstead. The book says, "The body is very similar to the Vanden Plas body, and it is still unclear precisely who was responsible for the classic Vanden Plas style — whether it was Park Ward, Harrisons, or Vanden Plas. The person who probably should have been given the credit is H M Bentley. Chassis No. 183 is presently owned by L B Southward in New Zealand."

 
     
     
  Posted: Nov 14, 2008  
     
 

"This car was imported to New Zealand, registered as a new car, on May 2nd 1929 to Sidney Alfred Gibbons of Christchurch then after six other owners, was sold to the Southward Trust Museum at Waikanae, New Zealand on May 14 1957, and where it still resides.

A photo of this car being driven by Hillstead, appears in his book 'Those Bentley Days' 1953, Faber & Faber, London."

 
     
     
  Source: Roy Tilley
Posted: Jul 20, 2007
 
     
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AFC Hillstaed seen at the wheel.

 
     
     
  Source: Unknown
Posted: Nov 14, 2008
 
 
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EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 183
Engine No. 198
Registration No. XM 8888
Date of Delivery: Jan 1923
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: No info
Type of Car: TT
   
First Owner: HILLSTEAD A F C
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Hillstead's demonstrator. In New Zealand with eng 144 ex EXP 2 eng 198 in ch. 86. 4 seater believed Park Ward."  
     
     
  Posted: Sep 15, 2006  
     
 
 
 
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