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1923 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 285
Engine No. 291
Registration No. XO 5530

  This car - updated
Chassis No. 285
Engine No. 1003
Registration No. XO 5530

(Updated with information from Dr. Tom Dine. - 2009)
 
October 7, 2018
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Bentley in the city of Wells

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Chris C'
Posted: Oct 26, 2018
 
     
May 2018
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  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'hurlham'
Posted: May 31, 2018
 
     
August 2016
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Bentley Drivers Club Silverstone, August 2016

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 29, 2016
 
     
October 2009
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Cheltenham Steam and Vintage Fair, October 2009

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Welsh Harlequin'
Posted: Apr 12, 2016
 
     
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This car is presently owned by Dr. Tom Dine

"I have come across an interesting Times article from 1995 which I have attached. It was written when 'XO' was in the Beaulieu Museum for a while and a limited number of signed copies of the cutaway drawing (can be seen in the article) were given to the readers."

 
     
     
  Source: Dr. Tom Dine (Owner)
Posted: Feb 08, 2014
 
     
2008
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Hereford UK, 2008

 
     
     
  Source: Exotics on Road, posted by user 'Matt n Kief'
Posted: May 16, 2011
 
     
September 2007
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Fiennes Open Day, September 2007

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Bristols and Bentleys'
Posted: Jul 14, 2014
 
     
2007
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Silverstone 2007

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Si558'
Posted: May 16, 2011
 
     
2007
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The following information was received from Dr. Tom Dine:

"Chassis no: 285
Engine no: 1003
Registration no: XO 5530
Year of purchase: 2005

These photographs were taken in advance of a trip to Le Mans in 2007."

 
     
     
  Source: Dr. Tom Dine (Owner since 2005)
Posted: Sep 25, 2009
 
     
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  Source: Stock Index Online
Posted: May 16, 2011
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
2005
 

This car was purchased by Dr. Tom Dine in 2005.

 
     
     
  Source: Dr. Tom Dine (Owner)
Posted: Sep 25, 2009
 
     
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Photograph was taken at Bentley Drivers Club meet at Kensington Gardens.

 
     
     
  Source: "Queste" magazine, Bentley Special Issue, 1984
Posted: Jan 29, 2007
 
     
August 1981
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Photograph was taken at Silverstone Race Track in England in August 1981.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Aug 10, 2006
 
     
September 1969
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Two unpublished photographs of W O Bentley on his 80th Birthday taken by Mike Rogers, 16 September 1969.

 
     
     
  Source: Bonhams
Posted: Apr 26, 2018
 
     
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W.O. Bentley on his way to his 80th birthday party.

 
     
     
  Source: Dr. Tom Dine (Owner)
Posted: Sep 05, 2016
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 285
Engine No. 291
Registration No. XO 5530
Date of Delivery: Jul 1923
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: TT
   
First Owner: DUGDALE G
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 3255 with a sporting 4-seater; scratched aluminium and green.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 3255."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 03, 2007
Posted: Sep 14, 2006
 
     
 
 
 
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