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1924 Bentley 3/4½ Litre    
Original 1923 Numbers
Chassis No. 436
Engine No. 439
Registration No. XR 2416

  This car - updated
Chassis No. 436
Engine No. RT1535
Registration No. XR 2416

(Updated with information from owner Adrian Stevens. - May 2016)
 
June 2019
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"Bentley Motors Parade Lap before the race at Le Mans 2019"

 
     
     
  Source: Adrian Stevens
Posted: Jun 24, 2019
 
     
May 2016
 

This car is presently owned by Adrian Stevens.

 
     
     
  Source: Adrian Stevens (Owner)
Posted: May 05, 2016
 
     
March 15, 2013
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Vintage Bentley on the Test Hill at Brooklands, 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Oct 15, 2015
 
     
2013
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Chassis no. 436 at Charity Car Concours, 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Adrian Stevens (Owner)
Posted: Sep 22, 2014
 
     
July 2012
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Polhill Show Sevenoaks UK, July 2012

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Zack S'
Posted: Jan 02, 2013
 
     
June 18, 2011
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Brooklands, June 2011

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'SGH38'
Posted: Jul 30, 2015
 
     
2010
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XR2416 on Test Hill at Brooklands Double Twelve, 2010

 
     
     
  Source: Annie Stevens
Posted: Jan 28, 2013
 
     
2008
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Brooklands Double Twelve, 2008

 
     
     
  Source: Picasa, posted by user 'Peter Webb'
Posted: Dec 03, 2010
 
     
March 2008
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  Source: Adrian Stevens (Owner)
Posted: Sep 22, 2014
 
     
2008
 

This car was purchased by Adrian Stevens in 2008.

 
     
     
  Source: Adrian Stevens (Owner)
Posted: Sep 22, 2014
 
     
March 2008
Offered for sale by Stanley Mann Racing
 
 

As on March 28, 2008, this car is for sale at the Stanley Mann Racing website noting the following information: Registration Number: XR 2416; Chassis Number: 436; Engine Number: RT 1535.

Stanley Mann says, "No, she isn't matching no's, and her spec is top draw racing type." He says that the last owner of 13 years is forced to part with the car owing to "his suspension (knees)"!

He further adds, "Technically she has all the best bits; a rebuilt D type gearbox with recently fitted new gears, Engine unrated to 4½ litre with Phoenix everything, new body to VDP style, trimmed in leather, blade wings and those big sexy instruments.Even the wheels have just been replaced with new ones."

 
     
     
  Posted: Mar 28, 2008  
     
1926
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1st Body Middlesex County Club Meet 1926.

 
     
     
  Source: Autin Harris, U.K.
Posted: Jul 07, 2009
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 436
Engine No. 439
Registration No. XR 2416
Date of Delivery: Dec 1923
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Harrison
Type of Car: ST
   
First Owner: BENJAFIELD Dr J D
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Now racing 2 seater, engine RT 1535 ex ch. RT1528 modified to 4½ Litre."  
     
     
  Posted: Sep 20, 2006  
     
 
 
 
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