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1924 Bentley 3 Litre
Chassis No. 431
Engine No. 441
Registration No. XT 260
 
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Bibbenden

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr
Posted: Aug 07, 2014
 
     
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Photograph was taken in the 1980s.

 
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Mar 10, 2007
 
     
1974
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1974 BDC Meet at Silverstone.

 
     
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars", October 1975
Posted: Jul 21, 2008
 
     
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Chassis no: 431
Registration No: XT 260
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas

 
     
     
  Source: Pipo Aymamí
Posted: Jul 05, 2014
 
 
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According to Michael Hay's "Bentley: The Vintage Years" - 1997, "(the car) Now (i.e. around 1997) fitted with a VdP replica tourer, in the hands of B R Bowyer."

 
     
     
  Posted: Nov 14, 2008  
     
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Chassis No. 431
Engine No. 441
Registration No. XT 260
Date of Delivery: Dec 1923
Type of Body: 2-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: (DODGSON W R B)
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1036 with a 2-seater streamline Sports; egg-shell black; body price £210; 3/1924.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1036. Was homemade 2 seater now Vanden Plas replica (1973)."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 04, 2007
Posted: Sep 20, 2006
 
     
 
 
 
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