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1924 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1924 Numbers
Chassis No. 645
Engine No. 651
Registration No. XU 5698

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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. XU 5698

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - April 2018)
 
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"The driver is Henry Gilbert Stewart Briggs. He died on the 9 January 1939 in a plane crash as stated on this page."

 
     
     
  Source: Duncan Wright
Posted: Oct 09, 2018
 
     
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"Bentley XU 5698 was owned by Henry Gilbert Stewart Briggs (1916-1939) and John Maurice Winnington Briggs (1920-1945). They shared ownership of the car circa 1937-1939.

Both with the RAF, Gilbert died in a plane crash in Scotland on 9 Jan 1939 and Maurice died in a crash in Canada on 10 May 1945."

 
     
     
  Source: Duncan Wright
Posted: Apr 03, 2018
 
     
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Chassis No. 645
Engine No. 651
Registration No. XU 5698
Date of Delivery: May 1924
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: VERNEY G H G L
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1058 with a 4-seater Sports; eggshell black; 6/1924.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1058. Extensive accident 12/27 - rebuilt on new 9'9½" frame, new A box casing and front axle beam. Engine now 799 ex ch. 791, original body still fitted."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 04, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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