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1925 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1924 Numbers
Chassis No. 728
Engine No. 721
Registration No. XU 7613

  This car - updated
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. DU 1924

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - January 2019)
 
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"Gavin Bain's 1924 3 litre Speed Model, chassis 728. After an early accident, the Works installed the later, stone-guarded, radiator."

 
     
     
  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Newsletter 18-1 2018
Posted: Jan 21, 2019
 
     
2012
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"Gavin Bain's 3 litre Chassis 728 in its current form."

 
     
     
  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Newsletter 13-2
Posted: May 11, 2013
 
     
2012
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"Got a couple of shots of this car at Prescott England a couple of weeks ago. It is shortly returning to New Zealand."

 
     
     
  Source: Julian Grimwade
Posted: Aug 22, 2012
 
     
2006
In New Zealand in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
1964
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"Gavin Bain and his bagpipes with his recently acquired 3 litre, Chassis 728 at Pukaki Station on the 1964 Irishman Creek Rally." (Also seen is Bob Beardsley in George Wright's 4½ litre, chassis UK3285, showing signs of damage it received the evening before.)

 
     
     
  Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Newsletter 13-2
Posted: May 11, 2013
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 728
Engine No. 721
Registration No. XU 7613
Date of Delivery: Jul 1924
Type of Body: No info
Coachbuilder: Park Ward
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: KINGSBOROUGH Viscount
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "New - BA 728 FA 406 S/col 724 G/box 370 (A?). In New Zealand fitted 3 seat boat-tail body."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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