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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1929 Numbers
Chassis No. RL3429
Engine No. RL3434
Registration No. XV 9363

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Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. XV 9363

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - June 2019)
 
2017
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West Coast Vintage Bentley Rally, 2017

 
     
     
  Source: Craig Ekberg
Posted: Jun 18, 2019
 
     
June 2013
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA, June 2013

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Teematt'
Posted: Jul 04, 2013
 
     
May 2010
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These photos were taken at the NAVBM 2010 by Edward LaBounty.

 
     
     
  Source: Edward LaBounty
Posted: Aug 14, 2010
 
     
September 2008
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Colorado Grand 1000, September 2008.

Read about the event here.

 
     
     
  Source: Kurt Furger
Posted: Sep 24, 2008
 
     
2006
In USA in 2006 / Owned by a BDC & RROC member
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This photograph is from an advertisement by Coys in "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, August 1983.

Text in advt reads: 1929 Bentley 4½ Litre open touring car, winner of 1982 B.D.C. Concours Award, Kensington Gardens. Having just completed the recent South African BDC Rally, we are now pleased to offer this car for sale. Finished in maroon and black with beige upholstery, black weather equipment and Auster screen.

 
     
     
  Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, August 1983
Posted: Sep 16, 2008
 
     
 

Wayne M. Kennerley has identified the car in above photograph as being Chassis no. RL3429. The source cited for this information is "Programme for 1983 South African Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa". — March 2, 2009

 
 
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. RL3429
Engine No. RL3434
Registration No. XV 9363
Date of Delivery: Jan 1929
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: No info
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: RYAN Sir G E Bt
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Salmons d/h coupe 1936 now tourer by Cook."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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