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Original 1925 Numbers
Chassis No. 915
Engine No. 923
Registration No. XY 4944
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This car - updated
Chassis No. 915
Engine No. 923
Registration No. XY 4944
(Updated with information from Bonhams. - August 2011) |
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| February 2018 |
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"My name is BERND DIMBATH, I am a violin maker in Bubenreuth, Germany and have been collecting vintage cars for more than 30 years.
15 years ago I bought a very nice 1928 BENTLEY Le Mans style open tourer 4 1/2 Litre (chassis KM3079) which is the highlight of my collection since then.
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A few years ago I happened to buy a very beautiful and unique wooden SHOOTING BRAKE body which was removed from the following car in 2012:
1925 Bentley 3-Litre
Registration no. XY 4944
Chassis no. 915
Engine no. 923"
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Source:
Bernd Dimbath
Posted: Feb 23, 2018 |
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| October
2012 |
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"The car now
carries an original Gurney Nutting
four seater open tourer body. This
body, in excellent condition, came
from Chassis NR505
which carries engine No 946. That
Chassis was originally built as No
955 in 1925, just weeks apart from
the time when Chassis 915 was made.
It was renumbered before being regsitered.
The four seater open tourer body by
Gurney Nutting was carefully removed.
It has since been fitted to Chassis
915 (from which the previous Shooting
brake body was removed) and retains
its British racing green paint on
body and wings, with seats in original
red leather front and back, and an
almost new hood with cover and frame.
It also retains its almost new tonneau
cover, and the original fitted rear
passenger auster screen."
The current owner of Chassis NR505
(which was first registered to Mr
E C Poynter in March 1926 carrying
the registration number YN3808), lives
in France where the car is registered
1926YP14. In 2007 he decided to have
the chassis shortened and the engine
bored out to 4½ litres, with
a new body and a 4½ litre radiator.
The work was carried out by VBE. |
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Source:
Nigel Macdonald (Owner)
Posted: Oct 09, 2012 |
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This car was purchased
by Nigel Macdonald in 2011. |
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Source:
Nigel Macdonald
Posted: Oct 09, 2012 |
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50
years in the current ownership
1925 Bentley 3-Litre Shooting Brake
Registration no. XY 4944
Chassis no. 915
Engine no. 923
Estimate: £80,000 - 100,000,
€ 91,000 - 110,000
Michael Hay's authoritative work, Bentley,
The Vintage Years, records the fact
that '915' was completed on the long
standard chassis with the A-type gearbox
and 'allweather' coachwork by James
Young. Registered 'XY 4944', the Bentley
was first owned by one J H Clay and
in June 1927 returned to the factory
to be fitted with the B-type gearbox.
It is not known when the current timber
framed and panelled shooting brake body
was fitted.
The car was purchased by the current
vendor in 1961 and last used in 2006.
Refurbishment carried out since acquisition
has included an engine rebuild (circa
1970) retaining the original standard-size
cylinders and pistons; overhauling the
wheel hubs and road springs; and various
remedial works to the wooden bodywork,
which now requires further attention.
Described as in generally good mechanical
condition, with fair/good body, paint
and interior, this unique and most practical
Bentley 3-Litre is offered with old-style
logbook and Swansea V5 registration
document. |
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Source:
Bonhams
Updated: Aug 19, 2011
Posted: Aug 04, 2011 |
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| 2011 |
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"This car is
due to be included in the Bonhams
September 2011 auction at Beaulieu." |
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Source:
John Murch
Posted: Jul 12, 2011 |
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| In
England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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| EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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| Chassis No. |
915 |
| Engine No. |
923 |
| Registration
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XY 4944 |
| Date of Delivery: |
May 1925 |
| Type of Body: |
Allweather |
| Coachbuilder: |
James Young |
| Type of Car: |
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| First Owner: |
CLAY J H |
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More Info:
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"A box new - B box fitted June
1927. Shooting brake body." |
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Posted: Mar 01, 2007 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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