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1928 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis No. BL1601
Engine No. BL1601
Registration No. YE 6029

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Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. YE 6029

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - December 2019)
 
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
June 12, 1999
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VSCC Hawthorne Trophy Meeting at Silverstone - 12th June 1999

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 14, 2015
 
     
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  Source: TraumAutoArchiv
Posted: Nov 18, 2010
 
     
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Photograph taken in Japan.

 
     
     
  Source: Bentley Boys, Japan
Posted: Sep 07, 2007
 
     
1940s
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"I think this car was owned by my father, Ralph Sleigh, in the mid 1940s."

 
     
     
  Source: Toby Sleigh (Son of former owner)
Posted: Jun 09, 2020
 
     
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Chassis No. BL1601
Engine No. BL1601
Registration No. YE 6029
Date of Delivery: Feb 1927
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: BIRKIN H R S
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1352 with a standard 4-seater Sports; Weymann fabric /red; 1/1927.

Team car driven by Birkin.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1352. Accident 4/30 - rec frame fitted. Accident 12/36 - new chassis frame, front axle beam and reconditioned back axle banjo. Frame now HF 3177. Corsica 4 seater then now Vanden Plas 4 seater by H&H."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 05, 2007
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 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651
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