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| 1927 Bentley 6½ Litre |
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Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis No. FW2615
Engine No. WK2652
Registration No. YE 9409
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This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. YE 9409
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - May 2018) |
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'Thor’ – a Bentley road car.
"Created in the 1930s out of a 6½ litre Big Six Bentley saloon (reg. no. YE 9409). After stripping the chassis (a standard 12 ft. 6 inches wheelbase 6½ litre) bare, [Dick] Caesar built a light wood-framed open four-seater tourer body on it, and later, with the help of Robin Jackson, the engine was modified, having a Le Mans block with Speed Six camshaft. The car weighed just under 36 cwt. and was geared to do 97 mph at 3,500 rpm. It would reach 70 mph in 17 seconds and 105 mph flat out. According to Caesar “It handles beautifully in a large way and is as dignified a mass of brute force as you could wish for!” |
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Source:
West Country Motor Sport History (Made available by Chris Stevens)
Posted: May 12, 2018 |
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| 2006 |
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Japan in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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"I believe this car
was owned for some time by Richard
"Dick" Caesar who rebuilt
it with his own designed body. If
I remember correctly it had climb-over
doors" |
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Source:
Chris Stevens
Posted: Aug 09, 2010 |
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| EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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| Chassis No. |
FW2615 |
| Engine No. |
WK2652 |
| Registration
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YE 9409 |
| Date of Delivery: |
Mar 1927 |
| Type of Body: |
Coupe |
| Coachbuilder: |
HOOPER |
| Type of Car: |
ST3  |
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HOMAN C W J |
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More Info:
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"BS box. Hooper body no. 6676.
2/4 seat cabriolet, folding grey leather
hood, grey, wheel discs, ship's pattern
scuttle vent. Scottish Show car? Rebuilt
as Vanden Plas 4 seater, eng ? - WK2652
extant, not in a chassis." |
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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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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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