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1928 Bentley 3 Litre |
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Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis
No. ML1501
Engine No. AX1675
Registration No. YF 2503
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This car - updated
Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. YF 2503
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - March 2018) |
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2008 |
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Text in article /
advertisment reads:
"We at RC Moss are currently
working on the "Bitch",
the last works 3 Litre Team Car built
for the 1927 Le Mans Race. Chassis
number ML 1501 was driven by George
Duller and Baron d'Erlanger. It spectacularly
crashed at the White House corner
in the early stages of the race and
proved too badly damaged to continue.
Returning to England YF 2503 was rapidly
repaired at the factory and made an
apperance in a victory ascent at the
Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb driven by
Sammy Davis. It was then sold to "Bummer"
Scott who raced the car at Brooklands
in 1928.
Subsequent owners included RO Williams,
Sub Lt H Kidston and 0 Ormrod who
continued racing at Brooklands during
the 1930s with some success.
With such a fascinating and important
history RC Moss are preserving the
many parts, that make up the only
survivor of the 1927 Le Mans Race,
from the original dashboard and racing
instruments through to the magnificent,
wonderfully battered and scarred,
25 gallon fuel tank. The original
timber frame body is largely complete
apart from the upper rear section
which was modified in 1945 with further
work by Tony Townsend in 1949.
The wooden frame has been stripped
down, treated and rebuilt with some
new wood where appropriate while retaining
the original wood bolted to the chassis
at the rear. The upper rear section
has been rebuilt to the original specification
to accommodate the Le Mans fuel tank.
The preservation of this important
Bentley has progressed slowly with
constant reference to hundreds of
enlarged, period photographs showing
extraordinary detail. This, when matched
to the chassis, bodywork and dashboard
enables us to check every stage and
preserve all the original build details
of this unique Team Car.
We have researched the full background
and original specifications throughout
this project and this illustrates
that there is a way to rebuild your
authentic car without losing any of
the visible provenance or history.
It can actually be enhanced and preserved
for many years to come." |
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Source:
"BDC Advertiser", March 2008
Posted: Sep 29, 2008 |
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2006 |
In
England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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Woman shown in photograph
is Mrs. Helen Lee Kennard who owned
the car at that time. For additional
information see her book Of Cars
& Ships & Poetry & Cats
& Other Things, 1987. The
Bentley was owned by her husband,
A. Norris Kennard, prior to their
marriage in 1940 and we have been
able to document that it was in their
ownership as late as 1994. |
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Source:
Of Cars & Ships & Poetry
& Cats & Other Things &
Robert McLellan
Posted: Jan 25, 2007 |
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EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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Chassis No. |
ML1501 |
Engine No. |
AX1675 |
Registration
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YF 2503 |
Date of Delivery: |
Aug 1927 |
Type of Body: |
4-seater |
Coachbuilder: |
Vanden Plas |
Type of Car: |
SP |
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First Owner: |
SCOTT W B |
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More Info:
According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder
records, this car was originally fitted
with Body No. 1378 with a Sports body
- replica of previous year's Le Mans
car; Weymann fabric sprayed green/green;
£150 10s.; 5/1927.
Team car driven by Scott.
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"Vanden Plas body no. 1378. "1927
Le Mans type Speed." Rebuilt on new
frame 8/28. Engine now HP 379 ex ch.
HP 400. Body modified. post war - since
restored." |
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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 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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