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1926 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1925 Numbers
Chassis No. 1223
Engine No. 1245
Registration No. YM 2706
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Chassis No. -
Engine No. -
Registration No. YM 2706
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with updates. - August 2016)
 
April 23, 2017
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"I was taking a pic of some fields of rapeseed when I heard this noise coming up the lane. The quintessential Sunday driver. What a magnificent sight."

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Colm'
Posted: May 25, 2017		  
     
August 2016
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1925 3-Litre Vintage Bentley chassis no. 1223 at BDC Silverstone 2016

  
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Jan 23, 2020		  
     
August 2016
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Bentley Drivers Club Silverstone, August 2016

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 27, 2016		  
     
May 23, 2015
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Benjafield MSA Sprint, Goodwood, May 2015

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'f1jherbert'
Posted: Jun 09, 2015		  
     
2013
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Birkin Rally, 2013

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Aug 22, 2013		  
     
July 9, 2011
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Tendring Show, July 2011

  
     
     
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Posted: Jul 16, 2015		  
     
July 11, 2009
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Country Shows, 2009

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Ian Press'
Posted: Jul 20, 2015		  
     
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  Source: eBay
Posted: Aug 14, 2013		  
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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  Source: Vivian Bush
Posted: Nov 05, 2007		  
     
August 1981
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"These photographs were taken at Silverstone Race Track in England in August 1981."

  
     
     
  Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Aug 11, 2006		  
     
1981
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Silverstone 1981

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Norfolkboy1'
Posted: Oct 25, 2012		  
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. 1223
Engine No. 1245
Registration No. YM 2706
Date of Delivery: Nov 1925
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. 1193 with a Standard 4-seater Sports; red/black; 11/1925.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1193." 		 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 04, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007		  
     
 
 
 
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439
Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147
Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651
Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg for his Chassis No. KL3590
Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207
Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165
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