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1926 Bentley 6½ Litre    
Original 1926 Numbers
Chassis No. WB2556
Engine No. WB2558
Registration No. YM 8877
  This car - updated
Chassis No. WB2556
Engine No. WB2558
Registration No. YM 8877
(Updated with information from Stanley Mann Racing. - September 2007)
 
April 2018
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Read article - 2019: The year ahead of the Bentley centenary

  
     
     
  Source: AutoWeek
Posted: Sep 14, 2018		  
     
2012
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Photographs were taken at the NAVBM 2012.

  
     
     
  Source: Edward LaBounty
Posted: Jul 23, 2012		  
     
April 24, 2011
 
 

California Mille Miglia 1000, April 2011

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Beetlebomb Pohutukawa'
Posted: Mar 26, 2015		  
     
June 2009
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Concours on Rodeo June 2009
 
Los Angeles June 2009
 
 

 

  
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by users 'Lucre101' & 'dmented'
Posted: May 18, 2011		  
     
November 2007
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1926 Bentley 6½ Litre Speed Six Le Mans
Registration Number: YM 8877 Chassis Number: WB 2556 Engine Number: WB 2558

Superbly restored a few years ago and still in concours condition.

Fitted with overdrive.

Chassis to 11 ft Le Mans length.(This one handles like a 4½ litre.)

Very powerful vintage Bentley 220 +bhp (up rated)

  
     
     
  Source: Stanley Mann Racing
Posted: Nov 19, 2007		  
     
July-September 2007
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1926 Bentley 6½ Litre Speed Six Le Mans
Registration Number: YM 8877 Chassis Number: WB 2556 Engine Number: WB 2558

Superbly restored a few years ago and still in concours condition.

Fitted with overdrive.

Chassis to 11 ft Le Mans length.(This one handles like a 4½ litre.)

Very powerful vintage Bentley 220 +bhp (up rated)

Just arrived.

  
     
     
  Source: Stanley Mann Racing
Updated: Sep 27, 2007
Posted: Jul 19, 2007		  
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. WB2556
Engine No. WB2558
Registration No. YM 8877
Date of Delivery: Aug 1926
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: HAMSHAW
Type of Car: ST2
   
First Owner: PHILLIPS Mrs
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "? Rebodied as Mulliners coupe - now Vanden Plas 4 seater on 11' WB."  
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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