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1926 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1926 Numbers
Chassis No. SR1402
Engine No. SR1407
Registration No. YO 3997

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Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. SM 4

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - July 2019)
 
May 2019
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  BDC Scottish Whit weekend rally, May 2019  
     
     
  Source: Simon Laidlaw
Posted: Jul 15, 2019
 
     
2010 - 2012
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Forres Vintage Theme Day, 2nd May 2010

Forres Vintage Vehicle Day, 6th May 2012
 
 
 

 

 
     
     
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Posted: Oct 25, 2014
 
     
2010 - 2011
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May, 2010

Forres Scotland 2011
 
 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Ronnie Cameron'
Posted: May 30, 2013
 
     
 

Lord Monro's pride and joy, a 1926 vintage Bentley worth £55,000, has been left to his eldest son Seymour Monro. This also includes the private registration plate 'SM 4' which is worth £15,000. (The source of this information or when it was written is indeterminate. We are trying to find out. — VintageBentleys.org)

 
     
     
  Posted: Nov 29, 2010  
     
2010
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Brodie, Scotland 2010

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Eric Hart'
Posted: Sep 24, 2010
 
     
May 2010
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Highland Classic Motor Club

 
     
     
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Posted: Jul 10, 2010
 
     
2006
In Scotland in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
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  Source: Unknown
Posted: Mar 06, 2009
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. SR1402
Engine No. SR1407
Registration No. YO 3997
Date of Delivery: May 1926
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: NIBLETT F
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1263 with a standard 4-seater Sports; scratched aluminium / red; 5/1926.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1263. Rebuilt with eng RL 3427 ex ch. FB 3324 and D Box - SR 1407 was in ch. FB 3324. Re-reg SM 4. Reg no. YO 3997 now on ch. 923."
 
     
     
  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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