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1926 Bentley 3 Litre
Chassis No. RT1545
Engine No. RT1540 / SL3051
Registration No. YP 777 / ES EB 17H (Germany)
 
November 2010
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This car is owned by Eberhard Blumenstock as of November 2010. It was purchased by him on July 4, 2009 from Stanley Mann.

 
     
     
  Source: Eberhard Blumenstock in Germany (Owner)
Updated: Dec 01, 2010
Posted: Nov 10, 2010
 
     
 

This car has been marked as 'Sold' on Stanley Mann Racing website. We do not know the exact date of sale but it would somewhere between May 13 - July 17, 2009.

 
     
  Posted: Jul 18, 2009  
May 13, 2009
For sale at Stanley Mann Racing
 
 

The Stanley Mann Racing website states: "This is the classic vintage Bentley. The Red Label Speed model by Van Den Plas still with her original body. In superb condition and drives perfectly... Fully serviced in our workshop and ready to drive away."

 
     
     
  Posted: May 13, 2009  
     
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3 Litre Speed Model, Chassis no. RT1545, Reg no. YP777
Original bodied Speed model with original 4 1/2 Litre engine.

(This car is for sale as of February 2, 2009)

 
     
     
  Source: Classic Cars for Sale
Posted: Feb 02, 2009
 
     
October 2008
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This car is for sale at Neil Davies Historic Racing as of Oct 21, 2008.

Original bodied Speed Model with original 4½ litre engine.

 
     
     
  Source: Neil Davies Historic Racing
Posted: Oct 21, 2008
 
     
2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member
1950s
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"Some images for 3 Litre speed 1926 Reg YP 777. I think they are from the 1950s."

 
     
     
  Source: Tim Summers
Posted: Feb 17, 2012
 
     
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Chassis No. RT1545
Engine No. RT1540
Registration No. YP 777
Date of Delivery: Jun 1926
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
   
First Owner: MORETON G
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1272 with a standard Sporting 4-seater; scratched aluminium / black; 6/1926.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1272. Engine SL 3051 ex ch. SL 3051 - eng RT 1540 in ch. 971."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 04, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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