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1926 Bentley 3 Litre |
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Original 1926 Numbers
Chassis No. SR1418
Engine No. SR1411
Registration No. YR 22
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This car - updated
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. YR 22
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - November 2019) |
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According to Michael
Hay's "Bentley: The Vintage
Years" - 1997, "The
registration number YR22 has been
transferred to a 3/8
Litre special, and there is no
trace of Chassis No. SR1418 after
it was advertised for sale in 1982." |
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Posted:
Nov 14, 2008 |
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on thumbnail for larger view |
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This photograph is
from a Vintage Sports Car Club bulletin
published in 1960. |
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Source:
VSCC Bulletin, 1960
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 |
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Source:
Unknown
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 |
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EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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Chassis No. |
SR1418 |
Engine No. |
SR1411 |
Registration
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YR 22 |
Date of Delivery: |
Nov 1926 |
Type of Body: |
Saloon |
Coachbuilder: |
Vanden Plas |
Type of Car: |
ST |
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First Owner: |
McKENZIES GARAGE |
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More Info:
According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder
records, this car was originally fitted
with Body No. 1363 with a Special Saloon
with silver plate screen; £450;
2/1927.
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"Vanden Plas body no. 1363. "Special
saloon with silver plated screen." Numbers
given as ch. 788 - eng 1053 ex ch. NR
510. Engine SR 1411 in ch. 1122. Reg
no YR 22 on 3/8
special. This car last heard of
1982 - ?" |
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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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