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1928 Bentley 3 Litre |
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Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis No. TN1573
Engine No. TN1570
Registration No. YT 8830
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This car - updated
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. YT 8830
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - March 2019) |
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2006 |
In
Scotland in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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Around
1948 |
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This car was owned
by Dr. John Williams, Worcester for
a couple of years around 1948.
"I don't know much about the
car, but remember being allowed to
sit on my father's knee and steer
it at the age of 8.
It was not particularly attractive
and it was a 'special' made out of
a saloon sometime in the late 1930's.
Imagine destroying a saloon that was
only about ten years old!
I do recall father saying that the
brake drums hit the road if there
was a puncture, which appears to be
evident in the photo on your website
(last photo on this page, posted on
Apr 03, 2009). I don't have any pictures
taken during the time my father had
the car, but do have a page from The
Autocar of 4 October 1940 with a letter
from the then owner (posted below),
and a photo of the car, showing the
wartime white "blackout"
wings. He is making various points
in his letter and claiming the benefits
of 17 inch wheels, a chrome plated
radiator, and an apron between the
dumb-irons. I am not sure that these
modifications would really be appreciated
today!" |
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Source:
John Williams (Son of Dr. John Williams
who owned the car around 1948)
Posted: Jun 24, 2009 |
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EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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Chassis No. |
TN1573 |
Engine No. |
TN1570 |
Registration
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YT 8830 |
Date of Delivery: |
Oct 1927 |
Type of Body: |
Saloon |
Coachbuilder: |
THORNS |
Type of Car: |
SP |
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First Owner: |
HAWKES H G |
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More Info:
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"Now 4 seater engine 137 ex ch.
131 - TN 1570 in ch. RE 1385." |
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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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