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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis No. ST3009
Engine No. ST3010
Registration No. YU 775

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Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. YU 775

(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - November 2019)
 
 

"I have the registration books for YU 775 from 1950s and also letter of sale to a George Vernon Russell in 1973. If you would like them please contact me."

 
     
     
  Source: John Baker (Former owner)
Posted: Dec 06, 2019
 
     
1964-1973
 

This car was owned by John Baker from 1964 to 1973.

 
     
     
  Source: John Baker (Former owner)
Posted: Dec 06, 2019
 
     
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  Source: A BDC member
Posted: Dec 09, 2006
 
     
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  Source: California Classics: Vol. II by John C. Meyer, III, 1978
Posted: May 16, 2007
 
     
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  Source: California Classics: Vol. II by John C. Meyer, III, 1978
Updated: Apr 30, 2007
Posted: Apr 23, 2007
 
     
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Photograph was taken for program for Ambassador Invitational le Cercle Concours d'Elegance-Visionaries.

 
     
     
  Source: Ambassador Invitational le Cercle Concours d'Elegance-Visionaries program, May 15, 1977
Posted: Dec 09, 2006
 
     
1976
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Silverado Meet 1976

"George Russell's Vanden Plas tourer on Vintage Bentley chassis ST3009, judged first in Bentley class." — From the article '1976 Silverado Winners', Photographs of the Meet by Bill Brownfield (Calif.)

 
     
     
  Source: The Flying Lady, September 1976
Posted: Jul 18, 2013
 
     
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Car is shown at Peacock Gap during a Concours d'Elegance.

 
     
     
  Source: Concours d'Elegance by Joseph H. Wherry, 1969
Posted: May 03, 2007
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. ST3009
Engine No. ST3010
Registration No. YU 775
Date of Delivery: Nov 1927
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: MAYNARD Mrs
 
     
  More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1417 with a standard 3-door, 4-seater Sports; Weymann fabric / green / black; 1:9/1927.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1417. "1/32 b/axle rebuilt - adjusted to give ˝mm clearances as backlash when racing with spiral bevel."? Reg YU 7751 or YU 775."
 
     
     
  Updated: Jul 05, 2007
Posted: Mar 01, 2007
 
     
 
 
 
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