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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre |
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Original 1927 Numbers
Chassis No. ST3009
Engine No. ST3010
Registration No. YU 775
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This car - updated
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. YU 775
(Current owner / former owners, please come forward with further updates. - November 2019) |
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"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." |
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Source: John Baker (Former owner)
Posted: Dec 06, 2019 |
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1964-1973 |
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This car was owned by John Baker from 1964 to 1973. |
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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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Photograph was taken
for program for Ambassador Invitational
le Cercle Concours d'Elegance-Visionaries. |
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Source:
Ambassador Invitational le Cercle Concours
d'Elegance-Visionaries program, May
15, 1977
Posted: Dec 09, 2006 |
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Car is shown at Peacock
Gap during a Concours d'Elegance. |
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Source:
Concours d'Elegance by Joseph
H. Wherry, 1969
Posted: May 03, 2007 |
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EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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Chassis No. |
ST3009 |
Engine No. |
ST3010 |
Registration
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YU 775 |
Date of Delivery: |
Nov 1927 |
Type of Body: |
4-seater |
Coachbuilder: |
Vanden Plas |
Type of Car: |
No
info |
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First Owner: |
MAYNARD Mrs |
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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." |
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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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