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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. RN3039
Engine No. RN3037
Registration No. YU 8477

  This car - updated
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Registration No. YU 8477

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

 
     
     
  Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Jan Martin'
Posted: Dec 23, 2019
 
     
April 2014
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Flying Scotsman Vintage Rally, April 2014

 
     
     
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Posted: Oct 15, 2014
 
     
September 2010
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Peking to Paris, September 2010

 
     
     
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Posted: Nov 21, 2014
 
     
March 2010
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Flying Scotsman Reliability Trial, March 2010

 
     
     
  Source: Migdalski, UK
Posted: Nov 18, 2010
 
     
2009
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Vintage Bentley on the track of Le Mans 2009. Sketch by Jean Marie Guivarc'h.

 
     
     
  Source: Jean Marie Guivarc'h
Posted: Jun 25, 2009
 
     
2008
In United Kingdom in 2008 / Owned by a BDC member
January 2008
Offered for sale by Stanley Mann Racing
 
 

Nine new photographs — newer than the ones for Dec 2007 — of this car (Chassis No. RN3039) were sighted on the Stanley Mann Racing website on January 11, 2008.

Says Stanley Mann, "This is the real deal, not bullied up for concourse work but for serious rallying / racing." His website notes that the engine was rebuilt with phoenix crank rods, "by no less than top vintage Bentley restorers Elmdown... in fact the last 10 odd years she has been maintained by them." As for the body, he states that the Le Mans style fitted 23 years ago is still perfect with a slight patina.

Stanley Mann further states that the car now sports a new set of Blockley tyres, and was "fully serviced" by Stanley Mann's workshop last month.

 
     
     
  Posted: Jan 12, 2008  
     
December 2007
Offered for sale by Stanley Mann Racing
 
 

Nine new photographs of this car (Chassis No. RN3039) were sighted on the Stanley Mann Racing website on December 16, 2007.

Stanley Mann says on his website that he sold it to a customer about 22 years ago, and has now bought her back from the same person. The owner has looked after the car well and rallied it all over the world along with his wife. Says Stanley Mann, "This superb car has had fitted Phoenix crank and rods, new gearbox gears, etc, etc. All this work being carried out by Elmdown Vintage Works who are one of the best restorers of the vintage Bentley marque." The car is finished in the "traditional BRG".

 
     
     
  Posted: Dec 16, 2007  
     
November 2007
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  Source: Stanley Mann Racing
Posted: Nov 12, 2007
 
     
November 2007
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  Source: Stanley Mann Racing
Posted: Nov 10, 2007
 
     
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1928 4½ Litre Le Mans Replica.

Matching numbered 1928 4½ litre with nicely patinated Le Mans Replica coachwork. Owned by a passionate enthusiast, who has rebuilt the engine with new crank and rods to enjoy fast Continental rallies. "C" type gearbox, Sloper carburettor and vacuum servo assisted brakes give a brilliant spec.

 
     
     
  Source: Tim Houlding International
Posted: Sep 26, 2007
 
     
EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION
 
Chassis No. RN3039
Engine No. RN3037
Registration No. YU 8477
Date of Delivery: Jan 1928
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Freestone & Webb
Type of Car: No info
   
First Owner: CRESSWELL Rev C L
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Was station wagon - now Robinson tourer."  
     
     
  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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