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1926 Bentley 3 Litre    
Original 1928 Numbers
Chassis No. NR526
Engine No. 1204
Registration No. YV 1217

  This car - updated
Chassis No. NR526
Engine No. 742
Registration No. YV 1217

(Updated with information from owner Edward Brown. - July 2020)
 
July 2020
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"Chassis NR526 was owned by the McPhail family of Perth, Scotland from November 1962 until June 2020, when I purchased it from them direct.

I am waiting on Dr Clare Hay compiling me an inspection report, but know it was delivered on 20/3/1928 to a Miss L Murray, London SW1 with a Gurney Nutting coupe body.

The engine was changed to 742 and a VDP 'standard' tourer body fitted in 1935. It was most recently restored in 6/1987 by Hoffmann's of Henley, nr London UK and has most likely completed no more than 2K miles since.

It hadn't been outside Scotland for 27 years!

Save for a complete inspection, all new consumables, new shock-absorbers, fuel pump, rebuilt magneto’s etc... it’s now ready for the road."

 
     
     
  Source: Edward Brown (Owner)
Posted: Jul 31, 2020
 
     
July 2020
 

This car is presently owned by Edward Brown.

 
     
     
  Source: Edward Brown (Owner)
Posted: Jul 30, 2020
 
     
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Chassis No. NR526
Engine No. 1204
Registration No. YV 1217
Date of Delivery: Mar 1928
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Gurney Nutting
Type of Car: ST
   
First Owner: Miss L. Murray
 
     
  More Info: NR526 was Chassis no. 1195

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Was 1195. Last heard of 1963 - ? fitted engine 742 ex ch. 731?"
 
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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