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| Update: Edward Brian Mortimer-Rose's 3-litre Bentley |
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"My uncle, Edward Brian Mortimer-Rose, a fighter pilot in WW2 was sadly killed in 1942. This is a picture of him taken at RAF Warmwell in Dorset with his Bentley. Can identify the model from the photograph?" — Jonathan Macfie [Read more] |
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David Green responds to reader Jonathan Macfie's enquiry, identifying Edward Brian Mortimer-Rose's 3 litre. Thanks David!
Dear Robert, You have an enquiry from Brian Mortimer-Rose's nephew about a Bentley
his uncle once owned. It is obviously a 3-litre with a standard radiator and a
modified body, complete with wartime alterations to the headlights. The only 3-litre
coming remotely close to LR or LP and 36 or 38 is LPT 326, which makes it a standard
model from February 1926. My copy of Hay indicates it started out as a coupe on a
long chassis, a comparatively unusual use of the length. It was cut to short chassis
length at some stage. Its original registration number was KU 7770, and its chassis
number was HP383. My copy of Hay is the Second Edition, where the car is listed as
still surviving, having been relengthened. It should have a VdP tourer body, and a
registration number of SL 9980. I have checked this registration number against the
DVLA database and it is recorded as requiring new taxation in 1987, and is a Bentley
recorded as being made in 1924. This suggests the car may no longer be with us. ~ David Green, 7th September 2016 |
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HP 383 (1926 3-litre) Vanden Plas Coupe - Owner: D. Howe
RROC 59th Annual Meet 2010 Ontario
Source: The Flying Lady, 2010-6 |
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| Click here to view more info & photographs of Chassis No. HP383 |
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