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1925 Bentley 3 Litre SP 4-seater
Chassis No. 1040
Engine No. 1069
Registration No. YM 7646 / MD 7187
1925

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1925 Bentley 3 Litre SP 4-seater
"A previously unseen picture of the only unaccounted for team car. It is (Tim) Houlding's ambition to discover the fate of 3-litre chassis 1040, and engine 1069, seen here at the 1025 Le Mans wearing race number nine.

Read more in article here.

Source: Article by Martyn Nuttand in The Automobile, March 1996
Posted: Nov 14, 2008

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1925 Bentley 3 Litre SP 4-seater
Read a small bit about this car at the end of article, Bentley Accreditation.

This painting is by Lionel Burrell. "I did this back in the 1960s when I was art editor of The Autocar. At that time I also did work for Car Magazine and Profile Publications." — Lionel Burrell, 13 Aug, 2012 (Present owner of KLY 3.)

Source: "Classic Car" magazine, October 1973
Posted: Jul 21, 2008

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1925 Bentley 3 Litre SP 4-seater
According to Michael Hay's "Bentley: The Vintage Years" - 1997, "No. 9 was driven by Duff and Clement in the 1925 Le Mans, the first of the "black" Le Mans... No. 9 was then fitted with a Weymann single-seat body to take the World's 24 Hours Record at 95.03 mph at Montlhery on the 21st/22nd September 1925. Finally No. 9 was fitted with a Macquet Galvier saloon body and sold to Ronald Leon. The true identity of MD7187? Chassis No. 1040, registered YM7646 with Vanden Plas body no. 1148."

Posted: Nov 14, 2008

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1925 Bentley 3 Litre SP 4-seater
1925 Bentley 3 Litre SP 4-seater
1925 Bentley 3 Litre SP 4-seater
 

Source: Article Regaining the Twenty-four Hours World's Record for Great Britain Published in "Motor Sport", November 1925
Posted: Mar 24, 2008

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Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information

Chassis No. 1040
Engine No. 1069
Registration No. YM 7646 / MD 7187
Date of Delivery: 31 May 1925
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
First Owner: DUFF J F
More Info: Team car driven by Duff at Montlhery in 1925. Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1148. Duff's 1925 Le Mans car and 24 hour Montlhery record car. Then sold to Ronald Leon with Macquet Galviet saloon. 25 gallon Le Mans tank."

Mar 1, 2007

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