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1926 Bentley 3 Litre 100 RACING
Chassis No. 1106
Engine No. 1109
Registration No. PE 3200
Accompanying text for reads: Dudley Froy at the wheel of the ex-Barnato 4½-litre Bentley in its rebodied form. Later a 4½-litre engine was installed in this car and later still the body seems to have been transferred to Richard Marker's 6½-litre Bentley.
Source: Motor Sport magazine, 1957
Posted: Oct 21, 2008
Accompanying text for reads: Woolf Barnato's Jarvis-bodied 3-litre Bentley 2-seater. In this form it won the 90-m.p.h. Long Handicap at the 1926 Easter meeting, lapping at 100.82 m.p.h. Its subsequent career was a long one, for it was rebodied and later given a 4½-litre engine.
Source: Motor Sport magazine, 1957
Posted: Oct 21, 2008
Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information
| Chassis No. | 1106 |
|---|---|
| Engine No. | 1109 |
| Registration No. | PE 3200 |
| Date of Delivery: | 30 Apr 1925 |
| Type of Body: | RACING |
| Coachbuilder: | JARVIS |
| Type of Car: | 100 |
| First Owner: | BARNATO Capt W |
| More Info: | Race car driven by Barnato at Brooklands. Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "4� Litre engine EXP5 and single seat body ex Invicta 1928. Engine 1109 in ch. 134. EXP5 fitted to ch. AP 323 - 1106 fitted engine HP 387 ex ch. AP 323 1930. Replica of original body now fitted by FLM Panelcraft - in Sweden." |
Mar 1, 2007






