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1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
Chassis No. 1215
Engine No. 1235 / SL3065
Registration No. (Not available) / AN 1926 / MO 1926
2013

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1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
International Vintage Bentley New Zealand Tour, January 2013

Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Jane Nearing'
Posted: Aug 22, 2013

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June 30, 2012
This car was purchased by Bruce Washington in July 2012.

Source: Bruce Washington (Owner)
Posted: Aug 1, 2012

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2012

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1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
"Bruce Washington, on the left, the new custodian of 3/4½ litre Chassis 1215, with its previous owner, Geoff Owen"

Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Newsletter 13-2
Posted: May 11, 2013

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2011

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1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
"Have just purchased car. Has been with previous owner for 50 years. Undergoing a restoration in 2012. Ready for 2013 BDC New Zealand tour." — Bruce Washington

Red Label Speed Model.
Chassis No. 1215

"Sold new to B. M. Stewart, Dundee, Scotland in November 1925 and imported into New Zealand when he immigrated in March 1926. The current owner purchased the vehicle in 1960 and has rallied it extensively in New Zealand and competed in the 1988 Australian Bi-Centennial Rally. New gears were fitted to the gearbox and rear axle in 1996. The engine was rebuilt by the current owner 4 years ago."

Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Newsletter Issue 11-5, 2011 and Bruce Washington
Posted: Aug 1, 2012

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2003
In New Zealand in 2003 / Owned by a BDC member

Posted: Jan 1, 0001

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1972

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1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
"John King's photograph was taken at Makarora during the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand's 1972 International Rally. The Bentleys are Bob Beardsley's 4½/3 litre, chassis SL3065, and Geoff Owen's 3 litre, chassis 1215. The chap in Gents' Natty Shirting is John's co-driver, Peter Felton. Your editor was supposed to have filled that role, but got married instead."

Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Newsletter 12-1
Posted: May 11, 2013

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1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
"3/4½ litre Bentley chassis 1215 seen during a mid-1980s Bentley Drivers Club run to Chateau Tongariro during Geoff and Shirley Owen's long ownership..."

Source: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Newsletter 2012
Posted: May 9, 2013

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Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information

Chassis No. 1215
Engine No. 1235 / SL3065
Registration No. (Not available) / AN 1926 / MO 1926
Date of Delivery: 31 Oct 1925
Type of Body: 2-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: SP
First Owner: B. F. Stewart
More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1242 with a 2-seater body with dickey seat; grey / black; 11/1925. Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1242. In New Zealand. Original body 2 seater with dickey. Engine SL 3065 ex ch. SL 3063 - 1235 was in ch. 168 now in ch. SL 3065. 880 wheels (new)."

Mar 1, 2007

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