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1925 Bentley 3 Litre SP 2-seater
Chassis No. 859
Engine No. 863
Registration No. EU 2406
July 31, 2019
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Chassis No. 859
Engine No. 863
Registration No. EU 2406
Source: Brad Lonson (Owner)
Posted: Aug 28, 2019
February 28, 2010
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Source: Flickr, photo posted by user 'growler2ndrow'
Posted: Jun 26, 2010
May 31, 2009
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Bagel'
Posted: Jun 27, 2012
2008
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Dmentd'
Posted: Mar 4, 2009
2007
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Yankee Guido'
Posted: Mar 4, 2009
1984
Source: Brad Lonson (Owner)
Posted: Aug 28, 2019
1983
Source: John Holliday (Former owner)
Posted: Nov 27, 2012
1983
Source: John Holliday (Former owner)
Posted: Nov 27, 2012
1976
Source: Christopher Rose (Former owner)
Posted: Jan 10, 2015
1976
"I owned this car for very nearly eight years, from the beginning of 1976 until the end of 1983. I covered many thousands of miles in this delightful car. I have masses of history relating to it, but I shall offer this to its current owners before adding anything further. I am happy to report that I did not knowingly sell it to Stanley Mann. The car seems almost entirely unchanged since my ownership.I enjoyed meeting Dr and Mrs Robinson very much indeed. What delightful people."
Jan 11, 2015
"Please help me to get in touch with Gerry Robinson & David Wheatley. Well done with your website.
Jan 12, 2015
"I once met the first owner, Mr Gower Andrews' former chauffeur, in a viilage just outside Abergavenny. He appeared to be in his eighties. He took me to where the big house once stood, but all that remained was the garage/coach house. Clearly, a lot had changed in fifty years."
Jan 13, 2015
"859 no longer resides in the museum, which has never owned it. I have a nagging suspicion that it is owned by a celebrity, but I have asked to be put in contact with whoever that is. Just discovered today that it was owned by three distinguished wartime naval officers in succession. I am sure you would be thrilled to discover that about 869. Vintage Bentleys were always revered by posh people, even when they became old and shabby!"
Jan 19, 2015
"I thought I should mention that by diligent research, I was able to discover this car's original body had survived. It was not a doctors' coupe, as has been suggested, but a beautiful Mulliner 2-seater with a double dickey, painted black with red leather upholstery."
Source: Christopher Rose (Former owner)
Posted: Jan 1, 0001
1965
"I bought the car from a dealer in East Yorkshire in 1965. I lived in the Leeds area at the time. She had been owned previously by a doctor in Whitby, North Yorkshire and I was lead to believe that the original body was a Doctor's Coupe. When I got the car a rather poor fabric 4 seater tourer body had been fitted.
She was running quite well at the time, but suffered from water leakage at the engine side plates. I replaced these with stainless steel. I used her for commuting daily 50 miles. I am pleased to see that she still has the original engine. She had lost her original red label radiator which had been replaced by a blue label one (overpainted red!)
I ran her for 10 years having a rebore and specialloid pistons during that time.
I sold the car to a dealer in Pately Bridge, and I believe that the next private owner was Chris Rose, who came to visit me in the late 1970s.
I paid £600 for the car and sold her for £4,500."
Source: David Wheatley (Former owner)
Posted: Aug 31, 2013
1946
Source: Gerry Robinson (Son of former owner)
Posted: Aug 29, 2012
1927
Source: Christopher Rose (Former owner)
Posted: Sep 18, 2019
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Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, January 1976
Posted: Jul 22, 2008
Source: Gerry Robinson (Son of former owner)
Posted: Aug 29, 2012
Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information
| Chassis No. | 859 |
|---|---|
| Engine No. | 863 |
| Registration No. | EU 2406 |
| Date of Delivery: | 31 Oct 1924 |
| Type of Body: | 2-seater |
| Coachbuilder: | H J Mulliner |
| Type of Car: | SP |
| First Owner: | GOWER ANDREWS W |
| More Info: | Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Original body removed and sold 1963. Now Vanden Plas replica." |
Mar 1, 2007