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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
Chassis No. AD3659
Engine No. AD3660
Registration No. GT 1048
July 31, 2018
Source: David Morris (Owner)
Posted: Aug 4, 2018
May 31, 2011
"Engine has AD3660 and Crankcase from FX3603 which is a similar heavy Crankshaft to original spec. The car has proved to be strong and reliable and I have driven 45000 miles or so with very minor faults."
Source: David Morris (Owner)
Posted: Jun 30, 2011
2009
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Source: Classic Car Blog
Posted: May 6, 2013
2007
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Source: Russell Browne
Posted: May 20, 2013
2006
Posted: Jan 1, 0001
2003
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Source: Chris Card
Posted: Jan 17, 2008
1997
Source: David Morris (Owner)
Posted: Jun 30, 2011
1975
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Posted: Jan 17, 2008
1968
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Source: Chris Card
Posted: Jan 17, 2008
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1930 4½-LITRE BENTLEY REPLICA Tourer. Chassis No. AD 3659. Engine No. AD 3660. UK Reg. No. GT 1048
'...I don't know how many horses the new engine develops, but I fancy it is well over the three figures... this car can be 'punka-te-punkaed' round the West End in top gear at a veritable crawl. That combination of dash and docility — as unusual as it is desirable — seems always to characterise Bentley design, and it puts the car almost in a class by itself...' The Tatler, London, 1928.
This striking example of perhaps the best-known of all Cricklewood Bentley models has been the property of the Earl Cawdor for the past twenty years, since he purchased it from H. R. Owen, Berkeley Street, London, in 1969.
The car, chassis number AD 3659 was first completed in June 1930 carrying a Martin Walter saloon body. It went to Jack Olding & Co. Ltd. of 8-10 North Audley Street, London W1 who first taxed it for road use on September 28, 1931, but quickly sold it to its first true owner, Mr. Edward Sinott Coltman of 243 Baring Road, Grove Park, London SE12. In 1936 it passed from him to Thomas John Moffatt of Leicester, and in 1939 via Brayshaw & Carr Ltd. of Leicester to J. H. Heward of Evington in the same county.
Two years later it became the property of A. H. Smith of Bushby before apparently being requisitioned by the Secretary of State, Home Office, Wl, director of supply and transport.
Its original buff logbook document has survived, but it was replaced by a new-issue buff book in 1947 when the car was owned by J. H. Cobb of Guildford, Surrey. It subsequently passed to Gwendoline Bridger of Godalming, Surrey, in 1956 and the logbook is endorsed on November 10, 1959, noting the change of body type to tourer and colour to maroon.
Mr. R. G. Felton of Ealing, London W5, then acquired GT 1048 in June 1967 after which it passed through the hands of the Viscount Emlyn of Broad Oak, Carmarthenshire, Wales, to its present owner.
The 4½-litre Bentley series was introduced to compensate for the performance shortcomings of the original 3-litre type — which too many customers had fitted with unsuitably heavy bodies — without running to the complexity and expense of the 6½-litre 'Silent Six' models.
Source: Christie's Auction of Jaguar, Aston Martin, Lagonda and Bentley Automobiles in Monaco catalog, May 3, 1989
Posted: Dec 27, 2006
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Source: Chris Card
Posted: Jan 17, 2008
Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information
| Chassis No. | AD3659 |
|---|---|
| Engine No. | AD3660 |
| Registration No. | GT 1048 |
| Date of Delivery: | 31 May 1930 |
| Type of Body: | Saloon |
| Coachbuilder: | Martin Walter |
| Type of Car: | No info |
| First Owner: | COLTMAN E S |
| More Info: | Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Used by Secretary of state at the Home Office during the war. "Extended Tecalemit greasers fitted to suit low position of step. irons." Now Vanden Plas 4 seater, eng FS 3603 ex ch. FS 3601." |
Mar 1, 2007