Vintage Bentley
Production NOS.
Where To Look For
Chassis & Engine NOS.
Bentley Specials & Special Bentleys
Unidentified
Bentleys
1926 Bentley 3 Litre SP 4-seater
Chassis No. AH1477
Engine No. AH1478 / S818AH
Registration No. YM 6250
December 25, 2015
Click on thumbnail for larger view
Source: Flickr, posted by user 'jersey aviation images'
Posted: Dec 28, 2015
November 30, 2011
Click on thumbnail for larger view
Source: Flickr, posted by user 'jersey aviation images'
Posted: Apr 8, 2013
2010
Click on thumbnail for larger view
Source: Vintage Works
Posted: Aug 27, 2010
May 31, 2009
Click on thumbnail for larger view
Registration plate YM 6250; Chassis Number AH 1477; Engine Number S818AH; Engine Capacity 3,000 cc; Transmissions Manual 4 speed; Body style Original Vanden Plas Tourer; Interior color Red leather; Exterior color Black; Seating capacity 4; Wheels and Tyres Wire wheels
Body
Original Vanden Plas Tourer body with a raised radiator which results in beautiful proportions and fantastic lines.There are some stress cracks in the aluminium outer skin which can if required by the new owner be attended to by ourselves quite easily. Alternatively just use it.
Mechanical
Drives very well indeed with plenty of tourque. Rolling chassis completely stripped and restored (including engine)in the 1990's. No requirments here apart from routine servicing.
Interior
Believed to be Re-trimmed in the 1950's and now with wonderful patina and in very good order.
Overall comments
A true British vintage car in excellent presentable and original condition that's ready to use.
For sale at Le Riche Automobile Restorers as of June 10, 2009. Price: POA
The car was withdrawn from sale within a few weeks. On Dec 29, 2009 Ian Le Riche wrote to VintageBentleys.org saying, "We did put it for sale last June for a couple of weeks then withdrew the car as we decided to keep it, (A good idea we think)."
Source: Le Riche Automobile Restorers Posted: Jun 10, 2009
Posted: Jan 1, 0001
December 31, 2008
Click on thumbnail for larger view
Source: Sven Ljungström (Owner)
Posted: Jan 1, 0001
1994
Source: Sven Ljungström
Posted: Feb 11, 2009
1952
Click on thumbnail for larger view
This very high graded photograph is in fact a copy from a glass negative in a collection of negatives, owned by Mr John Mackinnon in Dalkeith, Midlothian, and was in 1994 among others offered by him to the then owner of AH1477, Mr A. T. Smith in Altringcham, Cheshire.
AH1477 had in 1952 already got a fashionable folding flat windscreen, and the car today still looks as did then, almost 60 years ago.
Source: Sven Ljungström
Posted: Feb 11, 2009
1952
Source: Sven Ljungström
Posted: Feb 11, 2009
Source: Roley Fraser (Former owner)
Posted: Nov 9, 2013
Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information
| Chassis No. | AH1477 |
|---|---|
| Engine No. | AH1478 / S818AH |
| Registration No. | YM 6250 |
| Date of Delivery: | 31 Jan 1926 |
| Type of Body: | 4-seater |
| Coachbuilder: | Vanden Plas |
| Type of Car: | SP |
| First Owner: | EVANS Capt |
| More Info: | According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1234 with a standard 4-seater Sports; blue / black; 12/1925. Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1234. Engine 818 ex ch. 829." |
Mar 1, 2007