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1928 Bentley 3 Litre SP 4-seater
Chassis No. AX1661
Engine No. AX1666
Registration No. YH 452
April 21, 2017
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Source: Roy Cousins
Posted: May 2, 2017
August 5, 2014
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'David Grounds'
Posted: Nov 4, 2014
April 25, 2014
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'David Grounds'
Posted: Nov 10, 2014
May 31, 2013
"You recently submitted information on two Bentleys in our 'unidentified' Bentleys page, attributing both these cars to being Chassis No. AX1661. And while you have mentioned the Reg no. as YH 462 the car shown in one of the pics bears reg plate reading YH 452."
Brian Rivett to VintageBentleys.org, Feb 2013
"You're right! I didn't have the photgraph in front of me when I wrote the email to you. The reason for my error is that the number in the factory records is handwritten and indistinct, and was the subject of some debate as to whether it reads 452 or 462. When it came to reclaimimg the original number from the UK licensing department, to replace the registration mark that the car was given on its return from the Federal Malay Staes in 1936, we plumped for 462.
We bought the car in 2005, through The Real Car Company, which usually deals in Derby and Crewe, not Cricklewood Bentleys, was seemingly unaware that they had a late all matching numbers AX chassis lurking beneath the rather decrepit exterior. I am very busy at the moment, but I shall send you some photographs which will show the car in its various stages of rebuild and will describe in a little more detail the work that has been carried out."
Source: Brian Rivett (Owner)
Posted: Jun 13, 2013
August 31, 2012
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Cole Trickle'
Posted: Nov 8, 2012
2006
Posted: Jan 1, 0001
2005
Source: Brian Rivett (Owner)
Posted: Jun 13, 2013
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I went to look at your car a few days before you bought it from the Real Car Company in Wales. I was a bit put out that Ray had warmed the car up before I got there... And I found changing gear very difficult. Ray informed me that a buyer had rushed out of London to see the car hoping that it was an original bodied car but had not bought it.
I have owned many vintage cars but a vintage Bentley is my car of choice. However your car was the first Vintage Bentley that I had ever driven so I was a bit apprehensive about driving her. To cut a long story short I didn't buy the car. Now I find that your car was the car of my dreams. I think that they refer to this as a Hamlet Cigar moment.So near and yet so far...
If you ever decide to sell her please let me know...
A sales photo from the time that I nearly bought her"
Source: Frank Lord
Posted: Mar 14, 2014
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Source: Alamy
Posted: Mar 12, 2009
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Ian Press'
Posted: Jun 12, 2013
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Source: Unknown
Posted: Oct 13, 2008
Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information
| Chassis No. | AX1661 |
|---|---|
| Engine No. | AX1666 |
| Registration No. | YH 452 |
| Date of Delivery: | 30 Apr 1927 |
| Type of Body: | 4-seater |
| Coachbuilder: | Vanden Plas |
| Type of Car: | SP |
| First Owner: | ELKINGTON G A C |
| More Info: | According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1375 with a Sporting 4-seater; Weymann fabric / black; Regd. QU 4294; 4/1927. Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1375. In Malaya and Singapore in the 1930s. Reg QA 4294 - now registered CYU 107." |
Mar 1, 2007