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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Chassis No. EXP 2
Engine No. 163 (?)
Registration No. BM 8752
June 30, 2019

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Photographs were taken at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, July 2019

Source: Jeremy Rippon
Posted: Jul 30, 2019

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June 30, 2019

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
"Please find attached a photo of EXP2, Registration No. BM 8752, taken at Goodwood Festival of Speed, 4 July 2019."

Source: Nigel Catterall
Posted: Jul 18, 2019

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May 31, 2019

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
"Bentley Motors Parade Lap before the race at Le Mans 2019"

Source: Adrian Stevens
Posted: Jun 27, 2019

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April 7, 2016

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Techno Classica, April 2016

Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Perico001'
Posted: Dec 27, 2016

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April 30, 2015

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater

Source: Bentley Motors
Posted: Jul 17, 2015

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August 31, 2008

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Goodwood Revival Meeting on September 21, 2008

Source: Bob Rippon
Posted: Sep 27, 2008

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2007

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Brooklands 2007.

Source: Nonesuche
Posted: Jan 24, 2009

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2007

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Byfleet Rally 2007. St George's Hill.

Source: Picasa, posted by user 'Max'
Posted: Apr 27, 2011

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2007

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Cars are shown on Booklands Race Track in June of 2007 during centenary celebration.

Source: Bentley Media
Posted: Jun 18, 2007

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2001

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Photograph was taken during the 2001 Brooklands Society Reunion.

Source: The Brooklands Society
Posted: Aug 20, 2007

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2001

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Photograph was taken at grand opening of Broughtons of Surrey showroom in 2001.

Source: "Queste" magazine, Spring 2001
Posted: Dec 20, 2006

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1996

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater

Source: Stills from 'Top Marques' documentary, 1996
Posted: Apr 27, 2011

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1922

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1922: The T.T., Isle of Man, Left to right: Ex No. 3 'W.O.' and Pennal; Hawkes and Browning; Clement and Saunders; and Hillstead and Ex No. 2 (the practice car).

Source: Article by Darell Berthon in Profile Publications, 1967
Posted: May 24, 2007

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1921

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1921: Ex No. 2 The Bentley wins its first race driven by Frank Clement at Brooklands

Source: Article by Darell Berthon in Profile Publications, 1967
Posted: May 24, 2007

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
EXP2, the second prototype 1919 3-Litre, the oldest surviving Bentley, owned by Bentley Motors.

Source: RollsRoyce Foundation
Posted: Apr 27, 2011

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According to Michael Hay, J.E. Foden was the second owner of EXP 2.

(J.E. Foden was the first owner of Chassis no. 75.)

Posted: Nov 7, 2008

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Klassikwelt Bodensee.

Source: Flickr
Posted: Mar 2, 2009

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"You should look into the history of Experimental No 2 and the fact that it may be sitting on a replica chassis! This car was built up from a few original EXP 2 parts by the late Gordon Russell and is now owned by the Teutonic version of Bentley Motors and probably insured for millions of pounds."

Source: Alan Smith
Posted: Apr 19, 2016

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"In 1982 Tim Houlding published "The Legends and the Thunder - Number 1", which is a 72 page treatise on EXP2. Its final chapter, 'Maturity and the Hereafter' says that Tony Townshend acquired EXP2 in the 1950s, and that at that time it was fitted with its third engine (144) in a production-type frame, and sported an early Vanden Plas 4-seater body.

Of the components fitted to EXP2 when sold by Bentley Motors in 1923, only the engine (#144), radiator, bonnet, rear axle petrol tank, steering column, gearbox plus propshaft and associated dynamo and speedometer drives, and numerous chassis fittings were found to be present in the car."

Source: Koke Twigg-Smith
Posted: Jun 5, 2016

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Clement in EXP2 at Brooklands.

Source: Unknown
Posted: Nov 8, 2008

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
"... remarkable car is the 1919 Bentley EXP 2, the second three-liter Bentley prototype developed by Walter Owen Bentley and his team, and now the oldest surviving Bentley in the world. Even by modern standards, the 1919 Bentley EXP 2 is impressive, its engine sporting four valves per cylinder in a pent-roof combustion chamber, cross-flow heads, overhead cam and two plugs per cylinder. In 1919 it was extraordinary."

"The three-liter Bentley was the benchmark for all subsequent Bentley models and proved a fast yet docile and superb handling car, capable of sustained high speeds and also highly durable and reliable."

Source: Forbes
Posted: May 30, 2007

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Bentley 3-Litre chassis

Source: "Queste" magazine, Bentley Special Issue, 1984
Posted: Jan 29, 2007

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
Bentley's Racing Heritage

Read article about EXP 2

Source: The Telegraph, Photo credits Andrew Crowley
Posted: Nov 8, 2016

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
 

Source: Gear Wheels
Posted: Sep 7, 2006

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1919 Bentley 3 Litre 2 seater
"J.E. Foden in EXP2 shortly after he acquired her from Bentley Motors in September of 1923, as seen on page 67 of Tim Houlding's EXP2 book." Koke Twigg-Smith - Jun 24, 2016

Source: Unknown
Posted: Dec 13, 2006

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Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information

Chassis No. EXP 2
Engine No. 163 (?)
Registration No. BM 8752
Date of Delivery: 1919
Type of Body: 2 seater
Coachbuilder: Easter
Type of Car: No info
First Owner: No info
More Info: 2nd prototype.

Sep 26, 2006

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