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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
Chassis No. HM2868
Engine No. HM2872
Registration No. GF 8507
July 31, 2019
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Source: Sports Car Digest
Posted: Oct 3, 2019
June 30, 2019
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Source: Jeremy Rippon
Posted: Jul 25, 2019
February 9, 2017
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Christopher Perez'
Posted: Feb 13, 2017
August 31, 2016
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Bentley Speed Six old number 1 debuted as a factory racing car in May 1929 and in June of that year won Le Mans in the hands of Woolfe “Babe” Barnato and Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin. For the 1930 season Bentley produced two more cars known as old number 2 and old number 3 to the same winning design. Old number 2 shown here was driven to victory by Barnato and Frank Clement in the Brooklands Double Twelve covering a distance of 2080 miles at an average speed of 86.68 mph. Later in the year Old number 2 finished second in the hands of Clements and Richard Watney in the Le Mans race having covered a distance of 1760 miles at an average speed of 73.08 mph; the race winner was old number 1 driven by Barnato and Glen Kidston. Careful conservation has insured that old number 2 is exactly as she finished the 24 hours.
Source: VeloceToday
Posted: Oct 1, 2018
August 22, 2016
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Bentley Speed Six 'Old No 2', chassis number HM2868, is one of the finest and most original Works Bentleys in existence today, having finished second at the 1930 Le Mans 24 Hours race, just behind Speed Six 'Old No 1'.
Source: Collectors Car World
Posted: Aug 30, 2016
May 31, 2014
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Source: Flickr, posted by users 'Roger Lighterness', 'Phil Hooper' & 'f1jherbert'
Posted: Jan 14, 2015
August 15, 2009
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Beetlebomb Pohutukawa'
Posted: Mar 27, 2015
June 30, 2008
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Source: Bob Rippon
Posted: Jul 16, 2008
2008
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Source: Flickr
Posted: Jan 22, 2009
October 31, 2007
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Source: Advertisement for R. C. Moss Restorations, Nov. 2007
Posted: Jan 29, 2008
May 31, 2007
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Source: Jeremy Rippon
Posted: Mar 5, 2008
May 31, 2007
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Source: Bentley Motors
Posted: Oct 1, 2007
2007
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Source: Russell Browne
Posted: Jul 31, 2013
2007
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June 2007
"This week, as the Brooklands track celebrates its centenary, the most famous of the vintage Bentley racing cars are reunited at the circuit for the first time in the company of the very latest Bentley Brooklands coupe.
Bentley’s proud sporting pedigree, forged by the exploits of the immortal Bentley Boys on this famous racetrack in the 1920s and 30s, was the inspiration for the new Bentley Brooklands coupe, capturing all the style, power and splendour of that era.
During this period, Brooklands was the scene of some of Bentley’s greatest triumphs, as the Bentley Boys raced their machines on the treacherous Members’ Banking.
Two of the most successful Bentley racers at Brooklands were Speed Six models with special Vanden Plas bodies, known affectionately as ‘Old Number Two’ and ’Old Number Three’. These were the only cars created by Bentley specifically for competition purposes.
‘Old Number Two’ was victorious in its first outing, winning the 1930 Brooklands Double Twelve (a 24-hour race run over two days), driven by Bentley Boys Frank Clement and Woolf Barnato at an average speed of over 85 mph. ‘Old Number Three’, driven by Sammy Davis and Jack Dunfee, came second. Old Number Two went on that year to take second place at Le Mans behind another famous Bentley, ‘Old Number One’."
Source: Classic Rallies
Posted: Jun 29, 2007
2006
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Source: "Bentley" magazine, Issue 22. Summer 2007
Posted: Jan 30, 2008
2004
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Explorer's Bentley in uncharted territory
By Andrew Knott
Gentleman landowner Sir Philip Brocklehurst knew how to travel. Whether venturing to the most inaccessible places on earth or roaming his estates in Cheshire, he did it in style.
Posted: Mar 29, 2011
2004
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Source: "Bentley" magazine, Issue 22. Summer 2007
Posted: Jan 30, 2008
1980
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On the right, Rivers with the No. 2 Le Mans Speed Six GF 8507. On the left the late Bill Lake (who had been the owner of GF 8507) with his 4½ litre Bottail Bentley YW 2557.
Source: Adrian Stevens
Posted: Sep 4, 2018
1979
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Source: "Queste" magazine, Bentley Special Issue, 1984
Posted: Jan 29, 2007
1955
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Source: Terry McGrath
Posted: Apr 3, 2013
1930
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Source: "Bentley" magazine, Issue 21, Spring 2007
Posted: Jan 30, 2008
1930
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Source: Unknown
Posted: Dec 21, 2006
1930
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Source: "Bentley" magazine, Issue 21, Spring 2007
Posted: Jan 30, 2008
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In dating this photograph, I noticed it has an MOT badge on the car (just above the spare tire). The MOT badges were not issued until 1960. Therefore the photos is 1960 or later.
("1960: MOT test introduced for vehicles over 10 years old covering brakes, lights and steering" - Source: UKMOT.com)
Robert McLellan - VintageBentleys.org
Source: Alan Weeks
Posted: Sep 12, 2016
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Christie’s believe that 'There cannot be a more important Vintage Motor Car’. Registered GF 8507, chassis HM2868 has the distinction of not only being the Clement and Watney Works Car that finished 2nd overall at Le Mans - behind its sister No.4 car - but also winning outright that year’s Brooklands ‘Double Twelve’ (in Le Mans trim but before the French classic) at an average speed of 86.68 mph. This time Clement was paired with Barnato. Just two weeks after the 1 - 2 at Le Mans the company announced its retirement from racing - and didn’t return until 2001.
Source: Christie's
Posted: Jan 22, 2007
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Source: Great Cars of the World: First in Automotive Engineering and Design by Jon Pressnell, 1993
Posted: Jan 31, 2007
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Source: "Motor Sport" magazine, February 1949 issue
Posted: Feb 8, 2007
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Source: Richard C. Moss
Posted: Jan 5, 2007
Source: "Classic Driver" magazine, July 2004
Posted: Apr 30, 2007
Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information
| Chassis No. | HM2868 |
|---|---|
| Engine No. | HM2872 |
| Registration No. | GF 8507 |
| Date of Delivery: | 30 Apr 1930 |
| Type of Body: | 4-seater |
| Coachbuilder: | Vanden Plas |
| Type of Car: | SP1 |
| First Owner: | BENTLEY MOTORS |
| More Info: | Team car driven by Works. Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7233. No. 2 Team car. Vanden Plas body no. 1664. Rebuilt on new frame 5/34." |
Mar 1, 2007