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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
Chassis No. HM2869
Engine No. HM2873
Registration No. GF 8511
August 31, 2019

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley Speed Six ‘Old No. 3’
Concours of Elegance, Hampton Court, September 2019

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Posted: Feb 11, 2020

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July 31, 2019

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
The 69th annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, August 2019.

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Posted: Oct 7, 2019

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June 30, 2019

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
Photographs were taken at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, July 2019

Source: Jeremy Rippon
Posted: Jul 25, 2019

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May 31, 2019

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley Speed Six ‘Old No. 3’
Chantilly Art & Elégance - 29 & 30 June, 2019

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Posted: Aug 26, 2020

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September 4, 2015

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
Salon Privé, September 2015

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Posted: Nov 20, 2015

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March 31, 2015

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
Flying Scotsman Rally, April 2015

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Posted: May 15, 2015

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2015

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
 

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Posted: Sep 15, 2015

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June 26, 2014

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater

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Posted: Jan 14, 2015

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March 31, 2013

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
Flying Scotsman Rally, April 2013

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Posted: Nov 12, 2014

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April 19, 2012

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
Flying Scotsman, April 2012

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Posted: Jun 1, 2012

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2009

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
Pebble Beach 2009

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Posted: Mar 24, 2011

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2008

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
 

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Posted: Apr 29, 2011

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May 31, 2007

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
Vintage Bentleys celebrate Brooklands Track Centenary on June 15th 2007.

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Source: Bentley Motors
Posted: Oct 1, 2007

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2007

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
These photographs were taken at Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2007.

Source: Webshots & Russell Browne
Posted: Jul 2, 2008

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2007

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
 

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Posted: Apr 29, 2011

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2006
In Wales in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member

Posted: Jan 1, 0001

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2005

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
These photographs were taken at Goodwoods 2005.

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Posted: Jul 2, 2008

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1990

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
"...being sold through Coys of Kensington ay an auction in Chelsea." "...Coys spokesman Paul Dwyer said: "They are truly historic vehicles which established a legend and inspired collectors to build replicas. But these are the real things — history on wheels."

Source: Daily Mail - July 25, 1990 (made available by Bob Rippon)
Posted: Jan 16, 2009

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1930

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
Sammy Davis and Clive Dunfee sitting inside HM2869 before the 1930 Le Mans Race.

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Posted: Nov 14, 2008

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
1930 Bentley Speed Six "Le Mans"

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Posted: Jan 19, 2009

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
GF 8511 art by the artist Tony Upson.

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Posted: Mar 3, 2020

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP1 4-seater
Photograph was taken for program for Silverstone Vintage Race Meeting.

Source: Silverstone Vintage Race Meeting program, Jun. 16, 1990
Posted: Dec 27, 2006

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Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information

Chassis No. HM2869
Engine No. HM2873
Registration No. GF 8511
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: "No.3 Team Car sold to Cook Vanden Plas body no. 1665. Body modified by Sajito subsequently restored. Engine SB 2770 ex SB 2760, HM 2873 subsequently refitted."

Mar 1, 2007

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