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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP3 Saloon
Chassis No. LR2783
Engine No. LR2785
Registration No. No info
2012

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP3 Saloon
Australian Police Speed Sixes, 2012

Source: The Bentley Drivers Club of Australia (BDCA)
Posted: Jun 25, 2013

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2008

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP3 Saloon
Perth 2008

Source: Flickr, photo posted by user 'Max'
Posted: Jan 24, 2009

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2008
Very historic Speed Six. Original owner Western Australian Police Force when it was a Saloon. Now owned by Jim Runciman, Hovea Western Australia.

Source: Peter Graham
Posted: Mar 31, 2008

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2006
In Australia in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member

Posted: Jan 1, 0001

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2002

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP3 Saloon
This photograph was taken during the BDCA Rally in the Barossa Valley in 2002.

Source: The Bentley Drivers Club of Australia (BDCA)
Posted: Jan 22, 2007

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2001

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP3 Saloon
At Port Elizabeth, 2001 International Bentley Tour of South Africa.

Source: Russell Browne
Posted: May 6, 2013

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP3 Saloon
Australian police cars. Chassis no. LR2783 is the car on left.

Source: Flickr, user 'skookums'
Posted: Sep 11, 2009

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP3 Saloon
 

Source: Terry McGrath
Posted: Sep 8, 2008

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP3 Saloon
"Western Australian State Library records show that the original bodies for this car and its sibling LR2785 were built at Bryan's Motor Body Works, 422A Hay Street Perth, for the W A Police Department. This is also mentioned in the contemporary press. The State Library has a photograph of one of the cars under construction at Bryan's Motor Body Works in its photograph collection.

Above is the only known photo of the Western Australian police Bentley cars under construction at Bryants Motor Body Works, 622A Hay Street Perth. (The original is a glass plate negative, probably 4" by 5", held in the State Library of Western Australia. It was published in Western Australia's "Truth" newspaper, a weekly, 17 August 1930 on page 7.)

The photo is captioned:

NIGHT PATROL'S BENTLEY CAR — Bryan's Motor Body Works in Hay-street, are now completing the first body for the Police Department's new Bentley "Flying Squad's" car. "Truth's" special photo shows the work in progress. A start has already been made by Bryan's on the second police speed car."

Source: Terry Walker
Posted: Jul 1, 2017

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre SP3 Saloon
 

Source: Unknown
Posted: Jul 15, 2010

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Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information

Chassis No. LR2783
Engine No. LR2785
Registration No. No info
Date of Delivery: 30 Jun 1930
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Bolton
Type of Car: SP3
First Owner: Western Australian Police Force
More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Sister car to LR2785 same body both cars retired 1947 and sold. Reg 25-322. Now 4 seater."

Mar 1, 2007

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