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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
Chassis No. MF3157
Engine No. MF3157
Registration No. YX 7850
May 31, 2019

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
July 2019: Sold for £ 460,000

Source: Bonhams
Posted: Jun 3, 2019

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January 31, 2017
"I would be particularly interested in any history or photographs while David Kinney owned the car and any knowledge of the only gap in the ownership history during its stay in the Channel Islands in WW2.

The ownership history and key dates as I have are:

1928 Bought new by Capt. John Arthur Jeffrey

1929 Returned to factory after a serious accident when a replacement chassis and radiator was fitted.

1933 Purchased by HM Bentley & Sons, who replaced the Harrison saloon body with VDP 4-seater tourer body number 1716, which swapped from Chassis No. XT 3633, which itself had been given a new DDP 2-seater body with rumble seat in Dec 1932. A very popular conversion at the time.

1933 Purchased by Mr. Trevor Lloyd

1938 Bought by an army officer - who stored the car in the Channel Islands for the duration of the war

1946 Returned to England and purchased by Mr. GL Fairman

1965 Purchased by D L Kinney

1969 Purchased by Mr Pearson for restoration, which he nee (sic) completed

1972 Purchased by Mr G L Joberns, who undertook a 4-year restoration and over the next 25 years. Campaigned and exhibited the car regularly in the BDC.

1997 Purchased by M David Myers. Car undertook further sympathetic restoration work by P&A Wood

2005 Purchased by current owner - C A Good"

Source: Charles Good (Owner)
Posted: Feb 27, 2017

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2017

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
St Mawes Classic Car Festival, 2017

Source: St Mawes Classic
Posted: Aug 18, 2018

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September 30, 2013
I owned this car 1962-1969, could you please put me in touch with it's current owner if that is possible. I would be able to furnish more historical facts about this car.

Photo below (from 'Nearwater') shows this car at a Rally in Cornwall.

Source: David Kinney (Former owner)
Posted: Oct 11, 2013

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2011

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
St Mawes Classic Car Festival, 2011

Source: Nearwater
Posted: Sep 25, 2013

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2005
This car was purchased by Charles Good in 2005.

Source: Charles Good (Owner)
Posted: Feb 27, 2017

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1962
This car was owned by David Kinney from 1962-1969.

Source: David kinney (Former owner)
Posted: Oct 11, 2013

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"I bought this car around 1962/3 and parted with it in 1969. Just been going though vintage Bentleys on the web and out of curiosity put in the reg number.

I would be most interested to know what happened to this fabulous car in the last 40 years, maybe I can be of some assistance to the current owner, any chance of you putting me in touch with the current owner?

I live in Western Australia and have done since the mid 1970s. Have only one photo, cameras were a rarity back then!

I think either my name appears on the original log book or a company called 'Windmill Farm Ltd'

Source: David John Kinney
Posted: Oct 9, 2012

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Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information

Chassis No. MF3157
Engine No. MF3157
Registration No. YX 7850
Date of Delivery: 31 Aug 1928
Type of Body: Saloon
Coachbuilder: Harrison
Type of Car: No info
First Owner: JEFFREY Capt
More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7055. Accident 1929 - rebuilt on new frame. Now Vanden Plas tourer."

Mar 1, 2007

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