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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Chassis No. PL3480
Engine No. PL3480
Registration No. GU 8136 / WO 1929
2007

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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 4½ litre, Reg No: WO 1929, Engine No: PL 3480, Chassis No: PL3480
PL3480, an all matching numbered car, originally bodied by Harrison as a tourer was brought to Australia around 1960 and rebodied in Melbourne as an open tourer with cycle guards.

("Second half of the above line about the car is incorrect. My father, John Spill, rebodied the car as a VDP replica in mid 60s. He brought it out to Australia in 1972 to Perth and drove it across the Nullabor (treeless plains in mid Aust) to Canberra in 1973.") — Mark Spill (son of former owner), Sep 4, 2013

Purchased ten years ago by David and Glenice in reliable running order, it was dismantled and restored chassis up, including a new body by the respected Western Australian restorer Roger Fry in a seven month period in 1998.

The car has been campaigned around the world including USA, Europe, UK and Ireland and in 2005 was an entrant in the Australian Down Under Tour from Perth to Sydney.

Source: Program for "6th International Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa", 2007
Posted: Dec 13, 2007

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2006
In Australia in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member

Posted: Jan 1, 0001

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1947
John Spill became the owner of this car in the late 1940s. It was sold to Owen Bourke of Sydney in 1985.

(John Spill also owned 3-litre Chassis RT1535 from 1946 to 1947.)

Source: Mark Spill (Son of former owner)
Posted: Apr 28, 2011

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Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information

Chassis No. PL3480
Engine No. PL3480
Registration No. GU 8136 / WO 1929
Date of Delivery: 30 Apr 1929
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Harrison
Type of Car: No info
First Owner: BETHELL Hon W G
More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "In Australia."

Mar 1, 2007

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