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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre Saloon
Chassis No. PL3488
Engine No. PL3485
Registration No. UU 4053 / UV 3109
June 30, 2013
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Source: Facebook, photo posted by user 'Bentley tour of Ireland'
Posted: Jun 11, 2014
2007
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Gordon Phillips & Mark Phillips in 1929 Bentley 4½ Le Mans
This car won the Vintage Sports Car Club Award for pre 1931 cars during this event.
(Photo by Gerard Brown)
History Of The Peking To Paris Rally
In 1907 a Parisian newspaper issued a challenge: "What needs to be proved today is that as long as a man has a car, he can do anything and go anywhere. Is there anyone who will undertake to travel this summer from Peking to Paris by automobile?"
So started the Peking to Paris motor race.
Only five motorists managed to make the start in vehicles ranging from a three-wheeled Contal cycle car to a 7 Litre Itala. The race followed a telegraph route, which allowed the journalist travelling as a passenger in each car to wire their reports to the newspapers. This enabled the public in Europe and America to keep abreast of the race while it was being run.
The race was won by Prince Scipione Borghese in his Itala. The Prince was so confident of his chances of winning that he took a detour from Moscow to St Petersburg to attend a dinner held in his honour, before re-joining the race in Moscow.
(The following was written prior to the start of the 2007 event)
To celebrate this early pioneering motoring event The Endurance Rally Association has organised a re-enactment of the race to be held in 2007. A total of 134 cars will set out from Beijing (formerly Peking) on May 27th to follow the 1907 route as closely as possible (even making the detour from Moscow to St Petersburg).
Source: Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2007
Posted: Aug 2, 2007
2003
Posted: Jan 1, 0001
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Source: Program for International Historic Motorsport Show, Stoneleigh Park near Coventry, England, Mar. 23-25, 2007
Posted: Dec 21, 2006
Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information
| Chassis No. | PL3488 |
|---|---|
| Engine No. | PL3485 |
| Registration No. | UU 4053 / UV 3109 |
| Date of Delivery: | 30 Jun 1929 |
| Type of Body: | Saloon |
| Coachbuilder: | Vanden Plas |
| Type of Car: | No info |
| First Owner: | BUCKLEY W G |
| More Info: | According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1604 with a British flexible Saloon, 4-door, 4-window; price £490; 7/1929. Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1604. Frame PL 3488 cut to 9'6, replaced by MF 3165. Was 2 seater by Gill (now on ch. HT 1650). Now Vanden Plas 4 seater ex ch. MS 3950." |
Mar 1, 2007