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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Chassis No. RL3431
Engine No. RL3433
Registration No. No info
July 31, 2020

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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Found on Classic Driver website on August 3, 2020

Source: Classic Driver
Posted: Aug 3, 2020

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April 30, 2014

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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
"Vintage Bentley seen at the services at Hamilton Scotland."

Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Hugh Trainer'
Posted: Aug 30, 2014

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2008

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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Newby Hall 2008

Source: Flickr, posted by user 'imagetaker'
Posted: Apr 27, 2011

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2007

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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Newby Hall Yorkshire 2007. Chassis no. RL 3431 is third from left. Photo by Graeme Kerr.

Source: Flickr
Posted: Jan 22, 2009

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2006

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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Le Mans Classic 2006

Source: Arcbrno (CZ) and Super Cars
Posted: Apr 27, 2011

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2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member

Posted: Jan 1, 0001

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1971

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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
The car was driven back overland to UK from the subcontinent in 1971 by Tim Allen and Hassan Hamid.

Source: Article "Rawalpindi to England by 4½" made available by Tim Sargeant
Posted: Dec 16, 2008

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June 30, 1931

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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
RL3431 (Reg. UL 5510) second owner C.E.A. Flewitt at Shelsley Walsh hillclimb - July 11, 1931. His best time was 61.6 secs. According to research by Tim Sargeant, Flewitt was killed in an air crash 3 days later.

Source: Tim Sargeant
Posted: Dec 16, 2008

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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
RL3431 (Reg. UL 5510) first owner Geoffrey Joel at Cirencester.

Source: Tim Sargeant
Posted: Dec 16, 2008

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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
 

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1929 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
RL3431 in 1970s (Reg. 285 NOK)

Source: Tim Sargeant
Posted: Dec 16, 2008

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The third owner is believed to be one Lt. Col. Mir Haider Khan who took the car to India. Rawalpindi Reg. No. RI 5822.

(This was prior to 1947 when Rawalpindi was a part of 'undivided' India. Rawalpindi is now in Pakistan. — VintageBentleys.org)

Source: Tim Sargeant
Posted: Dec 16, 2008

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Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information

Chassis No. RL3431
Engine No. RL3433
Registration No. No info
Date of Delivery: 31 Mar 1929
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
First Owner: Geoffery Joel
More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1557 with a 10' 10" Standard Sporting 4-seater, long; green fabric/black; 3/1929. Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1557. In India for many years now in UK reg 285 NOK. 4 seater by Shaigan 1970."

Mar 1, 2007

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