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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
Chassis No. SM3903
Engine No. SM3907
Registration No. UW 3761
September 30, 2015

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
8th International Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa, October 2015

Source: The Vryheid Vintage Car Club
Posted: Nov 3, 2015

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July 31, 2014

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
Schloss Dyck Classic Days, August, 2014

Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Barbara Müller-Walter'
Posted: Oct 16, 2014

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September 19, 2009

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
Blackhawk Museum, September 2009

Source: Flickr, posted by user 'halfthinkery'
Posted: Mar 26, 2015

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2007

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1929 Bentley 4� Liter Supercharged "Blower Bentley"

Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Beetlebomb Pohutukawa'
Posted: Mar 26, 2015

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2006

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
"Chassis number SM 3903 was first registered on October 21st 1929 as UW 3761, the engine number being entered in the log book as SM 3907. It was owned originally by the factory and sent straight away to the Olympia Motor Show. After the show the factory retained the car and used it as a showroom demonstrator for many different Bentley dealers to promote sales. In 1932, the car passed through dealer Jack Barclay, Ltd., to its first customer, J. Weston Adamson of Yorks, a well known Bentley owner. The car was a subject of a total restoration in the early 1990's and its current condition is simply fabulous."

Source: Concept Carz
Posted: Nov 25, 2006

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2006

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
 

Source: Stanley Mann Racing
Posted: Jan 20, 2006

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1992

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
Photograph was taken by Neill Bruce in 1992.

Source: Neill Bruce
Posted: Aug 7, 2006

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1931

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
The car in 1931.

Source: From article, The 4 1/2-litre Supercharged Bentley, published in "Motor Sport" magazine, January 1931
Posted: Mar 10, 2008

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1930
"This car appears in the old British film 'Birds of Prey' (1930) available on the Ealing Studios Rarities Collection Vol. 4. You may have to wait until near the end of the film but it's there!"

Source: Cameron Innes
Posted: Feb 12, 2014

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1930
The car first appears at 00:15:26 in the Ealing film 'Birds of Prey' (which is known as The Perfect Alibi in America) from 1930 and is glimpsed again 7 or 8 more times. This is available on disc 2 of The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection Volume 4. http://networkonair.com/shop/1766-ealing-studios-rarities-collection-the-volume-4-5027626390549.html

It's being driven by Frank Lawton. The film, which stars Nigel Bruce, Jack Hawkins (in his first film) and C Aubrey Smith, is based on the play The Fourth Wall by AA Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020694/

Source: Nick Dando
Posted: Jun 20, 2014

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
Blower Bentley — by Ryk Heutt in 1987

Source: Unknown
Posted: Sep 5, 2006

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
Bentley 6.5 Litre Speed Six (1929)

Source: Motorbase
Posted: Jun 4, 2008

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"Have just seen the car in the film 'Double Bunk' 1961, driven by Ian Carmichael (5mins: 40secs for a minute or two). He trades it in for a bubble car. How times change! Very glad to see that the car wasn't scrapped."

Source: Stephen Bennetts
Posted: Jan 1, 2016

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
 

Source: Stanley Mann Racing
Posted: Jan 20, 2006

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The first 25 production Supercharged 4½ Litre cars where Chassis Nos. SM3901-SM3925, all with "smooth-case" blowers. The next 25 were Chassis Nos. MS3926-MS3950 and had "rib-case" blowers.

Production Blower Bentleys had handbrake handles made from rectangular stainless steel, whereas the five 4½ litre race cars for Tim Birkin had the "H" section handle, but were drilled for lightness.

Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Feb 20, 2008

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
 

Source: The Centenary of the Car: 1885-1985 by Andrew Whyte, 1984
Posted: Jan 31, 2007

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
 

Source: Famous Marques of Britain by Jonathan Wood, 1985
Posted: Jan 31, 2007

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1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre 106 4-seater
 

Source: From article "The Supercharged 4½-litre Bentley" published in "The Motor", April 22, 1930
Posted: Feb 5, 2007

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Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information

Chassis No. SM3903
Engine No. SM3907
Registration No. UW 3761
Date of Delivery: 30 Sep 1929
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: 106
First Owner: WESTON ADAMSON J
More Info: 1929 Show car. Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7202. 1929 Olympia show car with eng SM 3902. Demonstrator. Vanden Plas body no. 1628, rebodied by Vanden Plas in 1930 body no.? Central change fitted 1932."

Mar 1, 2007

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