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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Chassis No. ST3001
Engine No. ST3001
Registration No. YH 3196
2008

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Chassis No. ST3001 at Wakui Museum (Japan), 2008

Source: Picasa, posted by user 'Archives'
Posted: May 11, 2012

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2006
In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member

Posted: Jan 1, 0001

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1976

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Photograph was taken in 1976.

Source: Simon Laidlaw
Posted: Apr 21, 2020

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1975

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
'Ethel' Silverstone, 1975. At the time the car had an S1 engine, auto box and chassis #ST3001

Source: Jean-Pierre Mueller
Posted: Aug 31, 2010

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1974

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Old Mother Gun at Silverstone in 1974.

Source: Bentley Racing
Posted: May 11, 2012

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1974

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
At Silverstone in 1974.

Source: Simon Laidlaw
Posted: May 9, 2008

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1934

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Richard Marker bought 'Old Mother Gun' in 1932 and fitted a 2 seat body for track racing, probably the one fitted to YV 7263 for the 1931 500 Miles Race. Subsequently the body seen below was fitted in 1934, being the body used on Chassis No. 1106 by Froy in 1928. As seen above (photo 1), the original 4½ Litre engine is still fitted (exhaust on the near side). This engine was removed after the 1934 500 Miles Race when the flywheel sheared the end of the crank. A 6½ Litre engine was fitted by Bowler, based on crankcase LB 2345, ex Chassis No. LB 2338, the ex-Prince George Imeritinsky Speed Six which was salvaged after an accident by Bowler in 1934. It is possible that this engine incorporates some of the Speed Six engine of 'Old No. 1' Unfortunately the 4½ engine seems to have been scrapped - it would have been interesting to have seen it, as it was by then fitted with the bottom half of engine EXP 6 from Hubert Pike's 3 Litre saloon Chassis No. 238. ST 3001 became the Bentley-Jackson over the winter of 1936/7 when R.R. Jackson rebuilt her in the form seen overleaf (photos 2, 3) on a new frame, with a new body. In this form the Bentley-Jackson set her fastest lap at 134.97 mph, driven by Kitt Baker-Carr. The remains were acquired by Vaughan Davis Esq., who is rebuilding this motor car in her latter guise, as seen here (photo 1).

Source: Text from Michael Hay's Bentley: The Vintage Years
Posted: Oct 21, 2008

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1932
Richard Marker bought 'Old Mother Gun' in 1932 and fitted a 2-seat body for track racing, probably the one fitted to YV 7263 for the 1931 500 Miles Race.

Source: Motor Sport magazine, 1957
Posted: Oct 21, 2008

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1931
Bill Pacey owned 'Old Mother Gun' 4½ Litre ST 3001 in 1931.

Source: Motor Sport magazine, 1957
Posted: Oct 21, 2008

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1929

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
LeMans team with some of the cars before leaving for France in 1929.

Source: "Queste" magazine, Bentley Special Issue, 1984
Posted: Jan 29, 2007

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1928

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
 

Source: Unknown
Posted: Dec 21, 2006

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1928

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928: Woolf Barnato takes the long suffering Bentley 4 1/2 litre over the line to record the third Bentley win at LeMans.

Source: "Queste" magazine, Bentley Special Issue, 1984
Posted: Feb 2, 2007

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1928

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Au Mans, en 1928, la voiture de Barnato et Rubin en route vers la victoire.

Source: Passionnemans
Posted: Jan 22, 2009

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1927

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
The first production 4 1/2 Litre Bentley before the 1927 LeMans race.

Source: "Queste" magazine, Bentley Special Issue, 1984
Posted: Jan 29, 2007

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1927

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
The No. 1 Bentley leads at the start of the 1927 LeMans Race.

Source: Shell Book of Epic Motor Races, Peter Roberts, 1964
Posted: Oct 8, 2007

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
This photograph is from Motor Sport magazine, 1957.

Accompanying text reads: Miss Margaret Allen in Richard Marker's 6½-litre Bentley during the Second Short Handicap at the 1936 Opening Meeting. She lapped at 119.15 m.p.h., but was unplaced. On another occasion, she lapped at over 120 m.p.h. in the car, and Marker at 129.36 m.p.h.

Source: Motor Sport magazine, 1957
Posted: Oct 21, 2008

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
 

Source: Shelvey
Posted: May 11, 2012

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
 

Source: Unknown
Posted: Oct 9, 2007

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre 4-seater
Chassis ST3001 in 1970s.

Source: Simon Laidlaw
Posted: Nov 19, 2019

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Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information

Chassis No. ST3001
Engine No. ST3001
Registration No. YH 3196
Date of Delivery: 31 May 1927
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: No info
First Owner: BARNATO W
More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1379 with a Sports for Le Mans (first production 4'/2 litre); Weymann grey fabric / green; 5/1927. Effectively 4 1/ 2 Litre prototype Team car known as "Old Mother Gun". Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1379. Known as "Old Mother Gun". Had three frames during racing career. Evolved into the Bentley-Jackson, with Speed Six engine LB 2345 ex LB 2338, special frame and single-seater body. See Bentley-Jackson under "Non-production Chassis". Parts of original 4½ used to built bitsa - was 9'9 ½" frame, MK. VI Bentley engine and gearbox, Gurney Nutting saloon, now rebuilt on 10'10" frame, replica of 1927 form, Vanden Plas body by Wilton, 4½ Litre engine."

Mar 1, 2007

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