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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre * 4-seater
Chassis No. ST3002
Engine No. ST3002
Registration No. YT 1345
June 30, 2018

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre * 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre * 4-seater
1928 Bentley 4½ Litre * 4-seater
"Car now has the original engine back in there after a 50-60 year period. Also got rid of the hydraulic brakes on the front that someone had done in the past and put the original style mechanical brakes back in place. Goes and stops well now. Other photo shows slope style carbs still be used."

Source: Lawrence Southward (Owner)
Posted: Jul 16, 2018

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January 31, 2014

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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
Feb 9, 2014
"Hi there, Here's some current photos of the 1927 4½ Litre Bentley ST3002 to add to your website. Car is currently having some minor mechanical work done to it but will be home this week. New clutch lining, rear springs, both magnetos have been re-wound, carburettor has been worked on and the brakes have been adjusted. Other than that it flies along quite nicely."

Feb 11, 2014
"You have this as a 1928 Bentley, when in fact it is a 1927 Bentley. It was sold in 1928 as it apparently was the demo car for Bentley Motors for a while as it was the 1st production 4½. ST3001 was a race car, ST3002 was a short wheelbase car."

Source: Lawrence Southward (Owner)
Posted: Feb 11, 2014

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September 30, 2013
"We have my father's photos and movie film showing the car in 1930s. Its owner, Ted Morat is seen in the film. The registration number is visible."

Source: Michael Clements
Posted: Oct 7, 2013

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May 31, 2013
"Now in Australia. Owned by Bentley Drivers Club member."

Source: Lawrence Southward (Owner)
Posted: Jun 27, 2013

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2006
In New Zealand in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member

Posted: Jan 1, 0001

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2000
This car was purchased by Lawrence Southward in 2000.

Source: Lawrence Southward (Owner)
Posted: Jun 27, 2013

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1933

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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
"Hello Mona, This was the car that fired my imagination when I saw it in my grandfather John Heber Percy’s album. He owned it from May 1933 to July 1934.

Source: William Heber Percy (Grandson of former owner)
Posted: May 29, 2019

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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre * 4-seater
"YT 1345 outside my paternal grandmother's house (date unknown). Your records show the original owner as an AW Briggs, which is intriguing as my maternal grandmother was a Briggs and there was a relative Alec Raven Briggs (1883-1939) who was a silk merchant in London. Could it be him?"

Source: John Bevington
Posted: Nov 30, 2017

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Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information

Chassis No. ST3002
Engine No. ST3002
Registration No. YT 1345
Date of Delivery: 31 Aug 1927
Type of Body: 4-seater
Coachbuilder: Vanden Plas
Type of Car: *
First Owner: (A W Briggs)
More Info: According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1394 with a demonstration 4-seater Sports; Weymann primrose fabric/blue; £175; 6/1927. Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1394. Was in Japan, now back in UK - engine AB 3354 ex ch. AB 3351. Hydraulic brakes to front."

Mar 1, 2007

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