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1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Le Mans Sports
Chassis No. TX3246
Engine No. PM3275
Registration No. YW 5758
August 31, 2019
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'richebets'
Posted: Apr 3, 2020
June 30, 2019
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Source: Jeremy Rippon
Posted: Aug 23, 2019
July 31, 2018
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Source: Simon Laidlaw
Posted: Aug 14, 2018
April 21, 2017
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: May 4, 2017
July 31, 2016
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Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Jan 28, 2020
July 31, 2016
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Aug 27, 2016
March 31, 2016
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: May 27, 2016
April 17, 2015
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'RooPics'
Posted: May 25, 2015
August 2014
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Source: Flickr, posted by users 'Chris McEvoy' & 'Roy Cousins'
Posted: Mar 9, 2015
March 31, 2014
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'peezedgee'
Posted: Dec 31, 2014
March 20, 2014
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Mar 4, 2015
February 28, 2014
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Source: Adrian Stevens
Posted: Sep 22, 2014
July 13, 2013
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'f1jherbert'
Posted: Mar 14, 2015
June 30, 2013
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Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Georg Sander'
Posted: Nov 12, 2014
July 31, 2012
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Source: Russell Browne
Posted: May 20, 2013
March 22, 2012
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Source: Flickr, photo posted by user 'Adam Singer'
Posted: Nov 28, 2014
2009
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Source: Flickr, user 'pohutukawa'
Posted: Nov 1, 2010
2008
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Source: Benjafield's Racing Club
Posted: Aug 26, 2014
May 31, 2007
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Source: R.H. Rippon
Posted: Mar 6, 2008
2007
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Source: Flickr
Posted: Jan 22, 2009
2007
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Source: Nonesuch
Posted: Aug 26, 2014
2006
Posted: Jan 1, 0001
2003
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Source: Speed Machines Bentley V Mercedes
Posted: Aug 26, 2014
2001
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Source: The Brooklands Society
Posted: Aug 20, 2007
1990
Source: John Smith
Posted: Mar 7, 2014
May 31, 1983
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Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, August 1983
Posted: Sep 15, 2008
1977
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Source: Robert McLellan
Posted: Aug 11, 2006
August 31, 1960
Source: Jim Thompson
Posted: Nov 26, 2014
1946
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Source: Motor Sport magazine, 1946
Posted: Mar 15, 2018
1929
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Accompanying text reads: The 4½-litre Bentley with which Jack Barclay and F.C. Clement won the first B.R.D.C. 500-Mile Race, in 1929, at an average speed of 107.32 m.p.h.
Source: Motor Sport magazine, 1957
Posted: Oct 21, 2008
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Source: Motor Trend
Posted: Jun 25, 2007
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Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, June 1980
Posted: Jul 31, 2008
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Source: "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, April 1976
Posted: Jul 22, 2008
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Source: A Pictorial History of the Automobile by Peter Roberts, 1977
Posted: May 29, 2007
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Source: The Beauty of Cars by Kenneth Ullyett, 1962
Posted: May 16, 2007
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Source: Rolls-Royce & Bentley International Pageant at Goodwood program, May 20, 1967
Posted: Feb 5, 2007
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Source: "The Car: No. 4 - Bentley in Profile" magazine, c1972
Posted: Jun 13, 2007
According to B.S. Downes, 2007 owner of Chassis no. PB3537, Tom Rose lent YW 5758, his 'works team car', to then Chassis PB3537 owner Dr Paul Hummel who was having bodywork done on his car to help "reproduce the body exactly".
Source: Bryan Downes
Posted: Jul 25, 2008
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Source: "Queste" magazine, Bentley Special Issue, 1984
Posted: Feb 1, 2007
Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information
| Chassis No. | TX3246 |
|---|---|
| Engine No. | PM3275 |
| Registration No. | YW 5758 |
| Date of Delivery: | 30 Jun 1928 |
| Type of Body: | Le Mans Sports |
| Coachbuilder: | Vanden Plas |
| Type of Car: | No info |
| First Owner: | COOK H W |
| More Info: | According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1502 with a Sports body as being made for 1928 Le Mans; fabric /black; £215; 6/1928. Team Car driven by Cook. Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "D/7002. Vanden Plas body no.1502. Built as 1928 Le Mans model. 30 gallon tank and Brooklands silencer." But chassis no. credited to ch. SL 3053. presumably the frame in SL 3053 was the original 5/32" frame before this chassis rebuilt on the heavier 3/16" frame after the 1928 Le Mans." |
Mar 1, 2007