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1931 Bentley 8 Litre 12 Saloon
Chassis No. YR5079
Engine No. YR5079
Registration No. No info
2016
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Source: Franco & Kathi Weibel, Peter Singhof & Wolfgang Singhof
Posted: Sep 13, 2016
2003
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Chassis No. YR5079 was delivered new to the U.S.A. It returned to England, was restored, and then stored at Hoffman's of Henley during the 1990's for a non-British owner. I saw this lightweight H. J. Mulliner Weymann Saloon at Hoffmann's several times while the car was stored there. Very impressive car in very good lightly restored condition. I think Mulliner made a few of these lightweight saloons — with sliding windows — as the doors are too thin for ordinary wind-up glass.
The above photographs were received from George Klepp, Tim Houlding International, in Feb. 2007, but the photographs were said to have been taken about four years earlier.
The above photographs were received from George Klepp, Tim Houlding International, in Feb. 2007, but the photographs were said to have been taken about four years earlier.
Source: Olle Ljungström
Posted: Feb 4, 2008
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Car appeared in a 2007 advertisement for Tim Houlding International.
Source: Tim Houlding International
Posted: Aug 6, 2007
Earliest Record Of Historical Facts & Information
| Chassis No. | YR5079 |
|---|---|
| Engine No. | YR5079 |
| Registration No. | No info |
| Date of Delivery: | 31 May 1931 |
| Type of Body: | Saloon |
| Coachbuilder: | H J Mulliner |
| Type of Car: | 12 |
| First Owner: | Wallis C. Bird |
| More Info: | Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "F/8029. Reg GMO. Now in Hong Kong." |
Mar 1, 2007