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Year: 1927
Chassis No: ST3015
Engine No: ST3015
Body No: 1428
Coachwork: Sports Tourer By Vanden Plas
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Chassis No: ST3015
Engine No: ST3015 (See below)
4 Cylinder 4500cc
15th 4.5 Litre built.
1928 Model 4.5 Litre on the 10'10" wheelbase chassis.
Light crank specification engine.
"C" Type Gearbox No: 6141 (Original)
15/23 (3.53:1) ratio back axle. (See Below)
One of the very few Vintage Bentley motorcars still fitted with its original open touring coachwork.
This car was ordered with special all metal panelled coachwork with special features such as all black brightwork and wheel discs. There is a wonderful photograph of the car when new reproduced in several books including "Vanden Plas Coachbuilders" by Brian Ernest Smith.
In addition to the rare specification this car has a full and continuous history. Photographs of the car appear at various rallies and events in Johnnie Green's "Fifty Years of the Marque" and other publications. Several past owners have been well known Bentley Drivers Club Members. The original engine (No: ST3015) still exists and since about 1954 has been fitted to a 3 Litre. The current engine has a new crankcase and has been stamped ST 3015. It has been rebuilt and runs beautifully. The car has also been uprated with a later front axle with "self wrapping" brakes and an unbreakable 6.5 Litre differential casing with the original stamped (No: ST3015) 4.5 Litre "banjo"
It is extremely rare to find an original Open Touring 4.5 Litre with such a full and continuous history. Eligible for numerous events a rallies it makes a fine addition to any serious collection.
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Year: 1929
Chassis No:12400
Engine No: 320387
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Chassis No:12400
Engine No: 320387
Engine: 6 Cylinder 7983cc
Gearbox: 3 Speed
In 1919, having built a reputation for manufacturing some of the finest aero engines, Hispano Suiza's lead engineer, Marc Birkigt, from Switzerland turned his attention to motorcar design. The first model produced after World War 1 was the 6.5 Litre H6B. It was without doubt technically the most advanced car in the world. Many of the cars produced carried elaborate formal coachwork. The smooth and powerful engine, superb transmission, brakes and steering, combined with the excellent chassis provided a perfect platform to build such cars.
The H6B chassis in shortened form was also used for competition and was very successful. One of the most famous results was at the prestigious Georges Boillot Cup held in 1922 at Boulogne. The factory prepared 5 short chassis cars, with a slightly enlarged engine. Outright victory was the result for Ballot, and a second for André Dubonnet. In 1923 the same result was obtained using the 8 Litre H6C Chassis.
Dubonnet entered one of the 1922 cars for the 400km race at Monza, winning the larger class. The short chassis cars were also raced at Indianapolis with great success. Over the years there has been some confusion and argument among motoring historians as to exactly when the epithets "Monza" and "Boulogne" came to be used for the competition cars, which applied to which engine size. One of the most respected experts was none other but "Jabby" Crombac, the highly respected Formula One journalist who worked for Autosport and launched Sport-Auto in France.
This car was originally supplied with a very light and sporting skiff coachwork by Labourdette to Suzanne Deutsche de la Meurthe. She was Henry Deutsche de la Meurthe’s daughter. Henry was one of the richest men in Europe. His company, Jupiter Oils, merged with Shell to become Shell France. Henry founded the Automobile Club de France with the Count of Dion (of De Dion Bouton fame.) Suzanne had a great passion for aviation and was instrumental in rebuilding the aero industry in France after WW11. Both her father and she received the Legion D’ Honneur.
“Jabby” Crombac purchased this car in the late 1950's, and proceeded with an exciting project to restore the car as short chassis competition model. None of the original racing cars existed, but with the help of an experienced ex Hispano factory engineer he obtained some original Hispano competition department parts, including the shortened propshaft. Crombac's work was completed with help from Louis Rossigneux the Hispano factory engineer mentioned earlier and John Bolster the highly respected British motoring journalist. Rossigneux fitted an uprated camshaft, back axle and carried out other performance modifications. The result is a car which is capable of 120MPH!
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Year: 1929
Chassis No: FB3322
Engine No: FB3325
Coachwork: Le Mans by Meynell Phillips
Full Continuous History
Chassis No: FB3322
Engine No: FB3325
4 Cylinder 4500cc
1929 Model 4.5 Litre on the 10'10" wheelbase chassis.
Light crank specification engine.
Matching Numbers
Full Continuous History
A big history file accompanies the car with extensive correspondence, associated documentation, and maintenance invoices both old and recent. After a recent owner Jim Patterson rebuilt the engine and attended to numerous other mechanical details he covered approximately 15,000 miles on European rallies with no major problems. I have driven the car on the open road at speed. It performs extremely well, showing constant oil pressure and no overheating.
The car is “matching numbers” and has a very complete history with no gaps.
1929 Sold new as a Close Coupled Saloon by Maythorne & Sons.
Date of Guarantee: 30 June 1929
1929- 1936 First Owner: Squadron Leader C.A. Ridley
1936-1938 Second Owner: Capt. H.R. Campion
Laid up during WW2 in the Cumberland Hotel London.
Recommissioned post war by Campion’s son
1965: J.Bell
1971: David Selby—large amount of restoration work undertaken by Selby.
1975-1986 Walter Taylor—well known Birmingham collector. He commissioned the Le Mans body by John Phillips of Meynell Phillips—widely regarded as one of the very best coachbuilders for this type of body. (Interestingly I purchased the lowest milage Derby Bentley in existence (10,000mls from new!) from Walter Taylor in 1995.)
1986-2005 J.R Paterson—lots of restoration work and invoices in the files for the engine rebuild.
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