Bentley 3 Litre Litre Converted to 5 litre Lemans Style body 1924
General description :
1924 Bentley 3/5 litre Le Mans Style
Chassis number: 773
Registration number: XX1487
Engine Number: 775
An early 3 litre Bentley with original chassis, axles gear box & engine. This car started life as a Gurney Nutting tourer. Purchased a couple of years ago in slightly dilapidated condition, The car has had a full nut & bolt rebuild including construction of a new Le Mans style body complete with Large quick fill fuel tank, engine turned dash board, 4.5 litre radiator shell & the usual other Lemans accoutrements.
The engine has been completely rebuilt including a long throw phoenix crank, new block & blanking plate bringing the capacity up to 5 litres. The engine is running with the fuel fed via 2 petrol pumps. The original Steering box, number 448 is also still fitted. The numbers on the front dumb iron & chassis cross member are clearly visible. The car is running as when new on a pair of magnetos.
This car, needless to say is a very rapid machine & is still covering its running in miles. It is absolutley fresh & new with everything having been done. The body is brand new green Rexine style leather cloth fabric. To the interior is new traditional green hide along with brand new matching green carpets. The windshield folds flat allowing the occupants to peer from behind a pair or aero style racing screens for the authentic "bugs in the teeth look". A blower style wide bore exhaust system has been fabricated ending in a wide fishtail.
The car is due up to our showrooms in the next few weeks after completing some family duties at the present owners manor house where we took the photographs.
1924 Bentley 3 Litre Litre Converted to 5 litre Lemans Style body is listed for sale on ClassicDigest in Essex by Prestige House for Not priced.
Car Facts
Car type : Car Make : Bentley Model : 3 Litre Model Version : Litre Converted to 5 litre Lemans Style body Engine size : 0.0 Model Year : 1924 Sub type : Race/Rally Car Location : Essex Vehicle Registration : Undefined
Not priced
Seller Information
Vintage & Prestige
Prestige House
+44(0)1375 379719, +44(0)7967 260673
Prestige House
+44(0)1375 379719, +44(0)7967 260673
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About Bentley
Before becoming a mere subsidiary to Rolls-Royce, Bentley was an independent Automaker famous for the "fastest lorries in the world" e.i Bentley 4½ Litre.Good ol' Bentley boys (A group of wealthy British motorists, mainly Woolf Barnato, Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin, steeplechaser George Duller, aviator Glen Kidston, S.C.H. "Sammy" Davis, and Dr Dudley Benjafield ) -in their trusty Bentley cars- took four consecutive victories at 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930
In 1931 Bentley was taken over British Central Equitable Trust that later proved to be a front for Rolls-Royce Limited. Unhappy with his role at Rolls-Royce, W.O. Bentley left the company when his contract expired in 1935 duly joining Lagonda. This was beginning of which ultimately led Bentley cars to become more or less badge-engineered Rolls-Royce.