2,996cc SOHC Inline 4-Cylinder Engine 4 Overhead Valves Per Cylinder 80bhp at 3,500rpm 4-Speed Close-ratio Gearbox Front and Rear Leaf Spring Suspension Four-Wheel Drum Brakes with Perrot shaft actuation *Desirable, short-chassis Speed Model *Well-documented example, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Class Winner *Original matching numbers car with original sports coachwork intact *Eligible for a host of road touring events and rallies THE BENTLEY 3 LITER The genre of the sporting Vintage Bentley dates from the earliest days of Walter Owen Bentley's founding of the firm that bore his name.

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Bentley had proudly unveiled his new 3-liter car on Stand 126 at the 1919 Olympia Motor Exhibition—the prototype engine having fired up for the first time just a few weeks earlier.

Bentley's four-cylinder 'fixed head' engine incorporated a single overhead camshaft, four-valves per cylinder and a bore/stroke of 80x149mm.

Twin ML magnetos provided the ignition, and power was transmitted via a f...