Year: 1934 Make: Bentley Model: 3 ½ Litre All-Weather Tourer by Barker Registration: AXM 20 Chassis No: B-169-AE Engine No: tba Mileage: 59,963 The Bentley 3½ Litre (later enlarged to 4¼ Litre) was produced by Bentley from 1933 to 1939.

It was presented to the public at Ascot Racecourse in September 1933, shortly after the death of Henry Royce, and was the first new Bentley model following Rolls-Royce's acquisition of the Bentley brand in 1931.

Bentley sold only the drivable bare rolling chassis with engine and gearbox, scuttle and radiator, ready for coachbuilders to construct on it a body to the buyer's requirements.

Many distributors ordered their preferred bodies as showroom stock to enable them to stock finished cars ready for immediate sale.

Bentleys of this era are known as Derby Bentleys because they were built in the Rolls-Royce factory located in Derby, England.

Those of Bentley's previous independent era are Cricklewood Bentleys.

Chassis series A to F were 3½ Litre car...