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W.O. Bentley was often quoted as saying 'Competition is the cheapest way of selling cars,' and to prove it, Bentley Motors built many competition cars for amateur racing drivers throughout the company's history. This unique and sporty 3 Litre is one of just 18 Super Sport models, ten of which are believed to have survived today. The Super Sport was built on a nine-inch-shorter chassis than the standard 3 Litre, and it came with a guarantee that it could achieve at least 100 mph. (The standard 3 Litre was only guaranteed to 90 mph!) This stylish and fast road car was ordered by Henry Leeson, a keen amateur racing driver who owned four Bentleys during his career before he sadly came to grief on the Brooklands banking in 1932. Leeson ordered the Super Sport's unusual boattailed body from the Surbiton Coach and Motor Works (known as Surbico), a small coachbuilder in Surrey, South of London. The car was delivered in March 1926 via the London Bentley dealer Jack Withers.
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1926 Bentley 3 Litre Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Bentley 3 Litre
(Data based on Model Year 1926 sales)
1926 BENTLEY 3 LITRE SPEED MODEL BOATTAIL Chassis#: DE 1224 Sold for USD$252,364 2022 Gooding & Company : London Auction | |
1926 Bentley 3-Litre Red Label Speed Model Tourer Sold for USD$378,175 2019 Collector's Motor Cars and Automobilia, RAF Museum Hendon | |
1926 Bentley 3-Litre 'Red Label' Speed Model Tourer Chassis#: LM1342 Sold for USD$862,214 2018 Bonhams : Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais | |
1926 BENTLEY 3-LITRE 'LIGHT TOURER' Chassis#: HP393 Sold for USD$425,769 2015 Bonhams : The December Sale | |
1926 Bentley 3 Litre Sold for USD$160,227 2013 Coys Auction - A236 True Greats | |
1926 Bentley 3-Litre Sold for USD$315,743 2012 Coys Auctions - Spring Classics | |
1926 Bentley 3 litre Speed Model Fitted with 4 1/2 litre Engine Vanden Plas Four Seater Tourer Chassis#: AH1478 Sold for USD$193,111 2004 Bonhams - The Goodwood Festival of Speed |
Bentley 3 Litres That Failed To Sell At Auction
1926 Bentley 3 Litre's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
Vehicle | Chassis | Event | High Bid | Est. Low | Est. High |
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1926 Bentley 3-Litre Speed Model Tourer | PH1475 | 2022 Bonhams : The Bond Street Sale | $160,000 | $200,000 | |
1926 Bentley 3-Litre Tourer | A18AP307 | 2021 Bonhams : Goodwood Revival : Collectors Motor Cars and Automobilia | $140,000 | $180,000 | |
1926 Bentley 3 Litre Speed Model Tourer | LT1596 | 2020 H & H Imperial War Museum Duxford | $165,000 | $185,000 | |
1926 Bentley 3-Litre Speed Model Sports Tourer | SR1421 | 2019 Bonhams : The Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale | $385,000 | $400,000 | |
1926 Bentley 3 Litre Weymann Saloon by Gurney Nutting | AP325 | 2019 Historics at Brooklands Ascot Racecourse | $265,000 | $320,000 | |
1926 Bentley 3-Litre Speed Weymann Drophead Coupé | TN1568 | 2019 Bonhams : Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais | $400,000 | $500,000 | |
1926 Bentley 3-Litre Speed Model Sports Tourer | DE1220 | 2018 Bonhams : Goodwood | $380,000 | $420,000 | |
1926 Bentley 3 litre Short Chassis Sports Tourer | SR 1421 | 2016 Coys : Mondial De L'Automobile Paris | $420,000 | $450,000 | |
1926 Bentley 3-Litre Speed Model Tourer | RT1541 | 2011 Bonhams The December Sale | $300,000 | $320,000 |
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