{"id":1897,"date":"2018-07-20T07:38:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T10:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=1897"},"modified":"2023-02-22T12:12:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:12:42","slug":"bentley-3-litre-sport-5-1924-ixo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/bentley-3-litre-sport-5-1924-ixo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bentley 3 Litre Sport #8 &#8211; Ixo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/bentley_3l_8_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><b>1924 Bentley 3 Litre Sport<\/b>\nPilots: J. F. Duff, F. Clement\nTeam: <i>Duff &amp; Aldington<\/i>\nRace: 1st overall (S 3.0 \u00a0class) at Le Mans in <strong>1924<\/strong>\nIxo - LM 1924 (diecast)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Published 07\/20\/18<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Bentley produced the 3 Litre Sport from 1921 to 1924, in a total of 194 cars. It came out of the factory only as a rolling chassis, per the custom at the time. The consumer bought the chassis from Bentley and then indicated a coach builder of his preference to make the body. The 3 Litre model came with a torquey 3.0 <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimatecarpage.com\/images\/car\/5848\/Bentley-3-Litre-Sport-Vanden-Plas-Tourer-45672.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">inline-4<\/a> engine. Displacing 2995 cm\u00b3, it had SOHC with 16 valves, and consequently was quite advanced for the time. It was one of the first production engines with 4 valves per cylinder, dry-sump lubrication and an overhead camshaft. Stock engines would produce around 70 hp, but in race tune it had a higher output. This particular 3 Litre was chassis <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimatecarpage.com\/images\/car\/5848\/Bentley-3-Litre-Sport-Vanden-Plas-Tourer-45676.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">#582<\/a>, delivered in April of 1924. The owner asked Vanden Plas of Kingsbury, northwest London, to fit it with a four-seater Tourer body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/bentley_3l_8_02.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This Bentley could easily start in &#8220;Chitty Chitty Bang Bang&#8221;&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Bentley\u2019s founder, Walter Owen Bentley, wasn\u2019t exactly a big fan of racing. Nevertheless, he entered a single works car in the inaugural <i>24 Heures du Mans<\/i> of 1923. The car finished in fourth place, and from then forward Bentley cars were a constant at La Sarthe. With factory support, in 1924 the 3 Litre Sport was back to the French countryside. After harsh 2077.34 km, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/primotipo.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/wo-bentley.png\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Clement and John Duff<\/a> finished in first place. To this day, a Bentley car would win Le Mans five more times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/bentley_3l_8_03.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Remove that number 8 and you&#8217;ll never know it&#8217;s a race car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After winning at Le Mans, it received a Saloon body. But in 1931 Bentley&nbsp; bought it back by and restored it to its original guise. The car still exists to this day, and is still owned by <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoconcept-reviews.com\/cars_reviews\/bentley\/Bentley-3-litres-Le-Mans-1921-1927\/illustrations\/Bentley%203L%20Red%20Label%20Le%20Mans%201924%20winner%201.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">Bentley<\/a>. According to a dear friend, it\u2019s \u201cclunker\u201d \ud83d\ude44. All right, that may be so, but a delightful one. Another winner from Ixo, it makes a terrific pair with my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/bentley-speed-six-1-ixo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Speed Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1924 Bentley 3 Litre Sport Pilots: J. F. Duff, F. Clement Team: Duff &amp; Aldington Race: 1st overall (S 3.0 \u00a0class) at Le Mans in 1924 Ixo &#8211; LM 1924 (diecast) Published 07\/20\/18 Bentley produced the 3 Litre Sport from 1921 to 1924, in a total of 194 cars. It came out of the factory &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/bentley-3-litre-sport-5-1924-ixo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bentley 3 Litre Sport #8 &#8211; Ixo&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1897","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15298,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1897\/revisions\/15298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}