1958 Bentley S1 Continental with elegant 4 door coach work by James Young.
Finished in Shell Grey with Blue/Grey hide interior. This extremely rare James Young Continental not only sports 4 door Flying Spur delicate coach lines but also benefits from a sunroof. The Continental history is supported .....
*Delivered new in the UK
*Only three owners in the last 52 years
*Present ownership since 1989
*Continuously maintained
*Service records dating back over 50 years
The magnificent Continental sports saloon has been synonymous with effortless high speed cruising in the grand manner since its introduction .....
This 1958 Bentley S1 Continental coachworked by James Young is 1 of only 4 produced, finished in metallic green complete with fern green leather interior. The S1 has undergone a full mechanical rebuild by ourselves, Clark & Carter, which includes engine, gearbox, rear axle and brakes.
Whilst undergoing .....
To the Continental's existing qualities of pace and elegance, the Flying Spur added four-door practicality, a more spacious interior and a generously proportioned boot. The S-Type's new box-section chassis incorporated improved brakes and suspension and an enlarged (to 4,887cc) and more powerful version .....
First seen on a handful of late coach built Bentley R Types, Park Ward’s handsome Continental Drophead Coupe coachwork was successfully carried over to the new 1955 S-series six-cylinder S1 Continental (and new sibling Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud) models become one of the most elegant cars ever to carry .....
The S1 Continental engine had effectively run its course by 1959 and could not be developed any further. The approximate 160bhp power output was more than sufficient but due to pressures and competition elsewhere Rolls-Royce sought out an improved power unit to deliver more speed whilst retaining the .....
The tremendous success Bentley enjoyed with the R Type Continental continued onto the S Series chassis in late 1955 with a range of new bodies available to collectors. The Park Ward fixed head coupe and drophead coupe designs on the R Type Continental chassis were originally the brain child of legendary .....
The tremendous success Bentley enjoyed with the R Type Continental continued onto the S Series chassis in late 1955 with a range of new bodies available to collectors. The Park Ward fixed head coupe was originally the brain child of legendary coachwork designer John Blatchley who had been largely responsible .....
Up until 1957 Bentley had only offered two door Continental style bodies, so to meet the demand of requests from their customers for a more practical four door variant with greater luggage capacity the Flying Spur was born. H.J. Mulliner’s chief designer George Moseley was entrusted with styling the .....
1957 Bentley S1 Continental Drophead
- Full engine, gearbox and automatic transmission restoration, completed by the highly prestigious Padgett Motor Engineers.
- Coach trimming carried out by specialists Simtrim.
- Immaculate condition and ready to be driven.
- Odometer currently reads 55,597 .....
1956 Bentley S1 Continental Park Ward Coupe
A wonderful rare Park Ward S1 continental Coupe in gorgeous order throughout. This car has been in long-term ownership in Denmark where it has been maintained without regard to expense, being used for high days & holidays in the summer months only.
The .....
This 1956 Bentley S1 Continental by Park Ward is presented in Blue coachwork, with a tasteful Olive leather upholstered interior. The 4.9 litre, six cylinder engine is a delight to drive and use and to this day is still a wonderful piece of engineering. The S1 benefits from having a higher compression, .....
1959 Bentley S1 Continental Saloon
In the spring of 1955, Rolls-Royce and Bentley announced the arrival of a new range of two virtually identical models respectively known as the Silver Cloud and S-Series (also referred to as S-Type or later, S1). The new models culminated the efforts to standardize .....
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A truly spectacular example of these wonderfully elegant 'slope back' Bentley Continental's - and most unusually this one sports a pair of rear wheel Spats too
The history folder is quite excellent, with original correspondence from the very earliest portion of BC41BG's life
Originally .....
2 door coupe to Park Ward design number 701 - surely the most stylish closed bodywork on the S-series chassis.
One of 45 RHD cars with this body style. Even more rare with the factory-fitted sunroof. Built without the usual vestigial fins on the rear wings.
Chassis delivered to Park Ward in September .....
