Not Sold (Est: £216.9k - £266.9k)
1965 Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur by Mulliner Park Ward
Artcurial • France • 7 Feb 2025
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Not Sold (Est: £216,879 - £266,928)
1965 Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur by Mulliner Park Ward
France • 7 Feb 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1965 Bentley Flying Spur is one of only 20 left-hand-drive versions ever built. It boasts all-aluminum bodywork, a 6.2-liter V8 engine, and a rich history of ownership, including Baron Janssen and Hubert Fabri, with documented maintenance and restoration work.
Condition
9
The car has been magnificently preserved and is in exceptional condition, regularly maintained by reputable services. It looks almost new, with a respray in pale green performed during restoration work.
/ 10
32,000 miles
LHD
France
BC6LXE
1965
Auction
Not Sold (Est: £216.9k - £266.9k)
1965 Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur by Mulliner Park Ward
Artcurial • France • 7 Feb 2025
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Description
Belgian titleChassis no.
BC6LXE
Engine no.
3EBC-
One of 20 left-hand-drive cars built - An exceptional car, supplied new in Europe -
Delivered new to Baron Janssen and ex-Hubert Fabri - All-aluminium bodywork When it was supplied new on 5 May 1965, through the Belgian importer Novarobel, to the businessman Baron Roger Janssen, this car was black with a green interior and had numerous options, including air-conditioning and four electric windows.
After being used for a few years, it was taken back into stock by the importer and sold at the end of the 1980s to Philip Wichard, a major collector of exceptional motorcars.
After Wichard died, his collection was sold at auction in April 1995.
At the time, the Continental had a recorded mileage from new of 32,000 miles, and the lower part of its body had been repainted in green, at Wichard's request.
It was then bought by the enthusiast who would later become its current owner, but he sold it in May 2003 to the Belgian collector Hub...
Price Analysis vs Other S3 Continental Mulliner Park Wards
£54,338
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£141,444
Median Price (Since 2020)
£239,934
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 9th Jul 2010
Latest MOT mileage:
42,555 kilometers
MOT History
Passed
On 1st Jul 2009, 42,555 kilometers
Passed
On 2nd Jul 2008, 42,184 kilometers
Passed
On 10th Jul 2007, 41,487 miles
Passed
On 14th Jun 2006, 41,000 kilometers
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