£316.3k
1956 Bentley S1 Continental Fastback Sports Saloon
Bonhams • UK • 9 Sept 2023
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
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£316,250
1956 Bentley S1 Continental Fastback Sports Saloon
UK • 9 Sept 2023
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1956 Bentley S1 Continental Fastback is a rare, right-hand drive example with coachwork by H J Mulliner. Restored in the late 90s and recently recommissioned, it features a repaint, re-upholstered interior, and significant mechanical work, including a transmission overhaul and new tires.
Condition
8
The car has been professionally restored and extensively recommissioned by marque specialists, with significant recent mechanical work. However, it's not in perfect 'Pristine' condition due to the restoration dating back to the 1990s and signs of storage in Japan. The car is in excellent condition with minimal cosmetic imperfections due to the repaint, re-upholstered interior, and re-plating of chromework.
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17,000 miles (via 2023 MOT)
BC12BG
RHD
United Kingdom
Automatic
SNM 3
1956
Auction
£316.3k
1956 Bentley S1 Continental Fastback Sports Saloon
Bonhams • UK • 9 Sept 2023
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
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Description
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One of only 97 right-hand drive S1 Continentals to H J Mulliner's body design 7400 • Professionally restored in the mid/late 1990s • Present ownership since circa 2005 • Extensively recommissioned by recognised marque specialists • Freshly Mo
T'd and ready to enjoy
Chassis number 'BC12BG' is one of only 97 right-hand drive, all-aluminium bodied S1 Continental Fastbacks built between 1955 and 1959 to H J Mulliner's Design No.
7400.
The chassis was delivered to H J Mulliner in Chiswick, West London in April 1956 and took a year to complete, being delivered to its first proud owner David Robinson Esq of The Mill House, Grantchester on 11th April 1957.
He kept the car for just over three years before trading it in through Harold Radford of South Kensington for a new Bentley S2 Continental.
The Bentley had various keepers before being purchased in 1995 by a Japanese collector, who commissioned an extensive restoration before exporting the car to Japan.
Undertaken between 1996 and ...
Price Analysis vs Other S1 Continentals
£193,200
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£323,125
Median Price (Since 2020)
£1,220,000
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 31st Aug 2024
Latest MOT mileage:
17,000 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 1st Sept 2023, 17,000 miles
Passed
On 1st Jul 2021, 13,515 miles
Passed
On 7th Jul 2018, 12,848 miles
Passed
On 9th Jun 2016, 12,475 miles
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101 New Bond Street, London, Greater London, W1S 1SR, England
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