•One of only 41 S2 Continentals by James Young •Only three owners from new, all same family •Recommissioned from storage in 2015 •Recent tours of the South of France "In the twilight of their coachbuilding years, James Young had with these cars reached the pinnacle of excellence." - Martin Bennett, Rolls-Royce and Bentley .

In the 1950s and 1960s the Bentley Continental was the world's ultimate Grand Tourer, a car in which you could set off from any European capital in the morning and arrive at Monte Carlo fresh enough to play the tables that same evening.

With the arrival of the V8-engined S2 version in 1959, this consummate ability was further enhanced.

Despite the popularity of the 'standard steel' bodywork, introduced when production of Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars resumed after WW2, a steadily declining number of independent coachbuilders continued to offer alternatives.

Arguably the most stylish were those produced to clothe the Bentley Continental which, of course, was only ...