£54,000
1963 Bentley Continental Mulliner Park Ward S3 – No Reserve
COYS • UK • 24 Apr 2018
Market Position:
Lowest 10% of Past Sales
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£54,000
1963 Bentley Continental Mulliner Park Ward S3 – No Reserve
UK • 24 Apr 2018
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a right-hand drive 1963 Bentley S3 Continental 'Chinese Eye' by Mulliner Park Ward, originally sold to H.R. Owen and then to Mr. Miller in West London. It was later imported to the Republic of Ireland in 1971 and has had multiple owners, with the last one owning it for over three decades. It's now in 'barn find' condition, presented as a restoration project with a comprehensive history file.
Condition
3
The car is described as being in 'barn find condition as a genuine time capsule', indicating it has been retired and stored for a long period. While it has a comprehensive history and matching numbers, it is presented as a restoration project, suggesting significant work is needed to bring it back to its former glory. This aligns with a condition that requires substantial reconditioning.
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BC112XA
RHD
United Kingdom
777HYP
1963
Auction
£54,000
1963 Bentley Continental Mulliner Park Ward S3 – No Reserve
COYS • UK • 24 Apr 2018
Market Position:
Lowest 10% of Past Sales
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Description
The Bentley Continental was, of course, exclusively a coachbuilt car, the firms of H J Mulliner, Park Ward and James Young all offering bodies on the Continental S2 chassis, which differed from the standard version by virtue of its four-leading-shoe front brakes, shorter radiator and, up to chassis number ‘BC99BY’, higher gearing.
By far the most striking of the S2 Continentals were those bodied by Rolls-Royce’s in-house coachbuilder Park Ward, and this design by Norwegian Vilhelm Koren, with its influential continuous front-to-rear wing line, would continue on the Continental S3.
Quad headlamps were the S3’s major styling innovation, and on the H J Mulliner, Park Ward-bodied Continental were contained in slanting nacelles, giving rise to this model’s ‘Chinese Eye’ sobriquet.
Headlamps aside, the most significant change was to the S3’s engine, which boasted an increased compression ratio and larger carburettors, modifications that raised peak power by some 7%.
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Price Analysis vs Other S3 Continental Mulliner Park Wards
£54,338
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£141,444
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£239,934
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MOT Information
Exempt / No Records
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