Continuing Bentley’s trend towards more audacious modern designs in the 1960s, Vilhelm Koren drew up a literal new face for the third-generation S-type Continental.

The S3 Continental fixed head and drophead coupés were a more aggressive version of Koren’s previous S2 design, with even more crisply tailored, unadorned flanks, nearly flared rear wings with more than a hint of a tailfin, and, most dramatically, quad headlamps mounted without rakishly angled nacelles.

It was an automobile that spoke to the new Bentley buyer, a type of man or woman who liked aggressive styling to go with their smooth, ready performance.

A total of 75 S3 Continental drophead coupés were made to this design, of which 26 were left-hand drive.

The example offered here, an original left-hand-drive model, was originally finished in Opal with Beige interior and power-operated hood, Koln Blue Spot radio with Radiomobile electric aerial, and power windows with Sundym glass.

It was shipped across the Atlantic a...