Asking Price: £29,500
1956 Bentley S1 Sports Saloon
The Real Car Co Ltd • UK
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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Asking Price: £29,500
1956 Bentley S1 Sports Saloon
UK
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
A very smart and correct example of this classic, presented in its original Smoke and Sage green colour scheme. The car boasts a high-quality finish, excellent interior, extensive history from the 1970s, and a recent MoT, making it a desirable find for collectors.
Condition
8
High standard paint, superb veneers, excellent carpets/headlining
/ 10
34,940 miles (via 2026 MOT)
RHD
United Kingdom
KVH496
1956
Classified
Asking Price: £29,500
1956 Bentley S1 Sports Saloon
The Real Car Co Ltd • UK
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
Track live values and receive listing alerts
Description
A very smart, sharp, correct and attractive example, in good, sound order looking very handsome in its original colour scheme of Smoke green and Sage green.
The car is painted to a high standard, with lovely chrome plating, superb veneers, excellent carpets and headlining and original green leather interior.
Fitted with three point seat belts to the front and lap belts to the rear, and the car has an impressive set of tools, large and small, all correctly located.
Well cared-for, as evidenced by three folders of paperwork, including many invoices for maintenance and repairs, some of them going back to the 1970s, as well as some recent, substantial ones.
We also have a more or less complete run of Mo
T certificates going back to 1972, a handbook, which includes instructions for the original HMV radio, within which is the never used guarantee card, requiring a penny halfpenny stamp for postage! Even the original, delicate delivery sheet from Bentley Motors to Rippon Bros (the supply...
Price Analysis vs Other S1s
£5,843
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£19,041
Median Price (Since 2020)
£280,500
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Valid
Expires on 12th Feb 2027
Latest MOT mileage:
34,940 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 13th Feb 2026, 34,940 miles
Passed
On 7th Aug 2023, 33,418 miles
Passed
On 27th Jul 2022, 32,942 miles
Passed
On 25th Aug 2016, 31,114 miles
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