Coachwork by Park Ward Ltd.
Chassis n° BC119LCZ
Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais
Bonhams
Estimated : € 225.000 – 275.000
Offered for € 209.300
Parijs – Paris
Frankrijk – France
February 2018
– The ultimate combination of velocity and class in its working day
– Shipped new to the United states of america
– Latest in depth refurbishment by Frank Dale & Stepsons
– Registered in the British isles
Introduced in the autumn of 1959, the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II and Bentley S2 appeared externally unchanged from their Silver Cloud and S-Variety predecessors, however their general performance was considerably increased by the new 6.230 cc aluminium-alloy V8 motor. ‘The Bentley S2, with its sister Rolls-Royce types, provides high-velocity vacation in silence and luxury, whilst the driver and passengers get pleasure from the sense of well remaining that only British craftsmanship can give. The V8 motor, with its flashing acceleration, certainly contributes to the result and is a definite stage forward in Rolls-Royce system,’ enthused Autosport. There have been several substantial improvements to the operating gear, however electrical power-assisted steering was now common and the handbook gearbox had been dropped, Rolls-Royce’s personal 4-velocity automatic transmission getting the sole providing.
Constructed in ‘S2’ form from the autumn of 1959, Continental variation of the Bentley remained, as ever, solely a coachbuilt motor vehicle. The firms of H J Mulliner, Park Ward, James Young, and Hooper (with a solitary illustration) all made available bodies on the Continental S2 chassis, which differed from the common model by virtue of its 4-primary-shoe front brakes, shorter radiator and, up to chassis amount ‘BC99BY’, bigger gearing. Of these 4, James Youthful, and Hooper would before long stop coachbuilding, leaving only Mulliner and Park Ward to have on a noble tradition.
Chassis selection ‘BC119LCZ’ is an illustration of Park Ward’s influential ‘straight by means of wing’ human body type it is a single of 124 bodied in this manner by Park Ward, and 1 of only 61 first left-hand generate vehicles. This Continental was delivered new to Rolls-Royce Inc in New York, Usa where by it was marketed by means of J S Inskip Inc to its very first owner: Gordon P Kelley of Chicago, Illinois. Duplicate chassis playing cards on file record that the automobile was at first completed in Dawn Blue with gentle blue hood and matching interior, and remaining the manufacturing facility outfitted with electric powered windows and aerial, electric power operated convertible hood, and Sundym glass. Only a single other operator is outlined on the chassis playing cards: an Adrian West of Morrisville, Vermont (from April 1971).
In much more the latest many years the vehicle returned to Europe where it shaped section of a little private collection in Holland. Renowned marque specialists, Frank Dale & Stepsons have not too long ago brought this handsome motor car up to showroom affliction, with mechanical and electrical planning as and where needed, coachwork restoration, chrome restoration, a new hood and headlining, woodwork restoration, and new carpets (costs accessible). Now presenting and driving beautifully, this fantastic Bentley Continental will come with a entire compact software kit and is prepared for pleasurable summer motoring to the Côte d’Azur and other this kind of pleasant places.
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