1956 · BENTLEY · S1

Bentley
S1

Mason's Black over Silver · Inline 6 · 4-Speed Automatic

SOLD

BICESTER HERITAGE

VEHICLE DETAILS

YEAR

1956

MAKE

Bentley

MODEL

MILEAGE

88,600 miles

COLOUR

Mason's Black over Silver

INTERIOR

Maroon Leather w/ Fawn Headcloth

ENGINE

Inline 6

CHASSIS / VIN

B204BA

REGISTRATION

SUL 656

STATUS

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ABOUT THIS CAR

PICNICking WITH CLASS

THE MODEL

The Bentley “S-Series” was a luxury motor car first introduced in the mid-1950s as Bentley’s equivalent of Rolls Royce’s Silver Cloud.

The first generation, the S1, was noted not only for being the last production Bentley to feature traditional body-on-frame construction, but also for being the last in a long line of luxury motor cars to be powered by the well-weathered inline-six that was first seen in the Rolls-Royce 20hp.

However, unlike most S1 Bentleys that were delivered as Standard Steel Saloons, a small number of cars were instead delivered to the West London coachbuilder, Harold Radford Ltd, where they received a variety of ‘Countryman’ modifications.

Designed with laidback luxury in mind, the Radford conversion introduced:

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