Bentley S1 Continental H.J. Mulliner Fastback

This is a right-hand-drive 1957 Bentley S1 Continental with H.J. Mulliner fastback coachwork to Design No 7400. Chassis BC92BG is the eighty-eighth of ninety-seven built to that design in right-hand drive, and it is a matching-numbers car. It wears its original combination of Velvet Green over beige leather.

The S1 Continental followed the R Type Continental in 1955 and rode on a chassis three inches longer. Mulliner adapted its fastback shape for it, with a higher front wing line and slimmer rear wings. This car is a late production example with the better S1 Continental specification: factory power steering, the larger carburettors and a dual brake reservoir.

Ownership is traceable from new. The first owner was Peter Cadbury, who kept the car only a few months. It was then supplied through Jack Barclay several times, and C. Derek Murray owned it from 1962 to 1987. It was bought in 2016 and restored body-off over almost three years, with Padgett Engineering rebuilding the mechanicals. The dealer says the restoration cost well over £300,000.

Upgrades include period-style parcel-shelf air conditioning, a hazard switch and an electric aerial. The car has covered just over 1,000 miles since the work was completed in 2019. It comes with its tools, handbook, a photographic record of the restoration, copy chassis cards and a large history file.