1957 Bentley S1 Continental Park Ward Coupe

In the early 1950s, Park Ward created some particularly attractive two-door designs for Bentley’s new high-performance R-Type Continental chassis. When the much-improved S-Type Continental replaced it at the end of 1955, they tweaked and modernized the styling to suit the revised platform.

Design number 701 is an elegant two-door fixed-head coupe that shared elements of the Standard Steel Saloon but with a slimmer, cleaner, and sportier character. Park Ward made a few design variations, moving from individual taillights to integrated taillights borrowed from the saloon and altering the blind quarters with larger rear quarter lights on later iterations. While the differences are subtle, each variant has a character of its own while remaining distinctly Park Ward. Like most other Park Ward bodies on the Continental chassis, the 701 Fixed-Head Coupe was highly exclusive, with just 69 built

Supplied to first owner Metal Products Co (Willenhall Ltd) on 16th January 1957, this Continental was finished in Shell Grey over Black coachwork with Red hides and registered 100 NRF

Restored by Bramley of Kensington in 2007, in more recent times the Bentley has been maintained by marque exponents Frank Dale and Stepsons for the current discerning owner and has recently been fully serviced with a new set of tires fitted. One of the most elegant coachbuilt S1 variants with excellent provenance, original buff log book and restoration invoices