Beschreibung
1956 Bentley four door Saloon by James Young, chassis B275AP, engine BA387, design B10, body 4004, Shell Grey over Caribbean Blue with grey interior. All matching numbers. Indicated mileage : 80348.
This Bentley 1956 Sports Saloon by James Young was one of 26 B10 design delivered by James Young with their handcrafted lightweight aluminum Sports Saloon coachwork. Hand-formed fenders were integrated into the overall aluminum body design, as well as the doors, roof and bonnets. These Bentleys had distinctive square push buttons on the door and boot handles. This car is a rare B10 design with discreet tail-fins on the top of the rear wings. Combined with an automatic gearbox and factory power assisted steering, Chassis B275AP with body n° 4004 was converted from right-hand drive to left-hand drive. The conversion with factory parts was done during the 10 years that the car was imported in the USA in the nineties. This car is the only left-hand drive James Young S1 with design no. B10.
The Bentley was sold to Andre Fluckiger, a Swiss banker, in February 1956.
In 1995 car was exported to California and came back to the Continent in 2002 (in The Netherlands).
In 2005 Coys auction at Maastricht in Holland and sold to the President of the National Conservatory for Historic Vehicles in Luxembourg who owned the car until 2020.
Nice paint and chrome.
The engine runs smoothly and the gearbox is shifting well.
Includes a set of small and big tools.
History file with many invoices and factory construction records
Original owners handbook and a very rare James Young instruction book for this particular chassis number
Comes with out of print book by D. Bassoli and B. King “Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 1 & Bentley S1 - 50 years”.
Special order :
* In both RH and LH door panels : 2 spirit flasks, 4 glasses, bottle recesses and bottle opener (parts no longer in the car)
* Brush, mirror, comb, powder compact in the armrest (parts no longer in the car)
* Original Radiomobile 200X
* Grab handles to rear of front seats
* Combined flashing and parking lights
* James Young sun visors
Work recently carried out :
* New paint and hand painted coach lines
* Engine serviced and detailed to good standard
* New thermostat
* Anti roll bar new bushes
* 4 new tires
* Ignition overhaul (coil, points, condenser, sparkling plugs, distributor cap, rotor arm)
* Fuel system overhaul : new SU electronic fuel pump, jets, needle, floats height, throttle synchronisation, richness tuning
* Gearbox is serviced, tuned and shifts smoothly
* Brakes system overhaul (shoes, reconditioned or new brake cylinders, servo, master cylinder …)
* Chassis cleaned and repainted to good standards
* Engine bay detailing
* Car is fully serviced (“C” schedule”)
Overall condition of the car :
Mechanics : very good
Engine : very good
Gearbox : good
Body : very good (and rust-free)
Interior : good
Over 200 detailed pictures available upon request and you'll get a link to my personal album. I also have some videos of the engine running.
It is not a concours car that costed thousands and thousands, it is just a nice looking car, mechanically reliable.
Car is offered for sale by long time Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club member.
Asking price : 59, 000 euros (49 500 GBP or 69, 500 USD). Near offers welcome.
