Description
H&H Classic Auction @Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
24th of April, 2024 13:00
1957 Bentley S1
Estimate
£14, 000 - £18, 000
Registration No: 475 XVD
Chassis No: B49DE
MOT: Exempt
Delightfully presenting well in Black over Silver plus a Gold coach stripe
Fully UK registered with V5C
Previously re-lacquered dashboard and new carpets
Fitted with modern indicators for better visibility to modern traffic
The Bentley S1 was unveiled in April 1955. A very different car from its predecessors, it was longer and wider and based on a much stiffer chassis. Though the traditional body-on-chassis construction facilitated the manufacture of special-bodied versions, most were delivered with the standard offering produced by Pressed Steel Ltd, featuring alloy doors, bonnet and boot lid.
Powered by the final iteration of the company's venerable 4. 9-litre straight six engine featuring revised cylinder-head porting, power was quoted at 178bhp. As standard, the unit drove through a four-speed automatic gearbox with steering column control. Suspension was independent at the front by wishbones and coil springs and employed a leaf-spring mounted live axle at the rear. Braking was by drums all round. A total of 3, 107 examples were produced between 1955 and 1959.
Understood to have originally been supplied as a UK car from new, chassis B49DE was acquired by our vendor in 2018 as a car that had been previously repainted to a high standard into the attractive colour combination of Black over Silver with a Gold pinstripe. This elegant car appears to have been treated with great care throughout its life and retains the original Cream leather interior which is in an attractive patinated state with great opportunity to improve further through attention to the seats, however, the woodwork has been relacquered at some point in the car's history and still presents with a wonderful shine. The vendor has advised that the car 'runs very well indeed' and has used the car on several occasions for local events and that it has had some level of maintenance to keep it in good working order.
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