1962 BENTLEY S2 CONTINENTAL DROPHEAD COUPE COACHWORK BY PARK WARD Chassis No. BC136 LCZ Engine No. C 136 BC Black with black Connolly leather hides Engine: V8, overhead valve, 6,230cc, 200bhp at 4,500rpm; Gearbox: four-speed automatic; Suspension: front, independent with coil springs and wishbones, rear, semi-elliptic leaf springs; Brakes: front, hydraulic and mechanical rear with servo. Left hand drive. In 1936 Park Ward patented the all-steel bodywork that would have a profound effect upon their coachbuilding methods. At the time they were producing as many as eight bodies per week, mounted on the Bentley chassis. Following the Second World War they were employed exclusively by Rolls-Royce on their production and experimental work and were eventually to amalgamate with H.J. Mulliner in 1961. The Continental models were always faster than the standard production cars and had a tremendous air of distinction. They continued to sell well even with a large price differential, which was almost fifty per cent more than the standard S2. Park Ward devised striking Drophead Coupe coachwork featuring a straight-through wing line, hooded headlamps and a radiator grille shortened by 3 inches compared with the standard S2. 388 Continentals were built between 1959-62, selling for up to $20,000 depending on the bodywork, of which just 61 were of the Drophead Coupe variant to left hand drive specification. According to the authoritative work Bentley, the cars from Crewe by Rodney Steele and published by Dalton Watson in 1988, this car was supplied new in August 1962 to Mr. E.K. Williams in the UK and was registered with the number 832 CGT. According to the chassis lists it was the fourth to last Continental built on the S2 chassis. Its third owner was an enthusiastic East Coast Rolls-Royce and Bentley collector, Mr. Steven Elkman, who acquired this Continental in 19????????. At one stage in the late 1990s, Mr.Elkman owned no less than four S2 Continental Park Ward dropheads. From 1987 until late 1999 the car was maintained and serviced by Queens Import Motors. It was the subject of a bare metal repaint in 1993. The wood and interior are said to be in good original condition and are indicative of what is thought to be a very low mileage example. The headliner and top were replaced several years ago in the correct materials and original pattern. According to Mr. Elkman, upon purchase the car had around 89,000 recorded miles and today the current mileage is showing around 91,240 miles. These elegant coachbuilt Bentleys are rare and offer traditional British styling, grace and refinement from the late '50s and early '60s, in deep contrast to the American flamboyance of the time.
1962 BENTLEY S2 CONTINENTAL DROPHEAD COUPE COACHWORK BY PARK WARD Chassis No. BC136 LCZ Engine No. C 136 BC Black with black Connolly leather hides Engine: V8, overhead valve, 6,230cc, 200bhp at 4,500rpm; Gearbox: four-speed automatic; Suspension: front, independent with coil springs and wishbones, rear, semi-elliptic leaf springs; Brakes: front, hydraulic and mechanical rear with servo. Left hand drive. In 1936 Park Ward patented the all-steel bodywork that would have a profound effect upon their coachbuilding methods. At the time they were producing as many as eight bodies per week, mounted on the Bentley chassis. Following the Second World War they were employed exclusively by Rolls-Royce on their production and experimental work and were eventually to amalgamate with H.J. Mulliner in 1961. The Continental models were always faster than the standard production cars and had a tremendous air of distinction. They continued to sell well even with a large price differential, which was almost fifty per cent more than the standard S2. Park Ward devised striking Drophead Coupe coachwork featuring a straight-through wing line, hooded headlamps and a radiator grille shortened by 3 inches compared with the standard S2. 388 Continentals were built between 1959-62, selling for up to $20,000 depending on the bodywork, of which just 61 were of the Drophead Coupe variant to left hand drive specification. According to the authoritative work Bentley, the cars from Crewe by Rodney Steele and published by Dalton Watson in 1988, this car was supplied new in August 1962 to Mr. E.K. Williams in the UK and was registered with the number 832 CGT. According to the chassis lists it was the fourth to last Continental built on the S2 chassis. Its third owner was an enthusiastic East Coast Rolls-Royce and Bentley collector, Mr. Steven Elkman, who acquired this Continental in 19????????. At one stage in the late 1990s, Mr.Elkman owned no less than four S2 Continental Park Ward dropheads. From 1987 until late 1999 the car was maintained and serviced by Queens Import Motors. It was the subject of a bare metal repaint in 1993. The wood and interior are said to be in good original condition and are indicative of what is thought to be a very low mileage example. The headliner and top were replaced several years ago in the correct materials and original pattern. According to Mr. Elkman, upon purchase the car had around 89,000 recorded miles and today the current mileage is showing around 91,240 miles. These elegant coachbuilt Bentleys are rare and offer traditional British styling, grace and refinement from the late '50s and early '60s, in deep contrast to the American flamboyance of the time.
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