1961 Bentley Continental Drophead Coupe by Park Ward


  Number Delivered Original
Country
Original
Owner
Current
Owner
Current
Country
BC32LCZ Sep 61 USA D.
Cunningham
Michael Kittredge USA

This car was has been recently owned by Michael Kittredge, founder of the Yankee Candle Company in Deerfield MA. The car has been displayed in the car museum affiliated with the company, and has been offered for sale by Kittredge directly and through several non-exclusive agents for an asking price of $125,000. Offers under $100,000 have been turned down.

Kittredge was said to have bought the car in Arizona in 1990 at a Barret Jackson auction. (The records of the 1996 Barrett Jackson auction show the car sold for $97,125 with "new show quality paint, chrome and leather, new carpets and new top, complete professional mechanical restoration.")

The car was frame-up restored in 1997 to factory new standards, finished in an unusual champagne metallic with red leather interior. It has factory AC and all tools and books.

The photos to the right are from different cameras under different lighting conditions.