Bentley S-Type Standard Steel Saloon

Bentley S-Type in The Blues Brothers, Movie, 1980

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
maxman ◊ 2011-07-01 01:04	Sorry, THAT was the restaurant owner's limousine, and when the stunt driver nearly hit it with the Bluesmobile, he almost had a heart attack.
somename ◊ 2011-07-02 02:44	660 N. Rush Avenue, Chicago IL 60611
G-MANN ◊ 2011-07-28 15:45	That looks more like a Bentley S1/S2, actually.
robgeelen2 ◊ 2011-08-01 12:40	It is precisely that
Robi ◊ 2020-03-18 07:26	How can we tell the difference between S1 and S2?
dsl ◊ 2020-03-18 13:54	^ pretty well impossible in most cases, without plate or film dates. RHD S1 in their original country have a particular headlight format ("spiders-eye"), but LHD S1 and all S2 share a different format (which would also be fittted to eg RHD S1 privately imported to US; jfs also mentions that many RHD S1 owners upgrade to the S2 format as it's a better headlight and an easy change). There may be a trick for the small front grilles being plain metal on S1 and chromed on S2, but this is unconfirmed and rarely visible in a useful fashion. If the bonnet is up, S1 was a straight six, S2 a V8. Same factors apply for RR SC1/SC2.