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S2 CONTINENTAL ‘SURVIVOR’ WAS CHAUFFEUR-DRIVEN

A two-door car is an odd choice for anyone intending to ride in the back, but that was the role chosen for this exquisite 1961 two-door coupé by H.J. Mulliner. It was ordered with some interesting features, most notably a removable head-rest on just one side of the rear seat - the nearside - where the first owner also had a reading light fitted. Why choose such an arrangement over a limousine, a standard saloon or a four-door Flying Spur? Perhaps the appeal of the two-door Continental, probably the most expensive new car in the world, provoked the greatest pride of ownership, or perhaps the owner simply

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