<body> <p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p> <a href="welcome2.htm" >Home</a> <a href="http://www.dwman.co.uk/continental/register_set.htm">Register of Cars</a> <a href="history.htm">History</a> <a href="http://www.dwman.co.uk/continental/missing.asp">Missing Cars </a> <a href="http://www.dwman.co.uk/continental/registration.asp">Registration Nos</a> <a href="http://www.dwman.co.uk/continental/sales.asp">Cars for Sale</a> <a href="rally.htm">Rally Modifications</a> <a href="bond.htm">The James Bond Connection</a> <a href="archives2.htm">Archives</a> <a href="aboutus.htm">About Us</a> <a href="contacts.htm">Contact Us</a> <a href="links.htm">Links</a> Classic Car, Proper Motor Car, Cars from Crewe, Crewe Bentley, Continental, Continental Sports Saloon, R-Type Continental, Bentley Continental, Bentley R-Type Continental, Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Bentley, Rally, Competition Cars. H.J.Mulliner & Park Ward (London), Franay & Chapron (Paris), Graber (Swiss), Pinin Farina (Italian): all are Coachbuilders who built bodies for the Continentals. Fastback, Drophead Coupe, Lightweight, self explanitory. Andre Embiricos, comissioned the lightweight pre-war Derby Bentley that provided much inspiration for the Continental. It is known as the Embiricos Bentley. Jean Daninos designed the post war Cresta Fastback Bentley that was built by his company Facel Metallon in France, in collaboration with Rolls-Royce. R-R owned the rights to the Cresta name. This was the immediate predecessor of the Continental. Corniche, Corniche I, Corniche II, all prototype/development names for the Continental. Dunlop, Goodwood, self explanitory. Klementaski, famous motoring photographer hired by R-R to record the development and testing of the Continental. Briggs Swift Cunningham, well known American sportsman and racer, who is one of the people that bullied R-R into producing the Continental. He used three Continentals at LeMans as support cars for his team. The prototype Corniche II/Continental was the official course car at Lemans in 52, 53, and possibly 54. Alfred Momo, BS Cunningham crew chief and design engineer who visited R-R and revised the specification for the early Continentals. Inskip, US distributor. Jack Barclay, UK Agent, Franco Brittanic, French Agent, Garage de l'Athenee, Swiss Agent. Walter Slater, Chairman of Franco Brittanic and another who bullied R-R into production. Ivan Evernden, Harry Grylls, Whtiney Straight, R-R board members responsible for the design development and production. Ivar Bryce, co-owned and financed Fleming's Continental. The literary James Bond was based upon the real Bryce. Commander Ian Fleming, James Bond, </body>