The first letter of the car serial number denotes the body styling:
S Standard saloon (Standard sedan in the USA)
C Two-door saloon (Two-door coupe in the USA)
D Convertible
L Long wheelbase saloon (Long wheelbase formal sedan in the USA)
P Phantom VI
J Camargue
The second letter differentiates Silver Shadow motor cars from the Bentley T series:
R Rolls-Royce
B Bentley
The third letter denotes whether the car is left or right hand drive:
X Left hand drive (not applicable to North American cars after 1972)
H Right hand drive
A North America 1972 model year
B North America 1973 model year
C North America 1974 model year
D North America 1975 model year
E North America 1976 model year
F North America 1977 model year
G North America 1978 model year
K North America 1979 model year
L North America 1980 model year
Notes: In addition, a letter 'C; is used as suffix letter after the car serial number to indicate that the vehicle has been produced to the 1980 Californian specification.
All coach built cars were denoted by the prefix C up to car serial number CRX 6646. Convertibles cars produced after CRX 6646 however, are denoted by the prefix D (e.g DRX), while Two-door saloons continue to be denoted by the prefix C.
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