Alfa Romeo 8c 2900b
This is how U12022 looked in 1938. Within years, horn grilles had replaced the driving lamps and sidelights had been grafted onto the front wings. There's a passage in the book The Immortal 2.9 that describes a drive in this very car back in the mid-1960s. A previous owner, Bill Summers, was on his way to hillclimb the now invaluable machine at Prescott, and running a little late I drove flat out down the A41 at Gailey - covering the remaining miles to the M50 in a little under 20 minutes, the...
lap Colin Chapman invited me to join Team Lotus
rhythm. I didn't want to stay behind - though I could have done so and still won - so I went for it but my foot slipped off the brake pedal. I got back onto it but locked-up on Oporto's tramlines, and instead of just going up the escape road, I tried to take the corner, and split the radiator on a kerb. From then on, John dedicated himself to four-wheeled racing. 'I really learned the ropes in Formula 1 through 1961-'62, driving Coopers and Lolas managed by Reg Parnell. But at the end of 1960...
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1992 AC Cobra Mk IV Lightweight 7 Litre 7,537 miles from new. The only 7 litre Mk IV built completely by AC Cars 1955 Bentley R Type Continental Fastback 1966 Jaguar E-type 4.2 Series 1 Coupe H. J. Mulliner, Chassis Number BC7E Only 33,425 miles with J D Classics restoration 6, Kendrick Place, Reece Mews, South Kensington, London SW7 3HF. T 44 0 207 225 3388 M 44 0 7710020030 sales hexagonclassics.com www.hexagonclassics.com Aston Martin Short Chassis Vantage Volante Ferrari 340 America Le Mans...
Porsche 994turbo Coupe Manual Basalt Black 19000 Miles
2009 MOOEL PORSCHE 997TURBO MANUAL GT SILVER 11,000 MILES Fill Black leatlier Inter or. Genei hijou II Forsche r j 'tutitir M ,d Je. P riche S Management System, Sports Chrono Pack pkii, Surroo'W -, d ali Electric I icec m 2001 2 PORSCHE 994TURBO MANUAL MERIDIAN SILVER lt 4.000 MILES 2007 PORSCHE 997TURBO COUPE TIPTRONIC SARCTIC SILVER 21,000 MILES enche Statu it, Management Syitcin.Telcahync Mediae. Ou tc Control. Computer Sport Mode. S km it 'utprmtirn .Vhite mi v Chrono p J i k_ Siernoot,...
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Peter Agg then sold the car to Californian John Mozart, who used it for his commute to the office during the summer, and entered it into the 1985 Pebble Beach-though once on the lawns he withdrew the entry to allow him to concentrate on his Duesenberg. But 412022 was soon back on its world tour, this time selling to Jeffrey Pattinson in the UK, before moving on to Yoshiyuki Hayashi in Japan - though Hayashi then shipped the car to Italy to be restored, returning the rear bodywork to roughly the...
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Barrett-Jackson, Las Vegas. USA 23-25 September Bonharns, Reims, France 11 September 2009 McLaren-Mercedes SLR roadster Barrett-Jackson, Las Vegas. USA 23-25 September 2010 limited edition UFC Chevrolet Camaro Barrett-Jackson, Las Vegas. USA 23-25 September Bonhams, Reims, France. 11 September Auction analyst Dave publishes the USA's classic market bible, the Cars That Matter price guide, and is an expert on the US classic car auction scene. Our man at the dealers and auction halls in the UK is...
Robertcoucher International Editor
MY XKUO HAS enjoyed a temperate summer this year, with the unofficial Tour de Chelsea being its most amusing and regular of outings. Most of my serious Continental and American motoring has been in other generous bods' Jaguars, so MNJ 812 has been confined to regular driving around London, and frequent fast 65-mile early-morning blasts up to the editorial office in Northamptonshire, as well as trips to other good country events. With the rebuilt engine run-in, the Jaguar is smoother, quieter...
Improving The Breed For 35 Years
In order to endure, let alone still enjoy, today's incompetence-ridden, urban-warfare motoring environment, discerning motorists demand something a little different Designed and engineered by and for thinking enthu w, SuperDefenders satisfies that demand. Choose from the outrageous 460 bhp supercharged AJV8 'Zulu' - the normally-aspirated 4.4 litre JE-35' with a mere 320 bhp - or the workhorse JE 'Saluki' TDV6 bi-turbo diesel with 240 bhp and 570 Nm. With automatic or manual transmission,...
Specification
Celebrity Challenge Abarth 500s began as standard Abarth d aler network-supplied cars. They were then modified for the race with these performance- and safety-enhancing features Abarth esseesse performance upgrade kit, including 17-inch lightweight alloy wheels, cross-drilled brake discs, performance pads, uprated suspension spring set, Abarth upgrade ECU, BMC performance air filter Abarth Monza Dual-mode exhaust lightweight composite Abarth Corse seats specially designed by Sabelt bespoke...
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Bentley Continental Flying Star by Touring Limited, high-quality coachbuilt manufacture to the customer's exact specifications Season's Greetings g Frohe Festtage BuoneFeste I I I Prettige Feestdagen Meilleurs Voeux Felices Fiestas If you would like to discuss your purchasing interest in the Flying Star please contact Piero Mancardi I phone 39 02 939 092 85 I e-mail ceoCa'touringsuperleggera.eu or Paul V.J. Koot I phone 31 0 26 845 2013 I e-mail infoft pkcc.eu Touring Superleggera - Via per...
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K-. iafn isaatrj khu-iosh. v wim um iiiiii iiiiii l 5 Exceptional Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Bonhams is delighted to announce its presence at the Grand Palais in order to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the motor car at this magical venue steeped in automotive history. Bonhams will be organising an exhibition of carefully selected veteran cars and holding sales of exceptional motor cars, motorcycles and automobilia. Heading the present entry list is this outstanding 1933 Bugatti Type 51...
Italy
IF YOU TAKE a look at every classic car auction, you'll see that half of the cars were probably made in Italy. This is the first clue to what cars - classic or modern - mean for the Italians. Few Italian collectors can afford to indulge in the top end of the classic car market, but their passion keeps demand for more affordable cars strong. The economic crisis of the last two years has not killed the market. Prices have steadied since 2008, and many new collectors, tired of losing money in...
Honourable Mentions
1978 ALFA SPIDER 5280. BRIGHTWELLS This 1978 Veloce 2000 Kamm-tail was one of the nicest of a clutch of Spiders, Ziebarted from new and with just three owners, going for a bargain 5280 including premium. That's less than steel-bumper MGB money. 1958 LAND ROVER S1 4470. HISTORICS With S1 Landies selling for up to 10,000 at auction, this seemed good value at 4470. Looking slightly used, it was said to be mechanically good and capable of going straight to work. The lovely, restored trinket is off...
Ferrari 250gt0
ENGINE 2953cc V12, SOHC per bank, six Weber 38DCN carburettors POWER 295bhp 7500rpm TORQUE 2171b ft 5500rpm TRANSMISSION Five speed manual, rear wheel drive STEERING Worm and lever SUSPENSION Front double wishbones, coil springs, telescopic dampers, anti-roll bar. Rear live axle, semi-elliptic leal springs, telescopic dampers BRAKES Discs front and rear WEIGHT 900kg PERFORMANCE Top speed 175mph lapprox , depending on gearing There was then the slightly depressing detail that the second-per-lap...
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promptly escaped Recaptured, the feisty flyer was re-incarcerated in Colditz Castle. While Bader would return to Goodwood post-war, becoming a golfing friend of Freddie March's, yet another legless pilot fought from Westhampnett, Colin Hoppy' Hodgkinson of No. 610 Squadron, remembered for his congeniality. The flyers were always welcome in such local pubs as The Ship in Bosham, and The Unicorn, Rose and Crown and The Dolphin in Chichester. The town's squash club extended them honorary...
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Classy And Beautiful
Li-errari n lese Pontoon Fender1 Chassis-Nr. D71 Produced t dei license of ierran S.p A. FERRARI, -he PRANCING HORS device, j associated logos and destincrrve designs are ttademstlts of Ferrari S.P.A rhe body designs of tie Ferrari cars are pcoteceo as Ferrari property under design, trademark and trade dress regulations. This perfectly-restored dream car changed hands in May 2009. It happened at an auction in Italy, and the bidding went high as 9.02 Million Euros. CMC has replicated this...
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THE MODIFIED ABARTH 500S RACED BY CELEBRITIES IN THIS YEAR'S SILVERSTONE CLASSIC ARE BEING SOLD - TO YOU. In July 2010, famous names from TV, sport and radio gathered on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit grid.Their goal was to raise money for the Bobby Moore Fund for research into bowel cancer by racing sponsored, dealer-supplied and modified Abarth 500s in the BSM Centenary Abarth 500 Celebrity Challenge. The race was a thriller, won by rocker Rick Parfitt Jnr with Travis drummer Neil...
Australian former racing driver
and wartime fighter pilot Tony Gaze was studying the front cover photograph of the recently released book Westhampnett at War. Taken at RAF Westhampnett on 21 January 1943, it shows Fit Lt J Pattison of No. 485 Squadron, RNZAF, demonstrating a combat move to Sqn Ldr Reg Grant. What had caught Tony's practised eye was the battered and dented cowling of the Spitfire fighter aircraft parked behind the two flyers, and its chipped and worn wing leading edges. 'I would never have put up with that,'...
Brms Diamond Jubilee
Thirty historic BRM grand prix cars led the Revival's tribute to the team's first win at Goodwood, 60 years ago Woras Glen Waddington Photography CP Library Steve Havelock It's a wet and dreary Goodwood on 30 September 1950, when Reg Parnett scores BRM's first race win chief mechanic Ken Richardson brings the victorious car back to the pits. The rain's pouring. There's a pig farmer from Derby behind the wheel, with an unproven V16 engine wailing ahead of him. And there's a chequered flag ahead....
Ferrari 308 Gtb
Offering thf. World's Finest Motor Cars 1-519-352-4575 44 0 20 7851 7070 www.rmauctions.com RM AUCTIONS The legendary Broadspeed touring car team boss has died, aged 84. Tony Dron pays a personal tribute Ralph Broad centre , flanked by Tony Dron right and Andy Rouse, immediately after the 1974 Spa 24 Hours. Dron and Rouse finished fifth in the Broadspeed Dolomite Sprint. Ralph Broad centre , flanked by Tony Dron right and Andy Rouse, immediately after the 1974 Spa 24 Hours. Dron and Rouse...
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