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October 2023 Issue 603

Back in 1973, Michael Bowler defined what this new

magazine would consider a classic. Fifty years on, our
world has seen huge change, but his ethos holds true
he 50th anniversary of your owning and driving, the term ‘worth’ When we concocted our big golden
favourite magazine was an excuse requiring that it must have merit beyond anniversary feature it needed a 50 theme,
to dig out my October 1973 copy merely surviving into old age. but rather than asking our panel of names
of Classic Car. Leafing through its Sitting here in 2023, nostrils tickled to pick the greatest classics of all time,
86 yellowed pages – just 16 of them by the musty scent of those 50-year- we focused them on the past 50 years.
in colour – I was reminded how old pages, I’d say that still holds true for This mean trick both excluded obvious
editor Michael Bowler and his team Classic Cars, though ‘worth’ is another contenders already accepted by 1973
sought to bring definition to the term of those terms meaning different things and made everyone think hard about the
‘classic car’, at least for the purposes of to each of us. Beyond the obvious standout models that followed. As you’d
their new magazine. He summed up the engineering, stylistic and dynamic expect from the assembled cast, their
challenge wryly, stating that most people qualities, along with innovation, sporting responses were deeply considered, but as
using the term know what they are talking accolades and cultural significance, you’ll see when you read them, frequently
about in their own company. It made there’s an irresistibly powerful factor laced with personal perspective.
me smile, because 50 years later that still that can override all others. Personal Enjoy the issue
rings true – what constitutes a classic for nostalgia. The cars that, like popular songs
most people today seems driven mainly on the radio, encapsulate a particular
by personal perspective. moment or phase from our past and exert
Michael captured the magazine’s a powerful force. One that makes them
definition as a car from any era worth worth something to us individually. Phil Bell, Group Editor

It all started here, October 1973.

New cars were part of the mix

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fastest car fare?

...or 2023’s, for

that matter? P68

CARS SINCE 1973

To celebrate our 50th
anniversary, we name
the 50 most important
cars of the last 50 years
Missed the 205GTi
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 October 2023 Issue 603

The month in cars

24 Goodwood Festival of Speed Thunderstorms fail to dampen McLaren’s 60th anniversary
27 Yorkshire Elegance Unique Bugatti Type 49 graces the Bowcliffe Hall-based concours
30 Obituaries Designer Peter Horbury, tuner Reeves Callaway, and BTCC maestro Steve Neal
Homemade hinges,
countless track days, P82
and still going – a Lotus life
32 Events Planner Plot the rest of your classic summer, and drop in on Morgan for a coffee
34 Barn Finds Carlo Abarth’s own Ferrari 250GT Pinin Farina Coupé emerges after 50 years
38 Next Month What will make the panel’s Hot 30 list for 2023? Plus unique Bertone Aston
‘From schoolboy 39 Letters Birthday wishes, and speaking up for one of Alex Riley’s favourite Rovers

reader to columnist’ 41 Quentin Willson recalls reading the very first issue, with its MG-themed cover, in 1973
43 Alex Riley is going to praise a long-reviled 1973 debutant - the Austin Allegro. Yes, really.
Quentin Willson 154 50 Years Ago Today in an era of £600 DB4s, our first editorial asked - what makes a classic?
p41
Owning
82 COVER Life Cycle The early Elise that’s been used very much as Lotus intended by its owner
88 COVER Epic Restoration From rotten hulk to company demonstrator - Oselli’s MGA
105 Our Cars Phil’s Jaguar E-type scares him at Le Mans (p105), Russ shows off his Morris Minor
(p106), and Nathan buys yet another car - an Alfa Romeo 145 Cloverleaf (p108)

Driving
7 COVER The List One lucky reader spends a day with a besuited brawler - Aston Martin DBSV8
45 The Top 50 Cars Since 1973 A panel of 20 experts, from journalists and road testers to
COVER

designers and motor industry moguls, debate and nominate the 50 most significant cars to
be released since this magazine’s launch, from Alfa to VW, supercars to superminis

P74 74
Protheroe, Vestey, COVER Seminal Survivor Driving the Jaguar E-type Semi-Lightweight that’s never stopped

Mansell, Unser have racing since 1963

driven this E-type. And us…

Buying
14 COVER Quentin Willson says that high mileage shouldn’t put us off a manual Ferrari 360
16 Chasing Cars Russ reports on a cooling market, but the VW Golf GTI MkI bucks the trend
18 Temptations Unique Arnolt Aston Martin on sale, and what price a mint Vauxhall Nova?
20 Jaguar’s GTO Could the Jaguar XKSS be about to join the £10million club?
96 Buying Guide Get yourself a hot-hatch bargain with Peugeot’s 106 XSi, GTi and Rallye
103 Books & Models Tyrrell celebrated, and do you have space for Bluebird, in 1:18 scale?
108 COVER Ads on Test Aston Martin V8 Coupé (p113), Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII (p114), Ford Sierra

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 [ The List]
Your Dream Drive made real

‘It’s a bar-room
brawler in a
Savile Row suit’
Reliant Scimitar enthusiast Jim Pace has always fancied spending
a day in an Aston Martin DBS V8 playing Roger Moore from
The Persuaders! Today we make it happen
Words ANDREW NOAKES Photography TOM CRITCHELL

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[ The List] Aston Martin DBS V8

oger Moore, Tony Curtis, a bright

red Dino and a yellow Aston: the
key ingredients for first episode
of The Persuaders!, an action/
adventure/mystery series that hit
British TV screens in 1971. Never
mind that the Bahama Yellow
Aston was a mere six-cylinder
DBS dressed up and dubbed to
look and sound like the latest V8
– it still caught the attention of
petrolheads everywhere.
‘I was about 14 when The
Persuaders! came out,’ says Classic Cars reader Jim Pace. ‘At the
time I would’ve liked the Ferrari Dino but as I’ve got older, it’s
the Aston Martin that I appreciate more. I was never a huge fan
of the Aston DB5 in the Bond movies, but when On Her Majesty’s
Secret Service came out and George Lazenby was driving a DBS,
that really appealed – even though I think the only special thing
about it was a gun in the glovebox.’
Jim has run a series of Reliant Scimitars, and is editor of
the Reliant Sabre and Scimitar Owners Club magazine. He’s
also restoring a prototype Anadol, the GRP-bodied two-door
designed by Reliant for the Turkish Otosan company to build in
Istanbul. But he’s taking a day off from all things Reliant because
we’ve arranged to meet at Aston Martin specialist Richards of
England near Lincoln, where boss Paul Richards has a superb
DBS V8 manual for Jim to live out a few Roger Moore fantasies.
‘I like front-engined, rear-wheel driven, British GT cars,’ Jim
declares. Clearly the Aston DBS V8 ticks those boxes. It was
around at the right time too. ‘I was born in 1958 and I started
reading car magazines at four years old,’ he remembers. ‘I found
a pile of Car Mechanics magazines in a drawer in my father’s
office. My mother reckons I could read about cars before I could ‘People talk about
read Andy Pandy or Enid Blyton. Then I moved on to Hot Car,
and later Custom Car and Cars and Car Conversions. I was all the Italian
styling houses ,
reading about the new cars of the Sixties and Seventies, and
sometimes harking back to the Fifties.’

but William Towns

The Azzuro blue Aston is waiting for us outside the Richards
of England workshop, sunshine glinting off its chrome exterior
details. ‘I think it’s one of the most gorgeous cars ever built,’
Jim says. ‘I just love the appearance. It’s got a big, muscular V8
got this one
JIM’S TOP TEN absolutely spot on’
Datsun 240/260Z Dodge Challenger 440RT
‘A genuine Samuri. I ‘White, like in Vanishing Point! I
Jim rates the
missed out on one remember reading a report on a rich feel of the
about 35 years ago. Challenger in Custom Car in the Connoly leather
Still kicking myself’ Seventies that mentioned the film
Dino 246GT and years later I got to see it at a
‘It’s a Persuaders thing! And it’s local “flea pit” cinema’
NOT a Ferrari’ Gordon Keeble
Aston Martin DBS V8/Vantage ‘My dream car for years and I
‘It’s a Persuaders thing – again’ saved for one, always falling
Ford GT40 further behind their increasing
‘If I can get in it! It broke Ferrari at value! I do own the book though’
Le Mans, what more reason do Daimler Conquest Century
you need?’ ‘A friend of my father’s owned
AC ME3000 one. It would do 60mph in relaxed
‘I loved the concept of the original comfort when our 100E Ford
Bohanna-Stables Diablo but not Popular really struggled’
the Maxi engine. An Essex V6 Lagonda Rapide
made so much sense’ ‘The Sixties one. I saw one outside
Jaguar XK150 Durham Cathedral, BRG with red
‘I used to pass one each week that leather and thought it was the
was longer than the garage it was coolest thing I had ever seen’
kept in - the owner had cut the Austin Suntor caravanette
door neatly around the profile ‘Saw one at the British Motor
of the car, leaving the front Show in 1971 and have wanted one
poking out’ ever since!’

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Some switchgear Jim finds the
does nothing recirculating-
for the Aston’s ball steering
perceived quality pleasingly precise

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 No problems with
the notorious
fuel injection
system today

Unlike Roger Moore’s

car, this DBS’s V8 badges
and wheels are honest

engine in a very, very elegant body, and I think that’s a fabulous between an armchair and a bucket seat. It gives good support,
combination. It’s a bar-room brawler in a Savile Row suit.’ and the leather is really good quality – Connolly I imagine. It’s
Most cars work better from some angles than others, but as a light, airy cabin even if it is trimmed in black.’ But some areas
we walk around the DBS we struggle to find a line out of place. of the interior are surprisingly crude. ‘The chrome windscreen
‘Look at it from anywhere and there’s something interesting,’ pillar trims are fitted with a couple of self-tapping screws, with
Jim says. ‘Absolutely beautiful. The modifications that were the screw heads left exposed. And some of the switchgear is
made during its life for the Oscar India series and the Vantage standard Lucas stuff that you see in an Austin 1100 or Maxi. That
only enhanced it – but I still love that original four-headlamp sort of thing was typical of the period for a specialist car like this.’
front end. It’s got a simplicity and an elegance to it. People talk The V8 churns away on the starter before it fires and Jim
about all the Italian styling houses, but really William Towns got selects first gear in the dog-leg ZF ‘box, reporting that the clutch
this one absolutely spot on for me. It’s before he went for “folded effort is on the heavy side. ‘With a conventional pendant pedal
paper” wedges and it’s got subtle curves in it, which is lovely.’ you leave your foot on the floor and rock from the heel but this
Popping open the front-hinged alloy bonnet we marvel at the is like a Beetle clutch pedal, hinged at the bottom. I cut my
sheer scale of the 5.3-litre V8 engine. It’s fed by magnificently teeth on air-cooled Volkswagens and the technique is to take
extravagant intakes for the Bosch fuel injection system, the foot off the floor and push down with the ball of your foot,
which Aston soon abandoned in favour of old-school Weber because you get a lot more strength through your leg than you
carburettors. ‘The detailing is fantastic,’ Jim says. ‘Flawless do through your ankle. The clutch is actually very progressive
black crackle finish on the cam covers, twin bonnet stays with and easy to get used to.
beautiful heavy chrome. It even has Aston-branded plug leads.’ These Lincolnshire lanes have plenty of pockmarks and
Jim pulls the thick driver’s door open and settles into the black jarring surface changes, but the Aston feels solid. ‘It doesn’t
leather-clad cabin, where there’s plenty of room for his six-foot rattle, and doesn’t feel like the two ends of the car are going in
frame. ‘For a grand touring car there’s loads of space in here. It’s different directions over the bumps,’ Jim says. ‘There’s no sense
designed to carry four people across continents and it would of flex in it at all. There’s clearly tremendous torsional rigidity
do that. The rear seats are small but not too bad for this class of in that steel chassis.’ The busy road surface doesn’t give the
car, and the driver’s seat is extremely comfortable – it’s midway suspension a moment’s respite. ‘You’re well insulated from the

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‘It’s got that offbeat kind of burble to it,

and the mechanical noise of having
the four camshafts helps as well’

road imperfections,’ Jim points out. ‘Considering Aston Martin The soundtrack provided by that hand-built, quad-cam V8 is
was quite a small firm, and living on the edge of bankruptcy wonderful, too. ‘I think any cross-plane crank V8 sounds good,’
constantly, it didn’t have a limitless engineering budget. It must says Jim. ‘It’s got that offbeat kind of burble to it. And the extra
have had some terrific, first-class engineers in there working mechanical noise of having the four camshafts helps as well.
on the thing because it feels very cohesive and well developed.’ From what I’ve read about the injection system I was expecting
Independent front suspension using double wishbones and a it to be a pig to drive at low speed and it isn’t. It’s torquey and
sophisticated de Dion axle at the rear make for consistent grip. you can drop it into fifth at very low revs and low speeds. And
‘I expected it to be nervous and feel on the edge all the time. it’s actually a gentle car to drive if you want it to be. I’m sure you
It’s anything but. Coming out of a corner, you just sense that if could stick it in first, let out the clutch carefully and it would just
you were to absolutely boot it, it would just squat and go. It’s trickle away at idle. It’s that progressive. And then when you
reassuring, and gives you tremendous confidence in the car.’ want you can floor it or drop a couple of gears and it takes off.’
The upturned edges of the front Jim’s had no problems adapting to
wings define the extremities of the the dog-leg gearbox, with first gear to
1971 Aston Martin DBS V8
Aston effectively, and the precision Engine 5340cc V8, dohc per bank, Bosch the left and back. ‘I expected for it to
of the steering makes it easy to place mechanical fuel injection Power and torque cause me all sorts of problems, but it
the DBS on the road, despite its not 345bhp @ 6000rpm; 330lb ft @ 5000rpm hasn’t. And part of the reason for that
inconsiderable width. ‘These are Transmission Five-speed manual, rear-wheel is because the change is so mechanical
relatively narrow roads and there’s drive Steering Power-assisted recirculating and deliberate, in a good way. Out of
ball Suspension Front: independent, double
traffic coming towards us but I feel like wishbones, coil springs, telescopic dampers, first gear the lever falls over towards
I know where the car is – how far it is anti-roll bar Rear: de Dion, coil springs, the centre and it’s easy to guide it
from the kerb or the grass verge,’ Jim telescopic dampers and Watt linkage Brakes forward into second. You can’t flick
says. ‘Around a corner, you know where Servo-assisted discs all round Performance it vaguely around the gate – you have
Top speed: 170mph; 0-60mph: 6sec Weight
the car is relative to the apex and the 1727kg (3807lb) Fuel consumption 15mpg
to be positive. That helps because it
line to take, and you can place the car Cost new £7501 in 1971 Classic Cars Price Guide means you’re always thinking about the
perfectly. Really impressive.’ £35,000-£115,000 gearbox and the gearchange pattern.’

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JIM’S CAR CV

1981 TRIUMPH TR7 CONVERTIBLE

‘Mechanically rebuilt and uprated – engine,
gearbox, brakes and suspension’

1970 RILEY ELF

‘An ex-Practical Classics feature car, bought
from Poole’

1973 RELIANT
SCIMITAR COUPÉ
‘Bought in Whitby
as a restoration
Rear visibility issues project. Now
aside, the DBS has been restored and living
everything Jim hoped for in New Zealand’

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Aston Martin is by far the better car, as it should be, given what cars you’d most want
it cost when new and what it’s worth now – there’s no question to drive and why,
along with a CV of 1976 RELIANT SCIMITAR SE6
about that – but the Scim will do as a substitute for me.’ ‘I made the owner an offer I didn’t think he’d
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dream drives list. ‘Without question,’ he says. ‘My fear going bauermedia.co.uk.
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say about it if it was awful?’ Jim says. ‘But I haven’t had that long drive to get there.
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explains. ‘It also surprised me how petite the mirrors were – you needed a significant
get a nice view of the curve of the rear wing, which is lovely, but amount of work’
not a lot of help reversing. I’d need a bit of practice, or I might
have to drill holes in the back and put in reversing sensors!’
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 CHASING CARS
Quentin Willson’s hot tips

Along came a 360 Spider...

Why chase a low-mileage Ferrari then be afraid to drive it for fear devaluing it?
e all remember the time sitting garaged for years, unused and We’ve previously tipped the subsequent
when three pedal, analogue seldom driven isn’t the greatest way to F430 Spider (Quentin Willson’s Smart
Ferraris were really hot and keep a Prancing Horse in prime fettle. Buys, May 2022) and still reckon they’re
very fine 360 manuals used You’ll always be faced with renewing all a shrewd, long-term purchase given
to be chasing £100k. But the those age-hardened rubber hoses, seals their sharp handling, flamboyant styling,
2001 Nero Black six-speed and belts, as well as tackling assorted reasonable V8 servicing costs and design
360 Spider in the Dore & inactivity-induced niggles which can panache. And here’s the dilemma: do you
Rees June Auction seemed a decent buy often add up to many thousands buy a tiny miler and be afraid to
at £53,000. With 49,000 miles, 18 stamps worth of specialist work. use it so it becomes just a static
in the book, £13,000 worth of recent In May, Silverstone sold a VALUE 2019 lump of garage art or choose

£69k
specialist bills, all correct manuals, tools 2004 red 360 Spider, also a something that you can
and just out of four-year ownership, it manual, with just 17,000 drive – reasonably regularly
was a well-maintained example with miles, for £78,750, so the – without stressing over
continuous and detailed history at a fair black car wasn’t exactly VALUE NOW stone chips? For me that’s
price. The Nero and mushroom leather
set the car off well and makes a welcome
relief from all those 360s ordered in
cheap but more-or-less in
line with the market given the
higher mileage. The achieved
£57.5k not a difficult decision. For
a smudge over fifty grand
this was a very usable, head-
regulation red. The odometer reading price of the Dore & Rees example turning convertible Ferrari with
of 49,000 miles may be a lot on a Ferrari also suggests that values of manual 360 fine detailed provenance and history that
but the medium milers I’ve driven always Spiders seem to be holding firm with no was also great value. It’s not often I’ve
felt better performers and, let’s face it, serious stumbling over the last year or so. found myself writing that.

‘For a smudge over £50k this Ferrari was great

value. Not often I’ve found myself writing that’

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 ASK QUENTIN
Love for the Fiat 130
Why is the Fiat 130 so under loved and
undervalued, given its pedigree? The car
was designed and built in the Pininfarina
factory, and its interior was designed by Paolo
Martin, chief of its styling department, it was
powered by a
Ferrari-designed V6
overhead camshaft NOT SURE
engine and the car WHETHER NOW’S
THE RIGHT TIME TO
has strong links BUY, SELL OR HANG
to Ferrari in other ONTO THAT CLASSIC?
mechanical areas.
The car should Email classic.cars@
have been called bauermedia.co.uk with

B
Daimler Coupé needing light cosmetics is a smart buy a Pininfarina 130 ‘Ask Quentin’ in the
subject line.
rightwells’ June sale of a 15,600-mile, long since rusted away. Looking at the numbers because it never
three owner 1978 Daimler Sovereign for 4.2 Sovereigns still on the DVLA database saw the inside of a
Coupé at just £14,673 seemed a steal to – which I know isn’t definitive – suggests that Fiat factory.
me. Wonderfully virgin and still with the survivor numbers are likely to be tiny. What a difference a name makes.
Coombs of Guildford rear window dealer There’s a recurring lesson here: original, Charles Johnson
sticker, original factory white paint, mint black warranted, minimal mileage, rare classics are
leather interior, old MoTs and out of 20-year the ones that most buyers aspire to. The second You’re right, the Fiat 130 saloon and coupé
storage – but recommissioned and running owner of this Sovereign Coupé had it for 38 years have always been overshadowed by cars
well – it needed only light cosmetics to be with more prestigious bonnet badges. This
and cherished it commendably. That nearly
is partly a hangover from the Seventies and
turned into a stunner. To find a tiny four-decade custodianship is what’s so
Eighties when Fiat’s reputation for rust and
mileage, time-warp XJC is unusual, special, valuable, and irreplaceable.
but to be able to buy such a VALUE 2019 The third owner had fitted a new
reliability wasn’t so good.

£13.5k
The 130 has a much better reputation
unmolested, largely rust-free headlining, fuel tanks and tyres, now as a classic but both bodystyles are still
survivor for the cost of a respray rebuilt the carbs and given it a undervalued given their sharp styling and
and rechrome is spectacular big service. Another five grand provenance. Look on the positive side – you
value. Returning a tired example
VALUE NOW and some detailing would take can still buy a really nice coupé for £25k and a

£14.5k
to this level would cost tens of it up to Concours level. So, for saloon for £15k.
thousands and it still wouldn’t a total £20k outlay you’d own I’d have either of them in a heartbeat.
have that to-die-for mileage. one of the best, lowest mileage XJ Quentin Willson
This was one of just 1677 Daimler coupés in the world. That’s the way
badged XJ Coupés, most of which have you should do your sums. Mercedes wiring breakdown
I have a November 1993 Mercedes-Benz W124
E280 estate and it has a wiring loom problem
MORE that my garage cannot solve. It’s come to the
QUENTIN point where I don’t know where to turn next.
WILLSON I don’t know how to find a replacement part. I
P41 have heard that these can be refurbished but
don’t know who can do it.
Can you give me any help or point me in the
right direction?
John Scarborough

Degraded wiring looms from Mercedes built

in the Eighties and Nineties are caused by
the plastic insulation becoming brittle from
engine heat. When it breaks up it causes
short curcuits and all sorts of electrical issues.
The simplest solution, rather than spend
hours trying to repair broken wiring and split
connectors, would be to replace the lot with
a reconditioned loom. The R129 Co in Kent

A
A Range Rover LSE with headroom for improvement (r129.co) offers an exchange reconditioned
lso in June, Richard Edmonds Auctions The LSE debuted in 1993 as a plush lwb model. W124 engine loom from £700, buying peace
closed the bids at only £7000 on a rare ’93 An extra eight inches of rear legroom, new of mind as well as more reliability.
Range Rover LSE with history and 66,000 200bhp 4.2-litre V8 and air suspension justified Quentin Willson
miles – another strong buying opportunity. the then-frightening list price of £38,393, before
In Masai Red with an ‘exceptional’ black options. Sales were strong but today the DVLA

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example of a rare and desirable
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paintwork were a bit faded, and
£20k reasonably resell for, there was
plenty of margin left to take it to
the next level. As I’ve said before,
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 CHASING CARS
Russ Smith’s market analysis
SOLD NO
Cooling down RESERVE SOLD WITHIN
ESTIMATE
Historics’ sale provides reality check
istorics lined up another fat catalogue for its July sale
at Windsorview Lakes, this time offering 170 cars. That
22.9% 17.6%
it sold just 61.8% of them, quite a few below estimate or
without reserve, is clear from our graphic. Combined SOLD BELOW NOT
with this month’s Movers column, it looks like the ESTIMATE SOLD
14.7%
38.2%
market is starting to feel the effects of the general
economic climate. SOLD ABOVE
It isn’t all doom and gloom. There are positives like the early ESTIMATE
6.5%
Transit at the bottom of the page and the ’99 Nissan Skyline
GT-R R34 pictured. These highly capable rockets appeal to a
new generation of collectors, not least by being immortalised
in the Fast and Furious film series. This JDM car had clocked
There’s no way to dress this up as positive. The just-about-OK sales rate
122,857km (76,300m) but had escaped the modifiers, adding to was only achieved by presenting almost a quarter of the cars with no
its appeal. Estimate was £70k-£85k, but it took £100,800 to buy it. reserve. The number also sold below estimate tells its own tale.

It took £100k
to buy this very
original GT-R

Market indicators Welcome to a strange new world where a Transit is worth more than a Triumph TR2

1983 Lotus Esprit Turbo £66,700 1972 Ford Transit MkI £20,160 1953 Porsche 356 Pre-A Cabrio £155,000
Bonhams, Goodwood, 15 July Historics, Berkshire, 22 July RM Sotheby’s, Italy, 12 July
This appears to be a record auction price for a Transits were just tools nobody thought to look The large number of Porsches offered over two
first series Esprit Turbo, by some way. However, after. So surviving MkIs are now highly prized. Carrera Collection sales blunted some of the
we’ll never know how much of that was down to This fine example had been restored and fitted prices. This rare Cabriolet (one of just 394 built
this car’s documented 20,808 miles – and recent with a later engine and five-speed gearbox to in ’53) was in superb order throughout and still
comprehensive recommissioning – or the ‘W tow a historic racer, until plans changed. Bidding had its matching numbers 55bhp 1488cc engine.
28’ registration plate that came with the car and was keen and it just beat its top estimate. Too It lacked history from its early life in the US, but
could quite likely provide a substantial return much? Not when you consider that a similarly stood up well to ‘what you see’ scrutiny. Guide
to chip many thousands off the price paid. So nice but more original one sold two weeks value for an average one is £160k, so this looked
perhaps a shrewd investment. earlier in an online auction for £25,000. like a great opportunist buy.

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Golfs still lead the way in very hot hatch market

W
PRICE GUIDE MOVERS
ith most of the hot hatchback market almost hit that mark with a runout Campaign
if not on fire, at least smouldering model a few months ago. More recently On the up
away nicely, it’s probably no surprise Historics sold a black 1983 GTI for £21,560. It Pockets of buoyancy in the market are
the original’s keeping pace well. was no cotton-wooled low-miler, but a nicely mostly with ‘dependable’ marques
Values of Golf GTI MkIs are up around restored 137,000 car that since completion has
10% this year, continuing a tradition – they regularly won awards at Volkswagen shows. Make and Model Year Concours Mint Good Rough % up
have collectively risen around 27% since 2020. They’re not on their own. Their Peugeot Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane 45-53 22,000 15,000 8000 5200 +12%
That puts the best in the £20k-plus bracket, 205GTI rival is up by a similar percentage. Austin Maxi 69-79 4400 3000 1250 625 +14%
with many changing hands quickly via word When much of the market is ‘readjusting’, BMW 320/325 Baur cabrio 81-85 13,500 8500 3750 1850 +12%
of mouth through the enthusiastic VW scene. those who coveted Eighties hot hatches as BMW 840/850 90-99 20,000 13,000 5250 2500 +11%
BMW Z8 00-03 175,000 135,000 110,000 85,000 +17%
Auctions have played their part too. CCA teens are now driving those values up.
Ferrari Dino 246GTS 72-74 400,000 325,000 240,000 150,000 +6.7%
Ford Escort XR3i (MkIV) 86-90 9500 6750 2850 1250 +5.6%
Ford Probe 94-97 2500 1400 600 300 +11%
Honda NSX 90-05 60,000 47,500 32,000 24,000 +9.1%
Jaguar XJR X300 94-97 12,000 8000 3000 1250 +18%
Jaguar XK8 4.0 fhc 96-02 8000 5250 2500 1500 +6.7%
Land Rover Defender Tdi 90-98 16,000 10,750 5000 1950 +4.9%
Maserati Merak 72-75 47,000 32,500 20,000 12,000 +2.2%
Maserati Merak SS 76-83 60,000 45,000 25,000 15,000 +4.3%
Mazda MX-5 90 6000 4000 1850 1000 +4.3%
Mercedes-Benz 300SE-500SE 80-91 8000 5400 1900 800 +3.1%
Mercedes-Benz SLK230 Komp. 97-04 4500 2750 1000 450 +12%
Peugeot 205GTi 1.6 83-92 16,000 10,750 4250 1500 +10%
Peugeot 205GTi 1.9 87-94 20,000 13,000 5000 1750 +8.1%
Porsche 911S 2.2 69-71 137,500 105,000 75,000 53,000 +1.9%
Porsche 911 (964) 89-94 55,000 40,000 26,000 15,000 +1.2%
Rover Mini 90-00 6750 4750 2250 1000 +8.0%
Rover Mini Cooper/S 91-00 12,000 8000 3600 1600 +14%
TVR Chimaera 450/500 96-03 17,500 13,000 8750 6500 +11%
Volkswagen Golf GTI MkI 79-84 21,000 14,000 6500 2650 +10%
Volvo 121/122/122S 4dr 55-67 12,000 8250 3000 1150 +2.5%
Volvo 131/132S 2dr 61-70 12,500 8500 3250 1250 +6.4%

TR5 is latest trad Brit to feel the pinch

T
he TR5 has long been the flagship of only one highly exceptional TR5 has done On the Slide
Triumph’s TR series. Its combination of that at auction. The rest – even very good It’s tough out there – this is the first
trad looks with the new 150bhp straight- representatives of the marque – are most time we’ve seen more fallers than risers
six created a sweet spot for enthusiasts, often found in the £38k-£45k bracket.
made frustratingly sweeter by only 3000 Not good news for owners, but perhaps it Make and Model Year Concours Mint Good Rough % dn
being produced over 18 months. is for those who’ve coveted them from afar. AC 428 67-73 167,500 125,000 90,000 60,000 -4.3%
Alfa Romeo Spider S3 82-89 13,000 8250 3600 1650 -1.9%
The legacy of that has always been a
Alfa Romeo Spider S4 89-93 15,500 11,000 5000 2400 -3.1%
50% premium over the values of earlier Alvis TD21 56-63 30,500 22,500 12,500 7000 -9.0%
TRs and perhaps double that of their Alvis TD21 convertible 56-63 82,500 56,500 36,000 20,000 -1.9%
more numerous TR6s replacement. Aston Martin DB4 Vantage 61-63 475,000 420,000 340,000 255,000 -3.2%
All TRs have slowly been slipping in Aston Martin DBS 6 Vantage 67-73 126,000 100,000 65,000 40,000 -8.6%
the market in recent years, apart from Aston Martin V8 72-89 110,000 77,500 47,500 28,000 -4.4%
the TR5 thanks to that rarity and them Aston Martin V8 Coupé 96-99 62,500 50,000 34,000 25,000 -3.8%
not changing hands that often. But the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Vol. 99-03 29,500 23,500 18,000 14,250 -1.9%
Aston Martin DB7 GT/GTA 02-03 42,500 34,000 26,500 20,000 -10%
effect couldn’t last forever and TR5s are
Aston Martin DB9 04-08 33,000 27,500 21,000 15,000 -4.1%
now heading closer to affordability – Austin Mini Cooper 997/998 61-69 28,500 20,000 11,000 6000 -5.0%
especially if you factor in inflation. They Austin-Healey 3000 MkI 59-61 52,500 38,500 25,000 13,500 -2.8%
used to regularly top £50k, but this year Bentley Continental R 91-02 38,500 31,000 22,000 17,000 -3.8%
BMW 635CSi 78-88 26,000 18,000 8500 3500 -5.5%
BMW Z3 6-cyl 97-00 5750 4000 1900 975 -4.2%
Citroën SM 70-75 57,500 42,000 22,000 12,500 -4.2%
Daimler SP250 sports 59-64 45,000 30,000 20,000 14,000 -4.5%
Ferrari 250 Europa Si/II 53-55 1.35m 1.15m 1.05m 995,000 -3.8%
Ferrari 250GT Boano/Ellena 56-59 675,000 525,000 400,000 295,000 -3.6%
Ferrari 250GT Cabrio SII 60-62 1.075m 925,000 750,000 600,000 -5.6%
Ferrari 250GTE 2+2 60-63 320,000 250,000 200,000 152,500 -4.5%
Ferrari 250GT Lusso 62-64 1.3m 1.1m 925,000 750,000 -7.0%
Ferrari 330GTC 66-68 460,000 365,000 285,000 240,000 -5.2%
Ferrari 365GT 2+2 67-71 185,000 150,000 95,000 60,000 -2.6%
Jaguar E-type S1 4.2 rdstr 64-67 132,500 97,500 67,500 46,500 -5.4%
Jaguar E-type V12 2+2 fhc 71-75 56,000 40,500 22,500 10,500 -3.5%
Mercedes-Benz 190SL roadster 55-63 125,000 97,500 60,000 40,000 -3.8%
Mercedes-Benz 350/380/450SLC 72-80 20,000 12,500 5000 1750 -4.8%
MG VA 37-39 28,000 22,500 15,000 9000 -3.4%
MG VA tourer/dhc 37-39 42,500 28,000 20,000 13,500 -3.4%
MG TC 45-49 32,000 23,000 15,000 9750 -4.4%
MG TF1250/1500 53-55 30,000 21,000 13,000 7500 -7.7%
1971 AC 428 Fastback £65,000 1955 Triumph TR2 £14,500 Panther Kallista 2.8/2.9 82-90 14,500 10,750 5750 3250 -3.3%
Bonhams Online, Essex, 13 July Manor Park Classics, Cheshire, 22 July Porsche 911S 2.4 71-73 150,000 110,000 80,000 57,500 -1.6%
Another shrewd-looking buy, this AC had been Not yet run in following an eight-year Porsche 911 Carrera RS (964) 91-93 225,000 185,000 142,500 110,000 -2.2%
recommissioned since being bought a year ago enthusiast restoration and £30,000 spent, Porsche 911 Carrera RS (993) 94-95 335,000 275,000 225,000 175,000 -2.4%
Sunbeam Alpine III sports 63-64 16,250 11,000 5500 2250 -7.1%
at auction from static display in a collection. because the owner’s advancing years meant Sunbeam Alpine IV sports 64-65 13,000 9250 4000 1650 -5.5%
That means the new owner can either use it they could no longer drive it. Yes, it wasn’t to Triumph TR2 53-55 36,000 27,500 16,500 9500 -4.0%
as-is or take it to the next level and address the the standard of most professional restos, but Triumph TR3/3A 55-61 32,500 24,000 13,500 7500 -4.4%
various cosmetic issues. There’s certainly some this was still a lovely and fresh driver-quality car Triumph TR4A 64-67 33,000 23,000 12,500 7000 -2.9%
room to do that because the price paid fell well ready for touring or light historic rally use. With Triumph TR5 67-69 50,000 39,500 26,000 17,500 -4.8%
short of Bonhams’ £80k-£100k estimate – in ‘Usable’ TR2s at £16,500 in our Price Guide, this TVR Tamora 02-06 22,000 17,500 15,000 12,000 -4.3%
fact barely more than the value of a project. was surely worth more than the price paid. Volkswagen Golf MkIII VR6 92-97 6750 4500 2200 1200 -3.6%

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CHASING CARS
Russ Smith’s tempting buys

Wacky Aston
1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 Indiana Spider
For sale at Gooding and Co, London, 1 September, goodingco.com
Why buy it? This unique Aston Martin was bodied by Bertone for Chicago
industrialist Stanley ‘Wacky’ Arnolt, better known for his Bristol and MG creations.
More recently it was restored to a high standard for a Swiss Aston collector.
He collected several awards for the car, including one at the 2009 Ville d’Este
concours, but it’s been away from the show circuit long enough to look fresh again.
Estimate £1.15m-£1.75m

1959 Ferrari 250GT PF

For sale at RM, California, UPCOMING SALES
18 August, rmsothebys.com AUGUST
Why buy it? The estimate Sat-Sun 19-20, Norfolk. Anglia Car
is all the money and more Auctions, The Cattlemarket, King’s Lynn.
for one of these, but you’ll angliacarauctions.co.uk
struggle to find a better Fri-Sat 25-26, Northants. Silverstone
one because it has still only Auctions’ ‘The Classic Sale’, Silverstone Circuit.
racked up test mileage since silverstoneauctions.com
a $330k (£255k) restoration Sat 26, Hampshire. Barons Auctions’ 25th
by the renowned Skip anniversary sale, Unit 6, Harbour Close,
McCabe. The Blu Genziana Southampton. barons-auctions.com
paint isn’t original, but
would you rather white? SEPTEMBER
Estimate £440k-£500k Fri Sep 1, London. Gooding and Co London
Auction, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey.
goodingco.com
Fri-Sat 1-2, North Yorkshire. Mathewsons,
Thornton-Le-Dale. mathewsons.co.uk
Sat 2, Staffordshire. Hansons, Bishton Hall,
Stafford. hansonsauctioneers.co.uk,
01889 882397
Sat-Sun 2-3, Hampshire. Bonhams, The
Beaulieu Sale, National Motor Museum,
Beaulieu. bonhams.com/cars
Thu 7, Dorset Vintage & Classic Auctions, The
Old Gas Works, Stalbridge, Dorset. dvca.co.uk
Sat 9, Newcastle Upon Tyne. WB & Sons, The
Auction House, Killingworth. 0191 268 9011,
1989 Vauxhall Nova GTE 1950 Healey Silverstone wbandsons.com
For sale at ACA, Norfolk, 19 August, For sale at Silverstone Auctions, Northants, 25 Sat-Sun 9-10, West Sussex. Bonhams,
angliacarauctions.co.uk Why buy it? These pocket Aug, silverstoneauctions.com Why buy it? Who Goodwood Revival sale, Goodwood, nr
hot-hatches are now rare – the DVLA database doesn’t want a sports car with its headlamps Chichester. bonhams.com/cars
shows just 28 as taxed. So this doesn’t look like hidden behind the front grille for better aero? Wed 13, Herefordshire. Brightwells’ Classic &
a crazy price for one that comes with a verified One of just 105 built, it’s also one of the more Vintage, Easters Court, Leominster.
28,507 miles. Recent brakes and suspension desirable later E-type models with a wider body brightwells.com
alignment are another plus, though there’s some and roomier cockpit. On the market for the first Fri 15, Switzerland. RM Sotheby’s, St. Moritz
front-end paint mismatch. Estimate £10k-£12k time in 57 years. Estimate £120k-£140k Automobile Week. rmsothebys.com

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CHASING CARS
Russ Smith’s Market headliners

Jaguar’s GTO
They’re rare, they’re highly prized, but will this XKSS really sell for £10m?
ne of those trinkets prized by owners of the world’s by Gooding & Co just over six years ago though it failed to sell
most revered collections, the XKSS also bears the because of the over-optimistic expectations suggested by its
responsibility of being the most valuable Jaguar. Yes, $13m-$16m estimate. The XKSS pictured here has a perhaps
they’re worth even more – there’s about a 20% premium more realistic estimate of $12m-$14m (£9.3m-£10.8m), though
– than the three-times Le Mans-winning D-type that we’ll come to that in the round-up.
they were based on. For those not aware, the XKSS was Like most of its kin, chassis XKSS 707 is a well-documented
a road car built from unsold D-types or their unused car, one that started its life in California, painted cream, where
bodyshells. This was the fastest road car of the late Fifties. it was well cared for – and occasionally raced – by just two
There were never going to be many, because of the limited owners. After that, it came ‘home’ to the UK to join the stable of
supply of D-type source material, but much of that was Anthony (later Lord) Bamford alongside his Ferrari GTOs. Quite
destroyed in a factory fire, so just 16 XKSSs were made. Compare appropriate because the XKSS has been dubbed ‘Jaguar’s GTO’.
that to the circa 70 D-types and you can see where much of the Later in the Seventies, it came into the possession of IG
extra value comes from. A sprinkling of magic dust from Steve Campbell McLaren, who was to have a lasting effect on XKSS
McQueen having owned one (twice) doesn’t hurt either. 707, not least by treating it to the JAG 1 number plate it still
Their sighting at auction happens almost as infrequently wears. He also rectified changes and scars from the car’s racing
as solar eclipses, so it’s always an event. The last was offered days and changed the paint (by then black) to a metallic blue

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in the style of the Ecurie Ecosse racing team. In that form it
completed the first historic race held at Le Mans – today the Le
Mans Classic – in June 1978.
In recent decades the car has been looked after for its owners
by top Jaguar specialists CKL Developments. This includes
tracking down and refitting the car’s original engine block,
which had been removed following its early racing years. Much
other detail work has been carried out too, producing a £57k
recent bill for the current owner from CKL. Now properly sorted,
the car took part in last year’s prestigious Colorado Grand event.
This superb car has condition and history on its side; it has a
CKL report that suggests its 25,535 miles are genuine. But with
the proviso that anything can and does happen at auctions, I
just don’t see it reaching even the low end of that estimate in the
current climate. Unless the seller is truly motivated and has set a Sensational curves and a storied
lower reserve, this XKSS may well be going home again. racing past, but a bullish estimate

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 CHASING CARS
John Mayhead’s market analysis
IN THE TRADE
Market cools but prices still rise
Covid rises being unwound, but market is in great health

T
he Hagerty Market Rating, a Although it’s a global rating, growing in the first half of 2022
global monthly assessment key UK auction trends suggest was unsustainable and the
of the classic and collectable the market may be cooling here current drop is returning the
car market, has dropped 1.5 too. Adjusted for inflation, the market to more sensible levels.
points in the last month, the mean sale price is still rising, Fundamentally, we’re seeing SOTHEBY’S MOTORSPORT
largest such fall since November but the sold rate is now down evidence that the classic car RM Sotheby’s and the
2021. The Market Rating uses to 90 percent of what it was market is a very healthy place: Motorsport Network have
a comprehensive algorithm of in 2021 despite the number of despite cost-of-living pressures launched a new online auction
weighted market data, including cars being offered at no reserve and a changeable summer, platform. Sotheby’s Motorsport
the values of two million classic having risen 41 percent. events, restoration companies will specialise in vehicles valued
cars insured worldwide, auction But it’s not all bad news. The and parts sellers are still at between $100k and $1m with
results and classified sales. rate at which the market was reporting a strong year. the US-based site promising to,
‘combine the best aspects of
live in-person auctions, while
Heat Loss: auction prices rise prioritising the highest level of
customer service and protection.’
Key like-for-like UK auction results 2021-2023. Values show percentage change from 2021 (100%) See sothebysmotorsport.com for
No more details.
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reserve
138
136
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132
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RARE DART RACER FOR SALE
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A very rare 1961 GSM Dart
120 (known as the Delta in the UK),
118 believed to be a team car from
116 the 1961 Nürburgring 500km
114 race, is being offered for sale
112 Mean on Classic Cars for Sale. Just 116
110 sold of the South African-designed
108 Value Darts are believed to have been
built, and their combination of a
106
lightweight glassfibre body and
104
various engine options made
102 them competitive racers, gaining
100 a class 1-2 at the 1965 Kyalami
98 9 Hours, a class win at the 1960
96 Brands Hatch Easter meeting and
94 competing at Goodwood and
92 Sold Aintree. For more information
rate head to classiccarsforsale.co.uk/
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan gsm/dart/362506
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Silverstone rebrands as Iconic Auctioneers

S
ignaling the biggest change in its 12-year history, location, and have grown into an iconic brand, so the
Silverstone Auctions has rebranded itself as Iconic name Iconic Auctioneers just felt like a perfect fit.”
Auctioneers and announced a host of other In 2022, the company reported total sales of more CARRERA GT ZAGATO SOLD
adjustments to its operating procedures including than £31m, putting it in third place with around 11% New UK online sales site Carhuna
private sales and removing commission fees for of the UK live classic car auction market behind RM hit the headlines with its £1.45m
sellers offering no-reserve lots. Sotheby’s and Bonhams. (plus commission) sale of a 2005
Founded in 2010 by Nick Whale, the company Porsche Carrera GT Zagato, one
licensed its original name from the circuit where of just five examples rebodied
it held its main annual sale, but in recent years by the coachbuilder. Reportedly
has expanded into other locations. ‘As strong as created for its Swiss owner
the Silverstone Auctions name is, we feel we have in 2019, the Zagato makeover
outgrown it,’ said Whale. ‘We now also hold sales included a major redesign of the
at other prestigious venues and motoring events rear quarters, plus a full interior
across the country, so it was time for change.’ conversion. The sale price of the
As part of the rebrand, Rob Hubbard will car, offered by DK Engineering,
take over as managing director, with Whale was 32% higher than Hagerty’s
becoming chairman. Hubbard explained that the average sale price of standard
company needed a new name that encompassed Porsche Carrera GTs over the
everything it does. ‘We began at an iconic past 12 months.

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Events

Triumph over Adversity

Plethora of anniversaries sees Goodwood Festival of Speed survive its toughest year

A
host of major anniversaries – McLaren Lall of this historic, high-winged Formula One Nissan R390 GT1
at 60, Lotus, Porsche, NASCAR and the beast. ‘It was Bruce McLaren’s own car, in which French racing driver Erik Comas displayed
Goodwood circuit itself at 75, and a century he scored podium finishes at Montjuïc Park, his unusual Nissan R390 road car for the first
of the Le Mans 24 Hours – should have Silverstone and the Nürburgring. time, as part of a class at the Cartier concours
defined the 2023 Goodwood Festival of ‘It was also one of the first F1 cars to feature celebrating GT1. This wild category of Nineties
Speed. Record crowds attended the event. high-mounted downforce wings; it was a pioneer cars briefly saw manufacturers build one-off
However, it was marred by high-profile crashes, in this respect. Front nosecone canards were road-going examples of sports prototypes in
the dangerous excursion of a wheel into the common by 1969, but adding these high wings order to prove their status as grand tourers.
crowd, and weather so bad that Saturday’s event maximised downforce on twisty tracks. ‘I’ve only recently finished it,’ said Comas. ‘It
had to be cancelled altogether. ‘However, a series of bad accidents during isn’t actually the sole road-going R390 Nissan
Despite this, teams of mechanics and drivers the 1969 season saw these wings being blamed. built to homologate the car for GT1, but it’s the
got some of the world’s rarest competition cars The problem was their height – it created a car I drove at Le Mans in 1998. When I drove for
into action on the rain-soaked hill climb course. pendulum effect on the pylons and vibration Nissan – for three years, two of them with the
through the suspension components they were R390 – I requested an R390 road car instead of
McLaren M7C-01 attached to. This made them prone to breaking, payment. They turned me down, so instead I
‘This car has been a non-runner on display at so the FIA decided the wings needed to be negotiated the purchase of the racing car.
McLaren’s Woking headquarters for a long time, lowered, so the M7C was rendered obsolete. ‘The car I drove finished fifth at Le Mans in
but last year it was completely restored from the ‘It’s such a significant car that we restored it to 1998. The sister car, crewed by three Japanese
ground up,’ said McLaren Heritage manager Indy celebrate McLaren’s 60th anniversary.’ drivers, came third, preventing Porsche from

Outlawed McLaren Ex-Le Mans Nissan

M7C recently revived R390 turned road car

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 A record-attendance
Festival faced a slew
of challenges this year

BMW M1 ProCar Argentinian road

fresh from resto racing prototype

making a clean sweep of the podium. It wasn’t an

easy race – like this year’s event, there was a lot
of rain. But the R390 was such a strong car. Four
started, four finished.
‘Despite being a road car, 95 percent of it is as- the Eifelrennen and at the Norisring, before ‘This car, chassis 002, was found derelict in
raced at Le Mans, including the engine, gearbox, coming back to win once again at Hockenheim, 2005 and restored by Ricardo Zeziola over five
even the spark plugs! The Alcantara interior, securing the Hesse Cup. years. It took Best Restoration at a concours
wheels and power steering are new additions ‘It hadn’t been driven since 2008, and had honouring Reutemann in Argentina in 2010.’
though – without the latter you can’t park it. been kept in a Swiss collection. We bought it last
‘The 3.5-litre twin-turbo V8 engine makes August and have just completed its restoration. Chevrolet Monte Carlo
1000bhp – actually more than the R390 GT1 The Alpina sponsorship is a brand of sunglasses, It’s the first time this NASCAR has run since
racing cars. Those made 660bhp, but had to run by the way, not the BMW modifiers.’ the Eighties, as owner Aaron Brown explained.
an air restrictor that was effectively like breathing ‘Harry Gant drove it back then. It’s completely
through a straw. The engine is a Group C design Huayra Pronello-Ford original and unrestored, and immediately after
from 1991. As a road car it runs shorter gear ratios It’s the first time this unusual sports prototype it raced it was sold to a guy in Nashville who did
though, which have reduced the top speed from has been seen outside of its native Argentina. nothing with it, just put it in his garage because
340 to 290kmh (211 to 180mph). ‘It was one of the leading cars in the Turismo he thought it looked cool. It turned up on
‘I did 30,000 racing kilometers in this car on Carretera series,’ explained Argentinian motor bringatrailer.com in New York, which is when I
track. Now I want to enjoy Sunday drives in it.’ racing authority Gabriel de Muerville. bought it, but I’ve known about it for a while.
The Turismo Carretera series of road races ‘It’s hard to tell where it raced, because cars
BMW M1 had originally been for touring cars, but the rules would often be converted from speedway to
Newly restored, this ex-Dieter Quester BMW M1 changed to promote sports prototypes instead road course specification, adding brake ducts
also plays a part in the history of McLaren. ‘This for 1969. Engineer Oreste Berte and designer and altering the suspension geometry. However,
is BMW M1 Pro-Car number 23, delivered new Heriberto Pronello left the IKA team in order to it wasn’t until 1995 that most teams started
to Ron Dennis’s Project Four Racing team on 9 create this car – named Huayra, meaning ‘Wind’ running separate cars for road circuits and ovals.
May 1979,’ said Chris Ward of restorer ADP Classic in the Quechua language – driven in competition This could be the car that Gant drove to third
Racing. ‘It did 11 races in 1979. Franz Konrad came by Carlos Pascualini and Carlos Reutemann. place at Pocono, Bristol and North Carolina in
seventh at Monte Carlo and the Norisring and It made it debut at Cordoba, and won the 1988, but we have no way of knowing. Yet.’
ninth at Diepholz. It was also driven by Ralf- following round at Rafaela.
Dieter Schreiber at Zolder and Louis Krages ‘Then Ford chose to make more racing
(under the pseudonym of John Winter) at V8 engines available to Argentinian teams,
Hockenheim, finishing 10th.’ levelling the playing field,’ said de Muerville.
After the 1979 season, Project Four sold the ‘This prompted mechanical failures as Pronello
car to GS-Team Freiburg, as it was about to enter and Berte pushed it harder to keep up. But it
Formula 1 by merging with McLaren to create remained in contention. It was the only car to
McLaren International, forming the backbone of qualify on the front row of the grid nine times
the team as we know it today. ‘Dieter Quester in a row, and only missed out on one race – at
drove it in 1982, winning the German Grand Prix Parana – because the track ran counterclockwise
support race at Hockenheim, and the second and the car was set up for the opposite direction.
Jim Clark Memorial race, again at Hockenheim. ‘The series only lasted four more years.
He also scored wins at the Salzburgring, came Only three Huayras were built – two sports NASCAR Chevy
second at the Nürburgring and third at Zolder, prototypes like this, and the Falcon swb version. was back in action

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Events

Bowcliffe Hall grounds

provided a suitably
elegant backdrop

Bowcliffe takes a bow

The third Yorkshire Elegance concours brings glamour to Bramham Park

T
he West Yorkshire village of ‘I wanted to return it to its wanted it for the Cartier Style et formers supporting the new body
Bramham, location of a historic original specification, so I had DK Luxe concours as part of an E-type had been bolted to the steel with
RAC Rally stage in decades Engineering in Hertfordshire do 50th-anniversary section. It was a wood screws and bonded to the
past, played host to more just that. During the restoration, non-runner by this point and not glassfibre. As you can imagine it was
genteel proceedings in the all its numbers were found to be in great nick under the glassfibre thoroughly rotten.
grounds of Bowcliffe Hall for the matching, although the steel body bodywork – beneath the skin is ‘It’s finally roadworthy again
third annual Yorkshire Elegance. had started to rust through.’ a near-complete E-type, its crash following a thorough restoration
The concours was followed by a damage full of filler, and wooden with Hepworth International.’
grand tour of the Dales for the Guyson E12
participants, and special guests It was the first time this striking
reflected 100 years of the Le Mans William-Towns-bodied Jaguar
24 Hours, with Nick Faure, Mike had moved under its own power
Wilds and Guy Smith taking to the for decades. ‘My grandfather,
stage to share their experiences. Jim Thomson, was a hill climb
champion, but bought a Jaguar
Ferrari 250SWB E-type V12 Roadster as a road
This newly restored Ferrari made car back in 1972,’ said the present
its debut concours appearance owner, also called Jim Thomson.
in original form after decades of ‘A couple of years later, he
racing wear-and-tear. ‘It used to be rolled it on a wet road one night,
painted green, and had been very destroying the bonnet and boot
heavily modified,’ said owner Nigel sections in the process.
Griffiths. ‘It was marketed to me ‘At the time, he was doing
as a 250SWB with racing pedigree, some work with William Towns
but in reality this took the form – my family runs Guyson,
of relatively recent appearances which manufactures industrial
at Goodwood rather than period shotblasting equipment – and
competition. Towns said to my grandfather, “I Oddly, right-hand-
drive 250 was
‘However, I didn’t want to take it have an idea for a special body and exported to the US
racing, especially having researched I’m looking for a car to build it on”,
its history. It was one of just 11 right- to which he replied, “Well, you can
hand-drive 250SWB road cars built, use my E-type if you want; I’ve just
and – weirdly – despite this, when crashed it”. And the Guyson E12 is
it was new it was despatched to what resulted.
Luigi Chinetti’s dealership in the US. ‘Grandfather regularly drove the
I don’t yet know the reason for this, car throughout the Seventies and
but I suspect that Ferrari may have Eighties, but when he died in 1991 a
had trouble selling it in Italy. Chinetti lot of his car collection was sold off.
had requested a batch of 250SWB This one, however, wasn’t in great
road cars, and so it just went over condition, so it just got parked in
to the States with them. the back of our Skipton showroom.
‘It received its Classiche papers I walked past it every day – it just
confirming these details in the became part of the furniture. Crash-damaged E-type
2000s, by which time it had already ‘And then in 2011, we got an formed the basis of
been restored as a racer. invite from Goodwood, which Towns-bodied Guyson

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Events

Ex-Australia
Series 1 restored
by JLR Heritage

Two-seater Delahaye was

body unusual once rebodied
in a Type 49 as a truck…

Bugatti Type 49 Gangloff Roadster it had its original engine, gearbox and axle. Volkswagen Beetle
It’s this unique Bugatti’s first British concours A restoration had been begun but never As well as its first show, it may well be this
appearance. ‘It was originally owned by a French completed until we got hold of it.’ completely unused VW Beetle’s first foray
mill owner, and was in the Samson Collection in outside. ‘It’s number 103 of the last 300 Beetles
the US for 30 years before I bought it nine years Delahaye 135CS made in Germany, a special edition all finished in
ago, and completed a full restoration four and a Bowcliffe marked the first concours appearance Jubilee Silver,’ said Myles Dutton of Land Rover
half years ago,’ said owner John Bentley. for this striking Delahaye, although its life has specialist Twisted, where the car is kept. ‘It was
‘It’s a very special car,’ he said. ‘It has a 3.3-litre been one of evolution. ‘It’s a 1938 car, but not one a showroom car at Cameron’s Volkswagen of
straight-eight, but most Type 49s were four- of the original 14 125CS racers,’ admitted owner Scone, Perthshire for two years before being
seaters, typically bodied as saloons or coupés. Tom Hardman. ‘However, it was fitted with a registered – hence the 1980 numberplate – but
This one is unusual in being a two-seater sports 3.5-litre CS engine by the Delahaye factory when by that point it was a museum piece, and no
roadster. Jean Bugatti designed it, but it was it was just one year old. owner since has used it.
bodied by Gangloff, which occasionally worked in ‘However, despite travelling back to France ‘They’ve all done restoration work to keep
a semi-in-house capacity for Bugatti. for this conversion, it has always been a UK car. it looking perfect, but it’s always been kept in
‘It may be the first time I’ve shown it, but I’ve It was originally supplied as a bare Three Litre dry storage and never been shown like this.
covered 2500 miles in it since the restoration and chassis to British coachbuilder Carlton, which We found it stored in an underground car park
it’s never missed a beat. My first drives in it were bodied it as a saloon. Later in its life, Sir Ralph in London and intend to keep it in the same
surreal – they took place just as the strictest Robins, former chairman of Rolls-Royce, put this condition. It’s possible the only miles it covered
covid lockdown restrictions were being lifted, body on it and raced it. He’d found it on a farm were when it was driven to Bodyshield to be
and the roads were completely deserted.’ in mid-Wales in 1974 rebodied as a truck! treated with Diamond Brite rustproofing.
‘A previous owner bought it with the intention ‘When I bought it and opened the glovebox, I
Land Rover Series 1 of doing the Mille Miglia, only to be disqualified found its tax disc from 1981 – it had never been
This very early 80-inch Series 1 was one of just 56 on the grounds that it was technically a replica. put on the screen, so I was the first person to do
to be chosen for a showcase restoration by Land However, it is a genuine Delahaye 135 in factory it. The tyres are dated to 1977 and I intend never
Rover itself. Completed last year, this is the first Competition Speciale specification as of 1939.’ to change them – or drive the car on the road!’
time it has been shown after seven years being
meticulously rebuilt.
‘It’s chassis 11278, and strange within the
context of Australian Land Rovers in being a
Solihull-built car, not a CKD [completely knocked
down] kit assembled in Australia,’ said Mike
Bishop of JLR Heritage. ‘Land Rover lacked the
infrastructure in Australia at the time, and had
dealerships within regions rather than a national
strategy until 1952, with four different assembly
plants. This one arrived on the SS Bermont on
9 July 1950 and went to JJ Martin of Cobar, on
the edge of the outback, via Grenville Motors of
Sydney, New South Wales.
‘When we assembled the Series 1s for our
Reborn programme, we found four sequential
chassis numbers – 11275-8 – and it was such a
dynamic development window that no two of
them are the same. Before 1953 essentially every
Land Rover was a development car.
‘I first saw this car in Melbourne in the 1978 Beetle is
Nineties, bought from an outback station. unused – and
Its bulkhead was in very good condition and will stay that way

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Peter Horbury, 1950-2023

Peter Horbury, the British car
designer best known for radically
transforming Volvo’s image, has
died aged 73.
One of Professor Peter Stevens’
first students at RCA, Horbury first went to work
for Volvo in the early Eighties, contributing to
the radical 480 shooting-brake before joining
British design house MGA. He was re-hired to
head up Volvo’s design office in 1991. Tasked with
revolutionising Volvo’s image, he introduced
the firm’s management to Tom Walkinshaw to
formulate a BTCC race programme, which led to
the dynamic 850 sports saloon and estate range.
The beautiful C70 coupé and cabriolet followed,
leading to a new era of Volvos that no longer
looked angular and staid.
Upon Volvo’s buyout by Geely, Horbury
became design director for all the Chinese firm’s
brands. His final design turned out to be another
gamechanger – the Lotus Eletre.
Jensen’s owner got a
surprise when he saw Reeves Callaway, 1947-2023
who’d owned it before
Reeves Callaway III, the man behind
the eponymous tuning house best
Jensen 541R ‘It was registered new in New Holland, known for its 200mph+ Corvettes,
On show for the first time, this Jensen was Lincolnshire in 1936 and I am only its third- has died aged 75.
originally owned by a man better known for ever owner. I bought it from the daughter Originally working out of his
preparing successful racing Jaguars – John of the second owner, who had learned to garage in Old Lyme, Connecticut in 1977, Formula
Coombs. ‘I only found out it was Coombs’ drive in it but it hadn’t moved since July 1967. Vee driver Callaway created turbocharger
own car when I read the logbook – it hadn’t I bought it in 2014 and finally finished its installations, initially for BMWs. Alfa Romeo was
been sold as such,’ said owner Paul Rose. restoration this year. another early aftermarket turbocharger client,
‘I also found a photograph taken in 1960 ‘It came to me with two engines. I don’t but his best-known creations began with the
of Coombs of Guildford, and alongside a know why, so I chose to restore the one C4-generation Chevrolet Corvette. Chevrolet
row of tuned Jaguar Mk2s, there are two with numbers that matched the chassis. was so impressed with Callaway’s 1987 twin-
Jensen 541s, an S and an R. You can’t see the The chassis itself was fine because the car turbo B2K that it allowed it to be covered by
numberplates but I would be very surprised had been dry-stored in a barn, but the its warranties. In 1989 Callaway created the
if the R wasn’t this one. woodwork was rotten and it needed new Sledgehammer, which set a production-car
‘It’s freshly restored, having been dormant wings making from scratch. (on account of its warranty) speed record of
for a long time beforehand. It’s white with a ‘The interior could have been rescued. 254.76mph – beaten only by the Bugatti Veyron.
red roof on some old photographs I have, I was doing quite well renovating it then Callaway also returned the Corvette to
but in the original logbook it gives its mice got to it, so I ended up having it Le Mans, having set up a German-based
original colour as maroon. Interestingly the professionally retrimmed. competition outlet in 1991, and worked with
second owner is listed as a Peter Coombs, ‘Up until that point it was going to be an Aston Martin to update its V8 engine for
who had it for five years after John had oily-rag restoration but I thought I might unleaded petrol use in the then-new Virage.
finished with it – perhaps he was a relation?’ as well go for perfection after that. For
example, it was two-tone black-and-white
Triumph Gloria when I bought it, but the logbook said
Steve Neal, 1941-2023
‘It’s this car’s first concours,’ said owner Ian it was originally all black, so it needed a Steve Neal, the touring-car ace
Parkin of his rare art-deco Triumph saloon. respray. And now here it is!’ who founded Team Dynamics, has
died aged 82.
Beginning his motor sport career
in a Kieft Formula Junior car in 1959,
Neal swapped the single-seater for a new Mini
Cooper, sufficiently impressing Cooper to award
him a factory drive for 1968, where he scored an
overall win at Crystal Palace in the BSCC as well
as claiming class wins in the European Touring
Car Championship.
After an injury at Brands Hatch in 1969
ended his driving career he founded Rimstock,
to supply lightweight wheels to racing
teams. Neal formed his own team, Rimstock
Racing, to contest production-class touring-
car competition with his son Matt driving,
progressing from a Ford Fiesta to a Nissan
Skyline before – together with Ray Bellm –
acquiring the assets of the defunct Vic Lee
Motorsport to form Team Dynamics.
Dynamics originally contested the BTCC as
an independent operator with BMWs, Fords
and Nissans, before being adopted by Honda
as its works team. Under this regime, Neal
masterminded six outright BTCC championship
Gloria’s planned ‘oily rag’ wins between 2005 and 2016.
restoration progressed
far beyond that

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Barn finds
Was originally shell
grey – blue applied
in the Sixties

Not much
dust for half a
century inside
First Italian Straight, sharp and not
registration rotten – a survivor
names Abarth

‘Abarth Ferrari’ breaks cover

Carlo Abarth’s 250GT Pinin Farina Coupé extracted after 50-year American slumber
his 1960 Ferrari 250GT Series II colour change from shell grey to blue versions of standard Fiat models. His
Pinin Farina coupé last changed before it was stored, it retains its original company was riding high thanks to the
hands in 1968, after which it was V12 engine and seems to be otherwise sales and motor sport success of these
only on the road for three further untouched. It also has the kudos of being creations in 1959, when he ordered
years. What sent it into storage in ordered new by famed tuner and car chassis 1687 from Ferrari.
1971 has not been made public by designer Carlo Abarth. Only two months after registration in
the car’s current vendors, Gullwing Abarth, born Karl rather than Carlo in March 1960 he sold the car – for which he
Motor Company of Astoria, New York, Austria, later became an Italian citizen had paid 5.5m lire – at the knock-down
and indeed there may not have been and was part of the group that established price of 3m lire. Why this rapid change
any single incident to blame. There is no the Cisitalia marque. After it dissolved of ownership occurred is not clear, but
accident damage or obvious corrosion, in 1949, he founded a company in his after a few more owners in Italy the car
and the car appears intact and complete, own name to complete and sell a was exported to America in 1966.
missing only a battery, though it seems few unfinished Cisitalias, soon SEND US In 1968 it changed hands again
generations of rodents have built nests in moving on to offer coachbuilt YOUR BARN FINDS to its long-term keeper in rural
the footwells. The black leather interior sports cars with tuned Fiat- – BEST ONE Washington state, whence it
is original, and though the car had a based mechanicals, and tuned WINS £100 emerged this year.

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 ‘Outside
plug’ engine
Bunk-beds for ACs and E-types in garage find
in late 250 To find a Jaguar E-type or even a Fifties AC and various missing parts, was propped
long-stored in a garage is not unusual, but to on beams above the SII E-type FHC, itself
find three of each, stacked and packed like apparently the victim of an impact with a post
Jenga blocks, must be unique. Guy Snelling at or tree and a roll-over.
Anglia Car Auctions was present for the two- The two E-type roadsters were ground-floor
day extraction process at a suburban property occupants with the AC Ace stacked above the
in a location he’s been asked to keep secret, Aceca, sharing a spot up in the rafters with the
and he describes what it took. pair of E-type ’shells and the Ace-Bristol. None
‘We needed diggers, a telehandler and a of the cars will be on the road any time soon,
forklift to get them all out. Nothing had been but at least four – the two E-type roadsters
disturbed in a long time and it was overgrown, and the two Aces – are eminently restorable,
too – there was a 1951 80-inch Land Rover in while taking on the Aceca and the E-type FHC
the garden outside the garage that we couldn’t will require a double dose of brave pills.
even see when we arrived.’ No information has been released about
What appeared when the doors were the time spent in storage, but it must number
prised open was a remarkable effort of spatial several decades, and it seems that all six cars
Bumper utilisation, with a three-car garage used to were stashed away at the same time, based on
removed for store one 1970 Series II E-type coupé, two the involved arrangement in the garage. With
storage 1969 Series II roadsters, two further E-type values of AC Ace-Bristols exceeding £200,000
bodyshells, a 1955 AC Aceca, a 1957 AC Ace- in top condition, at least some of the finds here
Bristol and a 1959 AC Ace 2-litre. have considerable value as starting points for
The engineless Aceca, in a decidely rough restoration, and all will be sold with no reserve
state with a hole punched through the roof at ACA’s sale on 19-20 August

2.0-litre AC-
engined Ace

Present, Bagsy the top

but past it bunk? AC over E
Car’s black
leather hide
is original

The 250GT coupé was the first

Ferrari model to come close to volume AC Bristol
production, with a standardised body lost paint...
designed and built by Pinin Farina
(which became Pininfarina in 1961).
Around 350 were sold between 1958 and
1962, which although high compared
with the double-digit production of other
Fifties Ferraris, has been thinned out
significantly over the years. 80-inch Land
Rover is ...and most of
The model spent decades as one of the sinking fast its interior
least valued front-engined Ferraris and
many were unceremoniously broken
up for spares or turned into 250GT SWB
replicas, so the discovery of a genuine,
unrestored car is a rare event.
This car, while clearly in need of
a thorough renovation, might have
lasted well enough to put the emphasis Had SII Tattier
on preserving originality rather than FHC been roadster: a
renewing every aspect. rolled? big project

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 THE INSIDERS
When I discovered the first issue of Classic Car in my

QUENTIN WILLSON
local newsagent, it was a window into an exciting
new world that gave meaning to my love of old cars

can still vividly remember, 50 left-hand drive XK120 built, and the
years ago, seeing this magazine London Motor Show car. In 2005 RM
for the very first time. Classic Car, Auctions sold it for $440,000.
as it was called back then, first Other magazines followed, but
appeared in October 1973. Walking Classic Car can claim to be the one that
home from my grammar school in genuinely started it all, articulating and
Leicester, I wandered into Mouldens visualising an affection for old cars that
Newsagents with a knot of friends has evolved into a global megatrend.
and there it was, shouting at me It’s a multi-billion-dollar industry that
from the shelf. On the cover was an MG crosses the world, has saved so many
BGT V8 and MG TC with promises of precious cars from oblivion, fostered
stories inside of an XJ12C and an Elan new technologies, specialists and skills,
Plus 2S 130. I turned the pages in awe. created jobs for tens of thousands
For a teenager obsessed with old cars, and is so embedded in our collective
this was proof that there were grown- consciousness that it has survived
up men that suffered the same strange multiple recessions, a global pandemic,
affliction as me. I gratefully paid the 35p and geopolitical upheavals. But, most
cover price and hurried home, carefully important of all, this magazine has
cradling my window to a new world. given millions of enthusiasts five
That evening in my bedroom, with the decades of passion and wonder.
door firmly closed, I greedily devoured For a hobby magazine started by
every single page – even the small ads. a bunch of car tinkerers in sports
My Latin homework could wait. jackets who decided to leave their
Quentin Willson had a And the second issue was even better, lock-ups and start writing about a
10-year stint presenting with an article about a bloke who’d pastime they loved, this is a mightily
the BBC’s Top Gear, bought a 1957 AC Ace with the rare impressive achievement that has had
has bought and sold Zephyr 2.5 engine for £900, along with huge international influence. We owe
countless cars and has Our Cars updates on the team’s Aston that pioneering team and the scores of
cemented a reputation DB4, Jensen 541 and MGA. Those now contributors who filled all those pages
as everyone’s favourite familiar words ‘The next jobs on the over the years a huge debt of gratitude.
motoring pundit. list…’ seemed so exciting back then. Between them, they changed the world.
I wrote a letter to that first visionary For me it’s been an honour to be part
editorial team – Jonathan Wood, of this story and to have spent the last
Lionel Burrell and
Michael Bowler – it
was printed, and
I got a gracious ‘Other magazines
reply, which I still
have. Along with followed, but
that first treasured,
seminal copy, and Classic Car can
claim to be the one
every issue since,
all of them neatly
bound in leather
with indexes.
As the nascent that started it all’
industry for
classic cars started to grow, more and 50 years so completely connected to
more dealers advertised their wares. these pages. From schoolboy reader
In the April ’74 issue, Brian Classic to monthly columnist – in life, you
was offering a choice of two Ferrari never know how or why these circles of
250GTEs, one for £995 and the other connections happen. But in this case,
for £795. In the classifieds at the back I’m enormously glad they did. Here’s to
– known then as the Classic Car Mart – the next 50 influential years.
was an ad that read ‘Ex-works prototype
XK120 DHC, owned by the factory until
1955, some rust.’ They wanted £500. I
tried to persuade my father that it would
make a good investment, but he wasn’t
convinced. That same car, chassis
670001, as we now know was the first

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Brace yourself, because I’m going to defend the
much maligned Austin Allegro. But wait – before you
start typing that email, please hear me out…

n the 50 years since the Allegro was The ride was very comfortable, and
born, there have been lots of bad it was quieter than the Escort or Talbot
cars. Until the mid-Eighties most Samba we also had around that time.
Japanese cars were mediocre at best The spacious interior, a rich brown
and I can’t think of anything nice to colour, had the luxury of ‘brushed
say about Wartburgs or Moskvitches. nylon’ seats. In the mid-Eighties, a mate
The Chrysler Neon was terrible. So of mine described it as ‘plush’ – his
why single out the Allegro? It wasn’t parents had a Daihatsu.
a great car, but it wasn’t terrible, and It stayed remarkably rust-free and
ALEX RILEY
like thousands of families in Britain only let us down once, when a clutch
(though sadly, very few abroad) we ran problem left us stranded, but Dad
an Allegro quite happily for years, so I’m managed to fix it on the drive.
going to stick up for it. In about 1987 he sold it to my older
Ours was a late 1977 S-reg 1500 Super brother, who says he never got any stick
in Sandglow – a sort of bright Caramac from his mates about the way it looked
colour – which we bought in Spring or its image. They were just happy to
1980. It was much nicer than the M-reg get a lift. He finally traded it in against
Avenger 1500 it replaced and the first an early 1.6 Escort MkIII, which cost
car we’d ever owned with fabric seats. over £3000, but quickly turned to rust
On paper the specification was cutting at the same time as the tappets went. A
edge: interconnected front and rear scrapyard gave him £30 for it.
independent suspension; an overhead So, the Allegro had an up-to-date
Alex landed his first cam engine; five-speed gearbox (still specification, rode well, was spacious,
television job in 1998, a novelty in 1980) and even an electric quiet if you didn’t rev it too hard,
working behind the cooling fan. I think it also had hazard reliable and well protected from rust.
scenes on Top Gear. warning lights, which I thought was In Britain, it was a regular top-ten best
He’s made several quite exciting – I was 12. seller but its modern ingredients were a
classic car TV series One thing that did strike me as bit half-baked and BL, as usual, wasn’t
since, and currently odd though was the empty dial next able to develop out its flaws. The fact
writes and presents to the speedometer. Not a clock or that it was outsold by three-box saloons
The Car Years on ITV4. tachometer, just a circle with markings with mundane specifications, like the
around the edge to remind you that you Escort and Marina, must have been
couldn’t afford an HL. galling. It also looked dumpy and lacked
We never
lamented its lack
of a hatch, just
like owners of ‘In Britain, it was a
other booted cars
like the Citroen regular top-ten best
seller but its modern
GS, Alfasud
and Ford Escort

ingredients were a
MkII probably
didn’t either.
Hatchbacks
weren’t a big
thing in the bit half-baked’
Seventies – even
the 1979 Opel Kadett looked like a hatch a successful competition programme
but had a boot. The Allegro’s boot was that might have given Austin’s fading
actually pretty big, with no intrusion image a welcome boost.
from that clever suspension. If we But the Allegro wasn’t one of the
needed any extra space my dad would worst cars ever. It was just, well, average.
just take out the back seat. So it’s time to let it rest in peace. Austin
It was the first car I ever drove solo Rover replaced it with the Maestro. And
and getting it into the right gear was we did too. Now that was much better.
almost a leap of faith. I imagine it’s like
PHOTO: JOHN LAKEY

learning the cello – there’s nothing on

the neck to tell you where the notes are,
and until you can find them without
thinking, it sounds awful. But when you
did get it right – what a feeling.

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 THE TOP
To celebrate Classic
Cars’ 50th anniversary,
our panel of experts
reveals the 50 most
important cars to
be released since
Issue One first hit the
shelves back in 1973

Words SAM DAWSON

Photography BAUER ARCHIVE
CARS SINCE 1973
I
n hindsight, we couldn’t have picked a more inauspicious year Yet as carmakers rose to 1973’s challenges, new generations
to launch this magazine – it arrived in 1973 into a landscape of classics were born – and CC didn’t just celebrate recognised
of the OPEC oil embargo, impending American safety classics, but all cars enthusiasts could love. To mark our golden
regulations and, in the UK, VAT’s replacement of Purchase Tax jubilee, we’ve formed an expert panel to nominate the 50
that all but killed off the home-finished sports car. As Classic Car most significant cars released since 1973. Expect controversial
– we were singular then – launched, it felt like the end of an era. choices, surprising omissions, and healthy debate.

OUR PANEL Max Girardo – Car collector, dealer,

archivist and historic racing driver
with a specialism in rallying
Paul Skilleter – Journalist, author,
publisher, archivist, and one of the
earliest Classic Cars staff members

Phil Bell Group editor, Classic Malcolm Harbour, CBE – Former Russ Smith – Associate editor,
Cars magazine, Practical Classics Rover director, MEP, and EU lead Classic Cars magazine, compiler of
magazine, and Classic Car Weekly rapporteur for Vehicle Standards the Price Guide

Nigel Boothman Journalist and Stephen Harper – Car designer Frank Stephenson – Car stylist
regular Classic Cars contributor, responsible for the Ford Escort RS responsible for the new Mini, several
master of Barn Finds Cosworth, Volvos and MGs Maseratis, Fiats and McLarens

Joe Breeze Production editor, Classic Richard Heseltine – Veteran Professor Peter Stevens – Designer
Cars magazine, former student of car journalist, researcher, author and of the Lotus Esprit X180, Jaguar XJR-
design at Coventry University Classic Cars contributor 15, McLaren F1 and MG’s ‘Z-cars’

Vicki Butler-Henderson Journalist, Simon Kidston – Dealer, collector, Fuzz Townshend – Musician-
road tester, racer, presenter of Fifth concours judge, K500 Index creator turned-car restorer and presenter
Gear Recharged and The Car Years and former Classic Cars columnist of the Car SOS TV programme

Sarah Crabtree Online auctioneer David Richards, CBE – 1981 WRC Malcolm Wilson, OBE – Engineer,
and sales director at Evoke Classics, winner, founder of Prodrive, 1994 British Rally Champion, Ford
former star of Bangers & Cash chairman of Motor Sport UK WRC boss and founder of M-Sport

Sam Dawson Content editor, Alex Riley – Journalist, broadcaster, Quentin Willson – Motoring
Classic Cars magazine, newsletter presenter of The Car Years, and broadcaster, journalist, campaigner
columnist, and roving event reporter Classic Cars columnist and Classic Cars columnist

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 YEARS OF CLASSIC CARS MAGAZINE

Mazda
‘The small two-seat roadster was all but dead the Elan was totally impractical and fragile,’ he
by 1989, after a decade-long onslaught from hot says. ‘Mazda took the Elan concept and put it
hatchbacks,’ Nigel Boothman recalls. ‘Mazda’s into the modern equivalent of the MGB and

MX-5 MkI
MX-5 saved it, showing us that such cars were Spitfire market. But it kept that sense of being
still great fun and could sell in large numbers. an enthusiasts’ car in the way the Elan was,
Think of all those that might never have got the complete with pin-sharp handling and high-
green light if the MX-5 hadn’t kept the market revving twin-cam engine. It felt like something
alive: MGF, Fiat Barchetta, Alfa Romeo Spider, much more specialised than the mainstream car
Nominated by BMW Z3, Mercedes SLK, even the Porsche industry would usually produce, and yet unlike
Nigel Boothman, Richard Heseltine, Boxster and the Lotus Elise.’ Elan ownership, you didn’t have to become an
Paul Skilleter, Russ Smith, Peter Richard Heseltine finds the way the car played expert in bolting bits back on!’
Stevens and Quentin Willson on buyers’ emotions significant. ‘It appropriated Peter Stevens acknowledges its design
all sorts of cues from European classics from the heritage. ‘It’s loosely based on the original
past and blended them into a mighty whole,’ he Lotus Elan, but the MX-5 has always been a
says. ‘The MX-5 became ubiquitous on our roads fine-looking car, even after it deviated from
in much the same way as the MGB had done in the original design. It still offers delightful
the Sixties and beyond.’ handling, it’s still great value for money, and most
For Paul Skilleter, its appeal was beyond importantly, it has never fallen victim to the
skin-deep. ‘Whenever I see one coming curse of ever-increasing weight that it seems all
towards me, my mind says “Lotus Elan” – but other cars have suffered from.’

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 Citroën CX
Nominated by Alex Riley
‘It just bristles with ideas,’ says Alex Riley of conventional, and yet it all works so cohesively.
Citroën’s futuristic, long-lived 1974-91 CX Take the rear windscreen, for example – it’s
saloon and estate. ‘In terms of aerodynamics, bowed, so it doesn’t get dirty, so it doesn’t
self-levelling suspension, the DIRAVI variable- need a wiper, so the aerodynamics can be kept
rate self-centring power steering, the brakes smoother, the drag co-efficient kept low and the
controlled by a button on the floor you squeeze fuel economy maximised.
with your foot, it’s essentially the Citroën SM ‘And despite being sold for nearly 20 years, it
somehow made mainstream. didn’t look dated when it was finally replaced by
‘It’s an entire design philosophy, pitched into the XM. Quite the opposite, in fact; the CX still
a market that often follows the herd and where looks fresh. When you compare it to what Ford
unadventurous design seems to sell infuriatingly was offering for the same money at the same
well. There’s not one thing about the CX that’s time, Ford’s offerings look just plain cynical.’

LCC Rocket
Nominated by Max Girardo
In retrospect, the Light Car Company Rocket seems
to be the starting point for today’s extremist track-
day cars like the Ariel Atom and BAC Mono, but this
creation of F1 engineer Gordon Murray and engineer-
driver Chris Craft pre-dated them by over a decade.
‘It embodies Gordon Murray’s obsession with
weight-saving,’ says Max Girardo of the Rocket. ‘It was
the lightest production car ever made, weighing just
385kg, and made a dizzying 380bhp per tonne! Its
central driving position was inspired by Formula One,
but you could carry a secondary passenger in tandem.
Presumably for comic effect.’

Ferrari 288GTO
Nominated by Max Girardo
‘For me, the first halo Ferrari was the greatest,’ says Max Girardo of Ferrari’s unraced Group B
homologation special. Powered by the same engine that thrust the Lancia LC2 Group C car to victory,
the 288GTO was built with the intention of racing in the Group B class alongside the likes of the BMW
M1 and Porsche 930 Turbo. Sadly, a combination of huge expense driving privateer teams towards
the cheaper Group C2 category instead, then the banning of Group B itself on track and rally stage
alike following the tragic events of the 1986 World Rally Championship, meant the 288GTO never had
chance to prove itself. But what was created was perfect.
‘It had two fat turbos, desperately pretty Pininfarina bodywork, and a luxurious cabin which, unlike
And despite this refusal to follow the herd, its successor the F40, you could genuinely spend a week driving in,’ Girardo describes, while pondering
it’s remained profitable, as Quentin Willson what might have been. ‘If only Group B road-racing had become a thing,’ he ponders wistfully.
notes. ‘Not for nothing is the Mazda MX-5
the best-selling roadster in history,’ he says. ‘A
brilliant reinvention of discontinued and often
poorly-built British sports cars of the Sixties
and Seventies, it brought Japanese quality and
engineering to a segment all but abandoned by
other car makers. It’s also light and responsive,
with safe, neutral handling that flatters the driver.
And it appeals to every demographic, young and
old. It’s given more owners more reliable, open-
top fun than the Sprite, Midget, MGB and Spitfire
combined. It democratised the sports car.’
It’s also worth pointing out that nowadays,
the MX-5 is the world’s most raced car, adding
competition pedigree never even intended for it
when new. ‘Thank you, Mazda, for bringing back
the long-lost traditional sports car,’ says Russ
Smith, ‘and for doing it properly too.’

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Fiat Panda
Nominated by Sarah Crabtree
‘Think about it. When the original Giugiaro-designed Fiat Panda was launched in 1980,
in terms of ultra-basic small utilitarian cars, it didn’t have any rivals that weren’t decades
old – cars like the Citroën 2CV, Renault 4 and Mini,’ says Sarah Crabtree. ‘The Panda
brought the concept right up to date, with Giugiaro’s sense of rationality ensuring
everything that made the Golf great was present in the Panda too.
‘It featured modern takes on the novel ideas that made the 2CV so usefully simple.
Flat windows, deckchair seats, a simple dashboard, and even the option of a 4x4
drivetrain. It sold millions and had a second life as a Seat too.
‘I drove one back from Malta to the UK once, a nine-day trip via Sicily, and it was
quite an adventure. It cruised along motorways like nothing in its class beforehand, and
during a detour via Monaco it actually received more attention parked up beside the
luxury yachts than the Ferraris and Lamborghinis.’

Subaru Impreza
Nominated by Phil Bell and David Richards
Prodrive was instrumental to the Impreza’s success, a factor that no doubt
guided David Richards’ choice, and it’s the stiffened, short-wheelbase two-
door P1 version and its WRC counterpart that he finds most significant of all.
‘Peter Stevens did a wonderful job with the styling, and enhanced the iconic
555-livery-influenced imagery further by introducing a striking metallic shade
of blue to it. In 1997 it won first-time on the Monte Carlo Rally with Piero Liatti
too. But of course it was Colin McRae, Richard Burns and Petter Solberg who
endeared the Impreza to a generation of rally fans.’
Phil Bell saw the Impreza from an enthusiast’s angle. ‘Long before I met
Pete from my village, I knew his car. Every time it passed my house on the high
street, within three beats of that warbling flat-four engine my mind was flooded
with images – McRae, Burns, Solberg, 555 Blue paint, Playstation… There was
something about those cars that, for me and countless rally fans, seemed to
recapture the gritty excitement of the Group B era, and somehow harked back
to the spectacle of the Escort BDA glory days.
‘Even in primordial Turbo 2000 AWD form, its 208bhp was enough to hit
60mph in under six seconds, delivered with enough torque to punch vigorously
between the B-road bends it loved so much, supple suspension and balanced
front-to-rear torque split making light work of our troubled tarmac. Soon came
evolution – first WRX then STi – and special editions honouring those gravel
stage heroes who I tried to emulate on my PS1 and PS2. I shared McRae’s
propensity to crash; not his ability to win.
‘On rally stage and country road, the impressive-sounding Impreza Turbo
lived up to its name. An icon had exploded into our world.’

Aston Martin DB9 Nominated by Joe Breeze and David Richards

‘It feels like the DB7 and Vanquish get the design gods Ian Callum and Henrik Fisker –
credit for being the landmark Astons of exhibits S1 E-type levels of timelessness, and
the firm’s “new era” rebirth, the DB7 being is by far the classiest of the millennium so
the spearhead of hope going into the new far. It bravely rejected the burgeoning design
millennium, and the Vanquish being the last sheep-think of overt aggression and instead
model that was hand-built on the storied majored on exquisite proportions, one
Newport Pagnell site. But for me, it’s the glance at which will have you daydreaming
DB9 that was the true pivot point,’ says Joe about slinking your way to that default GT
Breeze. ‘The Vanquish may have used a new destination for motoring journalists, the
aluminium and composite structure, but South of France. Callum called it a “Vanquish
it was the DB9 that debuted the new VH in a dinner jacket”. The DB9’s successors,
platform that would underpin the entire while undeniably handsome, have never
next generation of Astons. quite captured that effortless elegance.’
‘The road car served on Aston’s books for For Prodrive’s David Richards, the
a solid 12 years – one for each silken engine connection with the DB9 is even more
cylinder – and also underpinned the Rapide personal. ‘It was the car that returned Aston
four-door saloon, Vantage sports car and Martin to the racetrack,’ he says. ‘For years,
a few Zagato-bodied specials. In DBS form Aston had no money to go racing, and even
it even enjoyed the Bond-car stardust in when it was owned by Ford, every year
Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace Prodrive would approach and be told no.
(2008). Quite the legacy it left behind upon But it finally relented with the DB9 because
bowing out in 2016. the car was a fresh start. Aston has been
‘To say it did so gracefully would be an a presence in GT racing for nearly 20 years
injustice. It’s subjective of course, but to my since – and the DBR9 took back-to-back
eye the original 2004 design – a gift from class wins at Le Mans in 2007-8.’

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Tesla Model S
Nominated by Paul Skilleter, Frank Stephenson
and Quentin Willson
Despite pointing out that the Nissan Leaf beat Tesla to market, Paul
Skilleter still acknowledges the American car’s contribution, not least
because of its origins. ‘Who would have thought that an electric
car could become so successful in the US?’ he asks. ‘Mike Dale, who
headed Jaguar in the Eighties, told me, “Never think of America as
one country.” We used to lambast Americans for driving around in
7.0-litre cars, and yet we in Europe have adopted SUVs, undoing
automotive progress by 20 years. And yet here is this American
electric car that is stylish, quick, reliable and fashionable everywhere.’
Designer Frank Stephenson agrees with that assessment. ‘It’s the
car that I would say has defined the electric car segment,’ he says.
‘It’s also fast, with comfortable interior packaging, rather than the
batteries eating into luggage and cabin space.’
Tesla owner Quentin Willson is a well-known brand evangelist.
‘The 250-mile-range, five-seat Model S took electric cars into the
mainstream,’ he says. ‘It marked a seismic shift in technology and
showed that the days of fossil fuel were numbered. YouTube filled
up with videos of Teslas drag-racing Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and
winning. It made electric cars sexy, and proved that lithium-ion
batteries and big electric motors were technologies we could trust.’

Austin/MG Metro
Nominated by Sarah Crabtree and Fuzz Townshend
‘People forget that the Metro was a phenomenal success for British
Leyland,’ says Sarah Crabtree of the UK motor industry’s first true
supermini. ‘It wasn’t long into the Eighties before you saw one on every
street. Either your Mum or one of your teachers had one, and it made a
great first car too, very affordable and embraced by the masses in the
same way as the Ford Fiesta. However, for me it gets the edge over the
Fiesta because it was more innovative, with Hydragas suspension.’
It did more than merely score a hit for BL, as Fuzz Townshend recalls. ‘I
remember being at the 1980 British Motor Show and making a beeline for
it,’ he says. ‘It was so modernist, and had so much promise. Mechanically it
was still a Mini, but turned from a box into a greenhouse.
‘It was also classless and versatile. It brought MG back from the dead,
and while most were basic, you could also get a plush Vanden Plas version
– the Fiesta and Polo weren’t available in such a diverse range. I learnt to
drive in one, but at the same time Princess Diana owned one.’

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Honda NSX
Nominated by Sam Dawson
brought family saloon know-how to the supercar world. The result was
a user-friendly machine that cost no more to run than an Accord, never
‘The Honda NSX is arguably more significant than any Ferrari, Porsche broke down or rusted, and could be driven rapidly by novices.
or Lotus of the same era. Not least because, despite not necessarily ‘As such, it made the old guard seem unreliable, awkward, dangerous
competing with those cars in terms of price and prestige, it forced their and difficult to live with. And yet it was capable of embarrassing Ferraris on
manufacturers to tear up their designs and start afresh. track. Not just 348s, but Testarossas too.
‘Honda had been involved in Formula One before it even built its ‘Sales volumes for the NSX never set the world alight, but the car’s
first road car, so the notion that the NSX lacked pedigree was nonsense, influence is felt in the way in which it forced much more prestigious rivals
especially since Honda engines powered the iconic Marlboro McLarens to follow Honda’s user-friendly lead. Every semi-volume-sold supercar
of the Senna/Prost era. Senna was the NSX’s test driver too, but Honda nowadays has learnt from it – even the Porsche 911.’

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Audi Quattro
Nominated by Nigel Boothman, Sarah Crabtree, Stephen
Harper, Richard Heseltine and Malcolm Wilson

‘It wasn’t the first car to feature this technology, but it was the first to
make it work on a practical, beneficial level,’ says Nigel Boothman of
Audi’s turbocharged, four-wheel drive groundbreaker. ‘Also, its features
were soon found on more humble Audi models through the range,
and now turbochargers and four-wheel drive are as mainstream as
fuel injection or air conditioning.’
It redefined Audi too, probably more effectively than the similarly
high-tech 100 of the same era, as Sarah Crabtree explains. ‘Its rallying
success was significant – it not only changed direction for Audi but
it redefined motor sport,’ she says. ‘Audi had been seen as a kind of
German Citroën, very technology-led, but the Quattro gave it this
sporty image too without compromising its integrity, and made Audi
appeal to more people across the board who would previously have
considered more traditional luxury cars.’
Stephen Harper finds its design philosophy significant too. ‘It was
the first “feral” car, he says. ‘The process of taking a fairly plain car, doing
a sporty version, taking the technology to extremes and allowing it to
dictate the styling on the surface. The way Martin Smith incorporated
the four-wheel-drive architecture by adding those subtle box-arches
began the Group B design aesthetic, and every “feral” car has followed
– Lancia Delta Integrale, Ford Escort Cosworth, today’s Toyota Yaris GR.
That way of letting a car go wild and become a firebreathing monster.’
Ironically, nominee Richard Heseltine isn’t actually a fan, ‘not least
because I don’t think it’s a fun car to drive,’ he says. ‘However, it was
an era-defining performance car that changed rallying forever, had a
transformative effect on how four-wheel drive was perceived on road
cars, and helped Audi forge its status as a premium brand rather than
just a slightly upmarket type of Volkswagen.’
However, Malcolm Wilson, who both campaigned and fettled one in
the British Rally Championship at the height of the Group B era, thinks
differently. ‘Driving one gave my body a feeling I’d never experienced!’
he exclaims. ‘Never before had a rally car produced more than 500bhp,
yet controlled it all with four-wheel drive. It changed the face of the
World Rally Championship.’ Even after Group B was banned in 1986,
every WRC winner to this day has followed its recipe of front-engined,
turbocharged and four-wheel drive.

Saab 99 Turbo
Nominated by Nigel Boothman
‘As with the Audi Quattro, the Saab 99 Turbo wasn’t actually the
first to market with its big idea, but it was the first to really make it
work,’ says Nigel Boothman of the Saab 900 Turbo. ‘Early turbo cars
proved only that turbochargers produced corporate headaches
from warranty claims or made expensive halo models excitingly fast.
‘Saab showed the real potential of the technology to
increase performance without the penalty in weight or fuel
consumption of a larger engine, and kicking off a boom
time for turbos that eventually made forced induction
normal.’ Today, most engines employ a turbocharger,
but follow the 99 Turbo’s lead in maintaining power
and torque from downsized engines rather than
going for all-out performance. Saab may no
longer be with us, but its legacy
most certainly is.

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Lotus Elise S2
Nominated by Phil Bell and Sam Dawson

‘The Elise S1 almost restated the definitive Lotus ‘Hang on a minute, didn’t I say “almost” within and unreliability, something the Rover-sourced
after decades of the marque straying either into four words of starting this? Well, Lotus founder K-series of the S1 and early S2 failed to address.
grand tourer territory, upmarket or both,’ says Colin Chapman and his cars were always laser- One of Colin Chapman’s last acts in charge of
Phil Bell. ‘Its advanced, flyweight construction focused on the future, yet the styling of the Lotus was to forge a relationship with Toyota to
came with ruthlessly minimal accommodation of first Elise was a pleasing but retro nod to the imbue Lotus with greater reliability in return for
the occupants’ need for comfort, while the car’s Dino 246. The second series gave the Elise looks more dynamic Toyotas. The ZZ-series engines
blend of sharp handling and brisk performance to match its sharp, fresh dynamics, along with that powered the S2 offered minicab reliability
could make a grown man or woman cry with joy. ever more powerful engine options to properly and fuel economy, yet with twin-cam 16-valve
And giggle. Whoop, even. And all with a modestly exploit that exquisite handling.’ layout, all-alloy construction and variable valve
powerful off-the-shelf four-cylinder engine, so When the S2 received Toyota powerplants timing technology, they seemed to have been
it did all of this without putting you on first- from 2004, it also finally made good on a long- created almost in the spirit of Lotus. An ultralight
name terms with Brad the petrol station cashier, overdue promise from Lotus’s past. Says Sam, Elise with Toyota engineering felt like Chapman’s
according to his lapel badge. ‘The company had always suffered with fragility ultimate legacy. If only he’d lived to see it.’

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 Porsche 959
Nominated by Simon Kidston
‘I remember thinking, back in the Eighties,
that this techno-fest from Germany was
the thinking man’s hypercar, whereas the
Ferrari F40’s approach was almost cynical
by comparison,’ says Simon Kidston. ‘Four-
wheel drive, self-levelling suspension, an
off-road mode, a six-speed gearbox. And
then things like its aerodynamic mirrors and
tyre pressure sensors ended up on more
mainstream Porsches.
‘It was high-tech before we even start
talking about the twin-turbo flat-six
engine – a 500bhp tour de force, and
one that proved itself both on the
Dakar Rally and at Le Mans. It was a
technology benchmark for the Eighties,
the way the ‘Gullwing’ Mercedes 300SL
was for the Fifties. It’s incredible to think
that they once languished – I once sold one
for £70k – and weren’t really considered
collectable for nearly 30 years.’

Ford Fiesta MkI

Nominated by Vicki Butler-Henderson and
Peter Stevens
‘The Fiesta worked – and still works – for everyone,’ says Vicki Butler-
Henderson. ‘It seems as though there’s not a family in the UK who hasn’t
had one. Old, young, families, singletons – it just seems to suit every type
of driver.’ This is a bloodline that has lasted through seven generations and
eventually became the UK’s biggest-selling car. But it’s the Tom Tjaarda-
designed first generation that’s the most important in retrospect. ‘I actually
have one,’ says Vicki, who was compelled to buy an example of her first car as
a classic. ‘Its 957cc engine is still going strong.’
While acknowledging that the design owes a debt to the Fiat 127, Peter
Stevens hails the first Fiesta as a superb refinement of the supermini
concept. ‘It was a good-handling little car, an excellent piece of design and
very good value for money, right from the start,’ he says.

Renault 5 Turbo 1
Nominated by Vicki Butler-Henderson and Sam Dawson
‘Driving the Renault 5 Turbo 1 has been the highlight of the whole series
of The Car Years for me,’ says Vicki Butler-Henderson of Renault’s avant-
garde mid-engined hatchback. ‘I was reunited with the very same car at
a show in London recently and found myself wanting to drive it home
again. It’s not only huge fun, it’s also a great piece of design, especially the
interior, and full of character. I adore it.’
The 5 Turbo also represents the other half of the Group B rally
equation. Says Sam, ‘While Audi brought the four-wheel drive, it was
Renault Sport, combining the forces of Alpine and Gordini, which
introduced the idea of a mid-engined turbo version of a mass-market
hatchback, rearranging other mass-produced components to create a
pocket supercar. When Peugeot managed to unite Renault’s idea with
Audi-style four-wheel drive in the 205 T16, Audi’s Group B reign was over

BMW X5
– but would it have existed without Renault’s 5 Turbo, which dominated
tarmac rallies while the Quattro struggled in the early Eighties?’

Nominated by Frank Stephenson

‘This vehicle changed the tone of the SUV segment, and BMW as a brand,
forever,’ says designer Frank Stephenson of BMW’s answer to the Range
Rover. Controversially, BMW actually owned Land Rover while the X5 was
being designed, leading to many wondering whether it would ultimately be
a piece of badge engineering, but what emerged surprised the naysayers,
thanks to the central involvement of BMW’s fêted chassis engineers. ‘It
was a premium big car that was fun to drive,’ says Stephenson, ‘and was
ultimately successful in amplifying BMW’s strategy.’
Nowadays, BMW’s range contains numerous SUVs, all offering driving
dynamics quite unlike Range Rovers of yore, and all BMW’s rivals have
armies of similar vehicles. The X5 definitely started something significant.

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Lamborghini
Countach LP400
Nominated by Stephen Harper, Simon Kidston and Russ Smith

‘Everyone always says the Lamborghini Miura the Countach,’ he says. ‘It’s full of flaws, designed
was the first supercar, but for me it was the for people no taller than schoolchildren and you
Countach, even more so,’ says designer Stephen were lucky if it lasted much beyond the factory
Harper. ‘In retrospect, the Miura was more of gates; but it is the Seventies Top Trumps car, the
an experiment, whereas Marcello Gandini’s stand-out from the Observer’s Book of Cars, and
Countach marked the starting point of that arguably the most outrageous piece of design
exotic car breed – angular lines, a deliberate ever to go into series production.
sense of drama with its cab-forward shape, ‘Its rise in values in recent years reflects this
scissor doors, longitudinal V12, and also its sheer – those children it left such a strong impression
sense of scale. I remember when I first saw on are now buying them – but I actually
one, in London in the Seventies, and I nearly remember an early periscope-mirror car going
stepped on it, it was so low! All its elements for £26k back in 1996.’
informed every supercar that followed it. It was Russ Smith was one of the youngsters
also, finally, the appearance in production of influenced by the Countach, and reckons its
several design ideas that had their origins on cultural impact is still important. ‘It probably
Alfa Romeo 33-based Bertone concept cars made more money for Athena poster shops
from the late Sixties, which at that time no-one than it did for Lamborghini dealers, but it
would ever have thought would make it onto inspired a whole generation of petrolheads,’
the road. Just think how it looked in a world of he says. Lamborghini built fewer than 2000
ubiquitous Cortinas and BMC 1100s.’ examples of the Countach during the car’s
For Simon Kidston it was the start of an 1974-90 production run, but every enthusiast
obsession. ‘No other car of the last 50 years has remembers seeing their first one – and telling
been the subject of teenage dreams quite like everyone about it afterwards.

BMW 3 Series (E21)

Nominated by Paul Skilleter and Fuzz Townshend
‘I covered the launch of the E21 BMW 3 Series in The only manufacturer building anything similar thinking about quality, durability and desirability
Germany back in 1975,’ Paul Skilleter recalls. ‘We in intention at the time was Alfa Romeo, but at a time when a lot of the cars in the E21’s
journalists were doubled up, two to a car, and my they were just less liveable. At the time I tested market, especially British ones, were pretty
immediate impression was of a groundbreaker that E21, I ran an Alfetta, and it needed an engine shoddy and old-fashioned, with a shrug-
of a small, sporty saloon. It took everything the rebuild at 53,000 miles. The E21 would breeze shouldered, not-my-problem attitude blighting
2002 had done but made it more refined. past that mark, its engines were bulletproof.’ the ownership experience.
‘It was its compactness that struck me as most Fuzz Townshend agrees. ‘It was the start of ‘Back in 1975, the E21’s main British rival was
special, though. That level of engineering and a big change in the way midrange cars were the Triumph Dolomite. It gave it an almighty
build quality in something so small and deft- engineered, which would ultimately decimate kicking, and there was never a credible midrange
handling was game-changing, a brilliant package. the British motor industry,’ he says. ‘BMW was offering from a British manufacturer again.’

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Rover Streetwise
Nominated by Peter Stevens
Probably the most controversial nomination of all on our
list, but Peter Stevens has very good reasons for standing
by his decision. ‘I am not suggesting it because I was in
charge of the design!’ he says with a laugh. ‘I know it seems
like a strange choice, but the idea of a “ruggedised” little
Rover 25-based car was almost immediately copied by VW,
Citroën, Dacia, Mercedes and Kia, to name just a few, even
though it’s easily forgotten now.’ He has a point – nearly
every hatchback in that sector has a two-wheel drive
‘crossover’ variant, and while the press poured scorn on the
Streetwise, it actually became Rover’s fastest-ever selling
car in France – Europe’s second-largest market for new cars,
and the one that has ended up embracing the crossover
concept most enthusiastically.

Ford Sierra
Nominated by Fuzz Townshend
‘It was a complete sea-change after the Cortina,’ says Fuzz Townshend of the
Ford Sierra, introduced in 1982. ‘The build quality was better for starters, but
it was much more important than that. In terms of mass-market motoring,
it represented the start of a much more modern era after years of boxy,
mechanically mediocre Cortinas.
‘There was nothing new about it as a piece of engineering, but what was
significant about the Sierra was the way it brought a lot of lofty ideas to a
mass market that hadn’t cared about them before. Cars designed in wind
tunnels, aerodynamic drag coefficients, and the UK’s first really big-selling
diesel. It was the sort of thing Citroën and Audi had been preoccupied
with beforehand, but the Cortina had nothing to do with. Who would have
thought Ford would embrace such modernity?
‘Ford got the marketing absolutely spot on too. From a sales rep in a
basic 1.3 feeling the benefits of those aerodynamics on the motorway, right
through to the whale-tailed Cosworth version taking the same technology
to the next level to win touring car races.’
Hard to think it was considered controversial when new, and was so
slow to sell that Ford ended up pre-registering much of the first year’s
production to boost sales figures. ‘But as the Eighties progressed, the
consensus changed and people decided it looked great,’ says Townshend.

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Ferrari 458
Aperta
Nominated by Vicki Butler-Henderson
‘This car hot-wired itself into my happiness,’ says
Vicki Butler-Henderson as she recalls a memorable
test drive for Fifth Gear. ‘I drove it on the roads in
the hills above Maranello, and the way its chassis
slid round hairpins and the V8 sang captivated
me for hours.’ So why the 458, and not its latest
turbocharged successors, or a predecessor like
the 308 or F355? ‘Its proportions are spot-on, not
weighed down with extra safety features or bulky
pillars,’ she says. ‘And that normally-aspirated V8 is
just packed with character.’

Nissan Primera
Nominated by Malcolm Harbour
The Sunderland-built Nissan Primera might seem
humble, but thanks to its qualities it was coveted by a
generation of company-car drivers in the Nineties as it
quietly changed the game for both British and Japanese
car manufacturing, as industry insider Malcolm Harbour
reveals. ‘Nissan allowed the car to be influenced by
European design and engineering,’ he explains, alluding to
the car’s benchmarking of the deft-handling but fragile
Peugeot 405 in its development, and the incorporation of
Skyline-derived elements into its suspension. ‘The result
was the first volume-built Japanese car that drove really
well, and the platform for a very successful racer.’

Renault Espace
Nominated by Nigel Boothman, Sarah Crabtree and Russ Smith
‘The first Espace did far more than merely start Its adaptability – seats that could be removed,
a new niche or sector – the MPV – it forced all or flattened into tables, or turned around –
mass-market car makers to think harder about meant it could be used for so much more than
use of space,’ says Nigel Boothman. ‘Conceived just moving people about. Interestingly, it was
in Coventry by a Brit (Fergus Pollock), styled prototyped much, much earlier than production
by a Greek (Antonis Volanis) for Simca, built by was considered – it took a lot of courage for
Matra with plastic panels on a galvanised steel Renault to seize the opportunity.
spaceframe and eventually sold as a Renault, it ‘They looked cool too. People don’t see MPVs
was never just a van with windows and seats.’ as trendy nowadays, but back in the Eighties the
Sarah Crabtree also hails the Espace as a Espace looked like a spaceship compared to the
game-changer. ‘It made so many manufacturers average family wagon.’
realise they could sell a completely different Russ Smith remembers a different response.
kind of family car,’ she says. ‘Not every family ‘They were derided at first,’ he recalls. ‘But the
consists of two adults and two children with no Espace ushered in a whole new genre of car and,
hobbies, fitting easily into a three-box saloon. in doing so, changed the face of traffic forever.’

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Bentley Continental GT
Nominated by Nigel Boothman and Joe Breeze
‘Rolls-Royce was struggling in the Nineties, exhausting itself with one last global player.’ Where Bentley led with the new Continental, Rolls-Royce
effort to spawn new offspring, like a dying salmon,’ recalls Nigel Boothman followed with its reinvented Phantom.
of the world the Bentley Continental GT was born from. ‘The new Bentley As a design student, Joe Breeze was influenced by the car’s creation. ‘It
Arnage and R-R Silver Seraph were made with BMW powertrains and was so crucial to get this one right, and boy did newly bankrolled Bentley
it seemed BMW would take over Bentley. But VW gazumped it – while nail it. This was Italo-Brazilian designer Raul Pires’s first gig for Bentley,
forgetting to ensure rights to the Rolls-Royce branding were included. having previously worked on humdrum Skodas, and with a clean sheet of
‘So VW was left to build Bentleys, which it did with astonishing success, paper he conjured up this masterpiece, using the mid-Fifties R-type Conti’
creating this new coupé around the new W12 engine and increasing Bentley as his inspiration. The fact the theme survives 20 years on with only mild
sales by a factor of ten in just five years, turning the marque into a truly sharpening shows just how well-judged it was. A comeback masterclass.’

Lancia 037 Nominated by Max Girardo

The first Group B rally champion car, and the one that took the fight to the Audi Quattro,
proving success wasn’t all about four-wheel drive traction. Rapid but fragile – each works
037 was only built to campaign a handful of events before being broken for spares or sold
on. However, for Max Girardo – owner of a number of 037s including the ex-Henri Toivonen
1984 1000 Lakes Rally car – its appeal is simpler than mere numbers and trophies in
its cabinet. ‘Forget its achievements as a rally car,’ he says, ‘I don’t think there’s
been a prettier supercar designed since the 037.’ It may be based on the Lancia
Montecarlo sports car, but the tweaks made to its spaceframed rallying brother
– a sharper nose, less prominent bumpers, lower stance, bigger wheels,
polycarbonate fastback – transform its looks. ‘Pininfarina at
the very top of its postwar game,’ says Girardo.

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 Volkswagen
Golf MkI
Nominated by Vicki Butler-Henderson, Malcolm
Harbour, Stephen Harper, Richard Heseltine,
Paul Skilleter, Russ Smith, Frank Stephenson,
Fuzz Townshend and Quentin Willson

‘It’s the grand-daddy of the hot hatch brigade,’ says Vicki Butler-
Henderson of the Golf MkI, ‘both classic and classy. I must admit, I
actually prefer the MkII, not least because I had one, but of course
it wouldn’t exist without the MkI laying the groundwork.’
It isn’t just in GTI form that the model succeeds. ‘The GTI
became the definitive hot hatch, but the Golf represented great-
value engineering,’ Malcolm Harbour asserts. ‘Its rear suspension
layout was adopted by the Austin Maestro and the Vauxhall Astra
to name but two, after the Golf had been analysed. But beyond
that it redefined that lower-medium sector with a high-quality
product that was also great to drive.’
Designer Stephen Harper worked at BL when the Golf was
released. ‘It was the yardstick – don’t forget, when launched its
main rival was the Austin Maxi! In the Seventies and Eighties, every
new product we designed, regardless of market, was compared to
the Golf, both internally and by customers. We actually thought it
looked pretty anonymous and would take it into customer clinics
with its badges removed, but everyone knew what it was.
‘It set up VW for life, a template for a new “people’s car”. There
had been front-drive hatchbacks before of course, but not one
that could eat up motorway miles the way the Golf could, while
setting new standards for reliability as well. In order to beat it, every
rival constantly attempts a revolutionary product. Whereas VW
wins merely by gently evolving the Golf. Basically, it’s won.’
Richard Heseltine picks up on that sense of classlessness,
‘People were no strangers to small boxy cars in 1974 – witness
the brilliant but flawed Alfasud. But Giugiaro’s design for VW’s
hatchback was also chic. It appealed to customers across the social
spectrum for the first time since the Mini, and the GTI’s arrival
merely cemented the Golf’s status, marking the jumping-off point
for the hot hatch as we know it.’
Paul Skilleter was road-testing new cars when the Golf debuted.
‘It was just such a competent car. The packaging was just right, and
it was designed as a hatchback from the start. So many of its rivals
back then were just modified saloons – the Chrysler Sunbeam and
Vauxhall Chevette, for example. And the GTI built on its strengths.
Everyone knows there were hot hatches before the Golf GTI,
but it’s telling that no-one remembers what they were, not least
because they were usually temperamental and rusted away before
people could covet them. The combination of reliability and build
quality with sportiness is what made the Golf GTI so successful.’
Fuzz Townshend also remembers the motoring landscape the
Golf was born into. ‘The other cars in its class were rear-drive Ford
Escort and Vauxhall Viva saloons, which clattered around like tin
cans, and most hatchbacks were smaller and built for lightness, like
the Renault 5. The Golf, even the base model, felt surefooted, as
though it belonged on the motorway, bringing levels of security to
a mass market that hadn’t really experienced them before.’
Frank Stephenson picks up on its solidity too. ‘It provided people
with affordable, practical quality,’ he says. ‘Its design has stayed
recognisable over the generations too. Despite changing, you know
by the MkI design cues carried through that it’s a Golf. Intelligent
design like that is long-lasting.’
For Russ Smith, it’s the Golf GTI’s legacy, rather than the car itself,
that’s important. ‘Without the never-ending stream of “me-toos”
the GTI spawned, our roads would have been so much duller over
the last 50 years,’ he says. Quentin Willson agrees. ‘The hot hatch
didn’t really exist before 1976 and the performance Golf’s success
was quickly copied by almost every auto maker in the world,’ he
says. ‘A new catalogue of sexy performance cars was born and
Ford’s RS and ST, BMW’s M, Mercedes’ AMG, Audi’s S and Honda’s
Type-R nameplates all owe a huge debt to that first feisty VW.
‘But the GTI’s greatest legacy was that it made mischief
respectable. A useful family hatch that could bully V8 BMWs and
Mercs. The posh crescents of Chelsea used to be lined with them.’

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‘Everyone knows there

were hot hatches before
the Golf GTI, but it’s telling
that no-one remembers
what they were’

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Bugatti
Veyron
Nominated by Simon Kidston

‘This was the car that finally toppled the

McLaren F1,’ says Simon Kidston of the
Bugatti Veyron. ‘It was Ferdinand Pïech’s
single-minded pursuit, with its performance
announced to the press before his engineers
had actually worked out the details of how
to deliver it. It took them five years to do so,
but they succeeded.
‘And it’s built to fighter-jet standards.
Everything is beautifully thought through,
and the engine is a 1000bhp 16-cylinder
triumph. And that’s real, measurable
horsepower, not something overstated by
optimistic engineers.
‘I was amazed by the Veyron’s
performance when I first drove it. And it can
handle all that power as well. If you took a
test drive in one, they’d park you up by the
gatehouse at Mulhouse, ask you to floor it
and only brake when told – you’d accelerate
at an unbelievable rate and still stop 30 feet
from the factory wall.
‘I bought one years later. I never use it
because the running costs are huge, but my
kids love it and every time I talk of selling it
they say no. There will always be faster cars
– records are made to be broken – but the
Chiron is a mere evolution. It also marks the
beginning of the end for pure petrol power.
Nearly everything of similar performance
released since has been a hybrid’

Range Rover Evoque

Nominated by Malcolm Harbour
‘This car created a new market segment,’ claims Malcolm Harbour of the ‘It’s a really bold, eye-catching design, and it’s sporty-feeling to drive as
baby Range Rover. It built on the groundwork laid by the Land Rover well as practical,’ says Malcolm. It’s also built as far afield as China, India and
Freelander, itself a response to mass-market ‘soft-roaders’ like the Toyota Brazil as well as Land Rover’s Halewood plant, and once-unthinkably for a
RAV4, but the Evoque added something new – luxury combined with Range Rover, is optionally available with just front-wheel drive.
high fashion. The interior, for example, was designed in collaboration with It’s also a rare incidence of design-house flamboyance breaking through
Victoria Beckham, and before then a badge of Range Rover’s prestige was to the off-road market. Although the Range Rover Sport was supposedly
unheard-of on a car of the Evoque’s size. inspired by the 2004 Range Stormer concept, the Evoque is closer in spirit.

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Aygo/C1/107 the three-cylinder engine too,’ says Malcolm – most superminis use
these characterful powerplants nowadays.
All three variants were built in the Czech Republic too, expanding
Nominated by Malcolm Harbour the nation’s proud car-building industry from Skoda alone after
‘This was a landmark for car-building in Eastern Europe,’ says Communism ravaged its luxury sector. Nowadays Hyundai makes
Malcolm Harbour of this trio of cars, fundamentally the same at cars there too, and truck manufacturer Praga has diversified into
heart but tasked with replacing the Peugeot 106, Citroën Saxo and successful racing cars.
Toyota Starlet. The cars followed a simplified approach like the The so-called B-Zero project was ultimately Toyota’s idea, but
Citroën 2CV and original Fiat Panda, with such measures as the rear as Malcolm explains, ‘It was an ambitious multi-firm design and
quarter-panels being hinged and used as doors manufacturing collaboration that produced great entry-level
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Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 Nominated by Joe Breeze and Max Girardo

‘The supersaloon is my favourite motoring niche, ‘Would BMW M5s, Audi RS4s, Lotus Carltons he couldn’t bear to part with the Mercedes, so
and the 6.9 is the original 150mph Q-car,’ says and Jag XJRs exist without the 6.9? Probably – the he removed its wheels and put it up on bricks so
Joe Breeze. ‘True to its S-class bloodline it used prospect of an unhinged engine in a practical the bailiffs couldn’t tow it away.
a host of technological developments including three-box saloon shape is a compellingly obvious It was audacious in its very existence too, as
four-wheel hydropneumatic suspension and one. But the big Mercedes showed them Max Girardo explains. ‘It was launched straight
ABS, but perhaps more significant is its cultural the path to 150mph, and did so with perfect after a global oil crisis with an engine that could
impact. Claude Lelouch used one as the camera measures of menace and sophistication.’ power a cruise liner,’ he notes. ‘But it remains
car for C’était un rendez-vous – albeit with a Mercedes’ formula found favour with the kind a symbol of class-leading luxury and Teutonic
Ferrari 275GTB’s vocals dubbed in – and it was of drivers who appreciated its attention to detail engineering. Is it the original supersaloon?’
employed in a protagonist role in Ronin as – this was no mere muscle car, it could handle its Admittedly it followed the similarly-conceived
Vincent’s choice of automotive artillery, selected power with aplomb. Both Niki Lauda and James 300SEL 6.3 of 1968, but to do so in the wake of
for its speed, market-stall-smashing strength and Hunt owned 6.9s from new and kept them long- seismic changes that shook the car industry into
comrade-carrying capabilities. term. When Hunt ran into financial difficulties, sensibility elsewhere makes it truly significant.

Nissan Leaf
Nominated by Paul Skilleter
While the Tesla Model S may win more plaudits,
for early Classic Cars writer Paul Skilleter
it’s the humble Nissan Leaf that deserves
more recognition. ‘It was the first, bestselling
battery-electric vehicle that people other than
enthusiasts and pioneers took seriously,’ he says.
‘It’s been in production longer than any other
– including the Tesla – and I think the key to its
success is that fundamentally it’s a solid, practical
family hatchback that doesn’t look too odd
either. It fits seamlessly into people’s lives.’

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Aston Martin Lagonda

Nominated by Sam Dawson
This 1974 colossus often gets written off as a ‘And then there was the tech. All-digital dash, And it’s this that makes it important. ‘Not only
needlessly complex and unreliable folly, and touch-sensitive membrane buttons, automatic was it a success that ensured a future for Aston
some even label it a failure, but this is a long way central-locking, panoramic sunroof, all wrapped Martin, it also laid a template for luxury saloons
from the truth. ‘First, it was one of the three cars up in a William Towns design that did away with aimed at owner-drivers, which drove like GTs. In
(the others being the Vantage and Volante) that haughty Rolls-Royce-style proportions in favour response, Rolls-Royce saw that something similar
saved Aston after the oil crisis nearly finished of a sleek wedge with pop-up headlights. could be done with Bentley and created the
it off,’ says Sam Dawson. ‘And in doing so it ‘Also, by being based on a stretched Aston Mulsanne. No longer can anyone get away with a
looked relentlessly forward. For starters, it was Martin V8 with strengthening beams added in lolloping luxobarge – ever since the Lagonda, this
the Middle Eastern market, not the traditional to create a stiffer platform, it combined super- sector absolutely has to be packed with tech and
European or American, that saw it make money. luxury with dynamic road manners too.’ capable of embarrassing sports cars.’

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Nominated by Sam Dawson and Alex Riley
‘I’d nominate this for two reasons,’ says Alex Riley. ‘First, it elevated
aerodynamics and lightness onto a pedestal, and for a while every car
advert waxed lyrical about drag coefficient in response to its 0.30Cd.
That’s important, because low-drag aerodynamics is almost like getting
free petrol on a motorway cruise. The thought that went into it was
meticulous too – it had an aluminium jack, for example.
‘But also, it brought Audi into BMW and Mercedes’ market, and did
so in its own way, summed up in its advertising slogan of Vorsprung
Durch Technik, cementing Audi in the public imagination.’
It wasn’t just distinctive, it set new industry benchmarks. In being
the first car to be entirely hot-dip zinc galvanised as standard, Audi
felt confident to issue it with a 12-year anti-perforation warranty. Its
engines featured fuel injection, the glazing sat flush with the bodywork,
it could be had with four-wheel drive and it came with disc brakes all
round. Nowadays, cars start every morning, stop abruptly, glide quietly
down motorways sipping fuel parsimoniously and last for decades
without rusting thanks to everyone following the C3 Audi 100’s lead.

Toyota Prius
Nominated by Malcolm Harbour, Stephen Harper and
Richard Heseltine
‘It was a futuristic combination of design and technology that brought
the hybrid into the mainstream,’ says Malcolm Harbour of Toyota’s
second-gen petrol-electric hybrid. Stephen Harper adds, ‘Toyota said,
“OK, we’ll save the planet, but in a way you’ll find familiar”.’
So why the 2003 XW20 and not the 1997 NHW10 Prius? ‘The question
designers face is whether to draw attention to new tech, or just resort to
a badge,’ says Harper. ‘The XW20 has a different profile to other cars, and
in doing so ushered in a design language for hybrids and electric cars. By
contrast, Tesla shook the industry but its cars look very conventional.’
Richard Heseltine pulls no punches, ‘In terms of driver appeal and
aesthetics, the first Prius was a dog. But the second generation took
the baton from the Honda Insight and ran away with it. Now hybrids of
various flavours are the norm rather than the exception. The Prius is one
of the most significant cars of all time, let alone the last 50 years.’

BMW M1Nominated by Joe Breeze

‘The M1’s gestation was fraught from that cranked-up straight six
with difficulties, but had BMW engine is something I don’t ever
given up and canned the think will leave me.
project, the marque wouldn’t ‘The M1 wasn’t restricted to
be where it is today,’ says BMW the bubble-wrap of a one-make
fan Joe Breeze. ‘This mid- championship either. The model
engined supercar unwaveringly spent eight years racing at Le
signalled BMW’s sporting intent; Mans, achieving two class wins;
it showcased its engineering it might have been more but for
abilities on the world stage, poor reliability. There was even a
gave it a halo model going into ProCar-based rally version.
a crucial new era of growth, and ‘The fact that BMW hasn’t
formalised the M division that yet dared to create a successor
has become all but a marque in says it all. There have been a
its own right. Thanks to Giugiaro’s few concept cars that leaned
bought-in talents, it looked hard into their M1 inspiration,
bloody good too. but the closest we’ve come
‘The M1 wasn’t just a sleek in reality is the i8. That shared
road-going supercar but also the same mid-engine layout
the basis of another Jochen and a few design detail riffs,
Neerpasch masterstroke, the but as admirable as it is, I don’t
ProCar championship. This F1 think anyone sees it as a true
support series saw the era’s best successor. At this point our
drivers – lured into participating chances of getting a credible,
by literal briefcases full of cash combustion-engined follow-up
– go head-to-head in identical are zero – and given some of M
470bhp monsters. I’ve been divisions recent offerings, I think
fortunate enough to experience that’s for the best. Long live the
one, and the distinctive wail inimitable King of Bavaria.’

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Alfa Romeo 156
Nominated by Alex Riley and Russ Smith
It may surprise and upset Alfisti to discover that most beautiful car of its era, rather than a coupé
the 156 is the only Alfa Romeo to find itself on or roadster, but the Alfa Romeo 156 was,’ he
this list. The last 50 years may have seen more says. ‘It was the high point of what we now see
financial downs than ups for Alfa, but the 156 as Nineties retro design. It paid homage to Alfas
sports saloon was a bona-fide hit and one that of the past without being a cartoon of one, like
succeeded on its own terms. Volkswagen’s New Beetle was.
‘It was the first car in its class for decades to ‘It was also fantastic to drive. I test-drove the
genuinely sell on desire rather than sensibility,’ 2.5 V6 when they were new and couldn’t believe
says Russ Smith. ‘Luckily, the driving experience how fast it was, so much more exciting than the
lived up to it too.’ BMW E36 3 Series. And that Giuseppe Busso-
Alex Riley is even more fulsome in his praise. ‘It designed V6 is a classic too, creating a real sense
says a lot that a saloon could be considered the of occasion to opening the bonnet.’

Range Rover five-door

Nominated by Peter Stevens and Malcolm Wilson
Although the Range Rover was launched in 1970, it
took a decisively different direction in the Eighties
once a five-door option was launched and luxury
refinements were added to the interior, with leather
seats and walnut dashboard. ‘Today’s monstrous
overweight examples have lost the plot, but the
Range Rover set the template for the genre,’ says Peter
Stevens. ‘Although Jeep had the slightly more civilised
Jeepster, fundamentally all off-roaders had been
derived from the original WWII Jeep. The Range Rover
was the first 4x4 that hadn’t been, really.’
Malcolm Wilson also hails the more luxurious Range
Rover’s combination of refinement and ruggedness.
‘It’s purely because of its all-round versatility,’ he says.

Rover SD1 3500

Nominated by Fuzz Townshend
‘It may have been a magnificent failure, but the Rover SD1 was the last truly exciting car built in Britain
for Britain,’ says Fuzz Townshend. ‘When it replaced the P6 in 1976 it looked like the kind of futuristic
car people might have driven in Space:1999, a shape that had been in the public consciousness via the
Matchbox toy of the remarkably similar-looking Pininfarina BMC 1800 concept car of the late Sixties.
‘Had it united those aerodynamic looks and modernistic take on luxury with build quality to match,
it would’ve been amazing. The problem was, the bean-counters got to it. It was tinny and shoddy,

Ferrari
its luxury was skin-deep and the intended independent rear suspension had gone. However, it still
kept its V8, which set it apart from its rivals and made the most of its aerodynamics – it was great to
drive. Sadly, the accountants’ cuts and the shocking build quality made it the last gasp of a truly British
motor industry. But it was a great one nonetheless.’

F40
Nominated by Phil Bell, Richard
Heseltine and Simon Kidston

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‘I confess to approaching the Ferrari F40 with an a wooded hillside revealed. The last time I’d remarkably effective racing history,
uncharacteristic lack of objectivity – just another experienced such direct steering feel was in a which combined with the extremism of the
showoff supercar created for top speed bragging Caterham Seven, and for all the F40’s imposing engineering makes it the definitive Ferrari
rights,’ Phil Bell admits. ‘Until I looked closer, a presence and performance, it was an eager hypercar bar none. Also, at least Enzo was alive
lot closer, when the chance came up to spend accomplice in my every wish to change direction. to see it break cover, the last car to be blessed
a day driving one for a feature. As my eyes took That purity is hard to match. Call me fickle, but at least spiritually by his hand.’
in the composite weave of the bodywork visible I’d flipped from sceptic to fan in mere minutes.’ For Richard Heseltine, it was the F40’s
though sparingly applied paint, the functional Simon Kidston had been hooked since landmark performance that promoted it above
but hardly pretty chassis welding revealed with his teenage years, however. ‘They were very all other supercars. ‘It wasn’t a great car in terms
the flimsy rear clamshell wobbling aloft, and the difficult to get hold of when new,’ he recalls, of architecture, and not as pretty as the 288GTO
racecar-simple wire-pull door releases inside ‘and people didn’t think they were particularly that bore it. But it was also the first proper
the exposed carbonfibre cabin, I was taken with well put together. But ultimately the F40 was 200mph supercar, and the quoted performance
this car’s purity of purpose. This machine was far more than the sum of its parts. I also think figures weren’t inflated.
all about driving pleasure. And that was before its design had aged incredibly well, especially ‘What’s more, it was fun. Everything seemed
firing up the twin IHI turbo V8 that could play when compared to another 1987 debutant, the crafted to make your heart rate soar. The
docile or savage on demand. Crikey, did it do Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary. driving position was perfect, the controls ideally
savage well! But there was so much more to ‘Yes, Ferrari made lots more than the 400 it weighted, and it was ballistically fast – and felt
this machine than gut-churning performance, was originally going to. Yes, F40s were the victims it. You didn’t feel desensitised like with so many
as a series of demanding bends strung along of rampant speculation. However, they have a hypercars. My favourite Ferrari by far.’

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BMW 3 Series
(E30)
Nominated by Phil Bell and Alex Riley

‘The E30 BMW 3 Series, more than any 1500 Neue Klasse saloon of 1961, with its
other car, defined the marque and still does clean Michelotti styling and sweet-spinning
to this day,’ says Alex Riley. ‘That whole idea overhead cam four-cylinder engine,’ he
of a “premium brand”, of quality rather than says. ‘Its E21 successor of 1975 was the first
overt luxury, so loved by Eighties yuppies, of the 3 Series dynasty. But it was with the
seemed to begin with the E30 in general E30 that the world really took notice, this
and the 325i in particular. compact saloon establishing a trajectory for
‘It was a semi-attainable, useful a model line that would go on to become
aspirational car too. The previous 3 Series, its class best-seller in Europe while retaining
the E21, had been two-door-only, with an air of aspirational exclusivity. Quite a
iffy rear suspension. And then Mercedes- conjuring trick; quite a car.
Benz released the 190E, egging BMW on, ‘Outwardly, particularly to those who’ve
especially when the Cosworth version was never actually driven one, its discreet
released. The 190 outsold the E30 early demeanour and often modest spec makes
on, so BMW committed to outflanking it easy to underestimate, and its success
Mercedes and created convertibles and makes it a common target for resentment.
estates, and dominated Group A racing In fact it’s the E30’s deceptive simplicity
in Germany with the M3 version – which beneath which lies the most rounded blend
became an icon of road and track. of dynamic prowess, usability and refined
Everything BMW has done since has had its engineering that makes it so important. And
roots at least in part in the E30.’ the M3 that first cast the E30 spell over me,
Phil Bell reckons the E30 builds on with its jewel-like twin-cam four-cylinder
deeper roots, but it’s still significant. ‘The engine making a considered 200bhp? That’s
pivot point for BMW’s purpose in life and everything the base car is, pumped up two-
its future fortunes may have been the fold. Discreetly, of course.’

Bugatti Chiron
Nominated by Malcolm Wilson
Odd to think now, that the 2016 Bugatti Chiron driven normally around town, yet is also capable dropping 304mph. It is currently the world’s
– the follow-up to the legendary Veyron that of 300mph, is astonishing.’ fastest car. And with Bugatti no longer supported
finally stole the all-time top-speed crown from Yes, 300mph. Perhaps one of the reasons for by Volkswagen’s chequebook as of 2021, when
the McLaren F1 – has already been and gone, the muted response to the Chiron was Bugatti’s the firm was sold to Croatian electric-supercar
with comparatively little fanfare. But it wasn’t decision to limit it to ‘just’ 261mph because entrepreneur Mate Rimac, it may remain so for
lost on M-Sport boss Malcolm Wilson. ‘It is the it couldn’t guarantee the tyres would remain some time to come. And given Rimac’s area of
most incredible feat of engineering,’ he says. ‘For intact. However, the bare carbon-fibre-bodied expertise, any future Bugattis are likely to be very
Bugatti to be able to produce a car that can be Chiron Super Sport of 2019 really will do a jaw- different indeed to the Chiron.

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Fiat 127 hatchback
Nominated by Peter Stevens
A slightly sneaky nomination by design guru Peter Stevens, in that
the basic Fiat 127 was actually launched in 1971, but its defining
feature and the one that makes it so important – its rear hatch -
didn’t arrive until the 1973 model year. What resulted was the first
example of what we’d now call a supermini.
‘The trendy UK-biased opinion is that the original Mini was the
forerunner of all small front-wheel-drive cars,’ says Stevens. ‘But
the Fiat 127 had great packaging as well as great looks and value. It
was great fun to drive too.’
He has an excellent point. Unlike the Mini, the Dante Giacosa-
designed 127’s gearbox bolted onto the engine and had its own
oil sump, improving serviceability and reliability. The Ford Fiesta
copied it, the VW Golf was essentially an upsized version, and
every small hatchback is still built to its basic recipe to this day.

Jeep Cherokee
Nominated by Quentin Willson
‘The Range Rover may have unquestionably
been the first upmarket off-roader, but the
Jeep Cherokee XJ of 1984 was the first “SUV”,’
says Quentin Willson. ‘Americans ditched their
station wagons, sedans and minivans for this
compact, handsome all-rounder that was
refined, comfortable, brisk and practical but also
surprisingly accomplished off-road.
‘Richard Teague’s simple, boxy shape is widely
considered to be the best SUV design ever, and
when Jeep added a gutsy 4.0-litre six-cylinder,
leather trim, power seats, faux wood and shiny
alloys, it felt like a little limousine.
‘Without the Jeep Cherokee there would have
been no Toyota RAV-4, Honda CR-V, Ford Explorer,
Range Rover Evoque or the myriad other SUVs.
I owned three Cherokee XJs in a row and badly
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MINI Cooper
Nominated by Frank Stephenson
Frank Stephenson is nominating his own design here, but
there are good reasons for it. Amid the late-Nineties fad
for retro design and reinventing icons, it’s the one which
has proven the most enduring. ‘It was a successful return
for emotional design,’ says Stephenson. ‘Both in terms of
engineering as well as styling – it delivered fun motoring to
a small-car sector that hadn’t necessarily enjoyed it back in
2000. It was also internationally successful in terms of sales’
– the new MINI sold in markets the old one hadn’t had
much penetration in, including the USA, yet still sold on the
original’s image and emotional pull.

Rover R8 200-series
Nominated by Alex Riley
‘I don’t think people realise how important and groundbreaking the
R8-generation Rover 200-series was,’ says Alex Riley. ‘Think back to the
early Nineties, and cars in that sector, like the Escort and Astra, were
thoroughly mediocre, with a “that’ll do” attitude towards its customers.
‘Working with Honda, Rover entered this market with cars that
featured 16-valve twin-cam engines, multi-link rear suspension, and a
lot of attention paid to refinement and ambience. The dashboards had
wood veneer, the interiors were finished in light colours like caramel
and beige rather than grey and black, and the car had the look of a baby
Jaguar XJ40 rather than something cheap and downmarket. For a brief
moment in the mid-Nineties – when it gained a chrome grille that made
it look even classier – it outsold the Ford and Vauxhall too.
‘It changed expectations of mass-market family cars. It also came
in a vast range that included hatchbacks, saloons, estates, coupés and
convertibles. You can see its descendants in the current Mini range.’

Ford Escort RS MkII

Nominated by David Richards and Malcolm Wilson
It comes as no surprise that two giants of rallying But the car was a winner on every level
nominated the second generation of Ford’s rear- from the start. ‘Back when I was doing road-
drive small saloon, but not even Ford could have rallies in Wales, the Mexico was the car to beat.
guessed at the legacy it ended up creating. ‘There Tony Pond and I won the Tour of Britain in a
are elements of rallying still dominated by the production-specification RS2000 – the Pinto
MkII Escort today,’ says Richards. ‘Go to the Roger engine made it a sensational all-rounder – then
Albert Clark Rally and more than half the entry Ari Vatanen and I won the 1981 World Rally
list will probably be MkII Escorts, often modified Championship in a Group 4 RS1800.’
far beyond what was available when they were The car’s accessibility was its strength, as
new, but still fundamentally Escorts at heart.’ Malcolm Wilson explains, ‘It was the most user-
Nowadays, a clubman rally is as likely to be won friendly and popular rally car ever built. Even in
by a 45-year-old Ford, with a Vauxhall XE Redtop top-level Group 4 specification, it was easy to get
or Millington Diamond engine fitted, as it is by the best out of. Also, the RS1800 has the best-
anything more contemporary. sounding engine of all time!’

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Nominated by Phil Bell and Vicki Butler-Henderson
‘The 911 GT2 was born to do battle with cars like the Lotus Esprit, Ferrari (according to authority Paul Frère) name established a new dynasty of
F40, Callaway Corvette and Venturi et al in the new-for-1994 GT2 endurance genuinely competition-derived road cars, eventually used more liberally as
racing class for near-production spec cars, and it required a road-going a marketing tool. A thrilling dynasty nonetheless.
version for homologation,’ says Phil Bell. ‘So the model you or I could Racer and road-tester Vicki Butler-Henderson finds the GT3 genus of
buy for illicit cross-country blasts at midnight or incarceration in an air- Porsche 911 strikes an ideal balance. ‘If you love driving, you’ll love the 911
conditioned collection shared its turbocharged flat six driving just the rear anyway, but the GT3 is both more demanding and more rewarding,’ she
wheels, obsessive attention to weight saving and suspension honing and says. ‘They rely more on driver input to engage you behind the wheel,
wider track clothed in race-raw rivetted-on wheelarch extensions. rather than a zillion driver aids which newer 911s seem to have. I have a 997
‘Despite it sacrificing 20bhp to road legality requirements and giving GT3 myself, and as much as I fully appreciate the evolution of the 911, it’s the
away 190kg, the lucky 57 customers could feel the lunge to 62mph in 997 that I’d choose as its best moment.
four seconds as they speared towards a mind-blurring 184mph Le Mans ‘It’s also been my observation that so many racing drivers own 911s,’ Vicki
24 Hours fantasy. Like the term Carrera decades earlier, the GT or GT2 adds. ‘This speaks volumes about their greatness.’

Lotus Turbo Esprit Nominated by Sarah Crabtree

‘Well, if it’s good enough for 007…,’ says Sarah Crabtree. ‘But seriously, it was a great
piece of British engineering that took on Ferrari in its own way – with a turbocharged
four-cylinder engine rather than a V8 – and routinely beat the likes of the 328 in road
tests, while also handily undercutting it on price.
‘However there are lots of engineering-led British sports cars that
have done this but have fallen by the wayside. The difference with
the Esprit is that it appealed to the heart as well as the head.
It’s a beautiful piece of Giugiaro design, and yes, without
James Bond giving it a leg-up, would it have succeeded
and lasted in the way it did?’ Infamously,
Lotus actually ran out of white paint for
a time in the aftermath of The Spy Who
Loved Me, such was the demand for
cars replicating Bond’s S1.

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McLaren F1
Nominated by Max Girardo, Stephen Harper, Simon Kidston, David Richards and Quentin Willson

‘A cliché, perhaps, but a zero-compromise ultimate car, and every supercar since then has in it, and it was one of the most well-built, well-
supercar unlike any before,’ says Max Girardo of been an imitator to some degree. Even McLaren designed and comfortable cars I’ve ever known.’
the 240mph statement from Woking that ended has yet to create something else so significant.’ Quentin Willson drove one when new for Top
the supercar wars of the Eighties and Nineties Simon Kidston is lucky enough to have owned Gear. ‘It was one of the greatest moments in the
in such a decisive manner that it would be a one, and has some fond memories. ‘I remember evolution of the car,’ he says. ‘Low weight and
decade before another car could get close. David Clark of McLaren coming to see my boss 618bhp V12 power pushed the road performance
Stephen Harper was there from the start, back in the Nineties, and took us for a ride in envelope to unprecedented heights. Materials
working at MGA’s clay-modelling studio when the prototype,’ he says. ‘He pulled away through like carbonfibre polymers, titanium, gold
the elements arrived to be refined into a second and third gear without actually touching foil, Kevlar and magnesium pioneered a new
production design. ‘I remember looking at this the accelerator. Then on Gloucester Road he theology of weight reduction. It has remained
three-seater internal buck, then this huge engine floored it and our jaws just dropped. the gold standard for every supercar since.
arrived from BMW and I thought “how the hell ‘They just disappeared from the market For David Richards, who once borrowed Ron
will this all fit?” – and yet Gordon Murray’s design though. When I made a documentary about Dennis’s own example for his godson’s wedding,
still had room for suitcases. them with Jackie Stewart’s son back in 2007, we its motor sport successes are just as significant.
‘It took what the Countach had started had to go to Bahrain to find one we could use – ‘It went on to great success at Le Mans, winning
20 years earlier and led it to a pinnacle of no dealer had one and they were all locked up in outright on its debut,’ he notes. It’s worth
refinement on every front – aerodynamics, collections. The owner of that car sold it to me pointing out that the road car required barely
usability and performance. Gordon created the in 2010, I kept it for 10 years and did 25,000 miles any modifications to do so either.

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 This Semi-Lightweight E-type has shrugged off 60
years of racing scraps and scrapes while retaining
unbroken provenance – today we follow Protheroe,
Vestey, Mansell and Unser into the driver’s seat
Words IVAN OSTROFF Photography GUS GREGORY

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ven as E-types go, this one is pretty sensational. Built

from a new bodyshell as a glassfibre-panelled ‘Semi-
Lightweight’ FHC racer by its first owner Richard
‘Dick’ Protheroe, today it exists in aluminium-
panelled, hardtopped-OTS form – and an utterly
stunning one at that, with a smaller ‘mouth’ and
headlights than the factory Lightweights. Although
not one of the two Jaguar-built Semi’s, this one boasts Suede wheel a later
a continuous provenance and has hosted the likes addition. ‘I still have the
of Sir Paul Vestey, Bobby Unser and Nigel Mansell original,’ says Vestey
behind its small, suede-rimmed wheel. Today I’ll be
privileged enough to add my name to that roster. Venting for
cabin heat
Before contorting myself into the cockpit, I can’t
resist unbuckling the leather bonnet straps and tilting the
voluptuous prow forward on its hinges to reveal a long, shiny
3.8-litre straight-six fed by three enormous, sand-cast Weber
45DCO3 carburettors – rare and something of an artform in
themselves. Early in the car’s life a D-type engine resided here,
having been installed into the brand-new bodyshell Jaguar
provided to Protheroe. That potent 3.4 is long gone, the casualty
of a tough racing career – a running theme with this car. On
paper, little if anything remains of Protheroe’s creation, but the
clincher is the continuous, unbroken history – and the stories
that back it up. More on those later; we have some driving to do.
I open the door, carefully negotiate the side protection bar
of the roll-over cage, slide my leg down under the wheel and
lower myself into the racing seat. There is zerp adjustment,
but my feet rest perfectly on the pedals, while my hands rest
comfortably just north of the left and right drilled spokes of the
E-type’s Sparco wheel. With the full harness clicked into place,
to my happy surprise I find the driving position just perfect.
The Stack tachometer is rotated, so that 7000rpm appears at the
top. For what it’s worth there is a 180mph speedometer to its
right; owner Richard Meins tells me that 6500rpm in fourth at
Goodwood equates to 148mph, and that’s plenty.
I rotate the battery cut-out to arm the ignition, then twist the
key. The Holley fuel pump kicks into life and not being a factory-
style submerged unit but situated in front of the rear axle, it’s
exceptionally noisy. A further twist, the starter engages and that Bonnet gills Simple, light
straight six blasts into life. The raucous din from its twin exhaust cool the ’six solutions
pipes destroys the serenity of the Sussex countryside instantly.
While the dohc masterpiece settles itself and ticks over relatively Owning a Semi-Lightweight E-type
smoothly at 800rpm as it warms through, Richard warns me that ‘I race lots of cars, including Group C prototypes,’ says
grip will be atrocious in the wet on cold tyres, so when I do get Richard Meins. ‘PV96 is rather challenging to get the best
going I climb up through the gears tentatively. The racing clutch out of, but it’s great to drive; the torque at low revs is
is heavy but as I slip in and out of the gears, the change feels terrific and it’s unbelievably fast. Through the corners
on a track you are drifting everywhere and never in a
snicky and fast, even before optimum temperature is reached. straight line. It will even spin its rear wheels in third gear
The engine is torquey and pulls from well below 2000rpm in under certain conditions. We tried setting it up with
all the gears. Without a helmet or ear protection, the exhaust is some oversteer but it proved a real handful. It is now pretty pointy but
a deep, resonant boom and unless you are in top the gearbox you are constantly sawing on corrections to maintain that straight line.
‘A Cobra will be a little quicker in a straight line but the E-type is better
whines relentlessly, never allowing you to forget this car’s handling so will catch up on the corners because the grunt can be put
primary purpose. There’s no let-up from that fuel pump either. down in different places. Last year I shared the car with Rob Huff at
Now having a feel for the car I floor the throttle and watch the Goodwood and we came third in the Tourist Trophy.’
tacho needle twist past 4000rpm while the exhaust bellows and
that straight six howls with abundant power. Richard told me he Keen eyes will spot Roger Clark,
Bobby Unser, Paddy Hopkirk, Stirling
changes up at 6200rpm. I don’t wait for that, and snick the lever Moss, Alec Pool and Clay Regazoni
back before 6000 just to be safe. The engine is a full lightweight
spec – aluminium block, wide-angle cylinder head and on
sandcast Weber 45DCO3s, worth an extra 30-40lb ft of torque.
On the move the steering is easy enough but not overly light.
Small wheel, quick rack, I can feel what those 6LX15 Dunlops
feel. A little bit of feeding in, then a squeeze of the throttle; grip
is retained and my heart heads back to my chest after a brief
visit to my mouth. I pitch the car into a fast bend; the E-type is
responsive, but on the damp slippery surface the first reaction
to my steering input comes from the back end. I trail the throttle
and correct the back end slide, trying to prevent these damp

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 Grippy wheel
helps driver keep
lively tail in check

Today an OTS, and

back painted in
Vestey’s livery

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[ Jaguar E-type ‘Semi-Lightweight’]

7in-wide rear tyres

fill out the E-type’s
voluptuous hips

‘It was good to me. We won at every circuit in the

country except Lydden Hill and Cadwell Park’
slithery country lanes letting the Jaguar become over-skewed. As D-type gearbox; I think it had an XK120 unit. It also had Dunlop
the car responds to my right foot, I centre the helm and squeeze alloy wheels, which Cunningham had put on at vast expense. It
the accelerator cautiously as I exit the corner. was a great car, very quick everywhere.
The roads are drying out now, the rubber is warming and ‘The first race that I did in it was at Snetterton; all was going
grip has arrived. Easing off an oversize application of opposite well, I was in the lead and then, after about eight laps, the thing
lock, I straighten the wheel and this time, I plant my foot hard threw a rod and made a big hole in the sump which was rather
onto the accelerator and hold it there. The rear tyres bite and disappointing. D-type engine spares were pretty difficult to find
PV96 launches itself straight forward as if it’s trying to outpace back then so we replaced it with another hot engine, probably
time. At the end of a long straight I brake hard and double de- from an XK150. It was alright but the demise of the D-type
clutch down into second, the exhaust crackling and banging engine was regrettable, because it was certainly considerably
on the over-run. Under braking the nose barely dips, the Jaguar more powerful. Also, having a dry sump, it was a little bit lower
now boasting a stiff race-oriented suspension setup consisting and so it really was better as it had a lower centre of gravity.
of Koni oil-filled two-way adjustable dampers, competition ‘Then at Goodwood, I crashed on the second lap in a
specification torsion bars and a massive anti-roll bar. I cannot moment of madness. I don’t quite know why, but coming out
fault the braking power of PV96 under road conditions – it now of the chicane, I was going to overtake another E-type when we
sports larger rear discs and calipers from a Mk10 saloon – and I touched. He ended up on one side of the road and I ended up on
experience no noticeable fade. the other, with the bonnet up and flying off.
The recent upgrades are the latest chapter in a story that began ‘I continued running it for some time and we won several
60 years ago when celebrated Jaguar exponent Protheroe was races including a TT at Mallory Park. Then the chap I was
racing his E-type Special Coupé, chassis DP138D5. He’d built sharing it with, Richard Ward, had an accident at Silverstone
it up from a bodyshell provided by Jaguar and registered it on during testing that pretty much destroyed the bodyshell. We had
22 March 1963, with the registration ‘CUT7’. At the Spring 1963 good connections with Jaguar though, and I got them to provide
race meeting at Snetterton the car was pranged but Protheroe us with a new roadster ‘shell. The old crashed FHC ’shell was in
had it back together by Easter and finished fourth in the Sussex fact delivered to the scrap yard, but that’s another story!
Trophy at Goodwood, and third in May at Silverstone. Following ‘We then transferred everything from the damaged coupé
Protheroe’s purchase of the Low-Drag E-type coupé, he and built it up with all our running gear, engine, suspension,
transferred the number CUT7 to that vehicle and re-registered everything put into it. We fitted a lightweight glassfibre bonnet
chassis DP138D5 as 256DJU. Some time later, he sold 256DJU to and various other bits, including the hardtop, and then carried
Roger Mac who raced it extensively. on racing it. I’m not sure what was left of the original Protheroe
Enter fourth owner Sir Paul Vestey, ‘I bought 256DJU in car by that point but we raced it until about halfway through
1965 from David Cunningham who I believe bought it from 1966. Goodwood, Oulton Park, Mallory Park, Crystal Palace,
Roger Mac. At that stage it was a fixed head, with the rear door Brands Hatch, Snetterton; we never took it abroad, but did just
removed and a plastic window, which filled in the whole of the about all of the British Circuits of those days. Then, I wanted
rear. I bought it because I knew that it had been built up and to race more internationally so I bought the ex-Maranello
prepared by Protheroe, who was pretty good with Jaguars in Concessionaire’s 1966 Ferrari 275GTB/C Le Mans car and sold
those days. It had a Jaguar D-type wide-angle engine but not a 256DJU to John Lewis in November 1966 for about £1600.’

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Sand-cast Weber
45DCO3s are the XK
engine’s crowning jewels

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[ Jaguar E-type ‘Semi-Lightweight’]

60 years on, and still

adding fast-paced
chapters to its story

John Lewis then took 29 wins and six lap records, which crazy driving over the Stelvio Pass, Unser then hit a bus head-
included 17 wins on the trot. John says, ‘That car was very good on while trying to navigate a small village. His co-driver Dave
to me. We won at every circuit in the country except Lydden Hill, Killian needed stitches in his forehead and the E-type required
which I never went to, and Cadwell Park, which had a 2.0-litre significant work to straighten its lightweight aluminium
limit at that time. I remember that the brakes often wouldn’t bonnet. Thereafter, John campaigned the car himself, his efforts
last. At Oulton Park, I had been under the lap record in the including a fourth place finish on the Tour de France. ‘We were
morning and I tried a tad too hard. After about three laps, the actually second on the road but were penalised for a coffee stop,’
brakes disappeared so I was pumping the pedal with my left foot he recalls. ‘In November 2016, exactly 50 years to the month
hoping that I would have brakes again by the next corner. My left after I’d bought it from Vestey, I sold 256DJU to Richard Meins.’
leg became completely numb! I think it was around the end of Richard initially planned to drive it on the road, but since
1968 when I sold it to a chap called Robin Darlington.’ it was still largely as it was when it was racing in the Nineties,
The car passed through three more owners before John Lewis he soon realised it was far better suited to the track and sent it
saw it advertised in 1979, and bought it back. John recalls, ‘It had to Tom Adams at Valley Motor Sport. Says Tom, ‘The bonnet,
been converted into a road car but I recognised it and bought boot and doors are the aluminium panels fitted by John Lewis;
it for £6000. Fortuitously the intervening owners had kept all there are even some original pen markings on the inside of
the competition equipment and gave me everything without the bootlid. We repaired some panel rot and fitted a new front
exception. So I put it back together as a racer once again, but this frame with strengthened engine mounts and a new rollcage. The
time with aluminium panels instead of glassfibre. Then I put a D-type engine [a second, fitted by John Lewis] was removed and
neighbour of mine into the car; he was an up-and-coming lad, replaced with a correct 3.8 litre E-type engine for Goodwood.
currently racing Formula Ford. Nigel Mansell. He raced it half a Sir Paul Vestey perhaps summarises the car best. ‘On a car that
dozen times and apart from stuffing it at Silverstone when the goes out racing, things break and bend and therefore, things are
throttle stuck at Copse during practice, he was very successful.’ replaced. If a car is rebuilt several times, well then it probably
‘Then in around 1982, I contacted Roger Mac, we were both does not bear much relation to the car that left the factory. But
in our forties and got on well. Although he’d retired from racing it’s still the development of that original car. Some folk get very
when he was 21, I invited him to puritanical, but that’s racing cars for
Oulton Park to try his old car, which you, isn’t it? I’m not sure if there is
resulted in him driving it for the next 1963 Jaguar E-type ‘Semi-Lightweight’ anything left of the original Protheroe
few years. We obtained sponsorship Engine 3781cc straight-six, dohc, three Weber Weber car that I bought, but obviously the
from Jaguar too, and Roger won every 45DCO3 carburettors Power and torque 385bhp @ important thing is a continuous
round of the FIA European Historic 6100rpm; 366lb ft @ 5100rpm Transmission Jaguar history and not one that is suddenly
four-speed manual, rear-wheel drive Steering Rack
Championship in 1983 and 1985. We and pinion Suspension Front: independent wishbone invented. This car certainly has that
also won the 1987 title outright.’ and torsion bar, Koni oil-filled two-way adjustable from the day I bought it until now.’
In June 1990, 256DJU was entered dampers, anti roll bar. Rear: independent wishbone, It may have been continually
for the Pirelli Classic Marathon, radius arms, coil springs, Koni oil-filled two-way repaired and redeveloped through
adjustable dampers Brakes Dunlop discs all round
piloted by four-times Indy 500 winner Weight 1000kg Performance Top speed: 150mph its life, but this storied machine still
Bobby Unser. Having incurred a approx; 0-60mph: 4.5sec approx Cost new Not retains Protheroe’s spirit, both in
two-minute time penalty for some known Value now £750,000 approx lineage and character.

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 1999: driven
home on trade
plates, no roof

1997: a post-
delivery slumber
through December

[ Life Cycle]
LIFE STORY OF A

Lotus Elise
From a track day hero to a weekend toy, Peter Tomson’s Lotus Elise
wears the memories of their past quarter century together
Words TRINITY FRANCIS Photos JONATHAN JACOB

June 1996 – Peter Tomson orders a £23,880 Elise maybe sign the chassis or tighten a ceremonial bolt.
Like the majority of car enthusiasts and classic car In true Lotus style, they’d finished it before I got there
owners, Peter Tomson’s Lotus Elise love affair started and it was packed away for shipping, so I did the
way before he ever saw one in person. ‘I was an avid factory tour but I didn’t get to see it being built.’
Autocar reader back in the Nineties and saw the early Instead, he tentatively drove it home from the
spy shots of the Lotus Elise and fell in love,’ he recalls. dealership in December 1997. ‘Although the car was
‘It looked amazing, and according to pretty much delivered at the start of December it wasn’t registered
every journalist on the planet its performance and until 1 January 1998, so I managed to blag the
handling really were outstanding, even for Lotus.’ dealer’s trade plates to drive it home. It was worth the
This was enough to pique his interest but there was 17 month wait – it lived up to all the hype, felt quick
one small but significant hurdle to overcome first. at sensible speeds, and had amazing handling and
The rush of love at first sight was quickly quelled by probably the best steering of any car in the world!’
a sensible head wondering if, at six foot three, Peter While driving it wasn’t a problem, practising the
would fit into the car. ‘I waited until I could sit in a art of entry/exit contortion took a while to get used
demonstrator. To my surprise there was enough to. ‘The weird thing was getting into it, which took
room for me to drive it with the roof on in comfort.’ a few months to learn. Obviously, when it’s got the
The decision was made right there and then. ‘By roof on it’s quite a small hole to get through. It’s like
this stage in 1996 the waiting list for the Elise was 18 putting a jacket on, eventually your body just learns
months so I paid my £1000 deposit and waited.’ The how to get into the car – it’s muscle memory now.’
options list was fairly limited but Peter ticked every It’s safe to say, the roof remains off most of the
box which included leather seats, metallic paint, time. A hard top roof wasn’t an option in 1997 so
radio fitting kit, driving lamps and an alarm. Peter bought one in the right colour when they came
‘And 17 months later R137 XND arrived at Kinsey out a couple of years later. The soft top is a failsafe
Jones in Bury in Nautilus blue with black leather when it starts to rain but Peter says, ‘It’s worse than
seats.’ Although, the big reveal didn’t go exactly how putting up a bad tent. It’s watertight when it’s on but
Peter expected, ‘I’d managed to order the wrong a towel is an essential piece of equipment.’
colour. Lotus didn’t have any paint samples back That aside, it’s the perfect car for Peter. ‘I love this
then, so I thought I’d ordered the dark blue one, car, I love driving it, I love what it stands for and I
turns out it was just an underexposed press photo love the engineering.’ Inspired by the lightweight
and I’d actually ordered the blue green one. But it’s design, Peter’s own innovative solutions have made
grown on me over the last 25 years.’ their way into the car. His phone mount is a piece of
Seeing the car for the first time was also supposed velcro attached to the dash which marries up with
to have a bit more gravitas than just picking it up another velcro strip on his phone case. It’s a simple
from the dealership. ‘I had arranged a factory tour and effective design that stays true to the Elise ethos.
to see the car being built, and arrived in Hethel Peter jokes that people see him on the road in his
expecting to see my car on the production line and Elise now and no doubt think he’s having a midlife

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1998: on its first Boarding and
track day outing alighting is a
at Donington time-earned skill

Pebble-dashed
but healthy,
and as honest
as cars come

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[ Life Cycle] Lotus Elise S1

crisis, but he’s spent the past 25 years treasuring this itself. On track days, the brakes don’t overheat. You’ll
car. ‘In the mid-Nineties I got married and started a be overtaken by an M3 for three laps and then its
family, so it wasn’t the most practical car to have with brakes catch fire and it’ll be parked in the pits. You’ll
two toddlers. Nevertheless, it was a constant feature be racing around all day quite happily and you’ll go
in everyone’s lives and it formed the foundation home with brakes that still work. So in some ways,
for lifelong friendships, countless memories and it’s quite economical to have because it’s so light it
encouraged my daughter to become a petrolhead.’ doesn’t wear its components out. Certainly out on
At the time, the internet was erupting and this gave the road just touring around too, I think I put a set of
rise to a new way to not only research the car but to brakes on it every five or six years.’
connect with other Elise owners. ‘While I was waiting When the track days started winding down and the
for it to be built, I was chatting online with a guy who kids got a bit older, there wasn’t the time or money
ordered an Elise at the same time – it turned out he to give the Elise the attention it deserved but it never
worked in the same office, 20 feet away from me! He’s crossed Peter’s mind to part with it. Instead, it was
now my best friend and we both still have our Elises.’ SORN from 2010 to 2014 and tucked away in the
Beyond the office car park it saw plenty of action garage. ‘I did start it and move it up and down the
on the track when it wasn’t being used as a daily. In drive every few months, so no recommissioning was
June 1998 Peter braved Donington Park Circuit for required. However, I found a family of mice that had
the first time. ‘The first track day was fairly terrifying. taken up residence in my race helmet which I’d left in
There were race Porsches flying past me and it the boot, so a new helmet was required!’
taught me I had no idea how to drive. I realised I Thankfully, there was only one other mishap
was never going to be Maldonado.’ But this wasn’t during the four years it was off the road. While
disheartening; instead he sought out tuition to help shuffling around the Elise in the garage, a chair
him feel more confident on the track. This led to was dropped on the engine cover. A chair leg made
several weekends in the early 2000s spent at different contact and it left a bullet-hole-like dent. So I’d like
circuits, learning just how capable the Elise was. to take this opportunity to describe a cinematic
The early days of track events began with a few scene where Peter was driving for his life through a
friends hiring a disused airfield to drive around cloud of gunfire with bullets raining down on him.
and hang out. Peter explains, ‘Jonny Leroux, who He narrowly escaped thanks to the agility and speed
founded and ran Bookatrack for many years, found a of the little Lotus, which now wears just one telltale
little airstrip near Stafford and hired it off its farmer sign of this epic battle. Alas, it was nothing quite
owner. We just met up and did donuts on the airstrip this dramatic. But it’s another character marker that
until the farmer found out what we were doing and matches the Elise’s well-used, well-loved vibe.
threw us off. But that was the birth of Bookatrack.’ ‘It’s absolutely not a garage queen. It’s been
Once the events spanked around
graduated beyond racetracks and the
an abandoned
airstrip, Anglesey ‘It formed the front is peppered
with stone chips
and Donington
were favourites for foundation for lifelong but it still wears
its original paint

friendships and
Peter, particularly and I just love the
Anglesey before it overall patina.’
was redeveloped Aesthetics aside,
in 2006. ‘I was
driving there with
countless memories’ mechanically the
car is sound. If
Lotus suspension anything, it’s in
guru Dave Minter instructing. His first comment better condition than when it left the factory thanks
was, “You clearly have a lot of confidence in the car,” to Peter’s philosophy to replace components with
which translated to “Take me back to the pits before something better if and when they break.
we crash.” Luckily on the second lap, the speedo A perfect example of this is in the boot, ‘The plastic
died and we retired to the pits and he hopped into hinges Lotus used for the boot cover were rubbish,
someone else’s car with a sigh of relief!’ they only lasted about two years before they’d break.
Most of the track days were more about catching So I went to B&Q and bought these brass hinges and
up with friends and ‘we realised we didn’t actually haven’t had an issue since. They might not be the
want to go out on track, we just wanted to hang prettiest solution but they work!’
around and chat.’ Even though the track days For most of the mechanical jobs, Peter has learnt
eventually stopped, the camaraderie of the early how to tend to the Elise himself. ‘My dad was a car
days is still there. ‘I’ve been to people’s weddings, mechanic so when I was a kid he’d say, “Come and
seen babies arrive and cars come and go, but many watch what I’m doing, you’ll thank me later.” And he
of that early-2000s track day crowd are still hanging was right and stubbornly I didn’t watch, so I had to
out together.’ Now, they venture up to Scotland for learn everything I know around the Elise.’
sedate touring holidays to enjoy epic landscape and Fostering this mechanical know-how has saved
winding roads. ‘The Elise’s ideal territory is B-roads.’ Peter an arm and a leg over the years. ‘I can do an oil
After two decades, more than 50 track days and change in my sleep. I’ve changed dampers, changed
over 70,000 miles on the clock it’s still going strong. the steering rack, changed the radiator, and taken
‘It’s a great track car, it reliably laps all day and uses the clams off. I’ve learned a lot as a mechanic, just
far less fuel than the heavier and slower cars. The based around having that car. There’s all sorts of jobs
thing about the Lotus is it’s very light and light on that would normally be hundreds, if not thousands of

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 Interior has gone 1998: shenanigans
through several at Seighford Airfield
seat-colour changes in Staffordshire

Six-foot-three Peter
fits – just – despite
his early concerns

2005: at one of Peter shows Trinity 2017: new wheel

Bookatrack’s his brass hinge choice inspired
Donington events modification by ’80s rally cars
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 2019: today’s
Elise excursions
are more scenic

2016: on its final

track day before
gentler pastimes

After 27 years,
the Elise has
earned family
heirloom status

New Rota Slipstreams 2022: an overdue

are wider but lighter upgrade for the
than factory alloys woeful headlights

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 2019: stop-off
during a visit
to Applecross

2020: head gasket

failure led to a
bout of upgrades

pounds at a dealer. For me it just costs the parts and a system, way more specced than the car needs but it’s
Know
few weekends working underneath the car.’ just good on the off chance you need it.’
your classic’s
previous owners? Not having to deal with bodywork rust is also a Elsewhere, replacement parts or upgrades are
Let us know at classic. big plus the older the Elise gets. The suspension a little more tame but since Lotus has stopped
cars@bauermedia.co.uk and factory exhaust were the only components to producing parts for the Series 1 Elise, owners are
and it might make succumb to rust. The exhaust has been replaced with getting more creative. Peter explains that 3D printing
for one of our
a stainless steel unit that roars when the car starts up. is now a cheaper alternative for smaller plastic
features
‘In terms of reliability the car has actually been ok. components. As second hand parts become more
Touch wood, it’s never let me down on a track. It’s expensive, people are sharing 3D printing files online
only stranded me twice, both times a relay failed.’ created from scans of original parts so other owners
One of these times Peter was touring Scotland with can recreate them at home. So, with the help of the
friends and had to get the Lotus trailered 300 miles Lotus community online, Peter now has a parts bin
home from the depths of the Highlands. Fortunately, full of 3D printed bits and bobs.
it was a quick fix once the problem was diagnosed. ‘As to the future, it’s now a weekend and sunny
In 2017 new wheels were fitted and the seats days toy. With a healthy aftermarket parts supply it
entered their fourth iteration. Peter used two sets should carry on until petrol is banned completely,
of wheels and tyres, barring a chassis
one for the road and
one for track days but ‘It’s absolutely not damaging accident.’
That’s one of the

a garage queen.
after two decades, the downsides to the
track set had been fibreglass bodywork
retired and the dailies and tiny footprint
needed refurbishing.
Instead, they were It’s been spanked of the Elise. If it’s
ever involved in
replaced with the
wheels it sports now.
‘These white Rota
around racetracks’ an accident, there
wouldn’t be much left
to save. Thankfully,
Slipstreams with new tyres were a bargain. Plus I love this is something Peter’s never had to think about.
the Eighties rally vibe.’ Inside, the seats are yellow ‘I drive it very carefully now just in case.
and black cup 220 seats with probax foam. ‘The seats ‘It still puts a smile on my face when I look back
were originally back, then I had a blue phase and a at it and it’s aged very well I think. There’s not been
tan period before the current yellow ones, these are another car I’ve wanted to trade it for in the last 25
much more comfortable over long distances.’ years. It feels quick at 30mph and some modern
The headlights were also upgraded around this 300bhp sports cars don’t. So you can feel like you are
time. ‘The original lights were so bad in the dark, it having fun at legal speeds.’
was easier sticking a torch out of the window. Now ‘I’m not sure whether I’ll eventually restore the car.
it’s got LEDs and you can light up miles away with it.’ The plan is just to keep it mechanically perfect for
Trouble struck a couple of years later in 2019. ‘The now. Every time it goes in for an MoT the guy says
head gasket failed after 20 years, raced to a seized fan this looks like a new car. It’s not a rusty old classic,
and overheating in traffic. This meant a replacement the paint is scrappy, but mechanically it’s solid. I just
gasket but the project snowballed into ported want to keep driving it, keep enjoying it.’
heads, cams, ECU etc. So, a £300 fix became a £2000 It sounds like the Lotus has established
performance hike from 120bhp to 160ish.’ itself as one of the family too. Peter’s daughter
To cope with the increased power and to prevent wanted to use it as her wedding car but an Elise
the Elise’s relays from going again, Peter fitted a new is a little less than practical in any dress, let
cooling system. ‘When things have failed I’ve gone alone a wedding ensemble. ‘I think my kids are
above and beyond what Lotus have done. When planning on inheriting it so it’ll stay in the family.’
the fan went, I got an electric pump and twin fans
and it will sit quite happily now and never overheat ● Become a Classic Cars member from just 99p at
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 [ Epic Restoration]

‘It was much rustier

than a US import’
When you’re building a Fifties sports car to your perfect upgraded
specification, there are better starting points than a rust-ridden
UK MGA 1500 – yet the end point matters much more
Words NIGEL BOOTHMAN Photography GERARD BROWN

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[ Epix Restoration] MGA 1500

t’s a fantasy many of us have shared: we see a The body departed on its jig to the small team at MW
listing for a sad-looking MG project and we plan Bodyshop in Olney, long-term sub-contractors for Oselli and
our own perfect tick-list of features. Start, perhaps, David’s one-stop shop for both panel repairs and refinishing.
with an American dry-state import to keep With the aluminium doors already off, removing the outer wings
the cost down and dodge the rot, then build in revealed some alarming perforation, where it was clear that new
more power and better gearing, stronger brakes, sills, A-posts, B-posts and repairs to the inner wings would be
brighter lights and numerous other advantages. required. ‘Mark Huffer at MW Bodyshop is used to coping with
David Eales of Oselli Ltd has been doing just this sort of thing, but even so, it took a methodical approach,’
that, and after 25 years of restoring MGAs, he’s says David. ‘The sill positioning is crucial because we use it to
developed a definitive specification – an MGA that align the door, which in turn dictates the fit for the front and
will easily keep up with modern traffic and behave rear wings. So that became the datum, and with a great deal of
itself with an obedience that most Fifties classics measuring and checking, Mark was able to position new sills
could never hope to attain. and then replace the A and B-pillars.’
The latest car to receive this extensive program of works, this Mark used spot-welds to stay consistent with the factory
1958 MGA 1500, arrived not from the dusty plains of a hot south- approach and also to reduce the heat input that could distort
western state in America, but from a moist English lock-up. some of the larger, less stiff panels. As with the chassis, only one
Painted an unlovely orange butterscotch colour with blooms of side was tackled at a time, with the jig providing stiffness while
red primer showing through, the car began its journey through the strength was returned to the sill structure and two pillars.
Oselli’s restoration process as the Covid restrictions hit, turning Compared with this, the repairs to the outer wing panels were
a well-drilled and relatively rapid process into a more drawn- insignificant – a strip along the lower rear edge of each front
out rebuild that sees the car road testing in the summer of 2023. wing and front lower corner of each rear wing. A new valance
David Eales explains what lay in store for it. panel behind the front bumper completed the job.
‘The core of the new specification is a 1950cc B-series engine
teamed with a Mazda five-speed gearbox and many more subtle New spec, old tech
changes to make it work as well as it possibly can – braking, Marine plywood isn’t something you find a lot of in modern
suspension, cooling, durability and so on. This one was much cars, or even most Fifties cars. BMC used it to create the floors
rustier than a US import, but there’s in the MGA, and it’s one period aspect
kudos in a genuine UK-market car, so we of this car that needed no updating.
decided to go for it.’ Low point With the freshly painted chassis up on
Oselli has been around for 60 ‘Seeing just how bad this axle stands, the refurbishment of the
years and developed a reputation for one was – chassis repairs running gear could continue while the
rebuilding and modifying BMC engines, panels of ply were cut, drilled, treated
based on its machine shop facilities. required as well as lots of and lacquered to offer a longer life.
‘Developing these modified work to the bodyshell. A There is one for the rear of the cockpit,
restorations has come about since I took long job before we could blanking off the gap between the floor
over the business in the Nineties,’ says and the crossmember that crosses
David, ‘even though my background
even start the build’ above the transmission tunnel, behind
was with Aston Martin. So now we have David Eales the seats. A piece fits under each seat,
this unusual dual identity, specialising two more pieces cover the footwells and
in Aston Martin and MG, but with a a final pair make up the bulkhead below
shared foundation in our engine-building work that allowed us the chassis’ scuttle member. They are bolted in place with the
to engineer this MGA in-house.’ addition of large, load-spreading washers.
Ben Harris was responsible for the build-up of the chassis
A bracing experience and later, of the car as a whole. ‘With the object of this job being
David and his team plucked the MGA’s body from its chassis a better-than-new car, there was no real need to reclaim old
using the crane mounted on the wall of the main workshop pieces that were past their best. So when I began building it back
space (see My Favourite Tool, p85). With obvious signs of up, I was using new rear leaf springs, new brake cylinders, brake
corrosion in the bodyshell, they braced it until there was shoes and linkages, while the brake drums were skimmed and
reasonable confidence that the structure wouldn’t fold inwards powder coated. We fitted a new fuel tank too.’
or droop outwards when raised from the chassis. The body went The rear axle is the one the car arrived with, however, and was
onto a support jig, where it remained when work commenced. entirely stripped, shot-blasted and rebuilt with new bearings
‘We’d hoped that most of the rot would be in the body,’ says and seals before receiving a coat of gloss black to match the
David, ‘but the chassis was affected too. In fact, we could chassis. At the front, the brakes were not replaced like-for-like
see significant chunks of the main chassis rails would need with new, but with MGB disc brakes for better stopping power.
replacement.’ The remedy included slicing away the inner and ‘We used remanufactured lever-arm dampers on this car,’ says
outer surface of the main rails under the door sill on each side. Ben, ‘which are fine for road use – there’s no need to upgrade
A rustproofing wax sprayed inside the box sections ensured no to telescopic damper kits. Likewise, we stripped and rebuilt
repeat of the problem. One side was completed before the other the steering rack, cleaned up and painted the front springs,
was started to give the frame no excuse to droop, but at this though we did use more durable polyurethane bushes in the
point, it seemed a long way back for the project. The mood lifted, suspension, having blasted and powder-coated the wishbones
however, when the chassis was painted. and linkages.’ Ben also installed new brake lines and a fresh
‘We often have to choose between powder coating and wiring loom, getting everything in place for the arrival of the
painting,’ says David. ‘Powder coating can give a very nice finish, engine and gearbox.
but you get excellent protection from well-applied paint, too –
and for a pitted surface, you can achieve a much smoother result Rebuild or remanufacture?
with a high-build primer and then a glossy finish than with a The engine had been undergoing such a profound process that
powder coat. So we went with black paint.’ Oselli’s experienced engine man, Robin Large, describes it as

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 Car arrived with David Eales talks
repairs started - Nigel through
much more to do the new spec

Body off the Paint chosen

chassis, serious over powder coat
work begins for smooth finish

Rear axle MGB disc brakes

stripped, ready in place of
for blasting MGA’s drums

Post-repair, body
in bare metal
before paint

1500’s pretty single

tail lamps preferred
to 1600 or MkII units

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 Block stripdown Ben Harris
revealed original describes door
cylinder bore size capping challenges

Standard crank Oselli rocker cover

is retained for and larger SUs flag
increase to 1950cc extra power

New loom – of Grille and nose panel

course – as part shaped together
of build before paint

Old English White

much loved by
Oselli’s customers

Panel gaps and

finish better
than new

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more of a remanufacturing or blueprinting approach than a With the engine and gearbox resting in place, the major step
conventional rebuild. ‘I wasn’t just assessing it for damage and of reuniting chassis and body – freshly painted in Old English
putting those bits right, I was using the engine block, cylinder White – could begin. The MGA’s chief difference from the later
head and other major components as a starting point and taking MGB is the way it’s built – the separate chassis of the MGA
it forward to a very different specification,’ he says. should make for a more straightforward restoration as the
Robin first dismantled the cobwebbed old B-series and bodyshell bears very little load, but it introduces the challenge of
dunked each useable component in an acid bath for a deep aligning the panels and then maintaining that alignment when
clean. He’s encountered all the frailties of the BMC B Series over fixing the shell down to the chassis, as Ben Harris explains.
the years, including cracks to cylinder head and engine block, ‘The bottom of the door has to align with the sill, which is your
and corrosion bad enough to scrap the major castings. Getting fix point. This gives you the position of the front wing and rear
it properly clean is the only way to assess wing. It looked good on return from the
it. ‘This one looked okay and hadn’t paint shop, but when this one first went
been re-linered – if the bores have had High point together, we couldn’t get decent gaps
new liners fitted then you can’t do ‘Taking the car for a drive once it was mounted on the chassis.’
anything much with them. So the next Ben discovered a small discrepancy
step was a re-bore to 83.5mm.’
for the first test during that was creating a bigger problem. With
This gives 1950cc with the standard our routine 500-mile the body resting in place but not bolted
crankshaft; Oselli has found that the shakedown procedure – down, everything looked good. With the
extra expense of a long-stroke crankshaft the sun was out and it’s bolts installed, the door gaps suddenly
to get up to 2.2-litres isn’t justified weren’t right any more. Small gaps
for road use, when the installation of
far from a chore!’ between the body’s rear fixing points
a performance camshaft and other David Eales and the chassis were allowing the bolts
modifications to the 1950cc engine give to pull the rear of the body down and
such a pleasing increase in output. causing it to distort very slightly.
‘We have Omega pistons specially made and we can machine ‘A couple of millimetres here is exaggerated to a larger gap a
the crowns to get the compression ratio right,’ says Robin. ‘I few feet away,’ says Ben, ‘but all it needed was careful shimming
used a burette on the cylinder head to check the volume of each so it could be bolted down properly without moving at all – then
combustion chamber, then I could make sure the compression we had the gaps back.’
ratio came out as close as possible to 9.75:1 across all four.’
Robin also went to work on the head casting, opening the inlet Delighting in details
ports and polishing them to a mirror finish before fitting bigger Ben hit the final assembly phase in the knowledge that the last
inlet valves. He used an oversize Tuftrided rocker shaft so it 10% of the job takes most of the time, but with many other MGAs
was possible to hone the rocker bushes out, taking out the wear under his belt, he’s aware of the pitfalls that await the unwary.
and bringing them back to new – he even re-faced the rockers ‘There are one or two examples. The door cappings and the
themselves. For the camshaft timing, Robin fitted a vernier top edge behind the seats do not fit without fettling – and it was
gear for perfect set-up. Further down in the engine, one major the case on this car.’ They’re made in some places from wood
change was to the connecting rods, swapping from a press fit to and others from steel pressings, with the leather over the top
small-end bushes, balancing each piston and of it all. The steel can be tweaked or bent by
rod combination with its neighbours. hand, the wood can’t – but it can be re-drilled
‘Balance is crucial for this blueprinting MY FAVOURITE TOOL or shaped if need be. ‘It’s all just patience.
approach,’ says Robin, who explains that every When it’s right, you walk away… but I spent a
aspect of the engine needs to be built beyond long time getting that right. Another thing to be
the original standard to release the benefit of aware of is the bonnet catch alignment. Get that
the upgraded spec, ‘The crank and flywheel wrong the first time and you can’t get it undone
were individually balanced and then balanced again if you’ve already fitted the grille, so you
in our machine shop as a rotating assembly.’ learn to do things in a certain order.’
This new assembly was capped off with a The interior trim, with burgundy leather
pair of SU carburettors of the MGB type, with and matching carpet is a cut above most
needles suited to the slightly greater capacity replacement kits offered for MGAs. Ben
and flow of this 1950cc fast-road engine. A explains the choice. ‘It’s from a company
high-flow (rather than high-pressure) oil pump called PJM in Worcestershire and it’s really nice
replaced the standard unit, but the standard quality. I’ve found that carpets from some kits
water pump is fine for the job – when working! go threadbare when asked to bend over angles
Robin installed a new one. Body Crane in the floor or the tunnel, but these rubber-
‘This was installed for lifting backed carpets solve this, though they need
engines, back when the building
Line up and bolt down had an engine building room heating to bend tightly.’
The last major modification came with the up on the mezzanine,’ says David Eales used a trimmer based at Bicester
fitting of the Mazda gearbox, which is now used Ben Harris. ‘You can control it Heritage, Harry Frazer, to install the new roof
in the same way the old Ford Type 9 once was, from the remote box on the fabric over the restored frame and to fit the
to offer a five-speed option to fit behind BMC cable, either standing down trim on the seats. With the soft and expensive-
at floor level or up above. It’ll
engines. ‘The kit comes with the gearbox itself, comfortably lift a fully-built looking fluted hide perfectly snug, it’s a fine
a bellhousing and crossmember,’ explains Aston-Martin V8 engine so a result. ‘The fluting isn’t actually correct for a
Ben Harris. ‘You just have to drill a few holes 250kg MGA bodyshell is easy. We MkI MGA,’ says David. ‘That came in with the
to mount it, which we’d done for this chassis use bolt-in braces in the trim MkII, but we all like the seats this way, and so
holes in the edge of the cockpit,
before it was painted. It feels like a tight, racey which together with straps
do our customers.’
gearbox and the ratios are just right for this under the belly of the shell gives All the brightwork on this MGA is new. There
engine in this car.’ us something to lift it by.’ are two reasons for this – first, what survived

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Ben details interior

options open to
the customer

Even single-piston
calipers stop the
light MGA very well

New paint, new Vinyl in period,

bushes, new MkII’s fluted
fixings – smart leather now

with the car wasn’t a complete set and some pieces, like the
grille, were badly corroded. Second, for a consistent finish
throughout the car, mingling salvaged pieces with new pieces
is less satisfactory than renewing everything, and while it’s all
available, why not make use of the excellent supply?
‘We were careful to send the new grille to the bodyshop
with the rest of the car, because the curvature between grilles
and nose sections can vary, thanks to Fifties manufacturing
standards,’ says Ben. ‘It was important that the guys shaped the
grille and the nose together before the car was painted.’
Topping off the build were a number of further practical
upgrades to ensure the car does not let down its next owner
when conditions get challenging. Ben fitted cooling fans to the
uprated radiator and sited a small thermostatic control box in
a rear corner of the engine bay, out of sight unless you know New windscreen seal
where to look. Appearances are still important – David and Ben means no rainwater
both take the view that more modern technology shouldn’t have on your legs
to spoil the car’s classic appeal.
‘One example is the alternator conversion,’ explains British summer is unpredictable, Ben fitted a new heater
Ben. ‘Changing the car to negative earth rather than N E X T matrix and an uprated blower motor.
positive means you can run the alternator in place of
the dynamo for better output, brighter lights and so on,
ISSUE ‘The spec we’ve developed is all about making the
car useable,’ says David. ‘This one was a bigger job than
but it makes the voltage regulator redundant, because R A D F O R D most, but was worth doing because it’s a UK car, and
there’s one in the back of the new alternator. So I MINI it’s now ready to go anywhere, and built to a standard
changed it to act as a junction box; it looks the part and that means it will last far longer than it did the first time
still has a function.’ around. In our opinion, it’s the best an MGA can be.’
Negative earth allowed Ben to fit electronic ignition too,
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Peugeot 106
to buying a

Missed out on a 205GTi? This is just as good, so buy now before the market wakes up
Words JAMES WALSHE Photography MATT HOWELL

o car’s passing has been quite so lamented as that stiffer suspension and a roof spoiler. The addition of a catalytic
of the Peugeot 205GTi. Its supposedly unrepeatable converter dropped the power to 95bhp from 1993.
combination of sharp handling, and light weight The lightweight homologation-special Rallye was launched in
with such a feisty engine has yet to be repeated in its 1993, with Magneti Marelli 8P injection yielding 98bhp from a
206/7/8 predecessors. catalysed 1.3, with a dizzying 7200rpm redline. Distinguished by
But perhaps this misses the point? The 106, which wheelarch extensions and white-painted steel wheels, its ultra-
supplemented the 205 in its last days, shares its spirit; basic specification reduced its kerbweight to 825kg.
and its sportier versions are strongly reminiscent of The XSi 1.6 accompanied the 1.4 from 1994, the larger engine
the older car’s Rallye and GTi variants. As 205 prices combining with the Rallye’s injection system to deliver 105bhp.
attract collectors, anyone who feels like they’ve missed out The XSi was replaced by the new GTi as part of the Phase II
should consider a 106XSi, GTi or Rallye. facelift of 1996. Magneti Marelli 1AP fuel
To guide us to a good sporting 106, injection and a 16v cylinder head raised power
we spoke to Darren Spooner, who runs [ What to pay ] to 118bhp – just two shy of the old 205GTi 1.9.
performance Peugeot specialist Spoox If you’re lucky, you might find an XSi It was discontinued in 2003.
Motorsport, preparing race and rally for as little as £1k, but they’re rare cars 1997’s Phase II Rallye performed the same
examples as well as helping to restore road now and it may be in poor condition. weight-reduction strategy on the facelifted car,
You’re best off budgeting more like
106s to original condition. this time with a 103bhp 1.6-litre engine. An
£3000 for a good one.
That’s also the entry point for good undisclosed handful of Rallyes received the
Which one to choose? GTis, with the very best fetching £7000. GTi’s 118bhp 16v engine towards the end of the
Launched in 1991, the range-topping XSi You’ll pay a £1-2k premium over GTi car’s production run in 2000.
followed on from the departed 205GTi 1.6. prices for a Phase II Rallye.
The most sought-after of all is the
Its Bosch Motronic MP3.1-injected 1.4-litre Phase I Rallye, with prices starting at Bodywork
engine made 100bhp, and was coupled £6k for a runner in decent condition It’s a hot hatch, so the obvious things to be
with body-coloured valances, alloy wheels, and the very best commanding £10k. wary of are a crashed example or a car that may

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 Peugeot 106 [ Buying Guide]

[ Owning a Peugeot 106 ]

Elliot Dunn
Elliot says he’s lucky to have
his 1995 Rallye. ‘I wanted this
version for my first car but
couldn’t afford the insurance, so had to
wait a few years. Good ones are hard
to find, so be prepared to wait. When I
want to reconnect and feel alive, this is
the car for me. You don’t have to break
the speed limit to get the biggest thrills.
‘You can still pick up standard base
spec and mid-range 106s for peanuts.
They respond well to modification and
weight reduction even if you can’t run
to a Rallye or GTi. Even decent ones
hover around £1k, with the very best
selling for a few thousand at most.
Scruffy examples in need of work are
often lucky to escape the crusher,
but that doesn’t take away from their
desirability among enthusiasts. This is a
popular starter classic, with the oldest
survivors now 30 years old. And they’re
a steal compared with the 205.’

Alex Pugh
‘Back axles can be quite
troublesome and costly,’
warns Alex, who owns an
immaculate Phase II Rallye. ‘I changed
mine for a reconditioned one, which
cost £300 – but I’m a mechanic, so I
didn’t have the cost of fitting it.
‘The Phase II Rallye’s eight-valve
engine is more reliable than the 16v
found in the 106GTi and, unlike the
Phase I’s unique powerplant, parts for
it are really cheap and easy to come by.

‘It’s a hot hatch, so the obvious The secondhand market is very helpful
– not something that can be said for
many classic cars.

things to be wary of are a crashed ‘It’s also a classic that’s easy to use
daily if you want. But to keep it really

example or a track-day car’

pristine I garage mine throughout the
winter months, and clean it regularly
through the rest of the year.’

show signs of use on track days – and in motor sport. Some have Check all engines for signs of thrashing and poor maintenance
found their way back on to the road, so check history carefully. – such as excess, mayonnaise-like oil and water emulsion in the
With road cars, it should all be quite simple. The 106 offered oil cap. Most 106s should have had at least one cylinder head
robust construction for its time but age and scrappage have gasket and cambelt replacement by now, so have a look through
taken their toll. A good example is still very nice to drive. While the paperwork for evidence. The TU-series engines are strong
better protected than earlier Peugeots, they still love to rust. but check for top-end engine rattles – this will be the tappets and
Check the fuel tank, and inside the wheelarches, inner wings camshaft – oil leaks, and a smoky exhaust, all signs of neglect.
and suspension wishbone mounts. Corrosion may lurk under These were ubiquitous engines in Peugeot’s range in the
the extra plastic trim on the wheelarches of Rallyes and GTis. Nineties and 2000s, so if rebuild costs threaten to spiral,
Replacement pattern wings and sills are available cheaply replacing the TU5 found in most sporting 106s is easy for many
from the likes of Euro Car Parts – £70 for a sill section, for mechanics and can be done for £1k-£1.5k, including a donor car.
example. Full-body restorations are economically unviable This isn’t the case for a Phase I Rallye. The 1.3-litre TU2J2L/Z
on most examples, and only just on the best Phase I Rallyes. engine is a bespoke creation of Peugeot Sport, an all-alloy unit
However, spending £4000 on a localised lower-body tidy-up can with unique camshaft, ECU, cylinder head and wiring harness,
turn a 106 that’s rusty in the usual places into a nice example. none of which is readily available. If the block and head are
good, rebuilding will set you back £5k if it’s done professionally,
Engine and gearbox but finding a replacement for a car that’s been re-engined can
Some parts for the unique 1.3 Rallye engine are difficult to find, cost £8000. And be prepared for trying to source one in France.
such as the fuel pump and fuel sender. It’s essential to make sure You’d be unlucky to find a 106 with a tired or whining gearbox.
the original unit hasn’t been replaced, so check if the numbers However, sloppy changes mean worn linkages. Slipping clutches
match on the engine and chassis plates. You can usually tell are straightforward to replace; and if you end up replacing a
a Rallye engine (coded TU2J2L/Z in the Phase I and TU5J2 in clutch, you’ll often need to do the release bearing and cable
the Phase II) by its Magneti Marelli 8P fuel injection system, too. None of it is especially expensive, so the whole operation
although the engine in the Phase II is the same as an XSi 1.6’s. shouldn’t run to more than £600.

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 Interiors are hard- Engines are tough
wearing compared and cheap to fix –
to Peugeots past unless it’s a Phase I
Rallye like this one

‘It’s a popular starter classic; the oldest is now 30

years old. They’re a steal compared with the 205’
Suspension and brakes wiring loom is the only solution, but at £80 it’s not offputtingly
Healthy 106 suspension and associated undercarriage parts are expensive. The only other issues seem to come up as a result of
essential for Peugeot’s magic handling formula. Wheel bearings poorly fitted stereos and other aftermarket sound equipment.
wear out and bushes on lower wishbones are prone to wear, but As with any car that’s been previously stripped out for sporting
check all around the car for cracked or loose bushes and sagging activities, make sure all the XSi, Rallye and GTi interior trim is
suspension. Budget £400 for a thorough suspension refresh. there because some replacement parts are near-impossible
Pedal feel is good in every 106 but you do have to push quite to find these days. Both eBay and autojumbles – including the
hard to get proper stopping power out of them. Brake linings are Peugeot-specific one held at Prescott’s annual PugFest – are
glued in place and can fall apart, locking the rear drums in the your best bet, but what you’ll find is a gamble.
process. This will show itself up on any test-drive, so make sure Some upholstery colours were wonderfully lurid but become
you do that before making a purchase. They’re commonly-found stained easily, although a session at a detailer’s or a weekend
parts so replacement brakes shouldn’t run to more than £180 with a carpet cleaner can return them to their former glory.
per side, with the same amount to fit them.

Interior and electrics

Inside, you’ll notice some brittle plastics here and there, but the
106 is generally pretty rugged – nowhere near as flimsy as some
You can find hundreds of
similarly aged superminis, and a world away from the rattly
205. There are few electrical issues to worry about. The seat can
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up a dashboard warning. Replacing the relevant section of the

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A Citroën Traction
Avant for company
– must be France
Cars awaiting
ferry included

A scary petrol leak?

7.0-litre Tiger

countryside in search of faster

Jaguar E-type S1 3.8 FHC and more exciting roads,
Owned by Phil Bell something easy to find in this
(phil.bell@bauermedia.co.uk)
Time owned 13 years part of France. That’s why we’re
Latest/total miles 636/110,637 never in a great rush to get
Latest/total costs £0/£16,273 to the circuit campsite much
Previously Pre-Le Mans servicing before late afternoon on the
Friday. The variety of lightly- Avoiding the
his year should have meant a trip trafficked, interesting roads in autoroutes is
to the Le Mans 24 Hours – the uncannily good condition is key to the trip
modern one – because my gang of hard to match back home and
friends went to the Classic in 2023 the E-type seems particularly E-type-owning camper and a headlamp
and like to alternate, but the world eager to rush along them, despite lacking flash from the MX-5 crew brought me to
and his dog decided the same and the huge heave of the BMW 440i Gran a stop, ‘There’s liquid pouring out from
it sold out before we had chance Coupé or agility of the Mazda MX-5 in the back of your car,’ shouted friend
to book. The new hypercar class this year’s crew. What’s harder than ever Nick. Last time that happened, it was a
did the intended job of attracting to find is somewhere to stop for lunch failed gasket for the in-tank fuel pump. A
a swathe of manufacturers back into top- in the small towns and villages en route. glance underneath revealed the leak had
level sports car racing, and with them The sight of so many empty restaurants slowed to a rhythmic drip. While Nick
a huge increase in fan numbers. Most and shops is a melancholic sight but we went to sniff the dark trail behind us, I
inconvenient. Still, the Classic is a fine had an enjoyable run nonetheless and emptied the luggage area and lifted the
event and this year we had the novelty of did manage to find a restaurant. It may floor board… No petrolly pong. I think we
the overnight crossing from Portsmouth be a petrol-fuelled rampage but a trip to all breathed out in unison. The remaining
to St Malo. Its 8:15 arrival gave us a full France without some traditional home- puddle in the spare wheel well was water
day to reach our Thursday evening hotel cooked grub is missing the point. – must have found its way in during one
along roads we’ve never explored. Well, You knew this was coming – there’s several rain showers over the weekend
not since I was a back seat passenger on a always some drama – and 2023’s scary when the car was parked slightly nose-
family holiday in the Seventies. moment popped its head up as we were down. I think that’s the first time I’ve
After following the coast for a few miles leaving the Maison Blanche campsite been pleased, no, delighted, to find a
we plunged deep into the Normandy after the last race. Shouts from a nearby water leak into my car.

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Trip to the Minor Shiny mirror was

Club National Rally a good find at
answered questions the autojumble

Party time for Minor

Register’s display rather than in
1954 Morris Minor SII the general Minor parking area.
Owned by Russ Smith Actually, there was one small
Time owned Almost two years
Latest/total miles 243/18,604 issue on the way there. Higher
Latest/total costs £26/£1916.28 cruising speeds meant I now
Previously Cured engine oil leak had an automatic fold-flat door
mirror. It wouldn’t tighten any more, so it on the SII Register’s Facebook group
elebrating 75 years of the Morris I toured the vast autojumble area and it looks like the answer is a worn spring
Minor at the MMOC’s big came back with a neat ‘peep’ mirror in the speedo that the changes have
anniversary bash seemed like similar to the one that once adorned my inadvertently compensated for. It did
the perfect first long journey for Ford Model A street rod. It took minutes wildly over-read before. The mileometer
my saloon after I fitted a much to fit and was perfect on the drive home. isn’t affected by that spring so is
longer-legged differential from an The show itself was tremendous – and it producing an accurate reflection – under-
MG Midget. Destination: Chateau was great to reconnect with some Minor reading by 19 per cent.
Impney in Worcestershire, best folk I’d not seen for the best part of 30 Now I have the data I can live with that.
known in classic car circles for years, including the highly talented Robin If I want, I can factor it in for journeys;
its hillclimb. That would provide an Beardmore. His totally re-engineered and it does mean the latest mileage figure
interesting test for the new diff because Series II saloon has MX-5 running gear mentioned at the start of the page is
some say the 3.9:1 ratio is too ‘tall’ and has been built to standards that are actually 289. But I’ll probably only use it
for a 1098cc engine to pull – and we usually reserved for six-figure concours for mpg calculations – and the corrected
don’t have much in the way of hills in restorations. It deservedly picked up two figure for this trip was a decent 39mpg.
Cambridgeshire to test that hypothesis. trophies at the event. I’ve also dispelled the myth that the
The 225-mile round trip went without The long trip also allowed me to check engine won’t cope with the diff ratio. I
hitch and, being almost all on motorways how far out the mileometer now is. The had worried a bit that the car might lose
and dual-carriageways, I was easily able RAC’s route planner said 112 miles point speed on motorway inclines but found
to cruise near the limit and averaged to point; the car clocked up just 94 on the it would actually still accelerate up them
around 63mph – while still listening to dial. That at first seemed hard to square, in top gear. So the naysayers were wrong.
the radio. We even did some overtaking. with the car’s various mismatched parts I had of course planned some engine
I was also quite chuffed on arrival to having produced a fairly accurate speedo modifications in reserve to fix that – they
be asked to put my car in the Series II reading. However, after posting about will now just be the icing on the cake.

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Interior
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unblemished

Engine isn’t
original to
the car

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paint now faded. Still,
at least it isn’t pink

Rekindling the love

aspirated, front-wheel drive,
1999 Alfa Romeo 145 Cloverleaf light and largely flimsily built.
Owned by Nathan Chadwick I also had history with 145s
(c/o classic.cars@bauermedia.co.uk)
Time owned One month – one in particular. It had
Latest/total miles 0/157,073 passed through the hands of
Latest/total costs £750/£750 AutoSportivo’s Antonio Damiano
Previously Sold the most unreliable a few times over the past six or seven However, once again, the promises to
Mercedes-Benz W123
years, each time coming to him with look after it had faded to dust – it was out
various ills from uncaring owners. Each of MoT and looking dishevelled.
hat’s that? I like that,’ my time he offered it to me, but I couldn’t Taking my wife’s words as permission
wife said, while wandering afford it at the time. Each time it would be – though she might see it another way – I
around a car show. So sold, with promises from the new owner ended up bidding on the car, and won, for
began my latest adventure that they would cherish it. the princely sum of around £750.
in Alfa-land, taking that as You see, this wasn’t just any 145 Calling on Antonio I popped along
‘permission to buy’ – in fact, Cloverleaf – it had been tweaked to see the car and it really was in a sorry
I was already scouring eBay tastefully and fitted with a replacement state. The bonnet, which Antonio had
by the time we’d got back to engine. Yes, the black Speedline five- painted before he last sold it, now had a
the car park. spokes nabbed from a 155 contrasting couple of terrible bird guano spots, and
‘That’ happened to be a bright red Alfa against the red paintwork shouted ‘oik’, grazing elsewhere. The battery was also
Romeo 145 Cloverleaf. I already own an but rather than silly bodywork, the lifeless, and the steering rack made noises
Alfa Romeo 147GTA, but that’s not really suspension had been treated to nice Koni like a donkey with his tail trapped.
a hot hatch in the classic sense. While dampers, and there was a strut brace up Still – I’d bought it, the Alfa
wrestling what amounts to an over- front. A lot of standard Alfa 145s are little was mine. Back to AutoSportivo
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239exc.VAT
SEE IN-STORE CTC109 9 Dr chest 662x305x421 £139.98 £177.59 £167.98
£ .98
OR VISIT
WEBSITE
4
£287.98 inc.VAT
4 CTC105
CTC107
5 Dr cabinet 685x465x790 £239.98
7 Dr cabinet 685x465x950 £279.00
£323.98
£370.80
£287.98
£334.80
2 £
169exc.VAT.98
£203.98 inc.VAT
SAVE WAS £323.98 inc.VAT WAS £215.98 inc.VAT
UP TO
£120
BOLTLESS
BEST
inc.VAT EXTRA LARGE
SIDE HANDLE
FOR EASY SHELVING / 5 DRAWER
MOVEMENT BENCHES WORKBENCH
SELLER “Very sturdy. Ideal for any
workshop or garage.
FITS EITHER Ample storage”
SIDE
See www.machinemart.co.uk

CHOICE OF 5 COLOURS
Simple fast
EXTRA LONG 1700mm WORK TOP
GREAT LOOKING, assembly
BIG 5” INDUSTRIAL
CHROME SPOKED PRICE CUT RED, BLUE, GREY, in minutes
WHEELS FOR EASY
MOVEMENT*
2 £
369exc.VAT
.00
£442.80 inc.VAT EXTRA LARGE
SILVER & GALVANISED using only a
STEEL hammer
WAS £526.80 inc.VAT DRAWER PULLS Strong
Except on CBB231B & CBB230B Strong
WAS NOW 150 KG
9mm
fi breboard KG
35012 mm
fibreboard
Model Size Desc. LxWxH (mm) exc.VAT inc.VAT inc.VAT shelves shelves
CBB306 36" 6 Dr Chest 910x305x47 £199.00 £250.80 £238.80 PER SHELF PER SHELF
2 CBB315 36" 5 Dr Cabinet 927x416x985 £369.00 £526.80 £442.80
CBB228B 41" 8 Dr cabinet 1126x468x1000 £549.00 £742.80 £658.80 Dims exc. inc.
339EXC.VAT
FROM ONLY
CWB1700P £ .00
CBB224C 41" 14 Dr chest 1045x415x486 £359.00 - £430.80 Model WxDxH(mm) VAT VAT
CBB231B 56" 9 Dr chest 1460x615x490 £589.00 £790.80 £706.80 £
42EXC.VAT
.99
£51.59 inc.VAT
150kg 800x300x1500 £42.99 £51.59
 TURBO AIR COMPRESSORS DRILL
8/260
PRESSES
Range of precision bench
& floor presses for
Superb range ideal enthusiast, engineering &
for DIY, hobby & semi- industrial applications B = Bench
professional use FROM ONLY mounted
PRICE CUT
NOW FROM 99EXC.VAT
£ .95 F = Floor
standing
119 SUPERSTORES
£ .98 £119.94 inc.VAT
exc.VAT
* WAS £418.80 inc.VAT
NATIONWIDE
£143.98 inc.VAT
WAS £155.98 inc.VAT
# WAS £418.80 inc.VAT CDP102B
SAVE ‡ WAS £946.80 inc.VAT
UP TO
£49

Britain's Tools &

inc.VAT Motor (W)
model Speeds exc.VAT inc.VAT
Motor Tank WAS NOW CDP5EB 350/5 £99.95 £119.94
Model HP CFM ltr exc.VAT exc.VAT inc.VAT CDP102B 350/5 £115.95 £139.14
/260 2 7.5 24 £119.98
1/260 2.5 9.5 24 £129.98
/550 2 7.5 50 £159.98
£155.98
£179.98
£215.98
£143.98
£155.98
£191.98
Machinery Specialist! CDP152B
CDP202B
CDP352F*
450/12
450/16
550/16
£209.98
£269.00
£339.00
£251.98
£322.80
£406.80
T CDP452B# 550/16 £339.00 £406.80
1/550 2.5 9.5 50 £179.98 £251.98 £215.98 PRICE CUT
JUMP STARTS
6/550 3 14.5 50 £249.00
6/1050 3 14.5 100 £309.00
£334.80
£419.98
£298.80
£370.80
£
26exc.VAT
.99
Provides essential home,
CDP502F‡ 1100/12 £779.00 £934.80
WORKSHOP £32.39 inc.VAT
WAS £33.59 inc.VAT garage and roadside
INDUSTRIAL AIR AIR TOOLS PGF14 FROM ONLY assistance Integral HEAVY DUTY
COMPRESSORS CAT131 £
96EXC.VAT
.99
work light 910 includes Honda & PETROL
op quality belt driven air compressors for industrial &
£116.39 inc.VAT air compressor Long life Diesel POWER
ommercial users inc; garages, factories, workshops battery engine WASHERS
nd farms. 10 bar/150psi max working pressure models
Peak Max in stock CAN
£
69EXC.VAT
.98 BEST Model Boost Engine exc.VAT inc.VAT DRAW
OWN
SELLER 910 900 3L £96.99 £116.39 NEW
£83.98 inc.VAT EXTRA BEST JS1100C 1100 3L £96.99 £116.39 WATER
SELLER STARTS VEHICLES 4000
LONG 1m 1500 6L £164.99 £197.99
LEADS UP TO 6L JS12/24 1000 8L £179.98 £215.98 PLS265B
HUGE CHOICE
IN-STORE/ONLINE * WAS £478.80 inc.VAT
CAR CREEPERS ENGINE MICRO JUMP # WAS £502.80 inc.VAT
‡ WAS £634.80 inc.VAT FROM ONLY
FROM ONLY STANDS STARTS FROM ONLY ◆ WAS £838.80 inc.VAT £
279EXC.VAT
.00
• Oil resistant vinyl covered padded
backs & headrests • Swivel castors
£
72EXC.VAT
.99
£87.59 inc.VAT
Rotates
through 360˚
Power packs £
36 .99
EXC.VAT ▼ WAS £958.80 inc.VAT
£334.80 inc.VAT
for easy manoeuvrability £44.39 inc.VAT Pressure Engine
Fully tested to † WAS £47.98 inc.VAT
proof load ** WAS £67.19 inc.VAT JSM200 Model BAR/Psi HP exc.VAT inc.VA
■ WAS £89.99 inc.VAT Peak Max Tiger1800B 110/1595 3 £279.00 £334.8
● WAS £105.59 inc.VAT Model Boost Engine exc.VAT inc.VAT Tiger2600B * 180/2610 4 £379.00 £454.8
CES680F ▲ WAS £131.98 inc.VAT JSM180† 360A 3L £36.99 £44.39 Tiger3000B # 200/2900 6.5 £399.00 £478.8
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XEV16/100 PRICE CUT PLS195B ‡ 180/2640 5.5 £499.00 £598.8
NOW FROM exc. JSM200** 400A 4L £52.99 £63.59
■ WAS £47.98 inc.VAT £ £83.98 PLS220 ◆ 230/3335 9 £679.00 £814.8
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● WAS £47.98 inc.VAT £45.59
.99
exc.VAT
MECHANICS Model Capacity VAT inc.VAT JSM300 500A 6L £69.98 PLS265B ▼ 225/3263 13 £769.00 £922.8
589EXC.VAT.00
£706.80 inc.VAT
AIR. ▲ WAS £47.98 inc.VAT WAS £47.98 inc.VAT
SEAT ONLY
£45.59
CES340 ■ 340kg
CES450 ● 450kg
£72.99
£84.99
£87.59
£101.99
JSM350
JSM400
500A
800A
6L
6L
£87.99 £105.59
£99.98 £119.98 PLS360 248/3600 13 £998.00 £1197.6
DISP MOTOR AIR CES560 ▲ 560kg
ODEL CFM (HP) RCVR EXC.VAT INC.VAT
Model
CMC36■
Description
Car creeper
exc.VAT inc.VAT
£37.99 £45.59 CES680F 680kg
£104.99
£139.98
£125.99 *Folds for
£167.98 storage 579EXC.VAT
£ .00
£694.80 inc.VAT
EV16/100 (OL)†* 14 3 100ltr £589.00 £706.80 CMC45● With adjustable headrest £54.99 £65.99
EV16/150 (OL)†* 14 3 150ltr £659.00 £790.80 CMC60▲ Car creeper reclining £49.98 £59.98 BATTERY CHARGERS INTELLIGENT HARRY 2
EV16/200(OL)†*
EV16/150(400V)†
14
14
3
3
200ltr
150ltr
£719.00 £862.80
£699.00 £838.80
seat & mechanics seat /ENGINE STARTERS BATTERY HOT WEIGHS
Ammeter BC210C
E18/200 (OL)†* 18 4 200ltr £759.00 £910.80
ANGLE GRINDERS Multi-position CHARGER/ ONLY
WASH 27KG
E36C200†
E29/270†*
30 7.5HP
28 2X3HP
200Ltr
270Ltr
£1199.00 £1438.80
£1399.00 £1678.80 CON1150 INC. DISC charge regulator MAINTAINERS
E37/270 (OL)†* 36 2x 4 270ltr £1479.00 £1774.80 & HANDLE Overload FROM ONLY IBC20 145 Bar
E46C270† 40 10HP 270Ltr £2099.00 £2518.80 protection
on charging
£
19EXC.VAT
.98
£23.98 inc.VAT
2103 psi

FROM ONLY ‡ WAS £55.19 inc.VAT

AXLE STANDS £
29EXC.VAT
.98 cycle FROM ONLY ^ WAS £117.59 inc.VAT
£35.98 inc.VAT
£
93EXC.VAT
.99
£112.79 inc.VAT
Max.
Ratchet action Model Volts Charge exc.VAT inc.VAT
or quick height £FROM ONLY Model Disc (mm) Motor exc.VAT inc.VAT ¥ WAS £211.19 inc.VAT IBC4 6/12V 1A/4A £19.98 £23.98
djustment 17EXC.VAT
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CON1150
115 800W £29.98
115 1150W £37.99
£35.98 ~ WAS £233.99 inc.VAT
£45.59
IBC7‡
IBC15
12/24V
12V
7A
15A
£39.98
£49.98
£47.98
£59.98
Sold in pairs £21.59 inc.VAT CAG2350C 230 2350W £72.99 £87.59 Model
Msx Amps
Charge/Boost exc.VAT inc.VAT IBC20 12/24V 20A £69.98 £83.98
IBC25^ 12/24V 25A £89.98 £107.98
HEAVY BC125
BC190
20/120
38/180
£93.99
£112.99
£112.79
£135.59
DUTY BC210C 25/200 £149.98 £179.98 SANDBLASTERS
WAS £40.79 inc.VAT
WAS £38.39 inc.VAT *Aluminium LONG REACH WBC180¥ 35/180 £159.98 £191.98
Heavy duty steel construction
Max Min/Max JACKS WBC240~
CTJ2GLS WBC400
45/240 £189.98
£219.00
£227.98
£262.80 sandblasters for the quick PARTS
60/350
Model Tons Height exc.VAT inc.VAT BC520P 50/510 £259.00 £310.80 removal of surface rust, paint, WASHERS
AX2TFB 2 235-360mm £17.99 £21.59 dirt/grease etc. CPSB100B FROM ONLY
AX3TPB ¥ 3 325-490mm £33.99
AX-3TBC~ 3 300-430mm £31.99
£40.79
£38.39
TAP & DIE SETS INCLUDES £
59EXC.VAT
.98
Model Tonnes exc.VAT inc.VAT High quality tungsten steel SANDBLASTING GUN, £71.98 inc.VAT
AX-6TBC 6 400-615mm £48.99 £58.79 CTJ2GLS 2 £269.00 £322.80 Supplied in metal DELIVERY HOSE, 4
AX3TAB* 3 295-395mm £59.98 £71.98 FROM ONLY
storage case (except CERAMIC NOZZLES
£
269EXC.VAT CTJ5GLS 35 £349.00
.00 CTJ3GLS
£469.00
£418.80
£562.80 16pce) AND SAFETY HOOD CW2D
GARAGES/WORKSHOPS £322.80 inc.VAT CTJ10GLS 10 £639.00 £766.80
FROM ONLY FROM ONLY
PRICE CUT
NOW FROM
IDEAL FOR RAIN &
CAR RAMPS £
23EXC.VAT
.99
£
179EXC.VAT.00
CW1D
SUN PROTECTION £214.80 inc.VAT
259exc.VAT.00
£310.80 inc.VAT
• Lift cars safely
and quickly
£28.79 inc.VAT
≈ WAS £227.98 inc.VAT
WAS £346.80 inc.VAT FROM ONLY • WAS £298.80 inc.VAT Model Tank Cap. Type exc.VAT inc.VAT
• Tough
angled
£
39inc.VAT
DOUBLE
£47.98
.98
EXC.VAT
PER Model
Tank Flow Rate
Volume Req. exc.VAT inc.VAT
CW2D
CW1D
10Ltrs
45Ltrs
Bench
Floor
£59.98
£149.98
£71.98
£179.98
steel PER PAIR Type exc.VAT inc.VAT CPSB100B ≈ 32 litre 6-25 cfm £179.00 £214.80 CWM20 22.5Ltrs Floor £189.00 £226.80
LENGTH construction CHT203 16pce Metric £24.99 £29.99 CPSB200B • 63 litre 6-25 cfm £229.00 £274.80 CW40 75Ltrs Floor £229.98 £275.98
UP TO Model Capacity exc.VAT inc.VAT CHT302 24pce UNC/UNF/NPT £23.99 £28.79
40' CR2 2000kg £39.98 £47.98 CHT303 28pce Metric £29.98 £35.98
CHT304 33pce Metric/UNF/BSP £37.99 £45.59
CORDED IMPACT 10 TONNE BODY
CRW25 2500kg £47.99 £57.59
CHT527 32pce Metric £57.99 £69.59 WRENCHES REPAIR KIT
BRIGHT WHITE ONLY
CHT775 52pce Metric/UNF/BSP £61.99 £74.39 FAST ACTION
INTERIOR CHT776 76pce Metric £79.98 £95.98 CEW520 £
179EXC.VAT
.98
PUMP
Ideal for use as a garage/ DIAGNOSTICS £215.98 inc.VAT
orkshop Extra tough triple FROM ONLY AUTOMOTIVE CS10SBRK
yer cover Heavy duty powder ZIP CLOSE DOOR
£
31EXC.VAT
.99
WHEEL DOLLY SET Ideal for
AWD1
320
oated steel tubing Ratchet tight tensioning £38.39 inc.VAT garage mechanics FROM ONLY
PRO EOBD FAULT
Model
size (LxWxH)
m
WAS NOW
exc.VAT inc.VAT inc.VAT CODE READER INC 17, 19,
Nm
£
56EXC.VAT
.99

†† WAS £105.59 inc.VAT 21, 22MM £68.39 inc.VAT

IG81212 3.6 x 3.6 x 2.5 £259.00 £346.80 £310.80 SOCKETS
IG81015 4.5 x 3 x 2.4 £279.00 £370.80 £334.80 Model exc.VAT inc.VAT PRICE CUT & CASE
IG81216 4.9 x 3.7 x 2.5 £329.00 £430.80 £394.80 EOBD Fault Code Reader £31.99 £38.39 £
63exc.VAT
.99 •• WAS £89.99
IG81020 6.1 x 3 x 2.4 £349.00 £466.80 £418.80 Professional Engine Diagnostic & £85.99 £103.19
EOBD/OBD ll Fault Code Reader††
BIG £76.79 inc.VAT
Model
inc.VAT
Power Torque exc.VAT inc.VAT Fast
IG81220 6.1 x 3.7 x 2.5 £399.00 £514.80 £478.80 3" CASTORS WAS £80.39 inc.VAT
PER PAIR 1
CEW520 /2" 520W 320Nm £56.99 £68.39 snap connector attachments for quick & easy as-
IG81224 7.3 x 3.7 x 2.5 £499.00 £646.80 £598.80
IG1432 9.7x4.3x3.65 £1099.00 – £1318.80 2 & 3 TONNE Four non-marking castors for easy
movement in confined spaces Heavy duty steel
CEW1000 1/2" •• 1000W 450Nm £72.99 £87.59 sembly Hydraulic pump, ram & hose with variou
tubes, pieces & connectors Includes metal case
IG1640 12x4.9x4.3 £2899.00 £3838.80 £3478.80 TROLLEY JACKS construction - load rating 500kg per dolly
FROM ONLY
ALUMINIUM £
44EXC.VAT
.99
RACING JACKS £53.99 inc.VAT PRO SANDER/ BEST
Quick lift Non-marking POLISHERS 18V ½" SELLER
nylon wheels
Rubber contact
IMPACT 450NM
pad - helps
LOW
ENTRY
WRENCHES 1 TONNE
protect vehicle ONLY
£
79EXC.VAT
.98 3 forward and
reverse gears
BRUSHLESS FOLDING
undersides 85MM £95.98 inc.VAT
CP185 FROM ONLY WORKSHOP
JACKS ALSO IN
CTJ1250AC
STOCK UP TO 5 TONNE CTJ2250LP
Inc. hook &
180MM loop backing 109EXC.VAT
£ .98
£131.98 inc.VAT
CRANE
PAD DIA. Folding and fixed
## WAS £195.59 inc.VAT pad and
wool polishing CIR18LIC frames available

2 2AH
FROM ONLY Model Type Tonne exc.VAT inc.VAT Robust, rugged
£
134 .99 CTJ2L Long 2 £44.99 £53.99 bonnet
X ONLY construction
219EXC.VAT
EXC.VAT £ .98
£161.99 inc.VAT CTJ2000LPB DIY Low Profile 2 £46.99 £56.39 Overload safety valve
CTJ2250LP* Low Profile 2.25 £52.99 £63.59 Dual action £263.98 inc.VAT
CTJ3000GB Pro Garage 3 £109.98 £131.98 combines rotary & Model Desc Batteries exc.VAT inc.VAT
Model Lifting Cap. exc.VAT inc.VAT orbital motions to 150MM
CTJ3000QLB Quick Lift 3 £119.98 £143.98 CCIW160 Cordless 2X 2AH £109.98 £131.98
TJ1250AC 1.25T £134.99 £161.99 CTJ2QLP## Low Quick Lift 2 £159.98 £191.98 produce an excellent PAD DIA.
TJ1500QL 1.5T £109.98 £131.98 LI-ION
TJ1800AB 1.8T £199.98 £239.98 * CTJ2250LP has a 2.25 tonne capacity, has a polished finish £
69EXC.VAT
.98 CIR18LIC Cordless, 2X 2AH £122.99 £147.59
Brushless LI-ION
Fully tested
to proof load
CFC100
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49EXC.VAT
BRITAIN’S NO. 1 FOR WELDING
£ .98
£59.98 inc.VAT
TOOL KIT 12V TYRE
INFLATORS
SETS PRO396
PRICE CUT
MIG GAS/NO GAS WELDERS
NOW FROM
£
86exc.VAT
.99
12V
“Excellent machine and exactly 135TE Professional type torches

296EXC.VAT
£104.39 inc.VAT £ .99 Easy to set up & use
WAS £111.59 inc.VAT
as described. Easy to set up
and comes with everything you
WAS £111.59 inc.VAT
need to start welding straight £356.39 inc.VAT 90AMPS
WAS £143.98 inc.VAT
BEST
out of the box” PRICE CUT
WAS £238.79 inc.VAT
◆ WAS £814.80 inc.VAT
SWIVEL
CASTORS See www.machinemart.co.uk
£
134 .98
exc.VAT

Model Desc Pieces exc.VAT inc.VAT CORDLESS SELLER MIG 102NG £161.98 inc.VAT
WAS £173.99 inc.VAT

HT641* DIY Tool Kit/ 199 £86.99 £104.39 CTC150LI

Cantilever Box
RO394 Tool Kit/Cantilever 90 £109.98 £131.98 PADDED SEAT
Toolbox
HT862# Mechanics Tool 235 £109.98 £131.98 MECHANICS
Kit/Box
HT859‡ Home Garage 300 £189.98 £227.98 UTILITY
Repair Kit/Chest SEAT 150AMPS
RO396◆ Tools Set/7 222 £639.00 £766.80 BALL
Drawer Cabinet BEARING MIG145
DRAWERS
HIGH VELOCITY FANS
PRICE CUT CMUS3
GIANT
SIZES UP
£
84.99exc.VAT SWIVEL
TO 36"
£101.99 inc.VAT
WAS £107.98 inc.VAT CASTORS
£
239EXC.VAT
.00
£286.80 inc.VAT
PRICE CUT
NOW FROM SOCKET SETS Min/Max WAS
£
43exc.VAT
.99
£52.79 inc.VAT
Top quality chrome
PRO360 Model Amps exc. VAT inc.VAT inc.VAT
WAS £63.54 inc.VAT
vanadium steel. MIG102NG* 35/90 £134.98 £173.99 £161.98
18 Sockets 8-32mm MIG106 40/100 £179.00 £214.80
Model Size exc.VAT WAS inc. inc.VAT Reversible ratchet MIG145 35/135 £239.00 £286.80
BF20 20" £43.99 £63.54 £52.79 Comfort grip handle * no gas PRO90 24-90 £249.00 £298.80
FF18B100 18" £49.98 £65.94 £59.98 ONLY LIFETIME only MIG196 40/180 £279.00 £334.80
135TE Turbo 30-130 £296.99 £356.39
FF18C100
PF18B100
18"
18"
£49.98
£59.98
£65.94 £59.98
£77.94 £71.98
£
29EXC.VAT
.98
£35.98 inc.VAT
GUARANTEE 135TE 151EN 30-150 £259.00 £311.98 £310.80
AMAX24 24" £199.00 £258.00 £238.80 130AMPS MIG240 50/240 £489.00 £598.80 £586.80
AMAX30 30" £289.00 £370.80 £346.80 HUGE RANGE OF RATCHETS,
AMAX36 36" £359.00 £478.80 £430.80 SPANNERS AND SOCKET SETS
1/2" TORQUE

ELECTRIC
WRENCH - CHT141 AT165 MMA & ARC/TIG
INVERTER
£
139EXC.VAT
.98

PRESSURE
5" Extension bar
1/2"-3/8" adaptor
£
219EXC.VAT
.98
£263.98 inc.VAT
WELDERS
£167.98 inc.VAT

WASHERS 28-210 Nm • Compact & lightweight

Makes easy work for ONLY • Efficient inverter
washing vehicles,
atios, stonework, etc.
£
29EXC.VAT
.98
£35.98 inc.VAT
technology
• Variable output
JET7500 & JET8500
nclude hose reel HYDRAULIC MMA200A
PRICE CUT JET8500 PRESSES CSA4B
£
64exc.VAT.99 180 Bar
2610 psi
PROFESSIONAL QUALITY
£77.99 inc.VAT
AS £83.98 inc.VAT
Built for tough daily use
in automotive/industrial
INC. ELECTRODE
HOLDER, EARTH
CLAMP, & BRUSH/
NEW
Max. exc. WAS inc. workshops
Model Motor Pressure VAT inc.VAT VAT * Available with/without 7 HAMMER
S1850 1400W 1523psi £64.99 £77.99 pce pin, bracket & pressing Min/Max Electrode
£83.98 Output Dia.
S1950 1600W 2030psi £99.98 £131.98 £119.98 plate kit safety screen
et7500 1600W 2030psi £159.98 £203.98 £191.98 # Economy Model Current (mm) exc.VAT inc.VAT
et8500 2100W 2610psi £199.98 £251.98 £239.98 model BEST MMA140A 20A-140A 1.6-3.2
MMA200A 20A-200A 1.6-3.2
£104.99 £125.99
SELLER £139.98 £167.98
PETROL AT165 10A-160A 2.5/3.2/4.0 £219.98 £263.98
GENERATORS Model Tonne exc.VAT inc.VAT PRICE CUT
CSA4B# 4 £169.98 £203.98 NOW FROM ARC WELDERS
ACCESSORIES HUGE
PRICE CUT
NOW FROM CSA10BB*◆ 10 £289.00 £346.80 £169.98 115N
225exc.VAT For home user,
£ .00 exc.VAT

£270.00 inc.VAT
CSA12F*#
CSA20FBT
12 £379.00 £454.80 £203.98 inc.VAT
20 £499.00 £598.80 WAS £209.99 inc.VAT RANGE! automotive
WAS £286.80 inc.VAT
◆ WAS £358.80 inc.VAT AUTO GWH7 FROM ONLY
and industrial
applications.
DARKENING
BENCH BUFFERS/ WELDING
£
11EXC.VAT
.99
£14.39 inc.VAT
£
FROM ONLY
96EXC.VAT
.99
POLISHERS HEADSHIELDS £116.39 inc.VAT
PRICE CUT FROM ONLY GAS
36EXC.VAT BEST
NOW FROM
PG3800A £ .99
CHECK FRAME TYPE
£
82exc.VAT
.99
Honda engine £99.59 inc.VAT £44.39 inc.VAT
WHEN ORDERING models available WAS £101.99 inc.VAT SELLER
WAS £358.80 inc.VAT # WAS £394.80 inc.VAT For a 7 MODELS
WAS £694.80 inc.VAT brilliant shine IN RANGE
Dia. WAS
WIRE #Turbo fan Model
Model KVA HP exc.VAT inc.VAT Amps exc.VAT inc.VAT
G2500A 2.2 5.6 £225.00 £270.00 Model (mm) exc.VAT inc.VAT inc.VAT FROM ONLY 0.6, 0.8 cooled
115N 30-110 £96.99 £116.39
5 EXC.VAT SEE THE FULL
£ .99 & 0.9mm FROM ONLY
5.6 £289.00 £346.80 CBB150 150 £82.99 £101.99 £99.59
G3800A*
G3800ADV#
3
3 5.6 £309.00 £370.80 CBB200 200 £94.99 £119.98 £113.99 £7.19 inc.VAT SIZES IN LEATHER £
6 .99
EXC.VAT RANGE
£8.39 inc.VAT ONLINE & IN-STORE
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Handmade leather-and-
wood cabin has aged well

Only stonechips
detract from clean, Engine bay
sleek bodywork is faultless

’98 Aston Martin V8 Coupé £99,950 and pulls well through the rev range. The
four-speed autobox transitions through
Is £50 shy of £100,000 a fair deal for the best-of-the-breed the ratios imperceptibly, with no slop
or delay. The engine came up to oil and
V8 Aston? Nathan Chadwick test-drives it to find out water temperature well.
Looking at the thick history file, it’s had
he Aston Martin V8 Coupé is a with. The carpets are in good order, largely yearly services from new. In terms
fascinating curio in the brand’s and all the control surfaces are free of larger bills there was air-conditioning,
history, with just 101 built. As from wear, cracks or discolouration, in brake and radiator refreshment in 2021.
such this is a rare opportunity to particular the wood finishes. All the dials Over the past five years there have
buy one. Although there are a few and electrical items work as they should; been regular visits to marque specialist
niggles, they shouldn’t impinge the aircon is ice-cold. The headlining Trinity Engineering, with the cooling
on the imperious nature of the is free from droopage and stains, and system, brakes and suspension receiving
car and your enjoyment of it. It’s there’s no leather shrinkage or cracks in attention that resulted in four-figure-bills.
on the button and ready to go – the dashboard. For fans of retro in-car It’s a lot of money for a non-Vantage
indeed, it recently went on an adventure entertainment, there’s a fully working Aston, but it has been well looked-after.
to Scotland and performed admirably. It’s Pioneer navigation system with front and
the kind of relaxing GT cruiser its maker rear screens and bespoke speakers, which
has seemingly forgotten how to make. cost a whopping £10,000 when new. CHOOSE YOUR ASTON MARTIN VIRAGE
Its Rolls-Royce Midnight Blue The engine bay looks very clean, with Launched in 1988 to replace the William-
Towns-designed V8 that had been in
paintwork is striking, with fit and finish no staining on the carbon fibre engine production since 1974, the Virage modernised
good for the breed. There are some cover. The hoses and their fittings appear the concept, with A-frame rear suspension,
swirl marks, but the car will receive a to be in excellent condition, and we didn’t aerodynamic styling by John Heffernan and
full paint correction prior to being sold. discover any issues with the wiring. No Ken Greenley, and a Callaway-modified V8
redesigned to accept unleaded fuel.
There are some stone marks on the fluids made an escape attempt during our The range expanded in 1992, with the
vast frontage that, while minor, have time with the car, and the oil is the correct two-seater Volante convertible and an
broken the lacquer. There’s also a minute rich brown colour. aftermarket 6.3-litre upgrade available from
parking ding on the rear wing, but On the road, the steering feels Works Service.
otherwise the car is in fine condition, with uncorrupted, with no untoward noises The twin-supercharged Vantage arrived in
1993, with front and rear restyle and heavy
no other paint defects or corrosion. The or vibration. On our test route the car suspension upgrades.
unblemished alloy wheels wear a set of absorbed some of Hertfordshire’s most The V8 Coupé, essentially a non-turbo
Pirelli P Zero tyres with plenty of tread. corrugated road surfaces with ease, with Vantage, replaced the Virage for 1996.
The Magnolia leather trim looks great no odd squeaks or rattles troubling our The long-wheelbase four-seater Volante
joined the range in 1997.
– there’s some darkening and creasing, ears. Under braking there’s no tramlining, Production ended in 1999, with a final run
but nothing a clean and feed wouldn’t juddering or looseness in pedal action, of 40 blanked-off-grille, 600bhp Vantage
resolve. There are no tears to contend while the engine is free from hesitation, Le Mans sold in 2000.

1998 Aston Martin V8 Coupé

Price £99,950 Contact Nicholas Mee & Co, Herts (0208 741 8822, nicholasmee.co.uk) Engine 5341cc
V8, dohc, electronic fuel injection Power 349bhp @ 6000rpm Torque 369lb ft @ 4300rpm Top
speed 155mph+ 0-60mph 5.9sec Fuel consumption 13-18mpg Length 4585mm Width 1830mm

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Imperfections a
sign of use rather
than neglect

Interior is
beautifully
patinated

Engine clean,
pulls strongly

Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII £49,995 creaks from the suspension. Steering is

consistently weighted, responsive and
direct-feeling, with no slack or wear to its
Restored some time ago but clearly cherished since, this action. The brakes are standard, but very
well-sorted Big ’Healey is great to use, says Sam Dawson effective and strong.
The ownership file is reassuringly
f you’re looking for the most usable Only crazing on the steering wheel huge,and includes a photo-casebook
of the big Healeys in the most boss badge detracts from the consistent documenting the restoration in 1995 by
usable of conditions, this may be it. patina in the interior. The leather trim its then-owner – an aerospace engineer.
It’s a 3000 MkIII, so it has the niceties strikes a neat balance between light wear There’s a huge pile of invoices from the
of wind-up windows and a gearbox and a sense of solidity, with everything likes of A-H Spares, and work by Rawles.
with a familiar pattern; unlike, say, nicely bedded-in. The same goes for the The mileage can’t be verified but MoT
a 100/6. It has also benefited from hood and tonneau cover. A set of older certificates go back to 2004 and document
an older restoration and fastidious aftermarket inertia-reel seatbelts are an uneventful, well-looked-after life
ownership since, which has left it fitted and are a bit stiff in operation. The since. This example isn’t the cheapest
with a lovely patina that won’t leave it feel only other conspicuously aftermarket Austin-Healey, nor is it outrageously
spoiled if you use it as intended. fitment is the Moto-Lita steering wheel, expensive. But it is ready for someone to
That ground-up restoration dates from but it’s a quality item. start enjoying immediately.
the Nineties, so the car has picked up a This sense of older restoration, light
few stonechips since but nothing serious. wear and neat presentation extends to
CHOOSE YOUR AUSTIN-HEALEY 3000
There’s a solitary star-crack in the paint the engine bay, which boasts a freshly Austin-Healey 100/6 launched in 1956.
on the rear wing, and a slight orange-peel painted rocker cover. The rest of the bay Based on the four-cylinder 100/4, it had a
effect to the paint below the swage lines has that used-but-unworn feeling that restyled nose with oval grille, a longer
on both sides. There’s a small (20p-sized) imbues the rest of the car, with clean wheelbase, optional 2+2 seating and the
2639cc BMC C-series straight-six engine.
dent in the driver’s-side front wing and oil on the dipstick and – crucially – no Renamed Austin-Healey 3000 for 1959, with
some chips in the paint around the edges sign of corrosion anywhere on the inner the C-series bored out to 2912cc, increasing
of the bonnet, but other than these small bodywork or visible chassis members. power from 102 to 124bhp. Front disc brakes
blemishes the British Racing Green paint With a full pull of the choke lever from became standard.
is consistent and lustrous. cold, the engine fires up immediately 3000 MkII introduced in 1961 with triple
carburettors. This was dropped after 10
The brightwork is superb, apart from an at the turn of the key. There’s no smoke months because they were difficult to tune.
old dent on the grille surround. Panel fit from the exhaust pipe, and the engine is Revised as the 3000 MkIIa Convertible
is excellent. The MWS wire wheels aren’t soon holding a steady 1000rpm idle. Oil in 1962, reverting to two carbs. Rear seats
original, but they look appropriate and pressure is a consistent 60psi under load. standard. Windscreen curved, hood
mechanism fixed, and wind-up windows.
they’re in as-new condition. They wear The car drives very smoothly. The 1964 3000 MkIII orientated towards touring,
Vredestein T-Trac tyres, which aren’t new gears engage cleanly, it pulls strongly with walnut dashboard veneer and folding
but boast plenty of tread. in each ratio, and there are no clonks or rear seats. Discontinued 1967.

1965 Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII

Price £49,995 Contact Camberley Marine, Fleet, Hampshire (01252 612245, cms-gb.com) Engine
2912cc six-cylinder, ohv, two carburettors Power 131bhp @ 4750rpm Torque 158lb ft @ 3000rpm
Top speed 121mph 0-60mph 9.8sec Fuel consumption 24mpg Length 4001mm Width 1524mm

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JAGUAR E-TYPE SERIES 3 V12 ROADSTER 1974: Azure Blue with

Cinnamon hide interior. Navy Blue mohair soft-top. Chromium wire JAGUAR E-TYPE SERIES 3 V12 ROADSTER 1974: Signal Red with
wheels. Automatic gearbox. Original Handbook Pack with ‘Passport to Black hide interior and red piping to the seats. Black soft-top. Chromium
Service’ booklet and subsequent service invoices, MOT’s going back many wire wheels. 5-speed gearbox. SU carburettor conversion. Hayward and Scott
years. 49,000 miles from new. Considerable recent expenditure with well- exhaust. An original UK supplied, manual gearbox red example which has
respected local specialist. This is an exceptional easy to drive E-Type, ideal for benefitted from much expenditure over recent years to produce a superb
summer touring ............................................................................................ £89,995 driving example .........................................................................................£119,995

JAGUAR XJS 3.6 Ltr COUPE 1988: Bordeaux Red with Doeskin hide JAGUAR XK 4.2Ltr CONVERTIBLE 2006: Slate grey with Ivory hide
interior. ‘Lattice’ alloy wheels. Two owners, the most recent since it was 18 interior, burr walnut dashboard and 18” Venus alloy wheels. One private
months old. 40,000 miles only from new. Air conditioning and other usual owner. 28,000 miles only from new. Full service history. Air conditioning and
refinements ...................................................................................................... £9,995 other usual refinements. Known to us since new.................................... £19,995

MGA 1622cc Mk11 FHC 1963: Old English White with Red hide interior.
Silver wire wheels. Four owners. 44,000 miles only from new. Chromium boot-
ALVIS TA 21 DROPHEAD COUPE WITH UPGRADES 1953: Silver with a rack, heater, oil cooler and original tools. Original UK supplied RHD example
Maroon ‘flash’ and matching Maroon soft-top. Maroon hide interior. Silver wire with its original service book, engine, RF60 ‘Buff ’ and green continuation log-
wheels. Fitted with a ‘Grey Lady’ TC21/100 engine at the Factory in the 1950’s. books plus subsequent V5 copies. One owner from 1964 until 2015, who had it
5-speed gearbox. Front disc brakes. High-torque starter motor. Offered on behalf of restored by Messrs Naylor Brothers between 1985 and 1987. A testament to the
a long-standing client. Scope for cosmetic improvement or enjoyed as is ...£45,000 quality of Naylor Brothers work ................................................................ £26,500
JAGUAR XJ8 3.2Ltr (X-308) 1998: Westminster Blue with Cashmere hide interior. 16” LOTUS ELAN S3 DROPHEAD 1967: Lotus Yellow with Black interior and soft top. Silver
‘Starburst’ alloy wheels. Burr walnut wood trim. One owner, 24,000 miles only from new. Air steel wheels. Electric windows. Two owners since 1975! Restored in 1990/91 and maintained to
conditioning, electric seats. and other usual refinements ....................................................... £11,995 an extremely high standard since having been used regularly. Well documented history. Previous
JAGUAR XJ8 3.2Ltr (X-308) 1998: Madeira Red with Cashmere hide interior. 16” ‘Starburst’ Goodwood exhibit ......................................................................................................................... £34,995
alloy wheels. Burr walnut wood trim. Two owners. 57,000 miles only from new. Substantial
service history. Air conditioning and other usual refinements ..................................................£9,995 MGB V8 1974: British racing green with tan interior, walnut dashboard. This car started life
as a factory GT but was rebuilt in the mid 1990’s using a new Heritage bodyshell to roadster
MERCEDES-BENZ SL320 (R129) 1995: Dark Blue with Sand hide interior. Dark blue hard- specification. 18,500 miles since construction. A very rare opportunity to buy a V8 engined
top and soft-top. 8-hole alloy wheels. Rear seats. Two owners. 73,000 miles only from new. Air roadster ........................................................................................................................... Expected shortly
conditioning, electric heated seats, and other usual refinements ..............................................£2,995
MERCEDES-BENZ SLK 200 KOMPRESSOR (R170) 2004: Brilliant Silver MGR V8 1995: Woodcoat green with tan interior. One of the very last built to Japanese
with Anthracite hide interior. 16” 5-spoke alloy wheels. Demonstrator plus one specification with air conditioning, but never exported. First registered in 1997. One owner
private lady owner. 14,000 miles only from new. Climate control, Audio 10 CD since then. 5,000 miles only from new. With a very smart and appropriate number plate!
player and other usual refinements......................................................................£9,995 .......................................................................................................................................... Expected shortly
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AUDI R8 V10 SPIDER 2011 R TRONIC. ONLY 14000 MILES FROM NEW Finished in Metallic MERCEDES BENZ E350 V6 3.0 SPORT CDI CONVERTIBLE Blue efficiency 2010 7G Tronic
Daytona Grey Pearl with Full Exclusive Alabaster White Leather and Top Dash in Black Leather/ Automatic with Paddle Shift. ONLY 39000 MILES FROM NEW. Finished in Metallic Indium Grey
White Stitching. Must be one of the Most Exotic Colour Combinations available, Supplied New with Full Charcoal Leather Sports Electric Seats. This One Family Owner Car was Supplied new
by Nottingham Audi 30-06-2011 Options Included: Colour Sat/Nav, Bluetooth Phone, 3 Spoke by Mercedes Benz of Orpington on 30-03-2010. Factory Options Included: Colour Sat/Nav, DAB
Flat Bottomed Leather Covered Multi Function Steering Wheel, Aluminium Gear Knob and Radio, Harmon Kardon Premium HiFi, Heated Seats, Driver/Passenger Airscarf, Rear parking
Lever Gate, Electric retractable Heated Glass Rear Window, Fully Automatic Acoustic Black Camera, Front/Rear Park Distance, Black Gloss Wood Veneer Interior Pack, 18” AMG Alloys,
Hood, Bang Oulfsen Hifi, Exclusive Alabaster White Leather, 19” Y Spoke Alloys,. Full Audi MD Xenon Headlights, Black Power Hood. Full MB Main Dealer Service History with Service Invoices
Service History..........................................................................................................................................£53,995 ..............................................................................................................................................................................£14,995

MERCEDES BENZ CLK 240 V6 2.6 AVANTGARDE CONVERTIBLE 2003 ONLY 11000
AUDI TTS 2.0T FSI ROADSTER S TRONIC AUTO QUATTRO 2018 ONLY 10700 MILES MILES FROM NEW. Finished in Metallic Obsidian Black with Full Alpaca Charcoal Leather
FROM NEW. Finished in Special Order Exclusive Audi Paint Yellow with Full Perforated Electric Memory Seats. This Unrepeatable ONE LADY OWNER CAR was Supplied New by
Alcantara/Leather S Line. Factory Options include: Rear Parking Camera, Digital Dash with MB of York on the 19-03-2003. MB Factory Options Included: Front and Rear Park Distance
Control, Electric Memory Seats, Xenon Headlights, Cruise Control, Black Power Hood, Heated
Colour Sat Nav, Bang & Olufsen Premium Sound,Bluetooth Audio Music , Bluetooth Phone, Seats, Multi Function Steering Wheel, Factory HiFi with Multi CD. Full MB Main Dealer Service
Parking Assist, Electronic Climate Control, Advanced Keys, Door Mirrors Electric Folding, History with all service Invoices. Full MOT , 2 Keys and Full Book pack. To Find a One Lady
Wind Deflector, Cruise Control, Heated Seats. Full Audi Main Dealer Service History including Owner Car with Only 11000 Miles Full MB Service History is almost unheard of. Please call
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PORSCHE 911-997 CARRERA 4S 3.8 GEN 2 CONVERTIBLE 6 SPEED MANUAL 2009.

ONLY 12000 MILES FROM NEW. Finished in Rare Metallic Aqua Blue With Full Charcoal
Leather Sport Seats with Silver Stitching. Supplied New by Porsche Centre Reading. Factory MERCEDES BENZ SLK 280 3.0 V6 PETROL RARE 6 SPEED MANUAL 2006 CONVERTIBLE.
Options Included: Colour Touch Screen Sat Nav, Bluetooth Phone Prep, Rear Park Distance ONLY 34000 MILES FROM NEW. Finished in beautiful Metallic Telular Blue, Full Charcoal
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Alloys, LED Day Driving Lights, Black Power Hood. One of the Very Finest Last of 997 Gen 2 MB 17” 5 Spoke Alloys, Power Hard Top, Multi function Steering Wheel, Cruise Control. Full
Examples with Only 12000 Miles From New. Full Porsche Main Dealer Service History with Service History with Full MOT History. 2 Keys with Full Book Pack. Only a Small Number of 6
Service Invoices, Full MOT History. ....................................................................................................£54,995 Speed Manuals were Produced. A Super exciting Example....................................................... £9,995

JAGUAR XJR 4.2 V8 SUPERCHARGED 2007 SALOON ONLY 36000 MILES FROM NEW. UK. Finished in FORD MUSTANG V8 GT SUPERCHARGED 2007 CS 500 MANUAL. ONLY 6000 MILES
Metallic Midnight Black with Full Ivory Leather Electric Sports Seats. This Outstanding and Extremely Rare FROM NEW. This exceptional Mustang was Ordered new from the US in G5 Grey Metallic
Example was previously sold by us. One of the very few XJR Supercharged cars we have come by with nearly Alloy by It’s first Owner, Options Included : Specialist Body Kit by Cervini C Series, Cervini Twin
all factory Options that were available at this time. Factory Options Included: Colour Touch Screen Sat/Nav, Side Exit Exhaust System,Cervini Rear Duck Tail Boot Lid, Cervini Bonnet Hood. Pro Charger
Bluetooth Phone, Heated Seats, Air Con Cooled Seats, Radar Distance Control, Front/Rear Park Distance Supercharger Model P-1SC. The Mustang remained with the First Owner (in Sussex) until 2015
Control,Multi CD, Ali Dash Interior Pack, 20” Jaguar Alloys, Power Fold Mirrors, Heated Front Screen, Cruise where it was passed to a family member until recently. We have recently Fully Serviced the car
Control. Full Jaguar Main Dealer Service History with Service Invoices and Full MOT History. 2 Keys and Full including Oil Service, New Brake Pads, Brake Fluid Change, 4 New Tyres and a New MOT. An
Book Pack ................................................................................................................................................................................... £24,995 Absolutely Eye Catching American Muscle Car with Only 6000 Miles From New ............ £36,995

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Interior still looks

factory-fresh

Not a Cosworth –
but not Cosworth- Engine pulls well; bay
priced either may need detailing

Ford Sierra XR4i £22,750 has been modernised and now has
Bluetooth provision.
It doesn’t wear the sought-after Cosworth badge – so, as As a sign of its honesty, the unprepared
Alan Anderson asks, can this Sierra be worth nearly £23k? engine bay is presentable enough as it is,
although it could do with some tidying
to lift it to show standard if that’s your
R4i Sierras are much rarer them with quality ones, more appropriate thing. We’d refurbish an ancillary or two
than RS Cosworths, with to this Ford’s performance and price. such as the brake servo and the yellowed
fewer than 10 three-door bi- This XR4i had only come in to Fairmont reservoir tanks – this may end up being
plane-winged originals (as the day before we visited, and hadn’t done as part of the pre-sale anyway.
opposed to a claimed 148 4x4 been prepared at all. Even so, its overall Digging into the history, A345 UOX
saloons and estates) believed condition can only be described as has had only three owners, the last being
left on the road. This must be excellent, bearing only minor stone chips in 2016. There’s the full Ford owner pack
one of the best, yet the price and marks on the driver’s door edge. The included, along with other receipts for
is competitive compared to large plastic bumpers and mouldings still routine maintenance and the original
others we’ve spied for sale. In any guise, fit precisely and are scuff-free, while a sales invoice of £8114.65.
the XR4i is an underrated fast Ford and a mild scratch on the nearside front wing
bit of a bargain when you consider how will be attended to. Already extrovertly
much a more common Cossie can sell for. styled – although less shouty when CHOOSE YOUR FORD SIERRA XR
A coupé version of the Sierra, the XR4i, was
But this is a world where its turbocharged dressed in black – there is a pleasing lack
launched in 1983. Just one engine option: the
brethren can fetch £50k or more, so can of custom add-ons and the standard alloy 2.8-litre fuel-injected Cologne V6.
this car be worth its £22,750 asking price? wheels remain unmarked. The South African market version was the
The XR4i received indifferent press Like the exterior, there’s little to XR6, based on the saloon and featuring Ford’s
because of the Capri 2.8 Injection also comment on inside – other than that 3.0-litre carb-fed Essex V6.
The XR8 followed in 1984, a homologation
being in production. But a good one such it reminded us just how well-designed special for South African touring-car racing
as this is just as fun to drive, containing the Sierra’s cabin was. The trim is in combining the XR6’s chassis with the 5.0-litre
the same raw materials with more showroom condition, and the cloth seats V8 from the Mustang GT. Discontinued 1988.
sophisticated rear suspension. The low look like they’ve hardly been sat on with XR4Ti, an XR4i with a 2.3 4cyl turbo engine,
launched the Sierra in the US under Ford’s
mileage – 46,436 – is vindicated by the no signs of wear on the steering wheel,
Merkur brand. It was homologated for Group
way A345 UOX drives. Optional power gearlever or handbrake. The manual A competition and raced in Europe too.
steering isn’t fitted but the weight sunroof works properly, as does its sliding Coupé body style was withdrawn in 1986.
remains manageable and the engine louvred sun blind, and all the switchgear XR4i replaced by XR4x4, combining the V6
still feels full of its original 150 horses. works – even including the often-broken with 4WD in the Sapphire saloon. It was
homologated for use in Group A rallying.
Strangely, considering how much TLC the pop-out cassette holders. The car is fitted Displacement increased to 2.9 litres in 1987.
car has had, four different tyre makes are with an aftermarket alarm/immobiliser All Sierra XRs discontinued for 1992,
fitted but Fairmont has agreed to replace and the standard radio/cassette player replaced by the Escort Cosworth 4x4.

1983 Ford Sierra XR4i

Price £22,750 Contact Fairmont Sports & Classics, Essex (01277 563561, fairmontsportsandclassics.com)
Engine 2994cc V6, ohv, fuel injection Power 150bhp @ 5700rpm Torque 160lb ft @ 3800rpm
Top speed 129mph 0-60mph 7.8sec Fuel consumption 21-26mpg Length 4460mm Width 1730mm

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discreet tech

Looks standard;
makes 244bhp

Newly restored –
and then improved

Porsche 911T £200,000 this special machine. The tinware has

been given an attractive red repaint
Expensive, yes – but this ‘Canford GT’ is nothing short of 911 while the air filter lids are finished in a
perfection, reckons JJ Vollans – plus it’s cheaper than a Singer contrasting satin black. All the fixtures
and fittings in here look as-new. The
throttle bodies and fuel injection have
s a showcase of what this this is a car you really have to take time to been cleverly routed and covered so as
Porsche specialist can absorb to fully appreciate its quality. The not to stand out; a cursory glance could
achieve, this 911 is impressive. paint looks deep enough to dive into and fool you into thinking that this is a largely
It’s essentially the firm’s the chrome is exceptional. The body has stock 911 T 2.4-litre.
demonstrator, so it’s received been flared to accommodate seven-inch This is an excellent example of what
a host of sympathetic upgrades Fuchs wheels and subtle GT decals, and modern tech and attention to detail can
while keeping the essence of lower pinstripes have been added (and bring to a classic car. It hasn’t ruined the
an early-Seventies 911. are echoed on the inside). spirit or aesthetic of the original, yet is a
That’s not an easy task – it If you think the outside looks good, lot easier to live with and more enjoyable
would have been all too easy to throw you’re in for a treat when you open the to push when the mood takes you. It asks
every modern upgrade at this thing and door: this cabin, like the rest of the car, next to no compromise, other than that
totally ruin it in the process. Thankfully, has been expertly hand-finished. That high asking price.
that temptation has been avoided. The means lots of bespoke, quality leather
engine is a gas-flowed 2.5-litre, now panels all around you, and Alcantara
running throttle bodies and electronic headlining above you. Glance down to CHOOSE YOUR ‘CHROME BUMPER’
management for fuel and spark. That the pockets in the bespoke door cards PORSCHE 911
means turn-key reliability and 244bhp, so and you’ll spot discreet USB outlets and Original 2.0-litre Porsche 911 launched in
1964, with 130bhp flat-six.
this Porsche shifts and is especially happy wireless phone charging pads. There are Removable-roof Targa option in 1967, and
to pull from the midrange. Brakes and even concealed umbrellas in the doors four engines: 110bhp 911T; 130bhp 911L; 160bhp
handling have been suitably sharpened and pool lights to illuminate the ground 911S, and lightweight racing 911R with 210bhp.
using both period upgrades (eg, Turbo when stepping out. All these modern Wheelbase lengthened by 57mm in 1969 to
roll bars) and modern parts where additions stop short of feeling blingy, address tail-happy handling. Displacements
raised to 2.2 litres across the board. New fuel-
appropriate. It drives faultlessly. which can be the case with less well injected 911E replaces the midrange L.
Following its restoration by Canford in thought-out restomods. Another displacement increase – to 2.4
2017 –where this original Italian-market In the engine bay, bespoke trim adorns litres – followed in 1971. S got fuel injection.
911T was given new inner and outer sills, its edges, which would previously have New racing version, 911ST, with 266bhp.
Homologation-special 2.7RS launched in
front wings, bonnet and alloy door skins been left in metal. The bulkhead is 1972, with 3.0RSR variant in 1974, just as early
– a delicious shade of Dolphin Grey was similarly adorned and sports the GT logo, 911 range is replaced by simplified impact-
expertly applied. The finish is sublime – nicely tying in all the compartments of bumper ‘G-Series’.

1972 Porsche 911T ‘Canford GT’

Price £200k Contact Canford Classics, Blandford Forum, Dorset (01929 472221, canfordclassics.co.uk)
Engine 2341cc horizontally opposed six-cylinder, ohc, throttle-body fuel injection, two turbochargers
Power 244bhp @ 5600rpm Torque n/a Top speed 150mph+ 0-60mph 5sec (est) Fuel consumption
17-25mpg Length 4163mm Width 1610mm

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1949 LANCIA APRILIA 1500CC. Produced in the final year of 1983 MERCEDES 200 123 SERIES *ONLY 25,800 MILES FROM
production in January 1949. Originally registered in the UK, exported 1965 DAIMLER 250 V8. Complete restoration to a very high NEW*. Supplied by M Thomas Continental of Plymouth and serviced
to America in 2012. $60,000 spent on restoration by Pro-Tech of standard. Unmarked Old English White, interior is Jaguar/Daimler by them 10 times up until Sept 98 at 25,118 miles, due to its owners
Washington, an award winning company. Stripped to a bare shell old red, the seat’s are original hide with very light patina. New illness kept in his garage until his passing in 2022. Original and
and completely rebuilt. The Aprilia was brought back to the UK carpets and headlining, all wood veneers have been restored to a immaculate Signal Red with unmarked Tan Trim. Original Hand
in 2017. The car has just had a new engine rebuild. A lovely fully high standard. Won several awards at classic car shows this last 12 Books, Service Book, New Car Brochure. With an unused spare
restored Aprilia .................................................................. £45,995 months. Beautiful Daimler 250........................................... £34,995 wheel and spare key. When only the best is good enough..£23,995

2006 JAGUAR XJ EXECUTIVE TDVI AUTO. ONLY 3,700 MILES from 1998 BENTLEY ARNAGE. Supplied by Michael Powles Leicester and 1997 DAIMLER 6 CENTURY LWB *ONLY 25,500 MILES*. A world
new. Only one owner, supplied by Stratstome of Wolverhampton serviced by them with 5 stamps in the service book, further 8 by main wide production run of only 100 century 6 cylinders & 100 century
and serviced by them only covering an incredible 3,700 miles in 17 dealers and specialists up to 65,000 miles, now covered 67,000 miles. 12 cylinders cars to mark the 100th anniversary of Daimler.
Finished in Silver Tempest with Silver Grey main hide and Charcoal Supplied and serviced by Mead of Blackburn and one other main
years. Finished in immaculate Platinum Metallic with Beige Hide secondary hide. With all original books, handbook, servicebook, tool kit dealer stamp. Immaculate Jaguar Anthracite Black with silk White
with electric seats and climate control. As close to a new car you and file of invoices etc. Superb example in one of the best colours. Would Hide. Rare opportunity to acquire a very low mileage one of only 100
can get. Even smells like a new car...................................£19,995 cost around £160,000 new today’s price is unbelievable at ...... £18,995 limited edition cars. .............................................................. £17,995

1971 JAGUAR XJ6 SERIES I 2.8 AUTO. Finished in immaculate Old 1986 AUSTIN METRO CITY 1.0 ONLY 3,200 MILES. Finished in 1995 MERCEDES E250D CLASSIC AUTO. Finished in immaculate
English White with black hide. Only 2 owners from new, the last a original white Diamond white with Brown/Beige trim. Totally original Polar White with unmarked Blue Velour. Only 41,000 miles with 3
British Airways Captain who had the car in storage since 1982 after apart from a new exhaust system. Serviced at 999 miles and 2,505 main dealer stamps in the service book. Blaupunkt radio, electric
using it and maintaining it to a very high standard after purchasing it miles. MOTs from 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992. With a recent MOT tilting/sliding sunroof, unused spare wheel and 2 sets of keys.
1975. Now fully recommissioned and ready for the road again. Only carried out by ourselves on the 1st Nov 22. With all original books, Comes with original book pack including owners manual and
covered 60,000 miles. MUST BE ONE OF THE BEST ON THE MARKET. unused spare wheel and tools. An incredible opportunity must be the service book with data card, various invoices and MOT history.
.............................................................................................. £17,995 best in existence. Would credit any collection or museum..... £10,995 Lovely low mileage example. . ............................................. £9,495

1987 SAAB 900 SALOON. Finished in immaculate and its original

Admiral Blue with unmarked Blue Velour trim, which has had seats 2002 BMW 520I ES SE AUTO. Finished in immaculate Titanium 2002 ROVER 25 SPIRIT *18,000 MILES FROM NEW*. Supplied by
covered on from new. The whole car is in time warp condition. Silver with Full Black Leather. Very rare being the E5 model and only Struans MG/Rover of Perth to a lady who owned the car until our
31 Main Dealer Service Stamps and only 55,000 miles from new. 64,000 miles from new with 7 Hexagon Service Stamps and one recent purchase, she had not used the car since 2017 due to ill
Comes with all original books, service books, unused tool kit and main dealer stamp. Full Leather, Electric Sunroof, Climate Control, health. With 15 stamps in the service book including anti corrosion
spare wheel. Also included in the registration number of D11 SAB. Split Rim Alloys and BMW Business Entertainment System. With all inspection from the main dealer and specialist. With all original
Opportunity to acquire a show ready car with the ideal number plate. the original Books and Service Book in the leather wallet and 2 sets books and unused spare wheel. Time warp car, in immaculate
............................................................................................ £8,495 of keys. Very well looked after, original example. .................. £6,995 condition, you will not find a better one. .............................. £3,995

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1986 ALFA ROMEO SPIDER 2.0. Only covered

2012 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 991. Finished in 56,000 km, 37,000 miles with full documented 1970 TRIUMPH TR6. 150bhp UK Supplied Car. Fully
unmarked and immaculate Carrara White with Black service history by Lombarda and Veloces, well restored by well known Triumph specialists Protek
Hide. PDK 7 speed transmission with steering wheel known Alfa main dealers. Alfa Red with Black Engineering. Door gaps and panel fit is excellent.
paddles. Sat Nat, Cruise Control & Launch Control, Leather piped in Red and Black Hood. Always been Finished in Damson with Black Trim and Red Hood.
Climate Control, Heated Seats and Rear Park Assist. garaged and totally original, not used since 2013 Fitted with minilite look wheels, original wheels
66,000 miles with Porsche Dealer History. Original due to ill health. With original books and a large come with the car. Comes with Heritage Certificate,
Porsche Book Pack, invoices for services etc. documented history file. Very low mileage original handbook, workshop book, tonneau cover, 12 months
Exceptionally well looked after example with a very unrestored immaculate example, you will not find a MOT and 6 months warranty. Properly restored
good Specification .....................................£50,995 better one ..................................................£23,995 example, drives as good as it looks. ............ £22,995

1979 MG MIDGET 1500 *ONLY 22,000 MILES*. 1997 MERCEDES 230 KOMPRESSOR. 15,000 MILES
Carmine Red with Beige Trim. Fully documented ONLY. Finished in immaculate Yellowstone with
service history with service book stamped 5 times, unmarked black leather. Automatic transmission,
invoices and MOTs. Original owner until 2018 then carbon fibre design facia, Blaupunkt radio/cassette, 2001 JAGUAR XK8 COUP…. Only 47,000 miles from
sold to a lady in Scotland who covered less than remote control locking, electric windows and cruise new. Finished in immaculate Sapphire Blue with
1000 miles. Original purchase invoice, book pack, control. Original book pack, first aid kit, MOT’s from Champagne hide and Barcelona Alloy Wheels. Comes
service book, spare key, unused spare wheel and 3 years old. Totally immaculate condition. Collector with the book pack, service book and spare key etc.
tool kit. Immaculate time warp car, very hard to find quality car, an ideal show or museum exhibit. Best Very well looked after example in a stunning colour
a better one. .............................................£14,995 on the market.. ..........................................£14,995 scheme ........................................................£13,995

1988 TVR 350I SERIES 2. Stunning Monza Red with 1999 MERCEDES 320 CLK V6 *ONLY 21,000 MILES*. 1996 MERCEDES E220 CABRIOLET SPORT.
Biscuit hide and Black Mohair Hood. With cross Only used by one owner from new until his passing Finished in Immaculate Brilliant Silver with Black
spoke alloy wheels. Only covered 73,000 miles in 2021, unused since 2014. Mercedes Brilliant Silver Leather. Optional extras of heated seats, front
since 1988 and comes with 2 files full of service with Black leather. Air Con, cruise control, central armrest and 8 hole alloy wheels. 3 owners from
history with MOT certificates dating back to 1991. Sony CD player and spare unused wheel. Only 21,000 new, the last owner since 2005. Comes with service
With original book pack including hand book, miles and stored in a secure underground car park. history, Old MOT’s, Mercedes Book Pack, Service
service book, 2 sets of keys and the TVR V8 Sound Exceptional original condition and even smells like a Book etc. Very well looked after low ownership
Track. Low mileage well looked after example. new car. Ultra low mileage mint condition dry stored and locally owned from new. Now becoming very
..................................................................£13,995 car. Unrepeatable at ......................................£11,995 sought after..................................................£10,995

1993 BMW 318IS COUPE, ONLY ONE OWNER

ONLY 35,000 MILES. ONLY 33,000 miles. Finished 2000 PORSCHE BOXSTER 3.2 S TIPTRONIC. Arctic 1998 ALFA ROMEO GTV 2.0 TWIN SPARK COUPE.
in immaculate Yellowstone with unmarked Black Silver with dark blue leather metropole bluehood Finished in Grigio Chiaro with Black Hide, all in very
leather. Carbon Fibre design Facia, electric windows, and blue carpets. 68,000 miles with service history. good condition. Now only covered 61,000 miles.
cruise control and upgraded music system. Comes Electric hood, cross drilled discs with red calipers, Has full documented service history and a full set
with a selection of MOTs original book pack climate control, heated seats, cruise control etc. of old MOTs. Spec includes Alloy wheels, sunroof
containing owners manual, service book, radio Book pack, service book, tool kit and unused spare and upgraded music system. With all original books,
codes and data card. With 2 sets of keys. Lovely low wheel. Very desirable spec and condition. Low service book and invoices, spare keys. Very well
mileage example ........................................ £10,995 mileage, most have done 100k plus. ............£9,995 looked after example in exceptional condition. .£5,995
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1948 Rover P3 75 Saloon - The Rover presents very

1967 Daimler V8 250 - We are delighted to have the well with lovely older paintwork, bright chrome 1965 Jaguar E-Type Series I 4.2 FHC – Uprated – This is an
opportunity to offer this magnificent car onto the market, and the upholstery has beautifully aged and does 1986 Jaguar XJ-S C V12 HE TWR – The XJS presents in incredible, upgraded, high performance UK Home Market
it is a true collector’s piece that will appeal to the most retain lots of originality. Most of the green leather first class order with excellent paintwork and original RHD car, still equipped with its original factory
fastidious of collectors. In 2014 an emotion driven no upholstery is original, and the tool tray is still with bodywork, and a lovely Grey leather upholstery. The supplied engine. A sensational drivers’ car that has had a
expense spared restoration commenced which began with the car. Carpets, headlining, woodwork and door Speedline alloys and Black Cabriolet targa top hood major rebuild in 2012 by an E-Type specialist, and since
stripping the bodyshell down to a bare shell. the Daimler cards are all in very good order and whilst the are also in very good order. This really is a true then a huge level of expenditure taking it to an
was then prepared for a first class re-paint in the correct Rover isn’t presented in show winning condition, collectors piece and with low mileage XJS cars really exhilarating specification that makes this a very special car
original colour of Golden Sand ............................... £39,995 it is a very good quality older restoration ..£14,995 pushing on in value......................................... £29,995 ...................................................................................£149,995

1958 MG ZB Magnette – The MG is ready to 1991 Porsche 911 964 Targa – 55000 Miles. A
1960 Ford Zephyr MKII Convertible – 46000 1994 Jaguar XJS 4.0 Convertible – 53,000 miles use and enjoy. Having gone to huge remarkably original car which has led a very
miles, remarkably original. Finished in a special from new. Exceptional service history, all its expenditure, the last owner has sold the car sheltered life on the Channel Islands. The car
order colour combination of Red over Cream original manuals and document wallet, spare and it therefore now offers an excellent was supplied new by Official Channel Islands
with factory order electric clock. the power keys. Supplied new in Jersey where it remained opportunity. Prior to the work, this was a Porsche agent to a lady in Jersey. Finding
hood works correctly and the Zephyr drives until 2007. The XJS has a stunning original strong, honest, original car and its now been such original, correct cars like this isn’t easy,
incredibly well with a lovely strong six cylinder interior, optional rear seats, air-conditioning taken to a lovely standard, ideal for regular use, so we are delighted to offer it onto the
engine and smooth shifting gears ........ £26,995 and working power hood..................... £25,995 shows and rallies .....................................£19,995 market.................................................£99,995

1997 Mercedes-Benz E2220 Cabriolet – 42000 2007 Porsche 911 997 Carrera 4S Cabriolet – 1971 Triumph TR6 – We are delighted to once
Miles - This ultra-low mileage Azurite Blue 1965 Porsche 912 Coupe – An early, original This beautifully presented manual transmission again offer this superb driving, long distance
Mercedes Benz has arrived with us in lovely original and unmolested car that is low mileage. Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet has covered touring TR6 onto the market. Comprehensive
condition throughout. The bodywork is exceptional Short wheel base model. This very special 912 just 51,000 miles from new. The 911 has spent file of invoices. Incredibly sharp, clean TR6
and straight, paintwork of a very good standard is 1 of just 1970 vehicles assembled at the much of its lifetime in the Newcastle area, runs and performs perfectly. This is a car you
and the upholstery is wonderful and original. The Porsche Zuffenhausen factory between being maintained with both Porsche Centre can drive with real confidence and on the
hood is in excellent condition and works perfectly, 1965/1966 fit, rebuilt engine. Top class Newcastle and a prominent Gateshead based road it will most certainly not disappoint ......
and the car is beautiful on the road. ........... £19,995 condition.............................................. £74,995 Porsche specialists ................................. £34,995 ..............................................................£23,995

1960 Ford Thames 100E 5 CWT Van – This is one 1971 Jaguar E-Type Series III V12 Roadster – Coombs 1954 MG TF 1500 – This beautifully presented MG TF
of two vans purchased new by the first owner, Demonstrator – Registered new with the Coombs of 1960 Jaguar XK150 3.4 SE FHC – Beautifully is one of the more scarce, factory supplied 1500
one being used for business use and this one Guildford and wore the world famous registration number presented. A car we have now known for over models and according to the club is one of the
privately. Typically small commercials had a fairly ‘BUY 1’. This matching numbers car has only covered 38500 eleven years. Genuine UK, matching numbers car. earliest built. This is a beautiful car, fabulous to see
hard life and the fact that this one has been used miles from new and whilst it has had cosmetic The Cotswold Blue paintwork is excellent. This is a its retained its original engine unit and original
privately goes some way explaining why the refurbishment, it is an incredibly original car. An car that really does drive as well as it looks and colours, and with its gleaming finish and high quality
panel work and the interior are so good .£12,995 unrepeatable opportunity ........................................£149,995 should prove a fabulous purchase ................. £84,995 older restoration, this is a very special car..... £34,995

1971 Morgan 4/4 Four Seat Tourer – One long term

1997 Mazda MX5 MKI Harvard – Our car has covered 2006 Ford GT – This completely original, 1971 Bristol 411 – A very honest, original and well
owner since the 1980’s and in 2011 treated the car to just 16,000 miles from new and is a one lady owner immaculate First Generation Ford GT has had just cared for look. The upholstery is impressive with
over £13,000 of work to the engine, braking system, car with all its original manuals, original bill of sale, one owner from new and has covered 5300 miles. Black leather seats, high quality new carpets and
steering and suspension. Since carrying out this work, service book and hard top. We can confirm the This legendary super car was ordered new in 2006 delightful dashboard, dials and headlining. The
the Morgan has covered over 7,000 miles and has Mazda is superbly presented with an exceptional by one of our long term clients and for the past Bristol has a true feeling of quality and finding
been thoroughly enjoyed on club events. This is a bodyshell and structurally first class underside .......... 17 years the Ford has been part of an impressive genuine, very original examples of the 411 is
fantastic car, superbly aged. ........................... £29,995 .......................................................................... £17,995 car collection and used sparingly ............£449,995 becoming increasingly difficult .................£64,995

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1957 MGA 1500 MKI Coupe - The quality of this 1967 MGB GT - This delightful Old English White 1964 Morgan Plus 4 – The Morgan presents very
MGA is first class with exceptional paintwork MGB GT has spent over twenty years on the Isle of 1935 MG PB – Many years on since restoration well with an excellent body and chassis, nicely aged
and bodywork. We know from the history file Man, covering just 500 miles with one owner. LRH this MG still presents beautifully, and in more paintwork and a very sharp, clean interior and
the car had substantial work during the 1990’s 522E is a very strong honest car, with low recent recent years has been re-painted. The cars Ulster engine bay. With full weather equipment, the
and it still retains a beautiful, deep paint finish. ownership and well detailed maintenance. It is an and Dublin Green paintwork is of a very high Morgan is ideal for touring, and is in strong
The interior has recently been treated to re- example that would be equally as comfortable on standard, as is the bodywork and chrome. The mechanical condition after its recent expenditure.
trimmed leather seats and new door cards giving the local show scene as it would be on the open delightfully aged interior is very smart, the engine This is a lovely time warp and its arrived with us in
the car an all-round first class finish ........£26,995 road being used on a regular basis ............ £14,995 bay very well presented .............................. £39,995 fine condition ................................................ £27,995

1989 BMW 635CSi Highline Motorsport 1987 Ferrari 328 GTS – This UK RHD Home 1955 Triumph TR2 – LHD – If you are looking for a
Edition – The condition simply speaks for itself. The Market Ferrari 328 GTS has covered just 1950’s British sportscar to tour Europe, this has to
1971 Austin Mini Van - The Mini is cosmetically be the car. A wonderful touring pedigree having
Misano Red paintwork is excellent, with a beautiful 46000 miles from new and comes with a excellent, and equally as impressive from a
preserved leather interior and a nicely detailed comprehensive service history. The Ferrari spent 17 years with its most recent owners who
mechanical perspective having been completely
engine bay. The ‘M’ split rim alloy wheels are in comes with original service books and have enjoyed every moment of their 4000 miles in
rebuilt. The engine was completely stripped and
exceptional condition. This beautiful example drives manuals, original tool kit and is a sharp, rebuilt. New trims, brightwork, new upholstery and the car. This is an incredibly usable, and fine
as good as she looks with a strong powerful engine excellent driving example with fantastic finished to a standard worthy of winning local shows. ‘engineering example’ but also a car with the
giving excellent oil pressure ......................... £54,995 history and a superb low mileage ......£79,995 This is a truly beautiful example. .................... £31,750 provenance of matching numbers.. ........... £35,995

1963 Chevrolet C10 Luxury Custom Base 1958 Jaguar MK IX 3.8 Automatic Saloon – 1986 Jaguar XJS 3.6 Manual – Ex Factory Promotion 1983 Jaguar XJ6 Series III 3.4 Manual – This is
Truck – An awesome truck on the road with real Comes with a comprehensive file including Car with significant history and provenance. an exceptionally rare, largely original example that
presence, we have a complete list of the work carried restoration photographic record, original Confirmed by Jaguar, we know the XJS was then used comes with impressive history file containing many
out and parts used totalling over £17,600 spent first ‘buff’ logbook etc. The original tool kits by Jaguar themselves for display and promotional receipts and invoices, old MOT certificates, spare
during the custom restoration of this exciting in the door panels are also present and work and was driven by their Team Racing Driver keys and original handbook and sales pack. On the
machine. Power comes from a 283 cubic inch (4.6 correct. Truly an impressive specimen of the Martin Brundle as his Company Car. The XJS also has road the Jaguar performs perfectly and starts
Litre) small block V8 with 2 speed power-glide imposing and timeless Jaguar MK IX for the the distinction of having sports seats, later alloy superbly having been fitted with a manual choke
automatic gear box ....................................... £29,995 discerning collector .............................£39,995 wheels and colour coded front spoiler ............£19,995 system. .......................................................... £12,995

1996 Aston Martin Virage Volante Factory 1989 Porsche 911 964 Carrera 4 – This stunning,
Widebody – 14000 miles – This is an exceptional, correct and original Porsche 911 Carrera 4 is
1961 Jaguar E-Type Series I 3.8 FHC FIA Race Car – This 1929 Austin 7 C Cab 2/5 cwt Van – We’re delighted rare original car that has covered just 14,000 miles finished in Guards Red and has covered 78,500
1961 Jaguar E-Type Series One 3.8 Flatfloor Coupe is to present this charming little van. A lovely patina from new, has had 1 owner for its first 26 years and miles with an exceptional full service history. its
an FIA registered Competition GT car with valid looking like a vehicle that would have been still is now a two owner car. Superb maintenance, and beautifully finished and presenting in exceptional
Historic Technical Passport for Hill Climb, Rally and working for its living during the second World War. servicing from specialists who have known the car condition with a top quality bodyshell and paint
Racing. Valid until 31st December 2026, 6182 RW is in On the road, it is an absolute poppet. Rarer now since almost new, the Aston Martin is mechanically finish. The original interior is beautifully presented,
the GTS 7 FIA Class and has competed at several than an early saloon or Chummy, this super little excellent and in top quality condition throughout .. and on the road this 911 is impressive with its
circuits all over Europe including Le Mans .....£289,995 van is ready for the classic show scene ........ £17,995 ........................................................................ £99,995 recently rebuilt engine .................................£84,995

1968 Jensen Interceptor MkI – We are pleased to

report this lovely early Interceptor is still in its 1952 Jaguar XK120 Roadster - This LHD Open two- 1989 MG Metro Turbo – This truly outstanding,
1971 De Tomaso Pantera – Pre L - the De original colours and specification, and is a correct, seater is an ideal Mille Miglia candidate. As result restored MG Metro Turbo has covered just 5000 miles
Tomaso is a very original looking car with a unmolested and remarkably original car with a of the recent major program of work, YWG 297 is since a comprehensive restoration that was
delightful patina. This is a very nicely aged, mileage of 96,750. The V8 engine is strong and in glorious on the road. The body is beautiful and completed in 2015. Recording 55,000 miles, our
usable car, it feels genuine and very honest, very good order holding good oil pressure and straight with a gleaming Gunmetal finish, chrome Metro Turbo has been used for shows and events,
and has a lovely sharp body and excellent offering impressive performance. The gearbox offers work is first class and the upholstery wonderful and shortly after completion picked up a 1st prize in
underside. The interior is similar, it’s very well lovely smooth changes, and the Jensen has recently having been re-trimmed with the highest quality the 2016 MG Car Club event in West Yorkshire. Ready
presented and feels ‘right’ .................£87,995 had a re-conditioned radiator fitted. .............£59,995 materials. ................................................... £149,995 to go and will not disappoint....................... £15,995

1970 Ford Lotus Cortina MKII – This fine

example is amongst the last produced and is a
1951 Jaguar MKV 3.5 DHC – In late 2013, early 2014 the 1975 Triumph TR6 – Incredibly correct Triumph matching numbers car retaining its original 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 V8 Coupe – A
Jaguar was stripped down to bare shell and soda TR6, UK Home Market, RHD example that is a engine and gearbox. KEC 103J is well known to truly beautiful, rare UK RHD Home Market car.
blasted, commissioned by a long-standing Yorkshire matching numbers car. This is a fabulous, usable the owner’s club and Register, and was subject of The final model to feature the long established
based JEC member who was unbelievably meticulous TR6 that requires no expenditure in order to be
driven and enjoyed, its ideal for touring, classic a major rebuild by a well-respected Ford specialist and much admired elegant body style. These
with a keen eye for attention to detail. The body was events and shows. Consistent maintenance in 2012. Since rebuild the Cortina has covered in last of the line examples are highly sought after.
then rebuilt to a top class standard. A wonderful throughout it life which is a very correct, high the region of 2000 miles and comes with a 1 owner for much of the cars life, the detailed
opportunity to purchase a very special............ £114,995 quality example ....................................... £29,995 comprehensive photographic record. .......£49,995 history and a high quality restoration ... £84,995

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Mercedes 300SL sports 1989 signal
red with cream hide interior, headrests,
rear seats, air con, cruise control, abs,
light up vanity mirrors, tinted glass,
hard & soft tops. Automatic, power
steering, spare wheel unused,
complete with all tools, stereo system,
power, windows. Virtually a one owner,
last owner for 33 years, this car is
just remarkable condition 86,000
miles from new, full history, garaged,
papered from new drives like new,
very difficult to find a better one of this
last model ............................ £45,750
Bentley 1956 coachbuilt by Hooper
(Empress Line model). Finished in
Gleaming two-tone green with fine
coach lines to complement the
Jaguar SS100 built in 1975 by the famous coach builders Birchfield in hand crafted aluminum based on coachwork, with matching green hide
the1935 SS100. These cars are very rare only 22 were ever made this one is No 18, these cars have interior, with glass like finish walnut
over tripled in price because of the investment side of them plus they drive beautiful. Powered by the veneers, picnic tables to front and
rear, power windows, original HMV
Jaguar 4.2 engine with twin carbs. Hardly ever see these for sale because of the rarity of them. Although radio, new tyres, matching thick pile
we have been fortunate to have owned seven of these master pieces. Finished in gleaming red with beige lambswool overrugs to the interior,
hide interior piped in red with embroidered headrests. Power steering, automatic,sparkling chrome wire only one former keeper, this very rare
wheels, Beige convertible top, and spare wheel cover and hood cover, large chrome headlights with coachbuilt Bentley is ideal for showing
chrome mesh grills, twin spots, side pillar light,stereo,disc brakes. All weather equipment. Probably the with every possibility of winning
or for the pure pleasure of driving,
finest coach built repro in the world this car is just breathtaking .............................................. £P.O.A. possibly the finest in the world, a fine
More pictures on website http://www.peterjarvis.net investment at only................. £65,750
Mercedes 450 SLC 1978 Finished in Jaguar E Type 3.8 series 1 1963 LHD
gleaming Astral Silver with superb blue Roadster, Finished in gleaming carmen red
contrasting interior,also matching navy with as new black hide interior with the
bright aluminium dash and centre consul,
blue carpets,automatic and power steering,
CD stereo system. Brand new sparkling
excellent chrome,tinted glass, power chrome wire wheels and tyres, spare
windows, period radio with bluetooth, walnut wheel unused, complete with all tools
veneer dash, with a power sunroof, original and hood cover, the whole car looks new.
factory alloys, complete with all original This breath taking icon has been totally
restored from front to back by a very well
tools, only covered 46,000 miles from new, known man in the Jaguar world. And has
complete with all service history and various only covered a few hundred miles since.
invoices. Very difficult to find a car in this Comes complete with handbook also the
condition, a rare find,always garaged and amazing history file of the restoration.
A chance to own properly the finest of
pampered from new, hence this condition. A E Types and a superb investment
very fast appreciating asset............. £45,500 ...............................................£157,500
Jaguar SS100 repro coachbuilt by the famous Adams
coach builders who were responsible for most of the
exotic sports cars, being a ex lister design man. This
roadster was built in 1985 based on the 1935 Jaguar
SS100, one of only 17 built, finished in British Racing
green, with beige hide interior, headrests, radio, CD
player, powered by the popular Jaguar 4.2 engine with
triple carbs, manual gearbox with overdrive, power
steering, and disc brakes, making this a pleasure
to drive, fold down front wind screen, all weather
equipment, plus side screens, fitted with factory wire
wheels, and twin side mounts with fitted mirrors,
comes equipped with hood cover, full toneau cover, Jaguar E Type 4.2 Series 11 Roadster 1970.
rear chrome luggage rack, badge bar with various Finished in Primrose Yellow with Black London Taxi TX 1 finished in dark blue with superb
badges, wire grill head light protectors, twin spots, interior,glass division, occasional fold down seats,over
excellent history file with invoices and old MOTs, and
hide interior, headrests, stereo system, manual mats,wheel chair access, automatic, power steering, power
tax discs, complete with all tools, and very expensive transmission, sparkling chrome wire wheels, zero windows, stereo, complete with all tools, probably the finest
in door car cover, this car is just stunning and a fine miles since nut and bolt restoration, lots of bills, London taxi ever made,we can also fit extra passenger seat
investment.................................................. £85,750 magnificent throughout........................£135,750 to front if required.Good investment at only ............ £6,750

Ford 1955 Zephyr Mk1 Three position convertible, Mercedes Sports 1985 280SL. Finished in gleaming Ford Zephyr 1954 MK 1 finished in Masons black,with superb
Finished in Dorchester Grey with a Maroon soft top unmarked classic white, with black hide interior, rear original maroon interior, manual transmission, steel sun visor,
and hood cover,Matching interior and carpets, Period seats, hard and soft tops, automatic, power steering, power twin spots, side hunting lamp, new slim band tyres badge bar Jaguar E Type 1970 2+2 finished in opalescent
and badges, original working radio, good history, only 48,000 silver blue, with superb matching hide interior,
radio, Sun visor, Pillar spotlight, Badge bar, Twin spots, windows, ABS brakes, alloys, stereo system, 69,000 overmats, headrests, original stereo, manual
miles from new, many old MOTs.original handbook, complete
white side tyres, complete with tools , handbook and miles, service history, complete with all tools, new MoT with all tools, and jack, known to us from new, entered in many transmission, chrome wire wheels, 42,000
invoices, retored to the highest standard, absolutely supplied on purchase, only three previous owners, always miles from new two owners, invoices, original
shows, this remarkable original car runs superb, probably only handbook, service book, excellent example
stunning, more pictures on website................£49,750 garaged, drives superb, excellent example ........ £27,750 a few available excellent investment ........................ £26,750 ........................................................... £69,750

Daimler Sovereign 420 1967 finished in golden sand with

Jaguar Series 1 E Type 1965 4.2 FHC Finished in British cherry red hide interior, automatic, power steering, badge
Rolls Royce Silver Dawn 1955 Finished in the period colour of sand over sable with Jaguar E Type V12 1971 2+2 finished in unmarked gleaming bar, chrome wire wheels, stereo. These Daimlers are very
Racing Green with Beige hide interior, Sun roof, Radio, beige hide interior, picnic tables to rear, with beige carpets, radio, original sliding signal red with black hide interior, sparkling chrome wire rare and probably never in the condition of this car, being
Upgrades, Engine by Forward engineering, Coopercraft sun roof works perfect, original tool kit complete, original pull up blind to rear
works perfect, one of the last of this handsome model, only two previous owners, wheels, with white side tyres, tinted glass, stereo system, kept in remarkable condition from new, and only 53,000
brakes, this unmolested car has only 15,000 miles from fabulous history, original handbook, fantastic to drive you can hardly here this car power steering, automatic, drives superb, thousands spent miles with a folder full of history and old MOTs. complete with
to bring this E Type maintained to the highest of standards, original tool kit, having only three owners from new the last
new and looks only two years old, A chance in a lifetime to running and could be driven anywhere in the world, it runs very silent and smooth
owned 34 years,a superb classic that drives excellent and
with no rattles or noises, we have been in the RR business for fifty years and never with service invoices, original handbook, many old MOTs,
own a very rare E type, Which has mellowed to an amazing seen a more genuine example of this car, a chance in a life time to acquire a very this car is just stunning one of the best there is garaged can be driven every day, garaged from new. Excellent value
condition, This car is just remarkable ................ £165,500 rare Rolls Royce and excellent investment that can be used every day .... £86,750 from new ............................................................ £86,500 for this appreciating classic. .................................. £36,750

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Jaguar E Type 1970 Roadster

finished in totally unmarked
Gleaming Primrose Yellow with
Black hide interior, headrests,
tinted glass, stereo system,
sparkling chrome wire wheels,
whiteband tyres, spare and
tools unused, only two owners
from new, lots of bills and
history, original hand book,
and old Mots, lots of valuation
certificates, never seen rain,
partial restoration by ourselves
to bring this car to the highest of
standards, this car must be seen
for its condition, the ultimate in
E types ..................... £125,500
Jaguar E Type 1969 2+2 left drive, finished in
the original mirror finish of gleaming unmarked
masons black, with light beige hide interior,
headrests, reclining seats, sparkling chrome
wire wheels, manual transmission, power
steering, Jaguar fitted triple Webber dco 40
carburetors, with six branch manifold, lots of
Rolls Royce 20/25 1934. Coachbuilt by Park Ward, finished in masons black over maroon, rear touring history, handbook, only 500 miles since the best
trunk with all tools and compartments,side mounted spare wheel, opening windscreen, Lucas king of the restoration we have ever seen, complete with
road headlamps with superb hide interior and picnic tables to rear as new carpets and head lining, the all tools, recent concourse winner, and winner
veneers are highly polished.The underside of the car and floor are excellent with all new spring leather of many shows, trophies to go with car, this is
gaiter. Excellent history file containing original bill of sale invoices for work carried out over the years a very rare and special E Type. The original
many letters from previous owners dating back many years lots of photographic evidence for work carried colour scheme is breath taking,also comes with
everything itemized from the previous owner.
out. Last owned by Rolls member and show judge for many years.This very elegant car runs and drives
This is the best 2+2 we have ever seen, more
silent as one would expect of this superb example ................................................................... £57,750
detailed pictures on our website ........£125,750
Mercedes 560 SL Sports 1988 Jaguar E Type 1970 2+2
left drive, finished in Paget red finished in old english white
with parchment hide interior, with as new black hide
centre armrest, overmats, interior piped white, automatic
headrests, hard and soft tops, transmission, sparkling chrome
light up vanity mirrors, first aid wire wheels, with new white
kit, complete with all tools, band tyres, stereo, complete
expensive stereo system, power with all tools, this car has had
mirrors, cruise control, air bag,
a recent full engine overhaul,
air con, ABS, power windows,
and over the years thousands
tinted glass, power steering,
spent with all invoices, old
automatic, only 49,000 miles
with service book and history, mots, original hand book, old
always garaged, drives like tax discs, the history must be
new, superb ................ £39,750 seen with this car .......£68,750
Jaguar E Type V12 Roadster Hillman Super Minx Convertible 1963
1973/4, Finished in totally This very rare model is finished in glacier
unmarked gleaming signal red, white with superb cherry red interior with
with soft black hide interior, piping,and matching convertible top,
headrests, tinted glass, stereo, original radio, personal number plate,
over mats, air conditioning, manual
transmission, power steering, as manual transmission, original supplying
new chrome wire wheels, with new dealer plaque on dashboard,complete
white side tyres, complete with with original tools, handbook, history
all tools,lots of recent invoices, folder and old MOTs, only 3 owners from
original handbook, been in a new, and only 55,000 miles, excellent
museum for many years hence only restoration thousands spent to bring this
37,000 miles from new,with only car to a high standard, displayed at the
two owners, drives superb, never
seen rain, garaged from new, this N.E.C. classic car show,drives superb.
E Type is just magnificent could always garaged. Amazing condition and
easily win any show ...... £145,500 a fine investment ...................... £26,500

Jaguar E Type 1972 V12 Roadster, finished in unmarked

opalescent silver blue, with cherry red hide interior, headrests,
navy blue soft top, overmats, stereo system, sparkling chrome
wire wheels, with white side tyres, tinted glass, manual
transmission, power steering, complete with all tools, this car London Taxi 2004 finished in silver grey with
has only 25,000 original miles from new, and only two owners, contrasting interior, usual extras occasional fold
and has the original British Leyland service book, and handbook, down sears, glass divider, power windows, disabled
with excellent history, drives like a new car, and in totally superb equipment, automatic, with power steering, superb to
condition, just stunning .............................................. £145,500 drive ............................................................. £6,500

Jaguar E Type 1973 V12, 2+2 finished in azure blue with navy
blue hide interior, headrests, overmats, tinted glass, adjustable
Rolls Royce Phantom 11 Sedanca de ville 1934, coach built by the famous
London Taxi TX2. Finished in Black with superb interior, mirrors, stereo system, brand new chrome wire wheels and full Windover, finished in masons black over yellow with brown hide to the
occasional seats, power steering, wheelchair access, automatic,
power windows, stereo system, glass divider, low miles,
lenth webasto sun roof, white side tyres, automatic transmission,
power steering, this car is amazing having been stored since 1978,
chauffeurs compartment and West of England cloth to rear. Occasional seats
original handbook very difficult to find another like this one. only covered 6000 miles, bills and invoices available, original to rear with glass division, superb highly polished veneers, vanity mirrors,
Large choice...............................................................£6,750 handbook and tools, drives superb, brilliant investment ...£79,750 sheepskin over rugs front and rear, touring trunk to rear, twin side mounts,
opera lights, Strilux Marshal 12 inch headlamps, opening windscreen. After
50 years dealing in Rolls Royce cars we are very proud to offer this handsome
elegant, sleek looking Phantom 11. This car is just breath taking, it is the
most beautiful looking Rolls we have ever seen and boasts many concourse
wins in its time. Winning the Rolls Royce Owners Club concourse touring
P 2 trophy. Also the Dudley trophy in 1994. Many other awards in the U.S.
Returning to the UK in 1997 she continued her winning ways claiming the
RR enthusiast club rally concourse in 2002, with an invite to the Queens
Ford Zephyr Convertible 1955 Mk1 Three position Drop Jubilee tribute at Windsor castle. I have a suitcase full of trophys, plaques,
head, finished in Dorchester Grey over Maroon, with superb
interior, with matching hood and hood cover, sun visor, twin
rosettes, events, tours, as well as history, original build sheets, also many
Bentley Bentayga 2019 Centenary Model V8 far magazines and videos featuring this magnificent P 2. Starts immediately and
spots and badge bar, pillar spotlight, period radio, complete
two many extras to list only 27,000 miles from
with tools, handbook and many invoices, featured in many
magazines, very rare and a fine investment.This car is just new, finished in beluga black with linen hide
drives as it should like new and totally silent. Must be the finest piece of
breathtaking ........................................................ £49,750 interior ................................................£115,000 art usable art in the world excellent investment............................ £275,500

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2004 BMW ALPINA 3.4 AUTO SWITCHABLE 1966 AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE 1958 CITROEN 2CV AZ 2002 FORD THUNDERBIRD
CONVERTIBLE SE LTD EDT. Dashboard red/black leather, current keeper grey with grey decking seats, CONVERTIBLE FACTORY H/TOP
plaque No90 out of 106 made, Valuable reg 28 years, recomm’d feb 22, resto full convertible top, 6000 miles Auto Tiptronic 4 litre LHD mot
B3S OK incl, 76000 miles, 6 previous keepers photos new tyres/headlamps/ from new, in excellent condition 11/4/2024, 19000 miles, 3 keepers,
black with hellbeige leather trim excellent ignition components/battery, road £18,995 metallic turq with turq/black leather
condition, hard and soft top. £19,995 tax & MoT exempt £11,995 trim lots of extras £22,995

1974 MG MIDGET 1969 MGC GT 2021 (21) MINI HATCHBACK 2.0 1972 OPEL GT
gorgeous in orange/ black leather in British Racing Green, lovely TWIN TURBO PADDY HOPKIRK EDT in red, fully restored to
trim, round wheel arch model, classic in British racing green, 1998cc RHD 100 made w/wide concours condition with
Stage II fast road engine, upgraded 2 owners, only 60,000 from new, inspired by Paddy Hopkirk 1964 M’ 4xA4 history folders.
suspension with Avo telescopic history folder and bills of sale Carlo Rally winner and his iconic A very rare car only made in LHD
shock absorbers, full rebuild £29,995 number 37 Mini Cooper 5000 miles, £24,995
£13,995 1 owner £28,995

1988 PORSCHE 928S 2017 AUDI A7 SLINE BLACK 1956 JAGUAR XK140SE 2017 MINI CLUBMAN
in black with black leather and EDT TDI QUATTRO SA 4G fixed head coupe hard top AUTOMATIC
Alcantara trim, fully restored SPORTSBACK in white, red leather trim, 6 doors in white with black leather
at a cost in excess £60k white with black leather trim, vgc, excellent history file trim, 70,000 miles, deceptively
offered for £39,995 20000 miles new in excess of £60k £74,995 spacious 4 door 4 seater, great
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1991 TOYOTA SUPRA 1952 JAGUAR XK120 ROADSTER 2014 JAGUAR F TYPE 2016 MERCEDES AMG GT
3.0i turbo auto sports coupe - LHD blue, black leather trim, Convertible – stunning in black with black leather,
red with grey leather trim, 7000 miles, believed to have burnt orange with black hood fully loaded, 8000 from new –
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and desirable £89,995 31000 miles and 4 keepers £74,995
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registered 10/11/1995 with only 9954 recorded miles. 5007 miles from new. Powered by an aluminium 2733 recorded miles from new. Powered by an This beautiful Cobra was correctly registered
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miles. Hydraulic power steering. Powered by an a Hawk 289 but retains the registration date of Cream leather interior with red piping, Power Correctly registered 10/11/1999. Its one owner
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1980 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW 2 finished 1970 ROLLS-ROYCE MULLINER PARK WARD FIXED
in Honey Gold with Brown Hide Interior HEAD COUPE. Finished in Seychelles Blue with Blue/ 1977 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW II. Finished
66,000, Full extensive service history. Maintained 1962 BENTLEY S3 finished in Midnight Blue with Grey hide interior. Special factory specification in Walnut over Silver Sand. Interior Tan Hide piped
regardless of cost. Much recent expenditure ....... Blue Grey Hide interior. A very smart example. including cocktail cabinet, cigar box and wool cloth Brown. 75,000 miles. Huge history file. A beautiful
.............................................................. £32,000 Recent full brake overhaul… ................. £40,000 headlining. An outstanding example. .............£68,000 and well maintained example ...................... £28,000

1977 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW 2 finished 1954 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER DAWN. Factory black, 1921 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER GHOST LANDAULETTE
in Champagne with Beige Hide. 63,000 miles from ALPINE EAGLE ’High Speed’ chassis finished Black
new Comprehensive history file. Every MOT. An 1964 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER CLOUD III. Astral Blue tan hide, 96,000 miles. Same family for 51 years. hide front. Fawn cord rear. Purchased from deceased
eye catching example in beautiful condition over Shell Grey Blue Hide Interior. 104,000 miles. Air Only 3 former keepers. A stunning example with an estate. Recently correctly re-wired. A fine looking
throughout .............................................. £32,000 Conditioning. Beautiful original condition..... £78,000 excellent history........................................... £60,000 motor car in exceptional condition ............ £198,000

1929 ROLLS-ROYCE 20 HP SEDANCA DE VILLE BY 1990 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SPIRIT II finished in 1934 ROLLS-ROYCE 20 HP OPEN TOURER,
WINDOVERS finished in Black over Yellow. Brown Rhapsody Blue Parchment hide piped Tahiti Interior
leather to front, Beige west of England wool cloth 79,000 miles Excellent service history with main 1972 ROLLS-ROYCE CORNICHE CONVERTIBLE finished in Blue over Black with Black Hide Interior.
to rear. Impressive history file. Sylvester Stallone’s agents and specialists. A very eye catching and finished in a Regal Red with Tan hide interior. A Recent specialist engine rebuild. A charming
wedding car. A stunning example with some very attractive example in outstanding condition stunning example. Running and driving beautifully example, running and driving extremely well
unusual features ..........................................£69,000 throughout.. ................................................ £25,000 .................................................................. £75,000 ..................................................................£69,000
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1954 Special Bodied Bentley

Undoubtedly A Concours Winner by Petersen.
My own car for the past 35 years.
1968 Triumph TR5 Original UK Right
We believe that this is the only one in the world of Fast & Furious
Hand Drive, all matching numbers. Heritage its type with this coach built Aluminium body and 1971 Chevrolet Camaro 5.7 litre RS Split
&HUWL¿FDWHH[WHQVLYHVHUYLFHKLVWRU\ a 6.25 Bentley V8 engine with 4 branch manifolds. Bumper. Restored in the USA in 2014. There
Only covered 23,000 miles since her build. are documents to show the restoration. UK
photographic evidence. Having approx. £24,000 Registered with the Bentley Drivers Club who
spent on its restoration consisting of a bare registered 10 months MOT. Always been
accepted she was 100% Bentley and NOT a
replica. Weather equipment. JDUDJHG5HFHQWO\¿WWHGZLWKQHZERG\PRXQWV
metal respray, new interior, rebuilt engine and
Due to my declining health, I have now decided it new adjustable shocks, new anti-roll bar bushes,
gearbox. New chrome, including a new set of new tyres, new alternator. A superb car to drive
is time to part with her.
chrome wire wheels, new mohair hood, new *PLEASE NOTE THIS CAR HAS NOTHING and is in faultless condition bodily, interior
tyres and MOT until March 2024. TO DO WITH PETERSEN ENGINEERING. and mechanically.
£51,950 £145,000 £27,950

Ivorís Own Personal Car

3UREDEO\WKH¿QHVW-DJXDU;-69 Really Stunning
Convertible on the market. Only 53,000 miles 1954 Bentley R Type AUTOMATIC 4 1/2
from new. Extensive service history and drives
Just Awarded the Montague Litre Full Flow Big Bore. Finished in Tudor
superbly having recently had £7,000 spent
Trophy As Best Car In Show at the over Shell. Being totally restored some 18 years
to bring this car up to the standard that you RREC Southern Rally ago consisting of a total mechanical overhaul,
would expect from a high-quality Jaguar. New 1964 S3 Bentley Continental Flying Spur by H.J.
Mulliner. Having undergone a six year rebuild at bare metal re-spray, completely re trimmed
MOT. Undersealed from new being beautiful the cost of £150,000. All bills and photographic interior in Red leather piped in Cream with
underneath. Every extra Chrome wire wheels, evidence. 2 family owners from new. All matching carpets and all re chromed. A truly
arches, twin headlight conversion & Wood rim mechanical work carried out by Ristes Rolls-Royce
& Bentley specialists. Body work by Everyway superb example well above the normal. Factory
steering wheel. Finished in Silver Frost Metallic, Solutions, all new interior by our own in-house
Grey leather interior piped in Blue, ¿WWHGVXQURRIDOORULJLQDOVPDOODQGODUJHWRROV
upholsterer. Quoted by the Southern Rolls-Royce &
Blue Mohair hood. Bentley magazine as best they have ever seen. Stainless steel exhaust, owners hand book etc.
£24,500 £245,000 £35,950
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Tel: (01794) 390895
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2002 ASTON MARTIN V12 2+2 VANQUISH. 1981 FERRARI 308 GTSI LHD. 2011 JAGUAR XKR SUPERCHARGED 1972(L) RR SILVER SHADOW. 2000 ROVER MINI COOPER MPI.
Silver, Grey hide, 26,000 miles, FSH. Rosso Red, Beige hide, 55,000 miles, COUPE. White, Black hide, 16,000 miles. Sand over Sable, Beige hide, 45000 miles. Tudor Red, Black leather, 84,000 miles, FSH
Stunning! £57,995 history folder. £47,995 FSH. As new! £27,995 £18,795 £16,795

2006 MASERATI 4200 COUPE 2009 BMW 320I M-SPORT CONVERTIBLE 2017 SMART FORTWO COUPE ELECTRIC 1992 BMW E30 318I CONVERTIBLE AUTO. 2009 MG TF LE500.
CAMBIOCORSA. Mediterranean Blue, Crimson Red, 52000 miles, FSH. DRIVE. Cool Silver, 1800 miles! Alpine White, only 58,000 miles, FSH. Pristine Intense Blue, Black hide, A/C, 23,000 miles,
Black hide, 54,000 miles. £14,950 £8,295 FSH. As new! £11,995 £11,795 FSH. Pristine. £8,995

2010 BMW 125I 3.0 M-SPORT 2002 MERCEDES SLK320. 1996 MERCEDES S420 COUPE. 2007 AUDI A4 1.8T S-LINE CABRIOLET. 2000 BMW Z3 2.8I ROADSTER.
CONVERTIBLE. Sedona Red, Cream hide Brilliant Silver, Anthracite hide, 14150 miles! Azurite Blue, Beige hide, 1 owner, Phantom Black, Black hide, 25,000 miles, Topaz Blue, Blue hide, 79,600 miles, FSH.
44,000 miles, FSH. £8,995 FSH. £9,995 106,000 miles, FSH. £7,995 FSH. £7,995 £6,795

1996 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF VR6 5 DOOR. 2004 AUDI TT 1.8T ROADSTER. 2000 VW GOLF V6 4MOTION. 2008 MERCEDES SLK280. 2008 MG TF LE500.
Candy White, 68,000 miles, FSH. Avus Silver, Black trim, 47,000 miles, FSH. Reflex Silver, Black leather, 70,000 miles, Tellurium Silver, Anthracite hide, 27400 miles, Pearlescent Vibrant Orange, Black Hide,
£5,795 £5,795 FSH. £4,995 FSH. £9,995 80,000 miles, FSH. £4,295

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2018 BENTLEY BENTAYGA. Finished in Stunning Hallmark Silver with Beluga Interior, Contrast Stitching in Linen, Diamond Quilted, Mulliner
Specification, Piano Black Veneer, Touring Specification, Front Comfort Seat Specification, Apple Carplay, Lane Assist, Blind Spot Assist, Rear
Seat Infotainment, Sliding Panoramic Sunroof, Heads Up Display, Night Vision, Rear Picnic Bench Seat in Boot, Akrapovic Bentley Sports
Exhaust, Full Bentley Service History, 56000 Miles. £81,950
2013 ROLLS-ROYCE GHOST 2000 BENTLEY ARNAGE
Finished in Stunning Metallic Silver with Interior RED LABEL
in Beluga, Huge Panoramic Slide Sunroof, Finished in Stunning Silver Pearl
Heads Up Display, Only 32,000 Miles, Ceramic with Main Hide in Stratos and
Coated, Tracker Fitted, Automatic retraction of Secondary Hide in Peacock,
front spirit of ecstasy, Stainless steel radiator Peacock Piping, Burr Walnut
grille, Automatic headlights, LED rear lights, Veneer, Burr Walnut Door Inserts,
Xenon headlights + automatic levelling and Power Folding Mirror’s, Electric
power wash, Dynamic cruise control with Rear Seats, Parking Sensor’s,
brake function, Park distance control, Sat nav, Upgraded 19” Arnage T Wheels,
Bluetooth phone integration system, DAB Digital Head Gasket’s replaced in 2022,
radio, Premium audio system, USB interface, Stunning Condition Throughout.
Fantastic Condition Throughout. £92,500 68,000 Miles. £17,950

2006 BENTLEY ARNAGE R 2004 BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT

Finished in Stunning Windsor Blue Finished in Stunning Diamond Black
with Main Hide in Cotswold with with Main Hide in Saffron & Secondary
Secondary Hide in Nautic, Burr Hide in Beluga. Only 58,000 Miles from
Oak Veneer to Fascia’s & Inserts to New. Burr Walnut Veneer with Door &
all Door Panels, 1 of 60 Diamond Rear Quarter Inserts in Veneer, Bluetooth
Series Ever produced, 74,000 Fitted for Phone calls and Music
Miles, Sunroof, Picnic Tables, Compatibility, Sat Nav, Parking Sensors,
19” Split Rim Alloy Wheels, 4 Brand New
Parking Sensors, Diamond Series
Michelin Pilot Sport 4s Tyres, Known to
Plaque to Centre Console, Flying B ourselves and Serviced by us for the last
Mascot to Radiator Grille, Full Main 7 Years, FSH, Exceptional
Dealer History. £29,950 Condition Throughout. £20,950

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TR6 1974 ORIGINAL UK FUEL INJECTED CAR WITH OVERDRIVE USEABLE EXAMPLE
WITH LOTS OF ORIGINAL DETAIL. VERY LOW MILEAGE WHICH WE BELIEVE
FULLY TO BE GENUINE!
EQUIPPED
RENOWNED
MOT HISTORYENGINE
DATES BACK FROM 1984 WITH 10,971 MILES DOCUMENT, CURRENT MILEAGE URGENTLY REQUIRED!
SPECIALISTS
IS 23,635. GOOD HISTORY FILE WITH LOTS OF MOT’S AND PARTS INVOICES. DRIVES
WORKSHOPS FORVERY TR2/3/4/4A/250/5/6.
WELL AND FEELS UNMOLESTED. GREAT UNDERBODY AND CHASSIS. RECENT WORK INCLUDED
RE-BUILDS
FITTING A NEW BLUE MOHAIR HOOD. RAMP INSPECTION WELCOME AND WILL COME WITH 12 WE URGENTLY REQUIRE MORE
FULL/PART BODY
MONTHS MOT. (COMMISSION SALE) £18,995 TR CAR STOCK. IF YOU ARE
GEAROX AND RESTORATION INC CONSIDERING SELLING YOUR
OVERDRIVE
1960 TRIUMPH TR3 WITH OVERDRIVE. REPAIRS
BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE READY FOR SUMMER USE. THE CHASSIS REPAIR JIG CAR PLEASE CALL GARY ON
CURRENT OWNER HAS FITTED A SPORTS EXHAUST, NEW MOHAIR HOOD AND FIXED AS MANY
OIL LEAKS AS POSSIBLE. MECHANICAL SPOT ON AND DRIVES JUST AS THEY SHOULD DO, GREAT 07801 631632
CHASSIS AND UNDERBODY. LARGE HISTORY FILE WITH LOTS OF RECENT IMPROVEMENTS
MADE. ORIGINALLY EXPORTED FROM FACTORY AND A UK REGISTERED IN 1995, BARE METAL FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT.
RESPRAYED BY US IN 2005. WILL BE SOLD WITH 12 MONTHS MOT AND COMES WITH 1 YEAR’S HUGE STOCK OF
FREE MEMBERSHIP WITH THE TR REGISTER CAR CLUB. (COMMISSION SALE) £20,995 WE BUY ANYTHING TR
AUTO REFINISHING SECOND HAND TR
TR7 V8 “GRINNAL” 1981 CONVERTIBLE. DRIVES EXCEPTIONALLY WELL, WITH LOTS OF FROM RESTORATION
COMBINATION
POWER AND LOW-DOWN TORQUE AS YOU WOULD EXPECT. SHOWING PARTS,
JUST 2 NEW
OWNERSANDON THE PROJECTS RIGHT THROUGH
REGISTRATION
SPRAY BOOTH/OVENDOCUMENT THE 29,000 MILES IS BELIEVED GENUINE. THE POWER STEERING
PREMIUM RANGE
WORKS WELL AS DO THE BRAKES. THE UNDERSIDE IS “DRY” AND WOULD BENEFIT FROM A DECENT TO MINT EXAMPLES.
COAT OF DYNAX. THERE ARE SOME PAINT SCUFFS AND TWO DENTS AT THE FRONT OF THE SILLS WE ALSO OFFER A BROKERAGE
WHERE THE CAR HAS BEEN JACKED UP BY SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW PRODUCTS
TR7’S! HOWEVER, THE SERVICE. COLLECTION
CAR IS EXCEPTIONALLY SOLID AND THE FRONT TURRETS FLITCH PANELS AND REAR CHASSIS LEGS
ARE ALL SOUND. PRICED REALISTICALLY THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN ONE OF THESE ARRANGED FROM ANY
QUITE RARE CARS. RAMP INSPECTION WELCOME. WILL COME WITH 12 MONTHS MOT. 10,995 LOCATION AND THE
CAR SALES ACCIDENT
TR6 EARLY 1969 CP 150BHP WITH OVERDRIVE. DAMSON WITH ORIGINAL FACTORY SPEC INTERIOR, CAR IS FULLY
RARE 69 SEATS AND STEERING WHEEL.AND COMMISSION
ONE OF THE FIRST 1000 FUEL INJECTED CARS BUILT, NUMBER DAMAGE!
629 TO BE PRECISE. RESTORED WITH MANY NEWSALES
PANELS AND A PROFESSIONAL RESPRAY, ALL BACKED INSURED FROM THE MOMENT
UP BY THE HISTORY FILE. NEW STAINLESS-STEEL BUMPERS, NEW HOOD AND BOSCH FUEL PUMP KIT.
INSURANCE
WE COLLECT. WE CAN M.O.T
JUST UNDER 69,000 MILES FROM FACTORY, A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN SUCH AN EARLY CAR APPROVED
THAT IS VERY ORIGINAL. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST NON BODY OFF RESTORED CAR WE HAVE EVER AND VALET YOUR CAR PLUS
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JT6 5.0 V8 X351 - 2013 - 44k miles with 1 o/ 30k miles from new with 1 o/seas owner 2005 - 33k miles from new with 1 o/seas 14k miles from new with 1 o/seas owner miles 2 owners from new (1 Japan / 1
seas owner from new (Japan) metallic ultimate from new (Japan) - metallic quartz / owner from new (Japan), metallic platinum from new (Japan) - metallic quartz/ dove UK) from new - metallic platinum silver /
black /cream leather interior ...............£22,995 champagne hide interior .............£13,995 silver/champagne hide interior ......£11,995 hide interior ..................................£9,995 champagne hide interior ............... £7,995
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MERCEDES S CLASS S550 W221 4700CC MERCEDES S CLASS S500L W220 - MERCEDES S CLASS S350 3490CC MERCEDES BENZ S CLASS S350 MERCEDES CLS 350 BLUE EFFICIENCY
AUTO BLUE EFFICIENCY - 2012 - 3k miles 1999 - 7k miles with 1 o/seas owner from LUXURY PACKAGE W221 AUTO - 2010 - V6 - 2004 - 5k miles from new with 1 (C218) 3500CC AUTO - 2011 - 11k miles
from new with 1 o/seas owner from new (Japan) new (Japan) metallic chalcedonblau blue / 26k miles with 1 o/seas owner from new o/seas owner from new (Japan) - metallic with 1 o/seas owner from new (Japan)
-metallic obsidian black / black / anthracite black leather interior ....................£9,995 - pearl diamond white / contrasting black/ tanzanite blue / anthracite leather interior metallic irdium silver / black / anthracite
leather / nappa / semi-aniline interior ...£29,995 anthracite leather interior ............£14,995 .....................................................£13,995 leather interior .............................£15,995
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MERCEDES C CLASS C200 KOMPRESSOR MERCEDES BENZ C CLASS C200CGI (1790CC) MERCEDES SLK 200 KOMPRESSOR MERCEDES SLK 230 KOMPRESSOR BENTLEY ARNAGE T AUTO 6800CC 2003
AVANTGUARDE C WAGON W204 - 2009 - 32k AVANTGARDE BLUE EFFICIENCY WAGON W204 R171 1796cc auto - 2008 - 36k mls , 1 SPECIAL EDITION - 2004 - 31k miles - 53k miles from new FSH - last serviced
miles with 1 o/seas owner from new (Japan), 2011 - 21k miles with 1 o/seas owner from o/seas owner from new (Japan) - metallic with 1 o/seas owner from new - metallic at 52,451 miles - metallic tungsten /
fire opal red with contrasting black/anthracite new (Japan) - metallic calcite white / black / obsidian black/leather/nappa/semi-aniline brilliant silver / black napper leather contrasting black hide interior .....£28,995
leather combination interior................. £8,995 anthracite leather combination interior ....£8,995 - black/anthracite interior.............. £9,995 interior ...........................................£9,995

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1937 ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY 25 SALOON. DARK 1949 MERCEDES V170 - 4 DOOR LIMOUSINE
BLUE COACHWORK ............................................ £16,995 CABRIOLET. RED COACHWORK. FULLY RESTORED
1990 ASTON MARTIN VIRAGE - SILVER COACHWORK, ............................................................................... £29,995
DARK BLUE LEATHER, AUTO, FSH. BELIEVED 33K 1961 MERCEDES 190 SL. RHD - RED COACHWORK,
MILES .................................................................... £39,995 BLACK LEATHER INTERIOR. OLDER RESTORATION
WITH NEW LEATHER AND SOFT TOP. REPLACEMENT
1965 ASTON MARTIN DB5 - CALIFORNIAN SAGE ENGINE JUST A FEW THOUSAND MILES AGO ......£POA
COACHWORK MAGNOLIA INTERIOR................ £675,000 1961 MERCEDES 190 SL LHD - SILVER COACHWORK,
1966 ASTON MARTIN DB6 VANTAGE - MANUAL RED LEATHER INTERIOR. EUROPEAN CAR. PREVIOUS
GEARBOX, WHITE COACHWORK, LOW MILEAGE. RESTORATION IN HOLLAND. RECENT EXPENDITURE
PREVIOUSLY OWNED FOR MANY YEARS BY AN OF OVER £30K .................................................... £129,995
ASTON MARTIN SPECIALIST. THE ONLY WHITE DB6 1988 MERCEDES 300 SL - NAUTIC BLUE
VANTAGE PRODUCED. THIS IS A VERY HIGH END CAR COACHWORK, GREY LEATHER,112K MILES...... £39,995
............................................................................. £425,000 1967 MERCEDES 250 SL - SILVER COACHWORK.
1962 BMW ISETTA 300 RHD - BURGUNDY BLACK INTERIOR. RHD. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
COACHWORK ,TARTAN INTERIOR ...................... £26,995 ............................................................................... £99,995
1970 MERCEDES 280 SL. RHD. AUTO - P/S.
1964 BMW 700 CS COUPE RHD. WHITE COACHWORK.
MATCHING NUMBERS. ENGINE REBUILT. LOW FAMILY
OVER £75K SPENT ON FULL PHOTOGRAPHIC
OWNERSHIP. WHITE COACHWORK, BLACK LEATHER
RESTORATION AND CONVERSION TO ELECTRIC
INTERIOR. THIS CAR HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO A 10
..............................................................................£39,995
YEAR HIGH END RESTORATION .............................£POA
1998 FERRARI F355 GTS - LHD. ROSSO CORSA, NERO 1971 MERCEDES 280 SE COUPE 3.5 V8 RHD - SILVER
LEATHER. 36,000 KMS FROM NEW. FSH. RECENT £25K COACHWORK, BLACK LEATHER INTERIOR. AUTO,
EXPENDITURE ...................................................... £79,995 P/S.CIRCA £40K SPENT ON RESTORATION/REFURB,
1970 FIAT 500 LHD - LIGHT BLUE, RESTORED AND EXTENSIVE SERVICE FILE SHOWING PREVIOUS
UPGRADED TO ELECTRIC CONVERSION........... £49,995 RESTORATION AND WITH INVOICES TOTALLING OVER
£60K ...................................................................... £94,995
1972 FIAT JOLLY RECREATION - LIGHT GREEN
1987 MERCEDES 300 SL - WHITE COACHWORK, BLUE
............................................................................... £29,995
INTERIOR,120K MLS ............................................ £27,995
1972 JAGUAR E TYPE COUPE - RHD. REGENCY 1995 PORSCHE 993 TURBO - RHD. POLAR SILVER,
RED COACHWORK, BLACK LEATHER. MANUAL BLACK LEATHER ................................................ £139,995
TRANSMISSION. VERY WELL SORTED CAR. WORKING 1971 RANGE ROVER SUFFIX A - 2 DOOR, MANUAL
AIR CONDITIONING ............................................. £64,995 TRANSMISSION. SAHARA BEIGE COACHWORK.
1966 LAND ROVER DEFENDER CONVERTIBLE RHD SHOWING 36K MILES. FULLY RESTORED ..............£POA
- FULLY RESTORED AND UPGRADED TO ELECTRIC 1935 ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM 2 MULLINER. WHITE
............................................................................. £149,995 COACHWORK, TAN LEATHER.............................. £75,000

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1921 CADILLAC V8 Type 59 open 4-seat tourer �����������������������������������������£30,000 1936 AC 16/70 2-seat drop-head coupé with dickey ���������������������������������£67,000
1922 VAUXHALL 14/40 M-type tourer �������������������������������������������������������£23,500 1936 AUSTIN 7 Ruby �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������£7,500
1922/23 MORRIS Bullnose Special, replica of the ‘Keen’ racer ������������������������£24,000 1936 RALEIGH Safety Seven���������������������������������������������������������������������£16,500
1923 CADILLAC V8 Town Sedan ����������������������������������������������������������������£30,000 1937 AUSTIN 7 Ulster Special, quick competition car, road registered��������£25,000
1923 ROLS ROYCE 20 hp open drive by Barker������������������������������������������£37,500 1937 AUSTIN 7 Cambridge Special, new ‘Pigsty’ engine ����������������������������£18,000
1923 VAUXHALL 23/60 OD Kington tourer �������������������������������������������������£58,500 1937 AUSTIN 10 Cambridge saloon �������������������������������������������������������������£7,500
1925 BEAN 12 hp 4-seat tourer ����������������������������������������������������������������£19,500 1938 ALVIS Speed 25 SC Charlesworth 3-position drop-head coupé����������£85,000
1925 MORRIS Cowley 4-seat tourer ����������������������������������������������������������£14,000 1938 ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY 14 hp 4-door saloon ����������������������������������£15,500
1925 MORRIS Oxford “Bullnose” 2-seat tourer & dickey ����������������������������£15,500 1938 OPEL Kadet 2-door Coupe, restored ��������������������������������������������������£12,750
1926 RENAULT NN tourer ��������������������������������������������������������������������������£12,800 1948 SUNBEAM-TALBOT TEN 4-door saloon �����������������������������������������������£9,995
1927 AUSTIN 7 Chummy ���������������������������������������������������������������������������£14,800 1949 ALVIS TA14 4-door saloon, restored ��������������������������������������������������£18,000
1927 CLYNO 10�8 Tourer ����������������������������������������������������������������������������£14,000 1949 BENTLEY Mk VI Drop-head coupe by Park Ward ������������������������������£125,000
1927 LAGONDA 2-litre high chassis tourer, new engine re-build ���������������£69,500 1952 JOWETT Jupitor 2-seat sports ����������������������������������������������������������£29,500
1927 RENAULT NN tourer ��������������������������������������������������������������������������£12,800 1954 M.G. TF, full history, 5 owners, one from 58 to 99������������������������������£20,500
1928 AUSTIN 7 Chummy ���������������������������������������������������������������������������£14,250 1955 ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY 236 4-door saloon, manumatic + o/d���������£16,500
1928 HUMBER 14/40 all weather tourer ����������������������������������������������������£20,500 1955 JAGUAR XK140 Fixed-head Coupé����������������������������������������������������£59,500
1928 HUMBER 14/40 all weather tourer, none runner���������������������������������£17,500 1955 SUNBEAM TALBOT 90 MkIII 4-door Saloon ���������������������������������������£6,500
1928 RILEY 9 Monaco Mk 3 saloon �����������������������������������������������������������£15,250 1956 SUNBEAM TALBOT 90 Mk III, O/d, floor change ��������������������������������£10,800
1928 RUGBY Utility, built for export by Durant, bodied on inport in S�A� ������£12,500 1957 M.G. A 1500��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������£20,000
1929 AUSTIN 7 Chummy ���������������������������������������������������������������������������£13,250 1958 M.G. A race car, road registered ��������������������������������������������������������£35,000
1929 CADILLAC series 341-B, Duel-Cowl Phaeton ������������������������������������£95,000 1958 TURNER 950S Sports racing car �������������������������������������������������������£26,500
1929 HUDSON Super Six Dual Cowl Phaeton by Biddle & Smart���������������£110,000 1959 AUSTIN A40 Farina, low miles�����������������������������������������������������������£11,500
1929 RILEY 9 Brooklands ‘The Gerard Special’Brooklands history������������£136,500 1959 AUSTIN A35 road/race ����������������������������������������������������������������������£19,500
1929 STAR 18/50 Charlesworth Sunshine Saloon, newly rebuilt engine� ����£22,000 1959 CITROEN 2CV������������������������������������������������������������������������������������£12,500
1930 CHRYSLER Series 77 Dual Cowl Phaeton by Locke ���������������������������£80,000 1961 FORD Anglia 1500 GT Rally car ���������������������������������������������������������£16,500
1930 SUNBEAM 16 (18�2) six-light Saloon�������������������������������������������������£24,000 1961 FORD Prefect 107E �����������������������������������������������������������������������������£6,500
1931 ALVIS 16�95 Silver Eagle six-light saloon by Carbodies ���������������������£27,500 1961 M.G. A 1600 roadster ������������������������������������������������������������������������£30,000
1932 ALVIS 12/50 TJ Sports Tourer ���������������������������������������������������������£29,500 1962 MORRIS Minor 1000 Convertible, low miles ��������������������������������������£10,000
1932 ALVIS 12/60 TL 4-seat tourer by Cross & Ellis, 1 owner since 1961 ��£24,500 1963 HILLMAN Super Minx convertible������������������������������������������������������£10,500
1932 INVICTA 12/45 4-door saloon �����������������������������������������������������������£24,500 1963 MORRIS Minor 1000 Convertible�������������������������������������������������������£12,800
1932 AUSTIN 7 RN Saloon �������������������������������������������������������������������� £8,500 1963 RILEY ‘One-point-Five’ saloon�����������������������������������������������������������£10,500
1932 M.G. J1/2 Supercharged Single Seat racing Special ��������������������������£68,000
1932 RILEY 9 Holbrook tourer, twin carb�, rebuilt engine ����������������������� £28,000 1964 MINI Cooper S race car, 1298cc short stroke, total restoration ����������£67,000
1932 RILEY 9 2-seat special project, with V5 ���������������������������������������������£14,500 1965 ALVIS TE21 Saloon, 5-speed ZF gearbox, power steering� �����������������£27,000
1933 AUSTIN 18/6 Carlton saloon��������������������������������������������������������������£17,250 1967 MINI Cooper S race car, 998cc short stroke, HTP papers �������������������£55,000
1933 MORRIS Ten 4-door saloon, needing engine rebuild ��������������������� £3,800 1968 M.G. B Roadster, 30k miles, 4 owners �����������������������������������������������£18,500
1933 RILEY 9 Lynx ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������£34,000 1970 TRIUMPH Vitesse 2-seat special �������������������������������������������������������£12,500
1933 SUNBEAM 18�2 Limousine ���������������������������������������������������������������£29,750 1971 LOMAX 3-wheeler, Citroen 2CV based open sports car������������������������£7,800
1934 AUSTIN 20 Limousine by Ranelagh ���������������������������������������������������£20,500 1973 TRIUMPH Spitfire Mk� III, modified ������������������������������������������������������£9,800
1934 MG K3 replica, boat tail, VSCC ‘Buff Form’ ���������������������������������������£225,000 1973 MERCEDES BENZ 450SL ���������������������������������������������������������������£10,500
1934 MG PA Midget 2-seat sports, super history and correct ���������������������£37,500 1974 M.G. B roadster, Osselli engine & up-rated suspension ����������������������£13,500
1934 RILEY 9 Kestrel ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������£16,500 1976 M.G. Midget 1500 �����������������������������������������������������������������������������£14,000
1934 ROLLS ROYCE 20/25 Landaulette de Ville by Windovers��������������������£23,000 1982 CITROEN CX series I 4-door saloon 2400 injection ������������������������������£3,500
1934 SUNBEAM ‘Twenty’ (18�2) Saloon �����������������������������������������������������£15,750 1987 CITROEN 2CV6 Special �����������������������������������������������������������������������£6,750
1935 AUSTIN 7 APD 2-seat tourer ���������������������������������������������������������������£8,000 2002 LAND ROVER 110 TD5, crew cab & hard top, 70k miles��������������������£24,000
1935 RILEY 9 2-seat Special prodject, with V5C ����������������������������������������£15,500
1935 TRIUMPH Gloria Vitesse saloon, 2-litre, 6-cylinder�����������������������������£29,500 MOTORCYCLES
1936 ALVIS Silver Eagle Drophead Coupe ��������������������������������������������������£50,000 1960 BSA Rocket Gold Star 650cc replica����������������������������������������������������£6,500

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Looking back without hindsight

‘Classic cars are to be driven’

The opening editorial in our very first issue addressed one of the
thorniest of questions – what makes a classic?
t can’t have escaped your notice that given car against the day that it will increase
all sorts of perhaps unlikely cars are in value – that attitude only makes prices even
beginning to increase in value – not more ridiculous.’
just the usual vintage ones but cars We can laugh, but the wild speculator
that were everyday sports cars of ten boom of the Eighties was 15 years away. What
years ago.’ So wrote Michael Bowler, was more important to Bowler’s team was
the first editor of Classic Car (as it was preservation. Crucially, the classic world was
then called) in his inaugural editorial. to be a more inclusive, less snobbish place
The sudden rises in postwar car than the vintage one had become. ‘We will be
values were summed up by figures from giving you informed articles on the vintage
a Christies auction at Beaulieu, where an scene and the cars within it from the cheap
Aston Martin DB2 had made £2400. It’s the and cheerful Austin 7 to the exotic Type 57
kind of figure that sparks wistful anecdotes Bugatti, but we won’t draw the same hard and
nowadays, but it’s still worth bearing in mind fast line,’ promised Bowler.
that these were hefty sums. In today’s money ‘Cars like the MG J2, Singer Le Mans and
the Aston would be £37k – comparable to Wolseley Hornet are beyond the VSCC pale
what a similarly-aged DB7 Vantage would fetch. That said, co- since they were dreaded mass production.’ Ironically, were it not
founder and deputy editor Lionel Burrell had just acquired a for said mass-produced cars, today the VSCC would be missing
scruffy early DB4 for £600 – the chances of finding a well-used most of its most active members.
DB9 for £9k are pretty remote nowadays. His first Our Cars entry There was another, more substantive reason for 1973’s recent
saw him working on the DB4’s cylinder head and clutch. price rises, and it sounds surprisingly contemporary. ‘People
But for Bowler, soaring classic car values weren’t really the have given up doing their own work [on their cars],’ wrote
point. ‘We are going to treat “classic” as any car from any era that Bowler. ‘With the increased urgency in life the average man
is worth owning and driving,’ he declared. just doesn’t find the time and certainly doesn’t often have the
‘Inevitably “worth” raises financial questions.’ He wrote. facilities to restore cars. The many hours the enthusiast used to
‘Certainly classic cars will appreciate once they have spend on his car are now paid for at £2-3 an hour. The cheapest
experienced the usual loss of initial value. But nowhere in this restoration is going to start at £1000.’ Doesn’t sound like much,
magazine will you find any recommendation to stock-pile any but in 1973 that would’ve bought a new MG Midget.

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ABARTH Abarth Club GB (01869 340289) GTV 2.0 TS 96-02 4350 2250 1000 400 1970 134 DB5 con 63-66 1.25m 1m 750,000 550,000 3995 141
Zagato 750 57-61 110,000 90,000 70,000 55,000 747 95 GTV 3.0 V6 98-02 6000 4000 1600 650 2959 148 DB6 65-70 290,000 215,000 150,000 100,000 3995 140
595, 595SS, 695SS 63-71 54,000 42,500 27,500 17,500 595 80 GTV V6 Cup 01-02 15,000 11,000 5500 2750 2959 148 DB6 Vantage 66-69 400,000 300,000 200,000 150,000 3995 148
166 98-07 5950 3950 1750 750 2959 144 DB6 Volante 66-70 625,000 525,000 425,000 330,000 3995 145
AC AC Owners’ Club (acownersclub.co.uk) DBS 6/V8 67-72 115,000 90,000 55,000 33,000 5340 162
2-litre 47-56 16,500 12,000 6750 4000 1991 83 ALLARD Allard Owners’ Club (allardownersclub.org) DBS 6 Vantage 72-73 126,000 100,000 65,000 40,000 3995 149 ▼
2-litre dhc/Buckland 49-56 32,500 22,500 12,500 8000 1991 83 K1 46-50 90,000 70,000 47,500 30,000 3622 100 V8 72-90 110,000 77,500 47,500 28,000 5340 147 ▼
Ace (AC engine) 54-63 267,500 210,000 150,000 95,000 1991 102 K2 50-53 100,000 77,500 55,000 36,500 3917 102 V8 Vantage 77-89 275,000 220,000 155,000 95,000 5340 168
Ace-Bristol/-Ford 56-63 290,000 230,000 170,000 110,000 1971 118 K3 52-54 115,000 92,500 67,500 48,500 4375 96 V8 Volante 78-90 185,000 137,500 90,000 50,000 5340 130
Aceca-AC 54-63 115,000 88,000 66,500 46,500 1991 104 L/M 46-53 52,500 36,500 22,500 15,000 3622 86 V8 Vantage Volante 86-89 250,000 200,000 147,500 72,500 5340 162
Aceca-Bristol 56-63 150,000 110,000 77,500 50,000 1971 128 P 49-52 44,000 32,000 17,500 10,000 3622 90 Zagato 86-87 220,000 170,000 120,000 80,000 5340 180
Greyhound 59-63 78,500 58,000 36,000 20,000 1971 107 J2/J2X 50-54 285,000 225,000 150,000 100,000 4375 130 Virage 89-96 54,000 38,500 21,000 13,500 5340 158
Cobra MkI/MkII/289 62-69 900,000 725,000 550,000 475,000 4727 138 Virage Volante 92-96 74,000 56,500 32,000 22,000 5340 157
Cobra 427 65-67 1m 825,000 650,000 575,000 6998 145 ALPINE-RENAULT Club Alpine-Renault (clubalpinerenault.org.uk) V8 Vantage 93-00 195,000 155,000 110,000 75,000 5340 186
428 cpe 67-73 167,500 125,000 90,000 60,000 7014 143 ▼ A110 65-77 80,000 60,000 37,500 27,500 1565 115 V8 Coupé 96-99 62,500 50,000 34,000 25,000 5340 155 ▼
428 con 67-73 210,000 150,000 110,000 75,000 7014 143 A310 1600 74-77 30,000 21,000 15,000 9500 1605 130 Vantage V600 98-00 240,000 195,000 150,000 95,000 5340 200
3000 ME 79-84 22,500 15,000 8500 5000 2994 125 A310 V6 77-86 36,500 26,500 19,000 12,000 2664 137 DB7 94-99 23,000 19,500 14,500 10,000 3239 157
Cobra MkIV 83-92 110,000 90,000 65,000 45,000 4942 134 GTA 85-91 12,500 9750 5000 2500 2849 139 DB7 Volante 96-99 29,000 23,000 17,000 13,000 3239 155
Ace Brooklands 93-00 26,500 21,500 16,000 8500 4942 140 GTA Turbo 85-91 15,000 111,250 6000 3000 2458 149 DB7 Vantage 99-03 26,000 21,000 16,000 12,000 5935 185
DB7 Vantage Volante 99-03 29,500 23,500 18,000 14,250 5935 165 ▼
ALFA ROMEO Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club (01787 249285) ALVIS Alvis Owner Club (alvisoc.org); Alvis Register (alvisregister.co.uk) DB7 GT/GTA 02-03 42,500 34,000 26,500 20,000 5935 185 ▼
6C 1750 GS Zagato 30-33 1.8m 1.3m 1m 900,000 1754 95 Speed 20 Tourer 32-36 142,500 120,000 80,000 60,000 2762 90 DB7 Zagato 03 240,000 200,000 160,000 n/a 5935 190
6C 2300 Touring 33-37 1.2m 950,000 750,000 500,000 2309 94 Speed 25 Tourer 37-40 172,500 140,000 100,000 72,500 3571 85 Vanquish 01-04 52,500 46,000 42,000 37,500 5935 190
1900C Sprint 51-55 190,000 150,000 100,000 75,000 1884 112 4.3 Litre Tourer 37-39 167,500 130,000 92,500 70,000 4387 100 DB9 04-08 33,000 27,500 21,000 15,000 5935 186 ▼
1900C Super Sprint 55-58 210,000 160,000 110,000 82,500 1975 112 TA14 46-50 16,000 11,000 6000 3250 1892 72 V8 Vantage 4.3 05-08 30,000 26,500 20,500 16,750 4280 175
Giulietta berlina 55-62 18,000 13,000 6750 3500 1290 90 TA14 convertible 46-50 32,000 24,000 13,500 6750 1892 72
Giulietta ti 57-64 25,000 18,000 8250 4000 1290 103 TA21/TC21/100 50-55 28,500 18,500 10,000 5000 2993 100 AUDI Audi Owners’ Club (audiownersclub.com)
Giulietta/Giulia Sprint 55-64 56,500 42,000 25,000 15,000 1290 110 TA21/TC21/100 con 50-55 60,000 40,000 23,500 14,000 2993 95 60/70/80/90 sal 65-72 7750 5500 2500 1100 1760 100
Giulietta/Giulia Spider 55-65 77,500 52,500 30,000 17,500 1570 108 TD21 56-63 30,500 22,500 12,500 7000 2993 104 ▼ 100 1.8/1.9 sal 68-76 8000 5750 2750 1250 1871 109
Giulietta, Giulia SS 57-66 95,000 72,500 48,500 32,500 1570 120 TD21 convertible 56-63 82,500 56,500 36,000 20,000 2993 102 ▼ 100S Coupé 69-76 19,500 15,000 7500 3750 1871 112
2000/2600 Spider 58-65 110,000 77,500 37,500 20,000 2584 124 TE/TF21 63-67 42,500 30,000 17,500 10,000 2993 110 Quattro turbo 80-89 50,000 36,500 22,000 12,000 2144 135
2600 Sprint 62-66 40,000 29,000 16,500 8000 2584 125 TE/TF convertible 63-67 92,500 65,000 42,000 25,000 2993 107 Quattro 20V 89-91 80,000 60,000 37,500 22,000 2226 142
SZ-1 60-62 410,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 1290 120 Quattro Sport 84-85 395,000 300,000 210,000 n/a 2133 154
TZ-1 63-65 975,000 875,000 785,000 695,000 1570 124 AMPHICAR IAOC (amphicar.com) Coupé Quattro 84-88 14,250 10,500 4750 2000 2226 125
Giulia Ti/Super 62-74 24,000 17,000 8000 3750 1570 105 770 61-65 65,000 45,000 26,500 16,000 1147 70 RS2 Avant 94-95 60,000 45,000 33,000 20,000 2226 162
1750/2000 Berlina 68-76 15,000 10,000 4500 2000 1962 115 Quattro S2 90-96 18,000 12,000 6500 3500 2226 147
Giulia Sprint GT/Vel. 63-68 42,500 34,000 19,000 11,000 1570 112 ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY Armstrong Siddeley Owners’ Club (01225 723809) TT 98-06 5500 4000 1350 500 1781 145
Giulia GTA 1300/1600 65-71 260,000 205,000 160,000 110,000 1570 115 Lancaster 46-52 12,250 8750 4850 2650 1991 70 S3 Quattro 99-03 6750 5000 2500 1300 1781 148
GT Junior 66-77 30,000 23,000 12,500 6000 1570 115 Hurricane dhc 46-53 22,000 15,000 8000 5200 1991 70 ▲ S4 Quattro 98-02 8000 6000 3500 2500 2771 153
1750GTV 67-72 43,500 32,500 16,000 7500 1962 118 Typhoon coupé 46-50 15,750 11,000 6950 4250 1991 70
2000GTV 71-77 42,000 32,000 15,000 6500 1962 118 Whitley 50-53 15,000 10,000 5000 2650 2309 85 AUSTIN pwa7c.co.uk; austincounties.org.uk; britishminiclub.co.uk
1300/1600 Junior Z 70-75 42,000 32,000 16,500 9750 1290 110 Sapphire 53-59 16,400 12,750 6250 3250 3435 100 Seven saloon 30-34 10,500 8500 4950 2500 747 50
Duetto/1750 r,tail 66-69 52,000 36,500 22,000 11,000 1570 113 Star Sapphire 58-60 21,500 16,000 7000 3500 3990 104 Seven Chummy 25-34 22,000 17,000 10,000 5500 747 50
Spider S2 69-82 26,500 17,000 7000 3000 1962 119 Seven 65/Nippy 33-37 27,500 21,000 12,500 8500 747 60
Spider S3 82-89 13,000 8250 3600 1650 1962 114 ▼ ASTON MARTIN Aston Martin Owners’ Club (01865 400400) Seven Ruby saloon 34-39 9500 7250 4250 2200 747 53
Spider S4 89-93 15,500 11,000 5000 2400 1962 114 ▼ DB2 50-53 220,000 160,000 115,000 67,500 2580 110 A40 Devon/Dorset 47-52 8250 5500 2400 1200 1200 76
Montreal 70-77 67,500 52,000 35,000 24,000 2593 132 DB2 con 51-53 325,000 255,000 175,000 110,000 2580 109 A70 Hamps/Heref 48-54 7500 5000 2400 1000 2199 83
Alfasud/Alfasud Ti 72-83 9500 6750 2750 1000 1286 103 DB2/4 MkI/II 53-57 177,500 130,000 88,500 62,000 2580 120 A90 Atlantic con 49-50 29,250 21,000 12,500 6500 2660 92
Alfasud Sprint 76-90 11,000 8000 3500 1400 1490 104 DB2/4 con 53-57 300,000 225,000 160,000 97,500 2580 120 A90 Atlantic coupé 50-52 20,000 15,000 9750 5000 2660 92
Alfetta sal 72-84 10,000 6500 3000 1000 1962 113 DB3S 53-56 5.3m 4.9m 4.4m 3.9m 2922 145 A40 Sports 50-53 17,500 12,500 6750 4000 1200 80
GTV 2000 76-87 16,000 10,500 5000 2000 1962 118 DB MkIII 57-59 210,000 160,000 115,000 70,000 2922 120 A40 Somerset 52-54 7000 4500 1900 900 1200 72
GTV6 81-87 23,500 15,000 6750 2750 2492 130 DB MkIII con 57-59 355,000 280,000 220,000 170,000 2922 120 Metropolitan 54-61 16,950 11,750 5500 2500 1489 78
75 sal 86-92 10,750 7750 3000 1400 2959 135 DB4 58-63 400,000 325,000 250,000 200,000 3670 141 A30/A35 51-59 8500 5500 2400 1000 948 75
164 2.0 TS 88-98 6750 4750 2000 900 1962 130 DB4 Vantage 61-63 475,000 420,000 340,000 255,000 3670 149 ▼ A40, A50, A55 53-59 6750 4750 2250 1100 1200 70
164 3.0 V6 88-98 9750 6500 2500 1200 2959 147 DB4 con 61-63 785,000 700,000 600,000 475,000 3670 140 A55/A60 Cambridge 59-69 8000 5500 2400 1100 1622 78
SZ/RZ 89-94 57,500 42,500 24,000 16,000 2959 153 DB4 GT 60-63 2.25m 2m 1.6m 1.2m 3670 155 A90, A95, A105 54-59 10,750 7500 3500 1500 2639 91
155 92-97 6500 4000 2000 1000 2498 140 DB4 GT Zagato 60-63 8.25m 7.75m 7m 6.25m 3670 154 A40 Farina 58-67 7000 5000 2000 800 1098 82
Spider 2.0 TS 96-02 5250 3600 1500 600 1970 131 DB5 63-65 675,000 550,000 420,000 295,000 3995 143 A99/A110 59-68 11,000 7500 3400 1400 2912 102

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1100/1300 63-74 5000 3250 1400 700 1098 85 BMW BMW Car Club (01970 267989) CHEVROLET Classic Corvette Club UK (corvetteclub.org.uk)
1300GT 69-74 8250 5750 2650 1250 1275 96 328 36-39 700,000 550,000 440,000 350,000 1971 100 Corvette roadster 53 160,000 120,000 80,000 60,000 3800 107
3-litre 68-71 9750 6500 3000 1600 2912 106 503 coupé 56-59 165,000 120,000 87,500 65,000 3168 115 Corvette roadster 54 77,500 55,000 36,000 26,500 3800 107
1800/2200 64-75 7500 4500 2000 900 1798 96 507 56-59 2m 1.75m 1.5m 1.3m 3168 135 Corvette 55-57 72,500 50,000 32,500 22,500 4343 119
Maxi 69-79 4400 3000 1250 625 1748 101 ▲ Isetta 250/300 55-65 20,000 14,000 9000 5750 298 60 Corvette 58-60 82,500 62,500 35,000 25,000 4639 130
Allegro 1100-1500 73-82 3400 2400 1150 550 1275 87 600 58-59 29,500 22,000 16,000 10,000 585 65 Corvette 61-62 72,500 55,000 32,000 22,000 5359 132
Allegro 1750/Sport TC 73-75 4500 3400 1750 850 1748 104 2000/ti lux/tii 66-72 13,500 10,000 4500 2200 1990 105 Corvette S-W coupe 63 95,000 72,500 40,000 30,000 5359 142
Seven/Mini MkI 59 27,500 22,500 15,000 12,000 848 71 1600/1602/1502 66-77 17,500 12,500 5500 2500 1573 100 Corvette Sting Ray 63-67 70,000 50,000 27,500 20,000 5359 142
Mini MkI 60-67 16,000 11,500 6250 3750 848 71 2002/Touring 68-75 17,000 12,500 5250 2400 1990 112 Camaro cpe/conv. 67-69 27,500 21,000 10,000 5000 5735 130
Mini MkII 67-69 10,000 7000 3500 1650 998 79 2002 cabrio/targa 71-74 36,000 26,500 13,500 6500 1990 110 Corvette Stingray 68-72 35,000 26,000 15,000 6500 6997 151
Mini MkIII-V 70-90 6750 4850 2400 1150 998 82 2002tii 71-75 35,000 25,000 12,500 6000 1990 120 Corvette Stingray 73-77 27,500 17,500 9000 4500 5737 125
Mini Cooper 997/998 61-69 28,500 20,000 11,000 6000 998 90 ▼ 2002 turbo 73-74 100,000 75,000 48,500 32,000 1990 130 Corvette 77-82 17,500 12,500 7250 4000 5733 125
Mini Cooper 1071S 63-64 40,000 31,000 20,000 14,000 1071 95 2800CS/CSA 69-71 24,000 16,500 9750 5000 2788 120 Corvette C4 84-96 12,000 9000 4500 2200 5733 145
Mini Cooper 970S 64-65 42,500 32,000 21,000 14,500 970 82 2500/2800/3.0/3.3 69-77 14,000 9250 4250 2000 2494 110 Corvette ZR1 90-95 19,000 15,500 12,500 9500 5727 180
Mini Cooper 1275S 64-67 40,000 31,000 19,500 14,000 1275 96 3.0CS/CSi 71-75 53,500 36,000 20,000 12,500 2985 130 Corvette C5 96-04 18,000 14,500 12,000 10,000 5666 175
Mini C’r 1275S MkII/III 67-71 32,000 22,500 14,000 9500 1275 96 3.0CSL 72-75 145,000 110,000 67,500 45,000 3003 134
Mini Moke 64-85 19,500 14,500 8000 4500 998 70 3.0CSL ‘Batmobile’ 72-75 325,000 235,000 160,000 100,000 3153 138 CISITALIA (cisitalia.net)
Mini 1275GT 69-80 20,000 13,500 6250 2650 1275 89 633/628CSi 76-87 18,500 11,000 5000 2000 3210 132 202 coupe 47-54 300,000 195,000 130,000 90,000 1089 105
Mini Clubman 70-80 7500 5000 2500 1250 1098 82 635CSi 78-89 26,000 18,000 8500 3500 3453 140 ▼
M635CSi 85-89 42,500 28,000 15,000 7500 3453 158 CITROËN Citroën Car Club (citroencarclub.org.uk)
AUSTIN-HEALEY Austin-Healey Club (austin-healeyclub.com) M1 79-80 360,000 275,000 200,000 160,000 3453 162 Light 15/Big 15 35-55 21,000 14,500 8000 4000 1911 72
100 BN1/2 53-56 66,000 48,500 32,000 22,000 2660 103 3 Series (E21) 75-83 11,000 7500 3500 1500 1990 120 2CV ‘ripple’ 48-60 13,500 10,000 5000 2500 425 49
100M 55-56 135,000 110,000 80.000 45,000 2660 109 323i (E21) 77-82 15,000 10,000 4500 2000 2315 126 2CV 60-90 9750 6750 2750 1250 602 71
100S 55 625,000 550,000 465,000 390,000 2660 119 320/325 Baur cabrio 81-85 13,500 8500 3750 1850 2495 135 ▲ Ami 61-78 6500 4500 2000 1000 602 75
100/6 BN4/6 56-59 59,000 40,000 26,000 15,000 2639 105 5 Series (E12) 75-81 11,000 7750 3850 1750 2788 133 Dyane 68-85 5250 3500 1650 800 602 78
3000 MkI 59-61 52,500 38,500 25,000 13,500 2912 112 ▼ M535i (E12) 80-81 27,500 20,000 11,500 5250 3453 139 DS19/ID19 56-68 23,500 16,500 7500 2750 1911 88
3000 MkII BN7 61-62 65,000 48,000 35,000 22,500 2912 117 5 Series (E28) 81-87 10,750 7500 3600 1650 2788 146 Safari estate 59-75 27,500 18,500 8250 3000 1911 88
3000 MkII BT7, BJ7 62-64 56,500 40,000 26,000 14,500 2912 117 M535i (E28) 85-87 16,500 12,000 6000 3000 3453 152 DS décapotable 63-78 187,500 142,500 100,000 65,000 2175 100
3000 MkIII 64-68 72,000 50,000 30,000 20,000 2912 121 M5 (E28) 85-88 50,000 35,000 20,000 12,000 3420 152 DS20/21/23 68-75 29,000 20,000 9000 3500 2347 109
‘Frogeye’ Sprite MkI 58-61 20,500 14,500 7250 4000 948 82 5 Series (E34) 88-95 5000 3500 2000 1000 3982 149 DS21/23 EFi 70-75 38,000 26,000 12,500 5500 2347 120
Sprite MkII 61-64 13,000 8250 4000 1850 1098 86 M5 (E34) 88-95 27,500 18,500 9500 4750 3535 155 SM V6 70-75 57,500 42,000 22,000 12,500 2670 135 ▼
Sprite MkIII 64-66 12,000 7500 3500 1600 1098 90 M5 (E39) 98-04 25,000 17,500 8750 6000 4941 155 GS/GSA 70-85 4500 3000 1500 700 1220 100
Sprite MkIV 66-71 10,250 6500 3000 1300 1275 96 3 Series sal (E30) 82-91 7500 5000 2250 1000 1990 123 CX 74-89 7500 4750 2000 800 2165 115
325i sal (E30) 85-91 12,000 8000 3500 1500 2494 130 CX Prestige 77-89 9500 6000 2500 1100 2347 116
AUTOBIANCHI (autobianchiregister.com) 325i Sport (E30) 89-91 24,000 16,000 8000 4000 2494 133 CX GTi/GTi turbo 77-89 12,000 8500 3750 1750 2347 137
Bianchina Trans/Cab 57-68 25,000 19,500 13,500 7250 499 68 3 Series (E30) conv 86-93 13,000 9000 3750 1400 2494 130 BX GTI 16V 87-93 6500 4500 2000 1000 1905 130
M3 (E30) 86-90 62,500 47,500 32,500 22,000 2302 143
BENTLEY Bentley Drivers’ Club (01295 738886) M3 Evo II (E30) 88 80,000 62,500 42,500 28,500 2302 143 CLAN Clan Owners’ Club (01295 255539)
3-litre Tourer 22-25 400,000 275,000 197,500 127,500 2996 80 Z1 86-91 43,500 32,500 18,000 11,000 2494 140 Crusader coupé 71-74 6000 4000 2000 1000 875 102
4.5-litre Tourer 27-31 925,000 725,000 500,000 365,000 4398 92 840/850 coupé 90-99 20,000 13,000 5250 2500 4941 155 ▲
6.5 Litre Speed Six 28-30 2.2m 1.85m 1.4m 1.1m 6597 86 850CSi 92-96 47,500 38,500 29,500 20,000 5576 155 DAF DAF Owners’ Club (dafownersclub.co.uk)
4.5 Litre ‘Blower’ 29-31 12m 8m 5m 3m 4398 98 M3/Evo (E36) 92-99 20,000 14,000 8750 5100 3201 155 55 Marathon coupé 68-72 3500 2250 950 500 1108 83
8 Litre 29-31 1.4m 1m 700,000 475,000 7982 101 Z3 4-cyl 96-01 3650 2500 1300 550 1895 127
Derby 3.5 Park Ward 33-37 115,000 80,000 47,500 29,500 3669 91 Z3 6-cyl 96-02 5750 4000 1900 975 2793 139 ▼ DAIMLER Daimler & Lanchester Owners’ Club (01787 247436)
Derby 3.5 coachbuilt 33-37 235,000 155,000 75,000 36,500 3669 91 Z3M Roadster 98-02 21,000 15,000 9250 6400 3201 155 DB18/Consort 39-53 10,000 7000 3500 1650 2522 76
Derby 4.25 PW 36-39 127,500 87,500 50,000 32,500 4257 96 Z3M Coupe 98-02 32,500 22,500 15,000 8500 3201 159 DB18 con 39-50 26,000 18,500 9500 5000 2522 76
Derby 4.25 coachbuilt 36-39 250,000 165,000 80,000 40,000 4257 96 Z8 00-03 175,000 135,000 110,000 85,000 4941 155 ▲ DB18 Sports Special 49-53 42,500 30,000 16,500 8250 2522 80
MkVI 4.3/4.6-litre 46-52 37,500 27,500 15,000 8500 4566 100 M3 (E46) 01-06 22,000 16,000 10,000 5750 3246 155 Conquest/Century 53-58 8750 6400 3000 1500 2433 90
MkVI con 51-52 125,000 92,500 45,000 27,500 4566 100 M3 CSL (E46) 03-05 58,500 47,500 40,000 32,500 3246 155 Conquest Rdstr/DHC 54-57 36,000 25,000 15,000 9000 2433 100
R-type saloon 52-55 44,000 31,000 17,500 9500 4566 106 Z4M 06-08 17,250 15,000 12,250 10,000 3246 155 104/Majestic 56-62 9000 6500 3000 1500 3794 100
Coachbuilt con 52-55 152,500 115,000 65,000 37,500 4566 106 Majestic Major 60-68 24,000 16,000 7500 3000 4561 119
R-type Continental 52-55 800,000 650,000 500,000 400,000 4566 115 BOND Bond Owners’ Club (bondownersclub.co.uk) SP250 sports 59-64 45,000 30,000 20,000 14,000 2548 123 ▼
S1/S2 saloon 55-62 43,500 30,000 16,000 8000 4887 101 Minicar MkA-G 48-65 6250 4750 2250 1000 250 55 2½-litre/V8 250 62-69 21,000 14,000 6000 2400 2548 112
S1 Cont Mulliner 55-59 400,000 300,000 175,000 135,000 4887 115 GT2+2/4S 63-70 6600 4500 1850 850 1147 83 Sovereign (420) 66-69 16,000 11,750 5500 2400 4235 117
S1 Cont PW coupé 55-59 300,000 225,000 135,000 100,000 4887 114 Equipe GT 67-70 7750 5400 1750 850 1998 100 Sovereign (XJ6) SI 69-73 16,250 10,750 4250 1350 4235 120
S1 Cont P Ward con 55-59 600,000 450,000 265,000 195,000 4887 114 Bug 70-74 14,500 10,000 5000 2500 701 75 Double-Six SI 72-73 16,000 10,250 4750 2000 5343 140
S2 Cont Mulliner 59-62 250,000 180,000 105,000 75,000 6230 115 4.2 coupé 75-78 24,500 14,500 7250 4250 4235 120
S2 Park Ward con 59-62 325,000 240,000 125,000 80,000 6230 115 BORGWARD Borgward Drivers’ Club (07788 973884) Double-Six Coupé 75-77 26,500 17,500 9250 4650 5343 140
S2 Flying Spur 4dr 59-62 167,500 130,000 70,000 50,000 6230 120 Isabella TS 54-61 12,500 8000 4250 2000 1493 93 Sovereign SII/III 73-86 9000 6000 1850 750 4235 126
S3 saloon 62-65 50,000 35,000 19,000 9000 6230 116 Isabella coupé 55-61 27,500 19,500 12,000 7000 1493 98 Double-Six SII/III 74-86 12,500 8250 3750 1500 5343 150
S3 MPW 2dr coupé 62-65 225,000 150,000 85,000 50,000 6230 120
S3 MPW con 62-65 250,000 170,000 110,000 65,000 6230 116 BRISTOL Bristol Owners’ Club (boc.net); Owners & Drivers Assn (bristoloda.org) DATSUN Z Club (zclub.net)
S3 Flying Spur 4dr 62-65 170,000 120,000 75,000 50,000 6230 118 400 47-50 72,000 49,000 29,000 19,500 1971 92 240Z 69-74 32,500 23,500 11,000 6500 2393 125
T1 saloon 65-76 20,000 14,250 6500 2500 6750 120 401, 403 49-55 60,000 45,000 25,000 16,000 1971 94 260Z 74-79 25,000 19,000 9000 5000 2565 127
T2 saloon 77-80 18,000 13,500 6000 2250 6750 120 Arnolt-Bristol 54-61 260,000 220,000 165,000 110,000 1971 109 280ZX/2+2 78-83 12,500 9000 4250 2000 2753 111
MPW/Corniche cpé 66-80 45,000 32,500 20,000 9000 6750 120 404 54-55 72,500 52,500 35,000 22,000 1971 110 240K Skyline 73-81 19,500 13,000 7000 4000 2392 112
MPW/Corniche conv 67-85 70,000 50,000 27,500 16.500 6750 118 405 saloon 54-56 52,000 35,000 20,000 10,000 1971 94
Mulsanne/Eight 80-92 12,500 9750 4750 2000 6750 119 405 con 55 150,000 110,000 60,000 40,000 1971 100 DELAHAYE The Delahaye Club (clubdelahaye.com)
Mulsanne Turbo 82-86 14,000 10,500 5500 2250 6750 135 406 58-61 45,000 31,000 16,000 9000 2216 104 135M/MS Coupé 35-39 400,000 275,000 125,000 50,000 3557 n/a
Turbo R/RL 85-97 15,500 11,000 5600 2200 6750 135 407, 408, 409 62-69 47,500 34,000 17,500 9250 5130 122 135M/MS Cabriolet 35-39 525,000 350,000 180,000 100,000 3557 n/a
Turbo RT 95-97 22,000 15,500 10,000 5000 6750 152 410, 411 69-76 56,000 39,000 20,000 10,500 5900 140 135M/MS Coupé 46-53 155,000 110,000 70,000 40,000 3557 n/a
Continental con 84-94 67,500 55,000 37,500 22,500 6750 140 412, Beaufighter 76-93 40,000 28,000 16,500 10,000 5900 150 135M/MS Cabriolet 46-53 265,000 190,000 120,000 70,000 3557 n/a
Continental R 91-02 38,500 31,000 22,000 17,000 6750 151 ▼ 603, Britannia,Brig. 76-94 37,500 26,500 16,000 8250 5900 150 235 Chapron coupé 51-54 110,000 75,000 45,000 25,000 3557 120
Continental T 96-02 70,000 55,000 37,500 30,000 6750 175
Brooklands 92-98 14,000 11,000 8000 4500 6750 140 BUGATTI Bugatti Owners’ Club (01242 673136) DELLOW Dellow Register (dellowregister.co.uk)
Azure 95-03 56,000 45,000 36,500 27,000 6750 150 Type 57 Galibier sal 34-39 325,000 250,000 185,000 130,000 3257 95 Mark I-V sport-trials 49-57 20,000 15,000 9000 4000 1172 65
Type 57 Ventoux 2dr 34-39 600,000 400,000 275,000 175,000 3257 95
BERKELEY Berkeley Enthusiasts’ Club (berkeleycarclub.com) Type 57 Stelvio con 34-39 640,000 450,000 300,000 220,000 3257 96 DELOREAN DeLorean Owners’ Club UK (07915 673889, deloreans.co.uk)
Sports SA322/SE328 56-58 9000 6250 3650 2400 328 65 Type 57 Atalante cpe 35-38 1.6m 1.25m 900,000 600,000 3257 100 DMC-12 coupé 81-82 50,000 40,000 24,000 15,000 2849 109
Sports SE492 58-59 12,000 7000 3750 2500 492 80 Type 57S Atalante cpe 36-38 7m 6.25m 5.5m 5m 3257 115
B95/B105 59-61 12,500 7500 4250 2750 692 90 EB110 92-95 1m 750,000 550,000 400,000 3499 209 DE TOMASO De Tomaso Drivers’ Club UK (detomasodc.co.uk)
T60 3-wheeler 59-61 8250 6000 3600 2000 328 60 Veyron 05-11 1.5m 1.2m 950,000 n/a 7993 253 ▼ Mangusta 67-72 200,000 165,000 140,000 110,000 4727 150
Pantera 72-89 110,000 67,500 36,500 22,000 5763 160
BIZZARRINI (isobizclub.com) CATERHAM Lotus Seven Club (lotus7.club) Deauville 70-88 36,000 26,000 15,000 7000 5763 150
5300GT Strada 65-69 850,000 650,000 525,000 425,000 5354 165 Seven (sp) 73-91 20,000 14,000 8000 5250 1599 110 Longchamp 72-89 42,000 34,000 16,500 8500 5763 150

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DKW DKW Owners’ Club (dkw.org.uk) 550/575M Maranello 96-06 86,000 70,000 52,500 42,500 5474 199 Escort MkII RS2000 75-80 37,500 26,500 13,000 6250 1993 109
Sonderklasse/3=6 53-59 19,000 14,000 7000 3500 896 76 Enzo 02-04 2.5m 2.1m 1.65m n/a 5998 220 Escort XR3 81-83 12,500 9000 4250 1750 1597 113
1000SP/A Union sp 58-65 17,500 12,500 6500 3750 980 82 Escort XR3i 83-86 11,000 7500 3400 1400 1597 116
1000/1000S sal/cpé 58-63 11,000 7500 3750 2000 980 80 FIAT Fiat Motor Club (0208 372 4028) Escort RS1600i 83-84 36,500 26,500 13,500 7000 1597 117
F102 saloon 64-66 4750 3250 1750 900 1175 84 500 Topolino 48-55 13,000 9500 4500 2000 569 60 Escort XR3i (MkIV) 86-90 9500 6750 2850 1250 1597 116 ▲
600/600D 55-70 10,500 7000 3000 1250 633 66 Escort XR3i cabrio 84-90 8000 5500 2400 1100 1597 107
DODGE 600 Multipla (MPV) 55-60 27,000 19,000 12,500 6750 767 59 Escort RS Turbo S1 84-85 28,500 20,000 10,000 4750 1597 122
Viper RT 10/GTS 92-02 35,000 28,000 21,000 16,000 7974 165 500/D/F/L/R 57-75 16,000 10,000 4000 2000 499 61 Escort RS Turbo S2 85-90 24,000 17,500 8250 3750 1597 124
1500S/1600S Osca sp 59-66 29,500 22,000 13,500 7250 1568 105 Capri MkI 1.3/1.6 69-74 13,000 9250 4500 2000 1599 95
ELVA Elva Owners’ Club (01903 823710) 2300S 61-68 32,500 23,000 16,500 10,000 2280 120 Capri GT 1.6/2.0 69-74 21,000 14,250 7500 3750 1996 107
Courier sports/cpé 58-61 27,500 22,000 12,000 6750 1498 100 850 Coupé 65-73 9000 6000 2750 1400 903 96 Capri 3000GT 70-74 24,000 15,000 7750 4000 2994 113
MkIII/MkIV T-type 62-69 25,000 20,000 12,500 7000 1798 110 850 Spider 65-73 15,000 9500 4500 2400 903 96 Capri 3000E/GXL 70-74 28,000 18,500 8500 3850 2994 113
124/Special 1.2/1.4 66-73 2650 1750 850 400 1438 100 Capri RS2600 71-74 54,000 43,000 27,500 18,500 2637 124
FACEL VEGA Facel Vega Car Club (01621 818608) 124 Coupé 66-75 10,750 7500 3000 1100 1756 115 Capri RS3100 73-74 57,500 46,500 26,500 16,500 3091 125
FV 4.5/4.8/5.4/5.8 54-59 175,000 127,500 95,000 65,000 5801 125 124 Spider 1.4/1.6 66-74 21,000 14,000 9000 3750 1608 112 Capri II/lll 1.6/2.0 74-82 15,500 10,250 3000 1300 1993 110
HK500 59-61 165,000 127,500 99,000 50,000 6286 130 124 Spider 1.8/2.0 75-81 16,750 11,250 5750 2250 1756 108 Capri II/III 3.0 74-82 25,500 18,000 7500 3250 2994 116
Facel II 62-64 235,000 190,000 140,000 90,000 6286 132 124 Spider Abarth 72-75 56,000 40,000 30,000 17,500 1756 118 Capri III 2.8i 81-87 24,000 16,500 7000 2950 2792 129
Facellia/Facel III 60-64 70,000 48,500 30,000 16,500 1647 114 Pininfarina Spider 82-85 17,500 12,000 6750 2750 1995 104 Capri 280 Brooklands 87-88 26,500 20,000 9250 4750 2792 129
Dino Spider 2.0/2.4 67-73 125,000 95,000 65,000 47,500 2418 130 Consul/Granada 3.0 72-77 15,000 9500 4250 1500 2994 113
FAIRTHORPE Fairthorpe Sports Car Club (01895 256799) Dino Coupé 2.0/2.4 67-73 50,000 37,500 22,500 15,000 1987 122 Granada 3.0 Coupé 74-77 16,500 10,500 4750 1850 2994 111
Electron Minor 57-73 5000 3750 2250 1250 948 80 130 saloon 2.8/3.2 69-76 6250 4500 2250 1100 3235 112 Granada MkII 77-85 9000 6000 2500 1250 2792 117
TX-GT/S/SS coupé 67-73 4500 3250 1850 750 1998 112 130 Coupé 72-76 20,000 14,000 7500 3600 3235 118 Fiesta XR2 MkI 81-83 20,000 14,000 6500 3000 1599 106
127 Sport 1300 81-83 6250 4000 2000 1000 1301 102 Fiesta XR2 MkII 84-89 13,000 8500 3750 1650 1597 109
FERRARI Ferrari Owners’ Club (01485 544500) 128 3P coupé 75-78 9750 6000 2500 1200 1301 102 Fiesta XR2i MkIII 89-94 7500 5250 2500 1250 1596 116
166MM Barchetta 48-50 3.5m 3.2m 3m 2.7m 1995 125 X1/9 77-89 10,000 6000 3000 1400 1290 100 Fiesta RS Turbo 90-92 16,000 12,000 6000 3500 1596 129
166 Inter 48-51 950,000 725,000 550,000 400,000 1995 115 Panda 80-96 4000 2750 1250 550 903 87 RS200 85-86 160,000 130,000 100,000 75,000 1803 140
212 Inter 51-52 1.1m 950,000 775,000 650,000 2562 120 Panda 4x4 84-92 8000 5500 2500 1100 999 83 Sierra XR4i 83-85 10,000 6500 3000 1500 2792 125
340 America 51 2.95m 2.6m 2.3m 2m 4101 136 Strada Abarth 130TC 84-88 15,000 10,000 4000 1750 1995 117 Sierra XR4x4 85-90 9000 6000 2750 1400 2792 127
250 Europa SI/SII 53-55 1.35m 1.15m 1.05m 995,000 2963 126 ▼ Coupé/Turbo 94-00 6750 4250 1500 500 1998 149 Sierra RS Cosworth 85-87 60,000 44,000 22,000 12,500 1993 145
410 Superamerica 56-59 3.9m 3m 2.5m 2.25m 4962 165 Barchetta 95-02 6750 4250 2200 1000 1747 118 Sierra RS500 87 90,000 70,000 45,000 27,500 1993 149
250GT Boano/Ellena 56-59 675,000 525,000 400,000 295,000 2953 157 ▼ Sapphire RS Cos. 88-92 32,500 24,000 12,000 5000 1993 154
250GT Cabrio S1 57-59 4.7m 4.25m 3.9m 3.5m 2953 155 FORD AVO OC (01527 542251); RS OC (0118 984 1583); Capri Club Intl (01386 860860); Escort RS2000 91-96 7250 4500 2250 1200 1998 131
250GT Berlinetta TdF 57-59 4.7m 4.3m 3.9m n/a 2953 143 Sporting Escort OC (01359 231384); Mustang OC GB (mocgb.net) Escort RS2000 4x4 94-96 13,500 10,000 7500 5500 1998 130
250GT PF coupé 58-62 425,000 335,000 240,000 175,000 2953 145 Prefect 40-53 8000 5500 2500 1250 1172 68 Escort RS Cosworth 92-96 55,000 45,000 32,500 24,000 1993 144
250 Cal’ Spider lwb 58-62 8.25m 7.25m 6.5m 5.75m 2953 155 Pilot V8 47-51 19,000 12,000 6000 3000 3622 82 Focus RS MkI 02-03 17,000 13,750 10,000 6000 1988 144
250 Cal’ Spider swb 60-63 14m 13m 12m 11m 2953 149 Anglia/Popular 103E 46-59 8000 5750 2500 1350 1172 61
250GT SWB (steel) 60-63 7.6m 6.5m 6.2m 5.6m 2953 150 Anglia 100E/Popular 53-62 6750 4750 2000 1100 1172 71 FRAZER NASH VSCC Frazer Nash section (01285 720483)
250GT SWB (alloy) 59-62 12.5m 11.5m 10.5m 9.5m 2953 155 Prefect 107E 59-61 7000 5000 2500 1350 997 73 Le Mans Replica 48-52 650,000 500,000 375,000 320,000 1971 115
250GT Cabrio Se2 60-62 1.075m 925,000 750,000 600,000 2953 160 ▼ Anglia 105E 59-68 8500 6000 2850 1600 997 74
250GTE 2+2 60-63 320,000 250,000 200,000 152,500 2953 140 ▼ Anglia 123E 62-68 10,500 7500 3500 2000 1197 82 GILBERN Gilbern Owners’ Club (01926 512136)
250GTO 62-64 59m 53m 46m n/a 2953 158 Consul MkI 50-56 10,000 7000 3000 1500 1508 73 Genie 66-70 13,500 9500 4750 2200 2994 120
250LM 64-66 16m 14m 12m n/a 2953 159 Zephyr Six MkI 50-56 14,000 10,000 4500 2000 2262 82 Invader I/II 69-72 14,000 10,000 5000 2500 2994 116
250GT Lusso 62-64 1.3m 1.1m 925,000 750,000 2953 150 ▼ Zephyr Zodiac 53-56 16,500 12,500 5500 2650 2262 84 Invader III 72-74 16,000 11,500 5500 2850 2994 120
400 Superamerica 60-64 1.95m 1.75m 1.6m 1.5m 3967 162 Consul MkI con 52-56 16,500 12,500 6750 4000 1508 73
500 Superfast 64-67 1.75m 1.5m 1.3m 1.1m 4962 170 Zephyr MkI con 52-56 23,000 18,000 12,000 6750 2262 82 GINETTA Ginetta Owners’ Club (01724 352801, membership@ginetta.org)
275GTB (steel) 64-66 1.7m 1.5m 1.25m 1m 3286 150 Consul MkII 56-62 10,000 7000 3000 1400 1703 79 G4 1.0/1.5 61-68 22,000 17,000 12,000 8000 1498 115
275GTB (alloy) 64-66 2.5m 2.25m 2m 1.8m 3286 150 Zephyr MkII 56-62 15,000 11,000 5000 2000 2553 88 G15 875/998 68-74 13,000 8000 4000 1850 998 108
275GTS 64-66 1.2m 1.1m 975,000 900,000 3286 150 Zodiac MkII 56-62 17,500 13,000 6250 2750 2553 88 G21 1800/1800S 71-78 14,000 10,000 4750 2000 1725 120
275GTB/4 (4-cam) 66-68 2.75m 2.4m 2.1m 1.8m 3286 165 Consul MkII con 56-62 14,000 9500 4750 2500 1703 78 G33 91-93 15,000 11,000 7000 5000 3946 137
330GT 2+2 64-67 225,000 155,000 125,000 85,000 3967 150 ▲ Zephyr MkII con 56-62 20,000 15,000 9000 5500 2553 88
330GTC 66-68 460,000 365,000 285,000 240,000 3967 150 ▼ Zodiac MkII con 56-62 24,000 17,500 10,500 6250 2553 88 GORDON-KEEBLE Gordon-Keeble Owners’ Club (0121 459 9587)
330GTS 66-68 1.6m 1.4m 1.2m 1m 3967 150 Zephyr MkIII 62-66 14,000 10,000 3500 1500 2553 95 GK1/IT 64-67 97,500 72,500 49,500 30,000 5395 135
Dino 206GT 68-69 450,000 375,000 285,000 185,000 1987 145 Zodiac MkIII 62-66 17,500 12,000 5750 2000 2553 100
Dino 246GT 69-73 340,000 275,000 175,000 105,000 2418 150 Zephyr 4/6 MkIV 66-72 8500 6000 2600 1200 2994 100 HEALEY Association of Healey Owners (01425 480243)
Dino 246GTS 72-74 400,000 325,000 240,000 150,000 2418 150 ▲ Zodiac MkIV/Exec 66-72 9500 7000 3250 1400 2994 100 Silverstone sports 49-50 150,000 125,000 97,500 67,500 2443 107
365GT 2+2 67-71 185,000 150,000 95,000 60,000 4390 152 ▼ Consul Classic 61-63 11,500 8000 3750 1650 1498 79 Abbott con 50-54 44,000 35,000 24,000 14,000 2443 100
365GTC 68-70 550,000 450,000 375,000 320,000 4390 155 Consul Capri 61-64 17,000 13,000 6000 2500 1340 84 Tickford saloon 50-54 34,000 26,000 16,500 9500 2443 102
365GTB/4 Daytona 68-74 625,000 515,000 425,000 350,000 4390 173 Consul Capri GT 63-64 20,000 14,000 8000 3500 1340 95
365GTS/4 Spider 72-73 2.15m 1.9m 1.5m n/a 4390 170 Corsair/V4 64-70 7000 4850 2250 1100 1663 90 HEINKEL/TROJAN Heinkel/Trojan Club (01527 501318)
365GTC/4 2+2 70-72 210,000 165,000 125,000 100,000 4390 152 Corsair GT/2000E 64-70 8500 6250 3000 1500 1996 100 Cabin Cruiser/200 56-65 20,000 14,000 9500 6000 198 60
365GT4 2+2 72-76 69,500 50,000 30,000 19,000 4390 150 GT40 64-68 4.5m 3.8m 2.9m 2.4m 4736 198
365GT4 BB 75-76 285,000 225,000 185,000 150,000 4390 163 Mustang coupé 64-68 28,500 20,000 12,000 6500 4727 120 HILLMAN Owners’ Club (01522 823778); Imp Club (01789 414789)
512BB 76-81 225,000 190,000 145,000 112,500 4942 163 Mustang fastback 65-68 35,000 26,000 15,500 8500 4727 120 Minx Ph. I-II 39-48 6750 5250 2200 1000 1185 65
512BBi 81-85 195,000 165,000 135,000 107,500 4942 168 Mustang con 64-68 34,000 25,500 16,000 9000 4727 111 Minx Ph. I-II con 39-48 13,000 9000 4000 2000 1185 65
308GT4 2+2 73-80 47,500 36,500 25,000 18,000 2926 156 Mustang GT350 65-66 255,000 210,000 130,000 100,000 4727 133 Minx Ph. III-VIIIA 48-56 6000 4000 1750 800 1390 73
308GTB (grp) 75-77 125,000 92,500 70,000 50,000 2926 154 Mustang GT500 67-70 155,000 130,000 100,000 75,000 6800 130 Minx Ph. III-VIIIA con 48-56 10,750 7250 3500 1600 1390 73
308GTB/GTS 77-80 65,000 52,000 37,500 24,000 2926 155 Cortina MkI 62-66 10,000 7500 3500 1400 1498 82 Californian 53-56 8750 5750 2950 1500 1390 74
308GTBi/GTSi 80-82 55,000 40,000 30,000 21,000 2926 155 Cortina MkI GT 63-66 24,000 17,500 8000 3500 1498 91 Minx SI-IIIC 56-63 6250 4250 2000 900 1592 80
308GTB qv/GTS qv 82-85 63,000 48,500 35,000 23,000 2926 155 Cortina MkII 66-70 10,000 7000 3400 1500 1599 87 Minx SI-IIIC con 56-62 9500 6750 3350 1650 1494 80
328GTB/GTS 85-88 73,500 59,500 46,500 32,500 3195 163 Cortina MkII GT 66-70 12,500 9250 4000 1750 1599 98 Minx SV-VI 63-67 4250 2750 1250 625 1725 81
400/400i/412i man. 76-89 47,500 37,500 24,000 14,000 4823 158 Cortina 1600E 67-70 13,500 10,000 4500 1950 1599 98 Husky II/III estate 58-66 6600 4500 2000 1000 1390 74
400/400i/412i auto 76-89 40,000 30,000 20,000 12,500 4942 158 Cortina MkIII 70-76 9750 6750 3250 1500 1993 101 Super Minx SI-IV 61-66 5500 3500 1650 800 1725 86
Mondial 81-94 35,000 27,500 16,500 9500 2926 143 Cortina MkIII GT/GXL 71-76 11,000 7500 3750 1850 1993 104 Super Minx con 62-64 8250 5750 2750 1500 1592 84
Mondial cabrio 84-94 38,000 30,000 19,000 12,000 2926 146 Cortina MkIII 2000E 73-76 11,500 8000 4000 2000 1993 105 Imp 63-76 5500 3750 1750 850 875 81
348/Spider 89-94 50,000 42,000 33,000 25,000 3405 170 Cortina MkIV/V 76-82 11,000 7000 3000 1350 2293 110 Imp Californian 67-70 6250 4500 2200 1000 875 81
F355 GTB 94-99 70,000 60,000 49,000 36,500 3496 185 Escort MkI 1.1/1.3 68-75 11,000 8000 4000 1750 1298 83 Husky (Imp) 66-70 5750 4000 1800 900 875 80
F355 GTS/Spider 95-99 67,500 59,500 48,000 37,500 3496 183 Escort Twin Cam 68-71 55,000 42,500 30,000 22,500 1558 113 Hunter GLS 72-76 20,000 14,000 6500 3000 1725 110
360 Modena 99-05 57,500 50,000 43,500 36,500 3586 184 Escort GT/Spt/1300E 68-75 19,000 13,500 7000 4000 1298 96 Avenger GT/GLS 71-81 6000 4000 1750 800 1598 98
Testarossa 84-90 85,000 70,000 52,500 37,500 4942 181 Escort Mexico 70-75 40,000 28,500 18,500 12,000 1599 99 Avenger Tiger 72-73 16,500 11,000 6000 3000 1599 100
512 TR 91-94 125,000 100,000 70,000 50,000 4943 193 Escort RS1600 70-75 60,000 47,500 32,500 25,000 1601 113
F512 M 94-96 195,000 155,000 120,000 85,000 4943 194 Escort RS2000 73-74 45,000 35,000 21,000 14,000 1993 108 HONDA Honda S800 Sports Car Club (0121 444 2988)
456GT 92-98 47,500 40,000 28,500 20,000 5474 184 Escort MkII sal 75-80 10,000 6500 2950 1250 1297 93 S800 coupé 66-70 26,000 18,500 12,000 6750 791 96
456MGT 98-03 55,000 42,000 28,500 22,000 5474 185 Escort MkII Ghia 75-80 12,000 8000 4000 2000 1599 97 S800 sports 66-70 32,500 25,000 16,000 10,000 791 96
288GTO 84-87 2.6m 2.2m 1.95m 1.75m 2855 190 Escort MkII Sport 75-80 20,000 15,000 7500 3750 1599 101 CRX 1.6i/V-TEC 86-91 8000 5750 2750 1250 1595 125
F40 88-92 2.25m 1.9m 1.4m 1.25m 2936 201 Escort MkII Mexico 76-78 35,000 25,000 15,000 9000 1593 105 NSX 3.0 90-02 60,000 47,500 32,000 24,000 2977 158 ▲
F50 95-97 2.9m 2.5m 2.1m n/a 4698 202 Escort MkII RS1800 75-77 70,000 52,500 36,000 27,500 1835 112 Beat 91-95 4750 3000 1500 900 656 84

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Integra Type R DC2 98-01 18,000 14,000 7000 3500 1787 143 XJ-S 3.6 83-89 8500 5250 2200 800 3590 141 Beta Coupé 1.6/2.0 73-84 7500 5000 2100 900 1995 114
S2000 (AP1) 99-03 14,000 10,000 5500 3250 1997 147 XJ-SC 3.6 cabrio 83-87 11,500 8250 4000 1750 3590 134 Beta Coupé Volumex 83-84 9000 6000 2850 1450 1995 126
XJ-SC V12 cabrio 85-88 15,000 10,000 5000 2000 5343 150 Beta Spider 1.6/2.0 75-82 11,000 7750 3250 1500 1995 114
HRG XJ-S V12 con 88-91 19,000 12,500 5250 2400 5343 150 Beta HPE 75-85 8250 5750 2900 1100 1995 116
1100/1500 38-56 60,000 46,500 32,000 22,500 1496 81 XJS V12 91-96 16,000 10,500 5000 2200 5994 161 Beta HPE Volumex 83-85 12,000 8000 3750 1750 1995 116
XJS V12 con 91-96 17,500 12,000 5500 2500 5994 160 Montecarlo 75-84 26,000 18,000 8500 3000 1995 120
HUMBER Post-Vintage Humber Car Club (01604 404363) XJR-S 88-93 24,000 17,500 8500 4000 5993 158 Gamma 76-84 5000 3250 1500 650 2484 121
Hawk MkI-VI 49-57 7500 5500 2500 1200 2267 80 XJS 4.0 91-96 14,000 9500 4000 1650 3980 138 Gamma Coupé 76-84 9000 6000 3000 1250 2484 121
Hawk SI-IV 57-68 7500 5000 2350 1150 2267 86 XJS 4.0 conv 92-96 21,500 13,750 6750 3600 3980 138 Rally 037 Stradale 82-83 400,000 325,000 250,000 n/a 1995 128
Snipe 45-48 9500 7500 3000 1400 2731 72 XJ220 89-92 300,000 260,000 210,000 160,000 3498 212 Delta S4 Stradale 85-87 275,000 220,000 145,000 n/a 1759 140
Snipe/P’man MkI-IV 45-56 10,000 7000 3250 1500 4139 91 XK8 4.0 fhc 96-02 8000 5250 2500 1500 3996 155 ▲ Delta HF Turbo 84-90 12,000 8000 3750 1750 1585 121
Super Snipe dhc 49-52 22,000 15,000 10,000 5000 4086 80 XK8 4.0 con 96-02 10,000 7000 3700 2250 3996 155 HF Integrale 87-91 30,000 21,000 12,000 5000 1995 134
Super Snipe SI-VA 58-67 9750 7000 2750 1250 2651 106 XJR (X308) sal 97-03 7500 4750 2000 1000 3996 155 Integrale Evo 1 91-93 64,000 50,000 25,000 12,500 1995 135
Imperial 64-67 10,000 7250 3000 1350 2965 102 XKR 4.0 fhc/con 98-02 11,250 7750 3600 2000 3996 157 Integrale Evo 2 93-95 75,000 60,000 30,000 15,000 1995 136
Sceptre MkI-II 63-67 8900 6000 2500 1000 1725 90 Thema 8.32 88-90 17,000 11,500 5500 3000 2927 140
Sceptre MkIII 67-76 7000 4500 1750 750 1725 98 JEEP
Cherokee 92-01 13,000 8000 3000 1000 3960 107 LAND ROVER Series I Club (01363 82666); SII Club, PO Box 251, Barnsley S70 5YN
ISO Iso Bizzarrini Club (020 8891 6663) Series I 80in 48-53 43,000 27,500 14,000 5750 1595 60
Rivolta 62-70 85,000 62,500 40,000 30,000 5359 140 JENSEN Jensen Owners’ Club (01625 525699); Jensen Club (01296 614072) Series I 53-58 36,000 21,000 8000 2000 1997 60
Grifo 63-74 315,000 260,000 195,000 130,000 5359 161 541/R/S 54-63 57,500 42,500 22,500 13,000 3993 123 SII/IIA 2.2/2.6 88in 58-71 21,000 10,000 3800 1250 2286 69
Grifo 7-litre 69-74 375,000 300,000 225,000 155,000 6998 170 C-V8 62-65 55,000 40,000 20,000 11,000 6276 143 SII/IIA 2.2/2.6 109in 58-71 22,500 11,000 3950 1350 2625 75
Lele 70-74 45,000 26,000 15,000 7500 5736 145 Interceptor MkI 67-69 60,000 40,000 18,500 8500 6276 140 SIII 2.2/2.6/3.5 71-85 14,750 7750 2500 850 2625 73
Interceptor II-III 70-75 52,500 35,000 15,500 7500 6276 140 SIII Stage 1 V8 79-83 17,500 10,000 4250 1450 3528 86
JAGUAR Car Club (01773 741784); Drivers’ Club (01582 419332); Enthusiasts’ Club FF 67-71 120,000 82,500 60,000 40,000 7212 141 Defender 84-90 13,000 8950 3400 1750 2495 77
(0117 969 8186); XK/E-type Club Club (01584 781588) Interceptor SP 71-73 55,000 36,500 16,500 8000 7212 144 Defender V8 85-90 17,250 11,000 4250 2250 3528 86
SS100 2½-litre 36-39 365,000 280,000 220,000 150,000 2663 94 Interceptor con 74-76 70,000 52,500 30,000 16,000 7212 140 Defender Tdi 90-98 16,000 10,750 5000 1950 2495 80 ▲
SS100 3½-litre 38-39 465,000 360,000 265,000 190,000 3485 104 Jensen-Healey/GT 72-76 15,000 10,500 5000 2000 1973 120 Defender Td5 98-07 17,000 12,825 5600 3000 2495 85
1½-litre 45-49 32,000 21,000 12,000 6750 1776 70 Range Rover 2dr 70-72 45,000 32,000 18,500 10,000 3528 96
2½-litre 46-51 34,500 24,000 13,000 7250 2663 87 JOWETT Jowett Car Club (01245 256944); Jupiter Owners’ Auto Club (01394 385709) Range Rover 73-78 35,000 25000 14,000 6000 3528 99
3½-litre 46-51 42,000 27,000 16,000 9000 3485 92 Javelin 47-54 11,000 7500 3600 1750 1486 77 Range Rover 78-89 25,000 16,000 4500 750 3528 106
MkV 2½-litre con 49-51 63,000 45,000 27,500 12,000 2663 87 Jupiter 50-54 30,000 23,000 16,000 9000 1486 85 Range Rover 3.9SE 89-96 17,500 9000 4000 1000 3947 108
MkV 3½-litre con 49-51 80,000 60,000 36,500 20,000 3485 92 Range Rover 4.2LSE 92-95 30,000 18,000 6500 1750 4192 110
XK120 alloy rdstr 49-50 240,000 190,000 145,000 115,000 3442 132 LAGONDA Lagonda Club (01252 845451)
XK120 roadster 50-54 114,000 79,000 52,000 33,000 3442 122 2.6/2.9 48-57 59,000 40,000 22,000 10,000 2922 100 LEA-FRANCIS Lea-Francis Owners’ Club (01865 407515)
XK120 dhc 50-54 100,000 77,500 48,000 30,000 3442 122 2.6/2.9 con 49-57 87,500 65,000 32,500 18,000 2922 100 14hp/14/70 saloon 46-54 12,500 10,000 5000 2000 1767 75
XK120 fhc 51-54 85,000 61,500 38,000 25,000 3442 121 Rapide 61-64 162,500 115,000 70,000 37,500 3995 135 14hp/2½-litre Sports 50-53 49,000 35,000 25,000 15,000 2496 100
C-type 51-54 5m 4m 3.5m 3m 3442 144 Saloon SI-III 76-87 67,500 46,000 26,500 18,000 5340 140
XK140 roadster 54-57 119,000 79,000 52,000 32,000 3442 126 Saloon SIV 87-90 72,500 52,500 32,500 22,000 5340 140 LOTUS Club Lotus (01362 694459); Historic Lotus Register (01293 871541); Lotus DC
XK140 fhc 54-57 70,000 50,000 36,000 24,000 3442 125 (01926 859918); Lotus 7 Club (07000 572582); Lotus Cortina Register (01923 776219)
XK140 dhc 54-57 114,000 78,000 51,000 32,000 3442 125 LAMBORGHINI Lamborghini Owners’ Club UK (lamborghiniclubuk.com) Six 53-56 35,000 26,500 17,500 13,000 1172 93
D-type 54-57 6.25m 5.5m 4.3m 3.9m 3442 160 350GT/400GT Inter 64-67 525,000 450,000 350,000 250,000 3497 147 Elite 57-63 85,000 67,500 47,500 30,000 1216 113
XK150 roadster 58-60 109,000 79,000 45,000 27,500 3781 130 400GT 67-68 325,000 270,000 225,000 175,000 3929 150 Seven SII 60-68 35,000 24,000 15,000 9000 1098 92
XK150 fhc 57-61 70,000 50,000 33,000 20,000 3781 128 Miura P400 66-69 1.3m 1.1m 825,000 600,000 3929 170 Super Seven 1.3-1.6 61-69 35,000 27,000 19,000 14,500 1498 103
XK150 dhc 57-61 100,000 70,000 39,000 26,000 3781 127 Miura 400S 69-71 1.5m 1.25m 900,000 675,000 3929 172 Seven SIII 1.3/1.6 68-70 28,000 19,500 13,000 8250 1599 108
XK150S 3.4 roadster 58-60 140,000 100,000 75,000 55,000 3442 130 Miura SV 71-75 2.3m 2m 1.7m n/a 3929 175 Seven S4 69-73 15,000 11,000 6500 3500 1599 108
XK150S 3.4 fhc 58-60 90,000 70,000 50,000 39,000 3442 129 Islero 68-70 210,000 160,000 130,000 105,000 3929 160 Lotus Cortina MkI 63-64 62,500 48,500 32,500 25,000 1558 108
XK150S 3.4 dhc 58-60 125,000 90,000 69,000 50,000 3442 130 Jarama 70-78 120,000 86,500 57,500 40,000 3929 162 Lotus Cortina MkI 64-66 56,000 42,500 29,500 22,000 1558 107
XK150S 3.8 roadster 59-60 188,000 155,000 124,000 87,500 3781 136 Espada I 68-70 145,000 110,000 65,000 37,500 3929 154 Cortina II Lotus 67-70 33,000 26,000 16,500 10,000 1558 102
XK150S 3.8 fhc 59-60 106,000 82,500 60,000 45,000 3781 132 Espada II/III 71-78 110,000 82,500 54,000 30,000 3929 154 Elan S1 dhc 62-64 38,500 30,000 21,000 14,500 1558 119
XK150S 3.8 dhc 59-60 167,500 130,000 100,000 72,000 3781 130 Urraco P250 73-74 80,000 55,000 30,000 20,000 2463 148 Elan S2-S4 dhc 64-71 33,500 25,000 16,000 10,000 1558 120
MkVII-MkIX 51-61 33,000 22,500 11,000 5000 3442 105 Urraco P300 75-76 95,000 65,000 35,000 22,500 2997 158 Elan S3/S4 cpé 66-71 29,000 21,500 12,000 7250 1558 123
MkX/420G 61-70 21,000 15,500 7250 3000 4235 120 Jalpa 82-86 77,500 52,500 30,000 22,000 3485 153 Elan Sprint con 71-73 47,500 37,500 24,000 15,000 1558 121
Mk1 2.4/Mk2 2.4 55-67 26,000 18,000 7500 3250 2483 96 C’tach LP400‘Peri’ 74-76 950,000 750,000 650,000 475,000 3929 192 Elan Sprint Coupé 71-73 40,000 32,000 20,000 13,500 1558 121
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Mk1 3.4 57-59 41,500 27,500 15,000 9000 3442 120 Countach LP400 76-78 450,000 350,000 250,000 175,000 3929 192 Elan Plus 2 67-74 28,000 20,000 11,000 6000 1558 121
Mk2 3.4 59-67 35,000 25,000 10,000 4000 3442 114 C’tach LP400S 78-82 400,000 300,000 200,000 140,000 3929 164 Europa S2 67-71 20,000 14,500 7500 4500 1470 110
Mk2 3.8 59-67 50,000 30,000 14,000 5000 3781 121 Countach 5000 82-90 350,000 295,000 200,000 140,000 5167 179 Europa TC/Special 71-75 33,500 22,500 11,000 6000 1558 123
S-type sal 63-68 23,000 16,000 7750 3250 3781 121 Countach 25th Anni 89-90 225,000 195,000 152,500 120,000 5167 179 Elite, Eclat 74-82 10,750 7500 3000 1250 2174 129
240 67-68 22,000 15,000 7000 3000 2483 105 Diablo 91-01 160,000 130,000 95,000 70,000 5707 202 Esprit S1 76-78 38,500 30,000 21,000 13,500 1973 124
340 67-68 27,500 18,000 8750 3750 3442 123 Diablo VT 93-01 175,000 150,000 105,000 82,500 5707 200 Esprit S2 78-81 29,500 22,000 14,000 9000 1973 130
420 66-68 16,000 11,750 5500 2400 4235 123 Esprit Turbo 80-87 37,500 26,500 14,000 8000 2174 148
E-type 3.8 rdstr (ff) 61-62 165,000 120,000 85,000 60,000 3781 145 LANCHESTER Daimler & Lanchester Owners’ Club (07000 356285) Esprit S3 82-87 26,500 18,500 11,000 6000 2174 134
E-type 3.8 cpé (ff) 61-62 130,000 100,000 75,000 50,000 3781 145 Ten (LD10) 46-51 7500 5000 2400 1200 1287 69 Excel 82-88 9000 6500 2850 1350 2174 130
E-type 3.8 roadster 62-64 145,000 105,000 70,000 47,500 3781 145 Esprit X180 87-90 22,500 16,500 8750 5250 2174 135
E-type 3.8 coupé 61-64 112,500 82,500 57,500 35,000 3781 145 LANCIA Lancia Motor Club (lanciamotorclub.co.uk) Esprit Turbo/SE 87-92 32,000 22,000 12,000 6750 2174 156
E-type 4.2 S1 rdstr 64-67 132,500 97,500 67,500 46,500 4235 145 ▼ Aprilia saloon 37-49 26,500 20,000 11,000 6000 1486 80 Esprit S4 Turbo 93-96 39,000 29,000 15,000 8500 2174 161
E-type 4.2 S1 coupé 64-67 102,500 75,000 48,500 30,000 4235 145 Appia saloon 53-63 15,000 10,000 5500 2750 1089 80 Esprit GT3 96-99 38,500 29,500 17,500 12,500 1973 163
E-type S1 2+2 66-67 65,000 47,500 22,000 11,000 4235 136 Aurelia B10/21/22 50-55 28,500 22,500 12,500 6500 1754 90 Esprit V8 96-04 42,500 32,500 21,000 15,000 3506 175
E-type S1½/S2 rdstr 67-70 100,000 74,000 44,000 26,500 4235 145 Aurelia B20GT 53-58 142,500 110,000 80,000 59,500 2451 113 Carlton/Omega 90-92 50,000 35,000 19,000 12,500 3615 177
E-type S1½/S2 fhc 67-70 75,000 52,500 32,500 20,000 4235 145 Aurelia B24 Spider 55-56 825,000 650,000 560,000 500,000 2451 115 Elan SE turbo 89-92 10,000 7000 4000 2000 1588 137
E-type S1½/S2 2+2 67-70 52,000 36,000 17,500 10,000 4235 136 Aurelia B24 conv 57-58 275,000 235,000 190,000 145,000 2451 108 Elan S2 94-95 10,500 8000 5000 3000 1588 137
E-type V12 roadster 71-75 85,000 62,500 35,000 22,500 5343 150 ▼ Flaminia saloon 57-70 10,000 7000 3750 1750 2458 100 Elise S1 95-00 18,000 14,000 10,000 7000 1796 126
E-type V12 fhc 2+2 71-74 56,000 40,500 22,500 10,500 5343 150 ▼ Flaminia coupé 59-67 47,500 35,000 20,000 13,000 2775 112 Elise S2 00-05 15,000 12,500 10,500 9000 1796 125
XJ6 2.8 Series 1 68-73 10,000 6750 2500 1000 2791 117 Flaminia GT/GTL/3C 59-67 75,000 60,000 46,000 27,500 2775 115 Elise 111/S 99-05 18,000 14,500 12,000 10,000 1796 132
XJ6 4.2 Series 1 68-73 15,500 10,000 3750 1250 4235 124 Flaminia convertible 59-67 132,500 100,000 70,000 47,500 2775 110 340R 00-02 35,000 28,500 22,000 16,000 1796 133
XJ12 Series 1 72-73 16,000 10,000 4500 2000 5343 140 Flaminia Sport Zag 59-67 250,000 190,000 135,000 95,000 2775 130 Exige S1 00-02 31,000 24,000 17,000 13,500 1796 136
XJ6 Series 2 73-79 12,000 7500 3000 1000 3442 117 Flavia saloon 61-70 12,500 8000 3500 1500 1488 105
XJ6 Series 3 79-86 10,000 6000 2500 950 4235 125 Flavia coupé 1.5/1.8 62-68 22,500 15,000 7500 4000 1800 112 MARCOS Marcos Owners’ Club (01384 561524); Club Marcos Int (01225 707815)
XJ12 Series 2-3 75-93 12,500 8000 3750 1500 5343 146 Flavia Sport Zagato 63-67 59,000 45,000 32,000 18,000 1800 120 GT1800 64-66 20,000 16,000 11,500 7000 1780 115
XJ6 Coupé 75-78 24,000 14,000 7000 4200 4235 120 Flavia 2000 saloon 70-74 13,500 8500 4000 1600 1991 110 1500/1600 66-68 22,000 17,000 12,000 7500 1598 117
XJ12 Coupé 75-78 26,000 17,500 9000 4500 5343 143 Flavia 2000 coupé 69-73 16,000 11,000 5500 2650 1991 115 3-litre 69-72 21,750 16,000 11,000 6750 2978 120
XJR 3.6/4.0 sal 88-94 11,000 7000 3500 1600 3980 142 Fulvia Berlina 63-73 6750 4000 1750 800 1216 100 Mini-Marcos 65-74 8250 6000 3250 1600 1275 100
XJ12 (XJ81) sal 93-94 10,000 6500 2850 1350 5994 155 Fulvia coupé 65-76 20,000 14,500 6400 2750 1298 96 Coupé/Mantula 81-87 14,500 10,000 6000 3500 2792 130
XJR X300 sal 94-97 12,000 8000 2850 1200 3980 155 ▲ Fulvia Sport Zagato 68-72 40,000 30,000 16,500 9000 1298 109 Mantara 93-97 16,000 13,000 10,500 8000 3946 158
XJ12 X300 sal 94-97 8500 6250 3000 1500 5994 155 Fulvia HF SI/SII 68-72 50,000 35,000 17,500 11,500 1584 115
XJ-S manual 75-80 27,500 20,000 10,000 6000 5343 154 Stratos 72-74 500,000 400,000 320,000 240,000 2418 130 MASERATI Maserati Club (01494 717701)
XJ-S V12 auto 75-91 12,500 7750 3250 900 5343 150 Beta sal 72-81 6500 4250 1750 650 1995 118 A6G/2000 Zag. cpé 54-57 2.75m 2.25m 1.85m 1.4m 1986 131

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A6G/2000 coupé 54-57 500,000 450,000 400,000 350,000 1986 131 300SL (R107) 85-89 34,000 21,000 9000 3650 2962 124 4/4 1800 (Zetec) 93-06 22,000 18,250 14,000 9000 1796 106
3500GT coupé 58-64 200,000 165,000 130,000 100,000 3485 142 350/380/450SLC cpé 71-81 20,000 12,500 5000 1750 4520 137 ▼ Plus 4 85-87 21,000 16,000 11,000 8000 1994 109
3500GT Spider 58-64 525,000 450,000 365,000 250,000 3485 140 280S/SE sal 72-80 11,500 7000 3250 1250 2746 118 Plus 4 88-00 24,000 20,000 16,000 11,000 1994 115
Sebring 3.5/3.7/4.0 62-66 165,000 130,000 95,000 52,500 3485 138 350/450SE/SEL sal 72-80 16,000 10,000 4400 1600 4520 130 Plus 8 68-72 50,500 32,000 20,000 14,000 3528 125
Mistral coupé 63-70 150,000 112,500 72,500 37,500 3692 147 200/230E sal 75-84 8250 5750 2400 1100 2299 114 Plus 8 73-86 44,000 29,500 18,000 12,000 3528 125
Mistral Spyder 64-70 525,000 450,000 350,000 250,000 3692 147 250/280E sal 75-84 8750 6000 2500 1200 2746 124 Plus 8 injection 84-04 40,000 27,500 17,000 11,000 3528 125
Quattroporte 4.1/4.7 63-71 60,000 40,000 25,000 15,000 4136 130 230/280CE coupé 77-85 16,000 11,000 5000 2000 2746 125
Quattroporte III 79-90 19,000 12,000 6500 3500 4930 122 G-wagon (W460) 79-92 24,000 16,250 7500 3500 2746 102 MORRIS Morris Register (01934 832340); Morris Minor Owners’ Club (01332 291675)
Mexico 65-72 95,000 70,000 42,000 27,500 4719 150 450SEL 6.9 sal 76-80 36,500 26,500 13,750 6750 6834 140 Minor MM lowlamp 48-51 11,750 8250 4000 2250 918 64
Indy 66-74 65,000 49,000 34,000 24,000 4719 156 280SL-SL320 (R129) 89-01 13,500 8000 3500 1600 2960 142 Minor MM L-L Tourer 48-51 15,000 10,500 5250 3000 918 64
Ghibli 4.7 67-70 200,000 150,000 90,000 60,000 4719 155 500SL/SL500 (R129) 89-01 17,500 10,750 4750 2300 4973 155 ▼ Oxford MO 48-54 7000 5000 2400 1100 1476 72
Ghibli Spyder 69-71 625,000 550,000 450,000 350,000 4719 154 600SL/SL600 (R129) 92-01 25,000 17,500 7500 3750 5987 155 Six 49-54 8500 6500 2500 1200 2215 86
Ghibli 4.9 SS 70-73 235,000 185,000 125,000 80,000 4930 172 380/420/500SEC 81-91 18,750 13,000 6000 2200 4973 138 Minor MM/SII 50-56 8750 6500 2750 1000 803 63
Ghibli SS Spyder 71-72 695,000 625,000 525,000 425,000 4930 170 560SEC 86-91 22,000 15,000 7500 2600 5547 151 Minor MM/SII conv. 50-56 13,000 8750 3750 1850 803 63
Bora 4.7/4.9 71-79 172,000 130,000 95,000 57,500 4719 160 300SE-500SE sal 80-91 8000 5400 1900 800 4973 147 ▲ Minor SII Traveller 53-56 15,000 10,000 4250 1500 803 63
Merak 72-75 47,000 32,500 20,000 12,000 2965 135 ▲ 500/560SEL sal 80-91 12,000 7500 2800 1200 5547 156 Minor 1000 56-70 11,000 7000 3000 900 1098 77
Merak SS 76-83 60,000 45,000 25,000 15,000 2965 147 ▲ 190E sal 82-92 6000 3750 1500 600 1997 119 Minor 1000 conv. 56-69 13,500 9250 4000 1850 1098 77
Khamsin 74-82 130,000 97,500 65,000 40,000 4930 151 190E 2.3/2.5-16 83-92 27,500 18,500 10,000 5000 2299 143 Minor 1000 Traveller 56-71 16,000 10,500 4400 1400 1098 76
Kyalami 4.1/4.9 76-83 57,500 45,000 28,500 15,000 4930 150 W124 Coupé 87-95 7250 5000 1850 525 2962 139 Isis 55-58 6750 4850 2250 1000 2639 90
Biturbo 220-425 81-88 10,000 6000 2500 1200 2491 138 E220, E320 Cabrio 91-97 18,000 12,000 5500 2650 3199 142 Oxford/Cowley II-III 54-60 6000 4000 1650 800 1489 78
Biturbo Spyder 84-91 12,500 8500 4000 2000 2491 138 W124 saloon 84-95 6250 4250 1600 500 3199 146 Oxford V-VI 59-71 8000 5500 2250 1100 1622 80
Ghibli II 94-97 18,000 12,000 6000 3000 2790 155 500E saloon 90-95 40,000 30,000 15,000 8500 4973 155 Marina Coupé 71-78 3500 2250 1100 550 1798 95
Quattroporte IV 94-01 10,750 8500 5000 2650 2790 158 SLK230 Komp’ 97-04 4500 2750 1000 500 2295 140 ▲ Marina TC/GT 71-78 4000 2500 1300 700 1798 100
3200GT 98-01 13,250 10,250 7750 5500 3217 180 SL55 AMG 02-08 17,750 12,750 9000 6000 5439 155
4200GT 02-07 15,750 12,750 9500 6000 4244 177 SLR McLaren 03-10 180,000 160,000 137,500 n/a 5439 208 NISSAN
300ZX Turbo 84-89 10,250 7000 3250 1500 2960 149
MATRA Matra Enthusiasts’ Club (01892 652964) MESSERSCHMITT Owners’ Club (01293 871417); Enthusiasts’ Club (01483 769270) 300ZX 89-00 15,000 10,000 4000 2000 2960 155
Bagheera 73-79 12,000 8000 3500 1250 1442 102 KR175/200 53-64 26,000 18,000 11,750 6750 191 65 Figaro 91 8950 5500 2250 1000 987 98
Murena 80-83 14,000 9000 4000 1500 2155 121 TG500 Tiger 58-61 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 493 75 Skyline GT-R R32 89-94 52,000 40,000 22,000 15,000 2568 155
Skyline GT-R R33 95-99 47,500 37,500 20,000 12,500 2568 155
MAZDA mazdarotaryclub.com; MX-5 Owners’ Club (mx5oc.co.uk) MG Owners’ Club (01954 231125); Octagon Club (01785 251014); Car Club (01235 555552)
Cosmo 110S 67-72 90,000 65,000 40,000 25,000 982 125 SA saloon 36-39 45,000 35,000 25,000 14,000 2322 80 NSU NSU Owners’ Club (01883 744431); Ro80 Club (01274 484091)
RX7 78-86 15,000 10,000 4500 1250 2292 119 SA tourer/dhc 36-39 65,000 47,500 32,000 20,000 2322 80 Prinz 58-72 9000 6000 2750 1200 598 71
RX7 S2 86-91 6500 4500 2000 850 2254 140 VA saloon 37-39 28,000 22,500 15,000 9000 1548 80 ▼ Sport Prinz coupé 59-67 9250 6250 2850 1500 598 76
RX7 S3 92-95 8000 6500 4000 2000 2608 156 VA tourer/dhc 37-39 42,500 28,000 20,000 13,500 1548 81 ▼ Wankel spider 64-67 16,000 12,000 7000 4000 497 95
MX-5 90 6000 4000 1850 1000 1597 121 ▲ WA saloon 38-39 47,500 37,500 27,500 16,000 2561 91 1000 64-72 7500 5000 2400 1200 996 80
MX-5 91-97 5000 3000 1250 500 1839 123 WA tourer/dhc 38-39 80,000 60,000 42,500 25,000 2561 91 1200TT 67-72 16,500 12,000 7500 4500 1177 110
TA/TB/TC 36-49 33,500 24,500 15,000 9750 1250 78 ▼ Ro80 67-76 12,500 9500 4000 1250 995 108
McLAREN TD 49-53 22,500 16,000 10,500 6500 1250 80
F1 93-98 19.5m 17m 15m 14m 6064 240 TF1250/1500 53-55 30,000 21,000 13,000 7500 1466 85 ▼ OPEL Vauxhall-Opel Drivers’ Club (01362 692020); Opel Manta OC (manta.club.org)
YA/YB 47-53 15,500 10,500 5000 2250 1250 71 Commodore/GS/E 67-77 10,000 6000 2650 1250 2490 121
MERCEDES-BENZ M-Benz Club Ltd (07071 818868); M-Benz Owners’ Assoc. (01892 860922) Magnette ZA/ZB 53-59 17,000 11,500 4750 2400 1489 82 GT 68-73 15,000 10,750 5000 2400 1897 111
500K Cabrio A/B/C 34-36 1.35m 1m 700,000 450,000 5016 102 MGA Roadster 55-62 32,000 22,000 13,000 8250 1489 98 Manta A coupé 70-75 11,000 7000 3000 1500 1897 105
500K Sports/Rdster 34-36 3.4m 2.7m 2.2m 1.6m 5016 102 MGA Coupé 56-62 26,000 17,500 10,000 6250 1489 98 Manta GT/E 75-88 13,000 8500 4000 2000 1979 122
540K coupe 36-39 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 5401 104 MGA Twin Cam Rdstr 58-60 50,000 36,000 24,000 16,000 1588 115 Monza cpé 78-87 13,000 8500 3650 1600 2968 128
540K Cabrio A 36-39 2m 1.6m 1.2m 950,000 5401 101 MGA Twin Cam Cpé 58-60 39,000 29,000 19,500 13,000 1588 115
540K Cabrio B/C 36-39 1.2m 900,000 600,000 450,000 5401 100 Magnette III/IV 59-68 10,000 6750 2900 1350 1622 87 PANHARD Panhard et Levassor Club GB (0161 483 8262)
540K Special Rdster 36-39 5.75m 4.85m 4m 3m 5401 106 1100/1300 62-71 8000 5750 2750 1250 1275 97 PL17 saloon 59-64 7500 5000 2500 1400 845 75
180/190 Ponton sal 53-62 17,500 12,500 6000 2500 1897 87 MGB roadster p/h 62-65 21,000 15,000 8000 4000 1798 103 24CT coupé 64-67 15,000 10,000 4750 2250 845 100
219/220S Ponton sal 56-59 19,500 14,000 6750 3500 2195 101 MGB roadster 65-67 17,500 12,750 6000 3000 1798 103
220S/SE cabrio 56-60 140,000 100,000 49,500 30,000 2195 101 MGB GT 65-67 16,000 10,750 5000 2350 1798 103 PANTHER Panther Car Club Ltd (07971 866829)
220S/SE coupé 57-60 54,000 37,500 23,500 15,000 2195 101 MGB MkII roadster 67-71 16,500 11,500 5500 2500 1798 103 J72 72-81 50,000 35,000 25,000 17,500 4235 115
300A/B/C/D sal 51-62 59,000 39,000 22,000 15,000 2996 101 MGB MkII GT 67-71 14,000 8750 4000 1800 1798 103 De Ville 74-85 67,500 47,500 36,000 25,000 5343 135
300 cabrio D 57-62 225,000 165,000 100,000 55,000 2996 100 MGB MkIII roadster 71-74 16,000 11,000 5250 2250 1798 100 Lima/Kallista 76-90 13,000 10,000 5000 2750 1596 98
300S cab/rdstr 52-55 450,000 350,000 250,000 175,000 2996 112 MGB MkIII GT 71-74 12,000 7500 3250 1500 1798 96 Kallista 2.8/2.8i/2.9i 82-90 14,500 10,750 5750 3250 2933 112 ▼
300Sc cab/rdstr 55-58 695,000 500,000 350,000 240,000 2996 112 MGB roadster 75-80 12,000 7500 3000 1250 1798 96
300Sc coupé 55-58 360,000 300,000 240,000 160,000 2996 112 MGB GT 75-80 8500 5250 2100 850 1798 104 PEERLESS/WARWICK TR Register (01235 818866)
300SL Gullwing 54-57 1.4m 1.2m 1m 775,000 2996 145 MGC roadster 67-69 26,000 20,000 10,000 4500 2912 120 GT 57-62 27,500 20,000 11,500 7000 1991 105
300SL roadster 57-63 1.25m 1.1m 950,000 700,000 2996 130 MGC GT 67-69 23,500 16,500 8250 3750 2912 120
190SL roadster 55-63 125,000 97,500 60,000 40,000 1897 109 ▼ MGB GT V8 chrome 73-74 25,000 16,500 7500 4000 3528 125 PEUGEOT Club Peugeot UK (020 8888 8772)
190/200 Fintail sal 61-68 13,000 9000 4000 1750 1988 90 MGB GT V8 rubber 74-76 20,000 13,500 6500 3250 3528 125 203 saloon 48-60 8500 6500 3000 1350 1290 70
220/230 Fintail sal 59-68 16,000 11,000 5200 2250 2281 100 Midget MkI 61-64 11,500 7500 3600 1700 1098 86 403 cabrio 57-61 27,500 20,000 10,000 5000 1468 81
300SE/L Fintail sal 61-65 24,000 17,500 8500 3250 2996 109 Midget MkII 64-66 10,850 7000 3250 1400 1098 90 204/304 saloon 65-74 4000 2750 1400 750 1288 90
220SEb coupé 61-65 45,000 32,500 17,500 10,000 2195 107 Midget MkIII 66-74 9400 6200 2750 1200 1275 96 204/304 coupé 67-75 7500 5500 2500 1200 1288 90
220SEb cabrio 61-65 85,000 60,000 39,500 24,000 2195 107 Midget 1500 74-79 6400 4250 1500 550 1498 101 204/304 cabrio 67-75 9500 6500 3250 1500 1288 88
300SE coupé 62-67 55,000 36,500 25,000 16,000 2996 110 Metro 82-90 7000 5000 2650 1500 1275 100 404 saloon 60-75 8000 5750 2850 1400 1618 90
300SE cabrio 62-67 160,000 125,000 70,000 47,500 2996 109 Metro Turbo 83-89 14,000 10,000 5000 2500 1275 110 504 saloon 68-83 3850 2750 1350 650 1971 104
230SL sports 63-67 87,500 60,000 34,000 21,000 2306 121 Montego Turbo 85-91 9000 6500 3500 1850 1994 124 504 cabrio 69-83 22,000 15,000 8250 4500 1971 105
250SL sports 67-68 92,500 62,500 36,000 23,000 2496 121 Maestro Turbo 89-91 15,500 11,500 7000 4000 1994 128 504 coupé 69-83 11,250 7750 3750 1750 1971 107
280SL sports 67-71 115,000 75,000 40,000 26,000 2778 121 Metro 6R4 85-86 120,000 100,000 70,000 50,000 2991 120 504 V6 cabrio 74-83 23,500 18,000 10,500 5500 2664 117
600 saloon 64-81 105,000 75,000 43,000 25,000 6330 120 RV8 93-96 17,500 14,000 9750 6000 3946 136 205 T16 83-85 180,000 150,000 120,000 100,000 1774 130
250/280S/SE sal 65-72 19,500 12,750 5500 2250 2778 116 MGF/TF 95-05 3300 1950 800 375 1796 126 205GTi 1.6 84-90 16,000 10,750 4250 1500 1580 122 ▲
250SEC/280SEC cpé 65-69 55,000 37,500 21,500 13,500 2778 116 ZT260 V8 03-05 11,000 7500 4500 3250 4601 155 205CTI cabrio 86-92 7500 5000 2200 900 1580 120
250/280SE cab 65-69 110,000 82,500 42,000 22,500 2778 116 205GTi 1.9 87-94 20,000 13,000 5000 1750 1905 126 ▲
280SE cpé (low grille) 70-72 50,000 35,000 20,500 13,000 2778 116 MITSUBISHI 309GTi 87-93 7500 5500 2500 1100 1905 122
280SE cab (low grille) 70-72 100,000 77,500 40,000 22,500 2778 116 Starion Turbo 82-89 14,000 10,000 4500 2000 1997 133 106 Rallye S1/S2 94-99 9000 6250 3000 1500 1587 121
280SE 3.5 coupé 69-71 100,000 72,500 42,500 26,500 3499 127 3000GT/GTO 90-01 8000 5750 2750 1250 2972 153 106 GTI 96-04 7750 5500 2500 1250 1587 122
280SE 3.5 cabrio 69-71 265,000 200,000 140,000 95,000 3499 127 Evo IV-VI 97-99 24,000 17,500 9000 4750 1997 150 406 Coupé 97-03 3000 1750 700 350 2946 141
300SE/SEL sal 65-69 22,000 14,000 6000 2500 2996 115
280/300SE/SEL 3.5 69-72 25,000 16,500 7500 3500 3499 128 MORGAN Sports Car Club (01384 254480); Three-Wheeler Club (01823 277852) PIPER Piper Sports and Racing Car Club, email: contact@thepiperclub.org.uk
300SEL 6.3 saloon 67-72 52,000 37,500 22,500 11,750 6329 132 4/4 Series I 36-50 39,000 29,000 20,000 12,000 1267 70 GTT/P2 1.6 68-74 25,000 18,500 13,500 9500 1599 115
200/220/230.4 sal 67-76 9500 6500 2750 1100 2197 105 Plus 4 (Vanguard) 50-53 38,000 27,500 18,500 10,000 2088 85 ▼
230.6/250/280 sal 67-76 10,000 6750 3000 1250 2746 125 Plus 4 (TR) 54-69 38,500 28,000 18,000 9500 1991 96 ▼ PORSCHE Porsche Club GB (01608 652911); Enthusiasts’ Club (01246 279358)
250CE/280CE coupé 68-76 17,000 12,000 5000 2000 2746 125 Plus 4 SS 61-69 65,000 48,500 32,000 20,000 2138 120 356 pre-A Gmund 49-50 950,000 725,000 550,000 450,000 1086 90
280/350/380/420SL 71-89 30,000 20,000 7500 2750 4196 130 4/4 SII/III/IV/V 54-68 28,500 21,000 13,500 8000 1498 85 356 pre-A 51-55 200,000 150,000 105,000 85,000 1488 90
500/560SL sports 82-89 37,500 22,500 9500 3750 5547 142 4/4 1600/CVH 68-93 25,500 18,750 12,000 7000 1597 105 356 cabrio 1.3/1.5 51-55 275,000 210,000 160,000 110,000 1488 90

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356 Speedster 54-58 400,000 330,000 230,000 180,000 1488 92 Floride/Caravelle con 59-68 13,000 9000 4500 2000 1108 90 900 Convertible 86-93 8250 5500 2500 1000 1985 126
356 Convertible D 58-59 220,000 160,000 110,000 70,000 1488 92 R4 62-80 8000 5000 2200 1000 1108 72
356A 55-59 90,000 65,000 39,000 25,000 1582 113 R8/R10 62-71 6400 4250 2000 800 1108 84 SIMCA Simca Club UK (01737 765331)
356B/C 60-65 82,500 57,500 33,500 22,000 1582 113 R8 Gordini 67-70 32,500 25,000 17,000 12,000 1255 108 1000GLS/Special 69-78 3250 2000 1000 500 1294 105
356A cabrio 55-59 165,000 120,000 75,000 48,500 1582 113 16GL/DL/TS/TX 65-79 10,000 6750 3000 1400 1565 105 1000/1200S coupé 62-71 16,000 11,000 5000 2000 1204 105
356B roadster 60-61 165,000 125,000 75,000 48,500 1582 113 5 hatch 72-84 3500 2650 1500 600 1289 96
356B/C cabrio 60-65 137,500 100,000 64,000 40,000 1582 113 5 hatch 84-96 3000 2000 1000 450 1397 109 SINGER Singer Owners (01780 762740); Association of Singer Car Owners (01923 778575)
356A/B Carrera 55-62 500,000 375,000 275,000 200,000 1582 113 5 Turbo 2 83-86 80,000 57,500 32,500 22,500 1397 124 9 Roadster/4A/4B 39-52 16,000 11,500 6000 4000 1074 70
Carrera 2 63-65 450,000 360,000 300,000 250,000 1966 125 5GT Turbo 86-91 20,000 15,000 7000 3250 1397 123 SM Roadster 51-55 14,000 10,000 6000 3600 1497 72
911 2.0 64-65 190,000 140,000 100,000 65,000 1991 131 Clio Williams 94-95 24,000 16,000 7750 3750 1998 134 Gazelle saloon 55-67 7500 4750 2250 1050 1497 77
911 2.0 66-67 130,000 90,000 60,000 40,000 1991 131 Sport Spider 95-97 22,000 16,500 12,000 9500 1988 134 Gazelle con 56-62 11,500 8250 4000 1950 1497 77
911S 2.0 66-69 155,000 120,000 85,000 60,000 1991 140 Vogue I-IV 1.6/1.7 61-66 8000 5000 2200 1000 1725 91
912 65-69 57,500 42,000 27,500 17,500 1582 112 RILEY Riley RM Club (01352 700427); Riley Motor Club (01902 773197) Chamois 64-70 5750 4000 1950 950 875 80
911L/T 67-73 75,000 55,000 32,500 22,500 2195 131 RMA/RME 11⁄2 saloon 45-55 16,000 11,500 5750 2650 1496 81 Chamois coupé 65-70 6500 4750 2400 1100 875 81
911E 68-73 85,000 60,000 36,000 26,000 2341 138 RMB/RMF 21⁄2 saloon 46-53 19,000 14,250 8000 4000 2443 91 New Gazelle/Vogue 66-70 6000 4000 1650 725 1725 94
911S 2.2 69-71 137,500 105,000 75,000 53,000 2195 144 ▲ Roadster RMC 48-50 42,500 29,000 17,500 9000 2443 100
914-4 69-75 25,000 17,500 8000 4000 1795 112 RMD convertible 48-51 28,500 22,000 13,500 7000 2443 91 SKODA Skoda Owners’ Club of GB (01279 815183)
914-6 69-72 78,500 53,000 33,500 22,500 1991 125 2.6/Pathfinder 53-59 12,000 8000 3400 1650 2443 101 Octavia 1.1/1.2 59-64 4500 3000 1500 800 1089 75
911S 2.4 71-73 150,000 110,000 80,000 57,500 2341 144 ▼ One Point Five 57-65 10,250 7250 3000 1400 1489 85 Felicia convertible 59-64 8500 6000 3000 1500 1221 82
Carrera RSL 72-73 850,000 650,000 500,000 400,000 2687 149 4/68, 4/72 59-69 12,500 8000 3250 1400 1622 88 1000MB, S100 65-77 3250 2200 850 450 988 80
Carrera RST 72-73 475,000 355,000 275,000 190,000 2687 149 Elf MkI/II 848/998 61-69 8500 6000 3000 1500 998 75 S110R coupé 70-80 4750 3600 1500 750 1107 90
911 2.7 73-77 42,500 32,500 18,000 11,000 2687 135 Kestrel 1100/1300 65-69 6250 4250 1950 1000 1098 87 Rapid coupé 84-91 3250 2500 1200 650 1289 93
911S 2.7 73-77 47,500 36,500 24,000 16,000 2687 140
Carrera 2.7MFI 73-77 175,000 140,000 100,000 75,000 2687 148 ROCHDALE Rochdale Owners’ Club (01364 654419) STANDARD Standard Motor Club (01676 522181)
911 Turbo (930) 3.0 75-77 130,000 100,000 78,500 52,500 2995 156 GT 57-61 8750 6000 3000 1250 1172 85 Vanguard I 48-52 10,000 7000 3200 1500 2088 79
Carrera 3.0 76-77 85,000 55,000 37,500 26,000 2994 146 Olympic 60-73 11,000 7500 4250 2750 1489 105 Vanguard II/III 53-58 6000 4200 1850 950 2088 79
924 76-85 6250 3950 1600 750 1984 126 Vanguard Sportsman 56-58 6000 4250 2000 1000 2088 83
924 Turbo 78-83 17,000 11,500 5400 2500 1984 144 ROLLS-ROYCE Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club (01327 811788) Vanguard Vignale 58-61 5000 3500 1750 850 2088 81
924 Carrera GT 80-81 70,000 52,500 36,000 24,000 1984 150 Silver Ghost 07-14 2.4m 1.95m 1.5m 1.3m 7428 75 Luxury Six 61-63 5500 3750 1800 950 1998 87
924S/Le Mans 85-88 9250 6250 2500 1250 2479 136 Silver Ghost 18-25 400,000 325,000 250,000 175,000 7428 78 Eight 53-59 5250 3600 1650 750 803 61
928/S/S2 77-87 25,000 18,500 9500 4500 4664 155 Phantom I/II 25-35 350,000 200,000 92,500 32,500 7668 88 Ten/Pennant 54-59 5500 3750 1750 850 948 69
928S4 86-95 28,000 19,000 10,000 4500 4957 161 Phantom III 36-39 250,000 150,000 75,000 30,000 7340 92 Ensign/De Luxe 57-63 5500 3750 1750 800 2138 85
928GT 89-92 37,500 25,000 15,000 9000 4957 168 Silver Wraith 4.3/4.6 47-59 50,000 37,500 21,000 10,500 4257 92
928GTS 91-95 56,500 42,500 25,000 12,000 5396 171 Silver Dawn sal 49-55 44,000 31,000 17,500 9500 4566 98 STUDEBAKER
911 Turbo (930) 3.3 77-90 92,500 70,000 42,500 30,000 3299 160 Silver Dawn PW con 51-55 120,000 90,000 55,000 35,000 4566 98 Avanti 62-64 47,500 35,000 25,000 18,500 4737 120
911 Turbo Cabrio 86-90 97,500 72,500 45,000 32,000 3299 158 Silver Cloud I sal 55-59 37,500 27,000 16,000 8000 4887 101
911SC 3.0 77-83 50,000 36,000 21,000 14,000 2994 149 SCI Mulliner con 55-59 450,000 330,000 250,000 190,000 4887 101 SUBARU The Subaru Impreza Drivers’ Club (sidc.co.uk)
911 Carrera 3.2 83-89 53,500 37,500 20,000 12,000 3164 158 Silver Cloud II sal 59-62 43,000 30,000 17,000 8500 6230 115 Impreza Turbo 93-00 6500 4200 2000 800 1994 144
911 Carrera cabrio 83-89 47,500 32,500 18,500 12,000 3164 155 SCII Mulliner con 59-62 300,000 210,000 125,000 85,000 6230 112 Impreza WRX STi 97-00 10,500 7500 3750 1850 1994 150
Carrera Supersport 84-89 80,000 62,500 38,000 26,500 3164 158 Phantom V/VI limo 60-77 100,000 72,500 40,000 25,000 6230 112 Impreza 22B 98 100,000 80,000 60,000 47,500 1994 154
911 Speedster 88-89 120,000 95,000 67,500 48,500 3164 158 Silver Cloud III sal 62-66 48,000 34,000 18,750 9000 6230 116 Impreza WRX P1 00-01 45,000 37,500 20,000 12,500 1994 150
959 87-88 1m 825,000 700,000 525,000 2994 190 SCIII MPW con 62-66 250,000 175,000 100,000 60,000 6230 116 SVX 91-97 4900 3350 1850 900 3300 143
Carrera Club Sport 87-89 130,000 100,000 68,000 42,000 3164 154 Shadow/Wraith 66-80 20,000 13,000 6250 2000 6750 120
944 82-87 10,500 7000 3000 1200 2479 134 MPW/Corniche cpé 66-80 45,000 32,000 19,500 8750 6750 119 SUNBEAM Sunbeam Talbot Alpine Register (01621 778492);
944 Turbo 85-91 23,000 16,000 7500 3250 2479 157 MPW/Corniche con 67-90 67,500 47,500 27,000 16,000 6750 119 Sunbeam Alpine OC 01376 342025); Tiger OC (01207 508296)
944S 86-88 11,000 7500 3400 1400 2479 140 Camargue 75-86 52,000 42,000 26,000 13,000 6750 115 Talbot 80 48-50 8750 5750 2500 1250 1185 72
944S2 88-92 15,000 10,000 4200 1800 2990 149 Silver Spirit/Spur 80-89 13,000 9500 4500 1650 6750 119 Talbot 80 Coupé 48-50 11,000 8250 4250 2500 1185 72
944S2 Cabrio 89-92 16,500 11,000 5000 2400 2990 149 Corniche II/III 87-94 63,000 47,500 35,000 19,000 6750 119 Talbot 90 (all Mks) 48-57 10,000 7000 3250 1500 1944 90
944 Turbo Cabrio 91-92 28,500 21,000 14,000 7500 2479 150 Talbot 90 Coupés 49-57 17,000 12,500 6000 3650 1944 90
911 (964) 89-94 55,000 40,000 26,000 15,000 3600 158 ▲ ROVER P4 Drivers’ Guild (01582 572499); P5 OC (01784 25816); P6 Rover OC (01704 560929); Alpine convertible 53-55 48,500 33,500 20,000 10,000 2267 95
911 Turbo (964) 90-94 135,000 105,000 67,500 35,000 3299 167 Rover P6 Drivers’ Club (01902 689975); Rover SD1 Club (08451 306230) Alpine I sports 59-60 17,750 11,500 5500 2400 1494 95 ▼
911 Carrera RS (964) 92-94 225,000 185,000 142,500 110,000 3600 162 ▼ P3 60 48-49 12,500 9250 4250 1900 1595 75 Alpine II sports 61-63 14,000 9500 4250 1750 1592 101
968 92-95 16,000 12,000 7250 4000 2990 150 P3 75 48-49 15,000 11,750 5000 2200 2103 85 Alpine III sports 63-64 16,250 11,000 5500 2250 1592 100 ▼
968 Sport 94-95 24,000 16,500 10,000 6000 2990 151 P4 75 ‘Cyclops’ 50-52 16,000 11,500 5500 2400 2103 84 Alpine IV sports 64-65 13,000 9250 4000 1650 1592 92 ▼
968 Club Sport 93-95 42,000 28,500 15,750 8000 2990 154 P4 60/75/80 52-62 9250 6000 2250 800 2286 85 Alpine V sports 65-68 20,000 13,000 7000 3000 1725 100
911 Carrera (993) 94-97 57,500 45,000 29,500 20,000 3600 160 P4 90 54-59 10,500 7000 3000 1000 2638 90 Harrington GT 61-63 28,000 19,750 9500 4000 1592 105
911 Turbo 4 (993) 95-98 145,000 110,000 80,000 52,500 3600 180 P4 105R 57-58 9000 6000 2400 850 2638 91 Tiger I 64-66 75,000 52,500 28,500 17,500 4261 120
911 Turbo S (993) 97-98 300,000 240,000 185,000 150,000 3600 182 P4 105S/100 57-62 11,000 7500 3400 1400 2638 96 Tiger II 67-68 89,000 63,000 37,500 25,000 4727 125
911 C4S/C2S (993) 95-97 95,000 76,500 50,000 30,000 3600 171 P4 95/110 62-64 10,000 6750 2750 950 2625 100 Rapier I-V 55-67 12,000 8000 3500 1500 1725 95
911 Carrera RS (993) 94-95 335,000 275,000 225,000 175,000 3746 172 ▼ P5 3-litre 58-67 11,000 7250 3250 1250 2995 113 Rapier II-IIIA con 58-63 15,000 11,000 5000 2500 1592 87
911RS Clubsport 95-96 355,000 295,000 245,000 200,000 3746 175 ▼ P5 Coupé 63-67 14,750 10,500 5000 2250 2995 113 Rapier/Alpine 67-76 6250 4250 2000 900 1725 102
911 GT2 (993) 95-98 1m 800,000 700,000 550,000 3600 187 P5B 31⁄2-litre 67-73 16,000 11,000 5000 2000 3528 113 Rapier H120 68-76 8000 5500 2650 1250 1725 106
Boxster 2.5 96-99 6500 4350 2600 1700 2480 149 P5B 31⁄2-litre Coupé 67-73 32,500 22,500 10,000 3000 3528 113 Imp Sport 66-76 7000 5000 2500 1200 875 90
Boxster 2.7 99-04 7500 5500 3200 1950 2687 156 P6 2000/TC 63-69 8250 5000 2350 1000 1978 115 Stiletto 67-72 8500 6250 2750 1300 875 90
Boxster 3.2S 99-04 8250 6250 3850 2500 3179 164 P6 2000/2200/TC 70-77 7500 4000 1850 750 2205 112
911 Carrera (996) 97-05 24,000 17,000 10,500 6750 3387 170 P6 3500 68-76 10,000 6500 2250 1000 3528 117 SUZUKI SCORE (suzuki-cappuccino.com)
911 GT3 (996) 99-05 70,000 57,500 46,000 38,500 3600 188 P6 3500S 71-76 12,000 7500 3000 1400 3528 126 SC100 79-82 3500 2500 1500 800 970 87
911 Turbo (996) 99-05 44,000 33,500 25,000 21,000 3600 189 SD1 2.0/2.3/2.6 76-86 6500 4000 1750 750 2597 117 Cappuccino 92-96 6250 4000 1750 750 657 83
911 GT2 (996) 01-05 110,000 97,500 85,000 72,500 3600 198 SD1 3500 76-86 8000 5500 2250 1000 3528 125
SD1 VdP 80-86 10,000 7000 3000 1400 3528 126 SWALLOW TR Register (01235 818866)
RELIANT Sabre & Scimitar Club (020 8977 6625); Scimitar Drivers’ (01453 548887) SD1 Vitesse 82-86 12,500 8500 4000 1750 3528 133 Doretti 54-55 67,500 50,000 32,500 20,000 1991 102
Sabre 4/6 61-64 11,000 8750 5750 2600 2553 110 SD1 Vitesse TP 85-86 20,000 14,000 6500 3000 3528 135
Scimitar SE4/a/b 64-70 16,000 10,000 4000 2000 2994 121 Mini 90-00 6750 4750 2250 1000 1275 88 ▲ TALBOT Sunbeam Lotus Owners’ Club (01423 734624)
Scimitar GTE SE5/5a 68-75 11,000 7500 2750 1100 2994 123 Mini Cooper/S 91-00 12,000 9000 3600 1600 1275 97 ▲ Sunbeam 1600 Ti 79-81 12,000 7250 3500 1750 1598 107
Scimitar GTE SE6/6a 75-80 9250 6500 2500 1000 2792 120 200 BRM LE 98-99 5500 3750 1750 850 1796 127 Sunbeam-Lotus 79-81 30,000 22,000 14,000 7500 2174 120
Scimitar GTC 80-85 11,500 7500 3250 1500 2792 119 75 V8 04-05 9250 6500 4000 3000 4601 150
Scimitar GTE SE6b 80-86 9400 6650 2650 1000 2792 122 TALBOT-LAGO
Middlebridge Scim’ 88-90 30,000 24,000 16,000 10,000 2933 140 SAAB Saab Owners’ Club (07071 719000); Enthusiasts’ Club (01942 878738) T150 SS ‘teardrop’ 36-39 4.75m 4m 3.2m 2.4m 3996 115
Scimitar SS1 85-89 5000 3200 1350 550 1596 108 96 Bullnose 60-65 9500 6500 3500 2000 841 80 T26 Record Cabrio 47-50 175,000 147,500 95,000 60,000 4482 108
Scimitar SS1 1800Ti 86-89 5900 4000 1750 800 1809 126 96 Longnose 65-68 7250 5250 3000 1600 841 79
Sport/Monte Carlo 62-66 12,000 9000 5250 2750 841 88 TOYOTA Toyota Enthusiasts’ Club (020 8898 0740)
RENAULT Renault Owners’ Club (renaultownersclub.com/) 96/95 V4 67-79 10,000 7250 3500 1400 1498 93 2000GT 67-70 495,000 400,000 330,000 285,000 1988 128
4CV 47-61 8500 6000 3600 2000 747 65 Sonett 67-74 15,000 11,000 5500 2750 1498 100 Crown 2600 MkI/II 71-79 6500 4500 2000 1000 2563 106
Dauphine 54-63 7500 5000 2400 1100 845 70 99 68-84 5500 3750 1850 900 1985 101 Celica ST 1.6/2.0 70-77 18,000 12,000 6500 3200 1588 105
Dauphine Gordini 58-67 14,500 10,500 5000 2500 845 83 99 Turbo 77-82 14,000 10,000 4750 2200 1985 125 Celica GT 1.6/2.0 74-77 20,000 14,000 7000 3500 1968 111
Floride/Caravelle cpé 59-68 11,000 8000 3500 1600 1108 90 900 Turbo (sal/con) 79-93 11,250 7850 3250 1600 1985 133 Celica Supra 2.8i 82-85 14,000 10,000 5000 3000 2795 126

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Celica GT 85-90 4250 2800 1400 800 1998 130 Climax 58-66 17,500 15,000 10,000 5000 1098 102 Chevette HSR 79-80 60,000 47,500 30,000 20,000 2279 125
Celica GT-Four 86-90 7500 5250 2500 1250 1998 135 Mark I/II/III 59-66 16,000 12,000 7250 3500 1498 100 Astra GTE MkI 83-84 19,000 14,000 8500 4500 1796 110
MR2 84-90 8500 6000 2400 1100 1587 124 Astra GTE MkII 84-91 12,000 9000 4500 2400 1998 134
MR2 Mk2 90-99 7250 5000 2000 800 1998 137 TVR TVR Car Club (01952 822126) VX220 00-05 15,000 11,000 7500 5000 2198 137
Supra 86-93 11,000 7000 3650 1750 2954 135 Grantura I-1800S 57-67 35,000 26,000 16,500 10,000 VAR 107 VX220 Turbo 03-05 17,500 13,500 10,500 9000 1998 151
Supra Turbo 88-92 16,500 11,500 5250 2400 2954 142 Griffith 200/400 63-65 90,000 70,000 49,000 36,500 4727 155
Supra Turbo 93-02 21,000 15,000 7750 4000 2997 156 Tuscan V6 69-71 30,000 21,500 14,250 9000 2994 125 VOLKSWAGEN VW Owners’ Club, PO Box 7, Burntwood, Walsall, Staffs WS7 8SB
Sera 90-95 3950 2500 1100 500 1496 120 Vixen S1-4 67-73 25,000 18,500 13,000 8750 1599 107 Beetle (split ) 46-53 30,000 19,000 12,500 7500 1131 66
1600M 72-77 20,000 14,500 8500 5250 1599 105 Cabrio 49-53 40,000 28,500 18,500 10,000 1131 66
TRIDENT Trident Car Club (020 8644 9029) 2500M 72-77 19,000 14,000 8750 5500 2498 109 Beetle (oval) 53-57 20,000 14,000 8500 4750 1192 69
Clipper V8 67-78 31,500 24,000 12,500 7000 4727 140 3000M/Taimar 72-79 22,000 16,000 9500 6000 2994 121 Cabrio 54-58 26,500 18,000 11,250 7000 1192 66
3000S convertible 78-79 27,500 18,000 11,000 7000 2994 119 Beetle 1200/1300 57-68 15,000 9750 4400 2000 1192 72
TRIUMPH Club Triumph (020 8351 9544); TR Register (01235 818866); TR Drivers’ Club (01452 614234); Tasmin/280i fhc/con 80-87 7500 5250 2500 1250 2792 126 Cabrio 58-67 19,000 12,750 6250 3400 1192 72
Stag Club (07071 224245); Sports Six Club (01858 434424) Tasmin/350i inc 2+2 83-89 7000 5000 2750 1550 3528 136 Beetle 12/13/1500 68-78 12,500 8500 3500 1400 1493 81
Roadster 1800/2000 46-49 29,000 22,000 14,000 7500 2088 77 V8/350i convertible 83-89 10,000 6250 3400 2000 3528 130 Cabrio 67-70 16,500 11,500 5750 3000 1493 81
1800/2000/Renown 46-54 10,000 7000 3200 1600 2088 74 390SE 85-88 10,500 7000 4500 2400 3905 143 Beetle 1302/1303 70-75 9000 5750 2750 1000 1584 84
Mayflower 50-53 5500 3650 1650 750 1247 65 400/420/450SEAC 86-91 20,000 16,000 11,000 7000 4441 165 Cabrio 1302S/1303S 70-80 12,500 8750 4500 1750 1584 82
TR2 53-55 36,000 27,500 16,500 9500 1991 107 ▼ 400/450SE 88-91 11,500 8750 6250 4250 4441 155 Karmann-Ghia cpé 55-74 22,000 14,000 6000 2750 1584 92
TR3/3A 2.0/2.2 55-61 32,500 24,000 13,500 7500 1991 106 ▼ S 2.8/2.9 86-92 8000 5750 3250 1750 2922 141 Karmann-Ghia con 58-74 25,000 16,500 8250 4500 1493 87
TR4 61-65 30,000 21,000 11,500 6500 2138 109 ▼ V8S 91-94 15,500 12,000 8500 6500 3943 150 Karmann-Ghia T-34 62-69 23,000 14,500 6250 3250 1584 87
TR4A 64-67 33,000 23,000 12,500 7000 2138 110 ▼ Griffith 4.0/4.3 91-93 15,250 12,000 8750 6000 4228 161 Kombi/Camper 50-67 64,000 45,000 18,000 9000 1493 65
TR5 PI 67-68 50,000 39,500 26,000 17,500 2498 121 ▼ Griffith 500 93-00 20,000 16,000 12,000 8250 4988 161 Camper T2 (Bay) 68-71 26,000 15,500 8750 4500 1584 79
TR6 ‘CP’ 69-73 26,000 17,500 10,000 5500 2498 119 Chimaera 4.0/4.3 93-98 15,000 11,000 7000 4500 3950 152 Camper T2 (Bay) 72-79 23,500 13,500 6750 3500 1970 79
TR6 ‘CR’ 73-76 22,000 15,000 8750 4900 2498 116 Chimaera 450/500 96-03 17,500 13,000 8750 6600 4988 162 ▲ 1500/1600 Type 3 61-73 12,000 8500 3750 1500 1584 87
TR7 75-81 5750 3750 1650 750 1998 110 Cerbera 4.2 96-03 21,000 16,000 10,000 7000 4280 180 411L/E, 412 1.7/1.8 68-74 7250 5000 2400 1200 1795 90
TR7 convertible 80-81 7500 5250 2400 1000 1998 109 Cerbera 4.5 97-03 25,000 21,000 17,000 13,500 4441 195 Scirocco MkI 74-81 9000 6250 3250 1650 1470 114
TR8 78-81 12,500 9000 4500 2000 3528 135 Cerbera Speed Six 00-03 20,000 16,000 12,000 9500 3948 170 Scirocco MkII 82-92 6000 4250 2000 1000 1781 130
TR8 convertible 80-81 13,500 10,000 5500 2500 3528 130 Tuscan Speed Six 99-05 28,500 24,000 19,500 15,000 3996 184 Golf GTI MkI 75-84 21,000 14,000 6500 2650 1781 116 ▲
Herald/S saloon 59-64 6000 3850 1700 850 1147 76 Tamora 02-06 22,000 17,500 15,000 12,000 3605 160 ▼ Golf GTI MkII 84-91 16,000 10,000 5000 2000 1781 123
Herald coupé 59-64 7500 5250 2600 1250 948 79 T350 02-06 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 3605 175 Golf convertible 80-93 11,500 8000 3250 1250 1781 116
Herald conv 60-61 8500 6250 2650 1250 948 79 Sagaris 04-06 69,000 60,000 50,000 n/a 3996 185 Golf GTI MkIII 92-97 4650 3000 1300 550 1984 134
Herald 1200 61-70 5750 3500 1400 700 1147 80 Golf MkIII VR6 92-97 6750 4500 2200 1200 2792 138 ▼
Herald 1200 conv 61-67 8250 6000 2500 1200 1147 80 VANDEN PLAS VdP Club, Cherry Trees, Llandyfaelog, nr Kidwelly, Dyfed SA17 5PS Polo G40 91-94 6750 5000 2500 1250 1272 119
Herald 12/50 63-67 6750 4750 1800 950 1147 84 4-litre Princess 57-68 12,750 9000 3750 1750 3995 89 Corrado 90-95 5500 3750 1650 800 1781 132
Herald 13/60 67-71 5650 3650 1400 700 1296 87 3-litre I/II 59-64 12,500 8750 3950 1600 2912 105 Corrado G60 90-92 9000 6250 2650 1250 1781 140
Herald 13/60 conv 67-71 8000 5750 2400 1200 1296 85 4-litre R 64-68 16,000 10,500 4250 1800 3909 110 Corrado VR6 92-95 15,000 10,000 4000 1600 2861 146
Vitesse 1600 62-66 7500 5000 2250 1100 1596 88 Princess 1100/1300 63-74 6750 4400 2000 1000 1275 87
Vitesse 1600 conv 62-66 12,000 7500 3500 1500 1596 91 1500/1.5/1.7 74-80 4500 3000 1400 700 1748 90 VOLVO Volvo Owners’ Club (01705 381494); Enthusiasts’ Club (01872 400039)
Vitesse 2-litre MkI 66-68 8000 5500 2400 1100 1998 95 PV544 1.6/1.8 59-65 16,000 12,000 6000 3000 1778 95
Vitesse MkI conv 66-68 11,500 7250 3400 1500 1998 95 VAUXHALL Vauxhall-Opel Drivers’ Club (01362 692020); Droop Snoot Grp (0118 981 5238) 121/122/122S 4dr sal 55-67 12,000 8250 2500 900 1778 95 ▲
Vitesse MkII 68-71 8750 6250 2650 1200 1998 102 Wyvern/Velox L sal 48-51 9500 6500 2950 1450 2275 75 131/132 2dr sal 61-70 12,500 8500 3250 1250 1778 96 ▲
Vitesse MkII conv 68-71 14,000 9500 4000 1750 1998 100 Wyvern/Velox E 51-57 14,000 10,000 3600 1650 2262 82 123GT 2dr sal 67-68 22,000 15,000 7000 3500 1778 108
Spitfire 4 62-65 22,000 13,500 6500 3000 1147 94 Cresta E 54-57 15,000 11,000 4650 2000 2262 84 P1800 61-72 36,000 27,500 11,000 4500 1778 105
Spitfire Mk2 65-67 20,000 12,500 5750 2650 1147 94 Velox/Cresta PA 57-62 20,000 14,000 6000 2500 2651 94 P1800ES 71-73 27,500 20,000 9500 4000 1986 111
Spitfire Mk3 67-70 12,500 8000 3750 1750 1296 100 Victor F 57-61 9000 6000 2400 1200 1507 74 144/164 sal/est 67-74 7500 4750 2250 1200 2979 115
Spitfire MkIV/1500 70-78 8500 5500 2400 1000 1493 101 Victor FB 61-64 5000 3600 1750 850 1594 77 244/264 sal/est 74-79 6000 4000 1650 800 2127 106
GT6 MkI 66-68 24,000 15,500 7500 3200 1998 109 VX4/90 FB 61-64 7000 4750 2300 1100 1507 88 262C coupé 78-81 10,000 6750 3500 1350 2849 109
GT6 MkII 68-70 22,500 14,250 6750 3000 1998 109 Velox/Cresta PB 62-65 6000 4250 2000 850 2651 94 240 sal/est 79-93 7500 5250 2400 950 2316 111
GT6 MkIII 70-74 19,000 12,500 5500 2400 1998 112 Victor 101 FC 64-67 4400 3250 1500 750 1594 83 480 85-95 3000 2000 1000 450 1721 112
2000 MkI 63-69 8000 5750 2750 1300 1998 98 VX4/90 FC 64-67 6750 4500 2200 1000 1594 89 480 Turbo 88-95 4000 2750 1250 650 1721 123
2000/2500 MkII 69-77 6500 4750 2250 1000 1998 98 Cresta PC/Viscount 65-72 5750 4000 1950 950 3293 99 740/760 Turbo 86-92 6000 4250 2000 1000 2316 125
2.5PI/2500TC 68-77 7000 5000 2500 1200 2498 107 Victor FD 1.6/2.0 67-72 3200 2200 1100 550 1975 95 940 Turbo sal/est 90-96 5750 4000 1850 850 2316 127
2500S 75-77 7750 5500 2750 1350 2498 108 VX4/90 FD 69-72 6000 3800 1900 900 1975 98 T-5R/850R 95-97 10,000 7250 4000 2000 2319 155
Stag 70-77 24,000 14,500 6000 2200 2997 117 Ventora FD 68-72 4750 3100 1500 750 3294 105 V70R 97-00 8000 5500 2500 1400 2319 153
1300/1500 fwd 65-73 4250 2800 1350 600 1296 86 Victor FE 1.8/2.3 72-78 3250 2000 975 550 2279 100
1300TC fwd 65-70 5000 3250 1700 700 1296 93 VX4/90 FE 73-76 4500 3000 1500 750 2279 104 WOLSELEY Wolseley Register (0161 368 2388, wolseleyworld.com)
Dolomite 1850 72-81 5500 3650 1650 750 1854 100 Ventora FE 72-76 4000 2400 1200 700 3294 106 6/80 48-55 10,500 6750 3000 1500 2215 81
Dolomite Sprint 73-81 15,000 10,000 4000 2000 1998 117 Viva HA 63-66 6000 4500 2200 1050 1057 76 4/44 & 15/50 52-58 12,000 9000 4000 2000 1489 78
Acclaim 81-84 1850 1200 600 300 1335 97 Viva HB 66-70 5700 4000 1900 900 1159 82 6/90 SI-III 54-59 10,000 6500 3000 1500 2639 96
Viva Brabham HB 67-68 6500 4500 2250 1250 1159 90 1500 57-65 8500 6000 2750 1250 1489 77
TUCKER (tuckerclub.org) Viva HB GT 68-70 7500 5500 2750 1500 1975 101 15/60, 16/60 59-71 11,000 7000 3000 1300 1622 78
Torpedo 48 1.35m 1.2m 1m 800,000 5474 120 Viva HC 70-79 5500 3600 1750 800 1256 83 6/99, 6/110 SI/II 59-68 13,000 9000 4000 1650 2912 98
Firenza/Magnum 72-78 7750 5500 2400 1100 VAR 100 Hornet SI-III 61-69 8000 5750 2750 1400 998 77
TURNER Turner Register (01895 256799) Firenza Droopsnoot 74-75 16,000 12,000 6500 3750 2279 119 1100/1300 65-73 6000 4000 1850 950 1098 84
803/950 Sports 55-59 14,000 10,000 5500 2000 948 90 Chevette 2300HS 78-80 35,000 25,000 15,000 10,000 2279 117 18/85, Six 67-75 8000 5000 2200 1000 2227 104

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