1989 PORSCHE 911 SUPERSPORT SSE CABRIOLET - SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS

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1989 PORSCHE 911 SUPERSPORT SSE CABRIOLET

Registration: A9 LLH

Chassis Number: WPOZZZ91ZKS150937

Engine Number: 63K02683

Number of cylinders: 6

CC: 3164cc

Year of Manufacture: 1989

Estimate (£): 38,000 - 42,000

The early history of the iconic Porsche 911 is well documented, however, the mid eighties saw the replacement for the successful 'SC' model by the new "Carrera"model which was to be built between 1984 and 1989. In 1984 Porsche introduced the M491 option, which was officially called the Supersport, but was commonly known as the 'Turbo body'. It featured the Turbo wider wheel arches front and rear and the distinctive "Whale Tail". It also featured the stiffer Turbo suspension and the superior Turbo braking system, as well as the wider Turbo wheels and tyres.

This SSE Supersport Cabriolet (option M491) cost around £10,000 more than a standard 3.2, 911 and offered all the external styling cues of a 911 Turbo without the demanding handling traits of its forced induction sibling. Porsche AG's records of official Supersport production is sketchy, but according to a well-researched article in the Porsche Post 2010, only sixty-six right-hand drive Supersport Cabriolets were made in 1989.

Owned since 2004 and dry stored for the last 5 years, a new clutch has recently been fitted when the car was returned to use. A9 LLH has the more desirable G50 gearbox and is finished in a fabulous shade of Metallic Blue with a Dark Blue and white piped leather interior and colour-coded Fuchs alloys. It has full electric leather sports seats and a powered hood. Supplied with the car are its original Porsche service records and owner's manual. Owned by the current keeper for the last 12 years, the car has covered around 90,000 miles (a new speedometer was fitted at approx 70,000 and that now indicates 21,000).

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RENAULT ALPINE A310 V6 FLEISCHMANN GR4 - BRIGHTWELLS AUCTION

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Easters Court, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0DE

WEDNESDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2016

 RENAULT ALPINE A310 V6 FLEISCHMANN GR4

Launched in 1971, the Renault Alpine A310 was the successor to the fabulously successful A110 which had won the World Rally Championship in 1973.

Alpine had started as a modest tuning company, ‘hotting-up’ hum-drum Renaults with startling results. Eventually absorbed by Renault themselves, the small Dieppe-based factory offered a specialist facility where Renault could develop niche products and engage in low-volume manufacture without disrupting their day-to-day production.

The new Alpine A310 was initially only available with a 1.6-litre four-cylinder Gordini engine, but in 1976 it was redesigned by Robert Opron (of Citroen SM Maserati fame) to incorporate the 2.7-litre V6 PRV engine that produced 150bhp. Mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox, it gave the car the sort of performance that it had always craved with a top speed of 137mph.

Weighing just 980kg all up, the dramatically styled one-piece fibreglass bodywork was bolted to a stiff tubular steel backbone chassis rather like a Lotus, its engine being mounted in the rear giving it handling traits similar to the Porsche 911. Always a very rare sight, just 9,078 V6 models were produced before production came to an end in 1984.

In 1977 an Alpine A310 won the Group 4 French Rally Championship in the hands of Guy Frequelin. His car featured aggressive wheel arch extensions which had been grafted onto the one-piece body by the factory. Shortly after, Fleischmann Tuning Gmbh in Germany started marketing tuning parts for the Alpine range, introducing body kits that mirrored those used on Group 4 cars.

These dramatic, high quality bodies developed an enthusiastic following of their own, helping to turn Fleischmann into an exclusive tuning company, although sadly they were not to survive beyond 1995 when they ceased trading, the brand being taken over by Simon Auto Gmbh.

The Alpine A310 in the sale today was first registered in Germany in March 1979. By 2000 it had made its way to Sweden, entering the UK in 2014, sometime inbetween receiving the Fleischmann treatment. The bodywork is a genuine pre-1995 Fleischmann A310 Group 4 body which houses the distinctive and correct series one three-stud Gotti deep-dish wheels.

Finished in bright red, it was spotted advertised in the Swedish classic car press by a Hereford-based car collector who happened to be visiting the Soderfors Powerboat Festival near Stockholm. Intrigued by the Group 4 looks, he bought the car over the phone and some months later drove it from Stockholm back to Hereford, a memorable and trouble-free road trip of 500 miles.

Joining a small, but perfectly formed collection of classic exotica, it is only being offered for sale as part of a rationalisation programme and comes from the Julie Brown collection. Correctly imported and registered for UK road use, it is MOTd until August 2017 and comes with sundry invoices, an A310 handbook and a workshop manual. Believed to be the only Fleischmann A310 in the country, it draws a huge amount of attention wherever it goes. 

SOURCE: http://www.brightwells.com/classic-motoring/auctions/classic-vintage-september-2016/catalogue/

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1996 DAIMLER CENTURY SIX - BRIGHTWELLS AUCTIONS

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Easters Court, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0DE

WEDNESDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2016

1996 DAIMLER CENTURY SIX

Produced in 1996 to celebrate 100 years of the illustrious Daimler marque, the Century was an ultra-luxurious LWB version of the Jaguar X300 saloon which had itself been introduced in 1994 following a £200m investment by Jaguar’s new owners, Ford.

Equipped with every X300 option available plus a few more besides (chromed ‘Turbine’ wheels, special exterior paint, electrically operated and heated individual rear seats), it was limited to a production run of just 200, half of them with a high compression version of the 4.0 straight-six engine (the Century Six) and half with the 6.0 V12 (the Century Double Six). In 4.0 form the Century produced 237bhp and 277lb/ft, driving through a ZF four-speed automatic gearbox with switchable Sport mode that could launch it to 60mph in 7.7 seconds on its way to a top speed of 145mph with barely a ripple on a glass of champagne.

Costing £72,000 in six-cylinder form and £76,000 for the V12, the Century was as expensive as it was exclusive but all were snapped up right away, in both LHD and RHD format, and even today they are very hard cars to get hold of, most ending up in private collections and rarely coming onto the market.

This particular Century Six is even more desirable than most as it was owned from new by the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust and spent its first 13 years being looked after as a museum display piece. Because of this it comes with an unusually comprehensive history file which includes the original factory sign off sheet from the production line dated 10th June 1996, original sales brochures and data sheets, press packs issued to the media at launch, JDHT display cards, a Heritage Certificate plus all the usual owner’s handbooks, service history etc.

The vendor, who is the car’s first private owner, acquired the car in 2009 after it was sold by Jaguar Cars’ new owner TATA, who had decided in their wisdom that the venerable Daimler marque no longer fitted in with Jaguar’s corporate image, being too old-fashioned for the younger professional buyers that they wanted to attract to the brand – shame!

In pristine condition throughout, this Century Six has still only covered 8,250 miles from new and is very well known in Jaguar/Daimler circles having featured in several magazine articles and being regularly invited to concours events with a cabinet-full of trophies to prove. These have included appearances at the Windsor Castle, St James’s and Hampton Court Palace Concours D’Elegance events in 2012, 2013 and 2014, plus numerous other JDC events, local shows etc.

Offering not only a sybaritic way to travel (as we discovered during a lengthy test drive in air conditioned splendour on the occasion of our visit on the hottest day of the year), this fabulous car also offers a ticket to some of the most prestigious motoring events in the world – a privilege that money alone cannot buy. As Jaguar Driver Magazine said in October 2013: "This pristine ex-JDHT Daimler Century provides luxury, refinement and opulence in spades. Does any car need to be better than this?"

Totally stunning in all respects, it also comes with a bespoke car cover to protect it while in storage or in transit, the aforementioned wealth of documentation and an MOT valid until May 2017 with no advisories recorded. To add icing to the cake, it also retains its original Coventry-issued and Century-appropriate 100 number plate. With a pedigree and mileage to die for, this magnificent machine ticks all the right boxes and would be the pride of any collection.

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1969 ALFA ROMEO 1750GT VELOCE -BRIGHTWELLS AUCTIONS

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Easters Court, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0DE

WEDNESDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2016

1969 ALFA ROMEO 1750GT VELOCE

Although any Alfa Romeo 105 Series Coupe is a wonderful thing, there is no question that in the mind of the true enthusiast, the 1750 GTV is the most desirable of them all.

Introduced in 1967, not only did it have the best engine, the fantastically zingy and rev-hungry 1,779cc twin cam, it also had the best interior with beautifully sculptured and supportive deep-ribbed seats and a wood-veneered central dash pod with additional instruments and switches. Putting 122bhp and 137lb/ft at the driver’s disposal, it could sprint to 60mph in 9.2 seconds with a top speed of 116mph.

Allied to the superb chassis, pin sharp steering and effective disc brakes, it was perhaps the finest affordable sportscar of its era and was in a totally different league to anything that the British motor industry could pit against it. No wonder that 44,269 were sold before it was replaced by the slightly less eager 2000 GTV in 1971.

Built in 1968 and first registered in January 1969, a near-complete history of owners accompanies this 1750 GTV, its first owner, a Mrs Pamela Erdman of Park Lane, keeping it for three years during which time it posed around central London sporting the registration number 227 EVE – it must have looked good! The current number was assigned to the car when she sold it to a gentleman from Hollingbourne in Kent who kept it for a further five years.

In October 1977 it was sold locally, moving to its fourth owner, a Mr Knowlton of Southampton some six months later. He was also to become its sixth owner, so it either passed around within his family, or he liked it so much that he bought it back. In any event it stayed with them until heading to Brighton for a short spell, Robin Hall of Wallington finding it in 1987 and keeping it for the next 24 years. He sold it in 2011 having given the car a compete repaint in Ochre AR109 the previous year.

Fortunately the little Alfa then fell into the hands of Surjeet ‘Ricky’ Riyat of Hayes, a well-known Alfa Romeo specialist. During his 15-month ownership he rebuilt the engine with new pistons and liners, gapless rings, a ported and polished cylinder head with centreline big valves, heavy-duty springs and C&B camshafts. The correct Weber 40 DCOE 32 carburettors were rebuilt and a new fuel tank installed along with a rorty GTA exhaust system.

Ricky also had the suspension components cleaned and powder coated and renewed the bushes and wheel bearings. Eibach springs were added with shortened rear springs and an anti-roll bar. While he was at it, the car received a new clutch and a complete brake overhaul. More detailed refurbishment took place, including a new heater matrix and correct Carello outer headlamps and new inners, a lucky find indeed. During 2012 he fitted a new interior complete with seat covers, headlining and interior veneers, the end result being a tribute to his workmanship.

The Alfa came into the hands of the vendor in 2013 and has covered around 3,500 trouble-free miles since, the speedo currently showing some 72,200 miles. Forming part of a local collection of interesting classics, its owner is downsizing the collection to more manageable proportions and has reluctantly decided that this fine example has to go.

MOTd until August next year (with no advisories), this superb 1750 GTV ticks all the boxes in terms of its continuous history, colour, model and condition. What’s not to like?

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