1989 FORD SIERRA RS500 - SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS THE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC RACE CAR SALE THURSDAY 27th JULY 2017 THE WING SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT TOWCESTER NN12 8TN.

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THURSDAY 27th JULY 2017

THE WING SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT  TOWCESTER NN12 8TN.

1989 FORD SIERRA RS500

Ex - Tim Harvey

Registration: N/A

Chassis Number: ARERSC0389

Engine Number: TBA

Number of cylinders: 4

Estimate (£): 180,000 - 220,000

(+buyer’s premium of 15% including VAT @ 20%)

With the Cosworth RS500, Ford transformed the humble Ford Sierra into a proven race winner, completing 500 in order to homologate the model for 1987. The actual build was outsourced to Aston Martin’s Tickford operation and all 500 cars, based on the three-door Sierra, were sold in the UK. Under the bonnet Cosworth’s YDB engine had a stronger block, Garrett T31/T04 turbocharger with a bigger intercooler and fuel pump, uprated oil and cooling systems and better induction. The model won the 1987 World Touring Car Championship (in fact it proved so dominant the series was cancelled!), managed no less than 40 straight victories in the BTCC (a record that still stands) plus consecutive wins at Bathurst in 1989-1990.

Tim Harvey.

A prolific racing driver from Farnborough, Tim was highly successful in touring car races during the 1980s and 1990s driving for seven different manufacturers, winning the British Touring Car Championship in 1992 with BMW, and amassing 16 wins and 48 podiums.

He later drove for Spice in the World Sportscar Championship, before enjoying half a dozen successful seasons in the Porsche Carrera Cup from 2004 until 2010 finishing second in 2004, 2006 and 2007 before triumphing in 2008 and topping that with nine wins out of the first ten races in 2010 to dominate the championship again that year. He remains the Porsche Championship's most successful driver with 35 wins and over 150 podiums.

Amongst a number of BRDC, Charity and Media commitments, Tim remains a household name for his knowledgeable and witty commentary for ITV covering the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.

This Car.

Built by Andy Rouse Engineering and raced with Labatt’s sponsorship by Tim Harvey, this car has a good BTCC history (finishing 7th overall in 1989 and 3rd overall in 1990) and won outright at Thruxton and Donnington in '89. It was continuously updated and fitted with a Getrag 5-speed gearbox, viscous LSD and more. In late 1990 the car, which is believed to be the only Labatt’s Sierra surviving in original BTCC specification, became part of Martin Johnson’s private collection of ex-race Sierras before eventually being sold in Australia in September 2008. It was never raced there but used for the occasional demonstration, including the Muscle Car Masters at Eastern Creek, but was kept fully maintained, before being purchased by Paul Smith and returned to the UK with an eye on the developing Super Tourer Championship.

The dream was to come true in 2013 when Paul persuaded Tim to form a team to contest the two rounds of the Super Touring Car Trophy during the Silverstone Classic in July. Having not driven the car for over 20 years, Tim was given a brief chance to reignite his passion for the iconic winged wondercar during a days testing the 560bhp machine at Silverstone.

“It’s absolutely as it was after my final race,” he reported. “It must be the most original Cosworth Sierra still out there right down to the switches and stickers.

He obviously became comfortable with the car quite quickly as the team qualified third and Tim placed his old chariot second in the race on Saturday with the fastest lap to boot.

During 2014, the engine was fully rebuilt by David Mountain's Essex based 'Mountune', leading motorsport engine builders.

The car has been maintained in a 'race-ready' condition and is offered for sale at Silverstone Auctions pretty much on-the-button. We at Silverstone and the vendor are so confident about this wonderful RS that, included in the sale price, is an entry for Saturday's Super Touring Car race  (29th July). 

A remarkable opportunity to own one of the most recognised and admired Touring Cars in motorsport's history.

SOURCE: https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1989-ford-sierra-rs500---ex-tim-harvey

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1992 PORSCHE 911 (964) TURBO - SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS THE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC RACE CAR SALE THURSDAY 27th JULY 2017 THE WING SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT TOWCESTER NN12 8TN.

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1992 PORSCHE 911 (964) TURBO 

Registration: K2OML

Chassis Number: WP0ZZZ96ZMS471764

Engine Number: 61M02759

Number of cylinders: 6

CC: 3300cc

Year of Manufacture: 1992

Estimate (£): 30,000 - 40,000

(+buyer’s premium of 15% including VAT @ 20%)

'964' is Porsche's internal designation for the version of their 911 manufactured and sold between 1989 and 1994. Designed by Benjamin Dimson in 1986, it featured significant styling revisions over previous 911 models; most prominently in the way that the bumpers, spoilers and wheel arches blended cohesively into the bodywork. It was the first iteration of the 911 to be offered with Porsche's 'Tiptronic' automatic transmission and all wheel drive as options. Porsche chose to re-use the 3.3-litre, turbocharged engine from the 930 with several minor revisions that made the engine smoother, less prone to turbo lag, and more powerful with a total output of 320bhp at 5,750rpm. The sleek silhouette of the 964 was indicative of Porsche's new design philosophy and is regarded in hindsight, as one of the prettiest 911s ever built and certainly, in period, was one of the most powerful.

This Porsche 964 Turbo began life as a 3.3 road-registered car and was finished in Rubystone Red. The mileage is reading just 55,000 miles but unfortunately, the car was subject to a Category C insurance write off a number of years ago. However, this led the owner to create the car that you see today. It has been completely rebuilt to a high standard and represents a superb opportunity to race or track-day this very special and very fast Porsche.

The car was fitted with a fully welded cage, GT2 spoiler, racing seats, uprated brakes, fire extinguisher, extended wheel arches and treated to a bare metal respray in Rubystone Red. In addition, the engine has been rebuilt and a bespoke aluminium intercooler has been fitted. All this work was carried out within the last 1,000 miles and so the car today presents very well indeed. We encourage pre-sale inspections on this incredible track weapon and prospective bidders should contact the office for further information.

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1995 MINI COOPER SAFARI RALLY CAR - SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS THE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC RACE CAR SALE THURSDAY 27th JULY 2017 THE WING SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT TOWCESTER NN12 8TN.

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1995 MINI COOPER SAFARI RALLY CAR

Registration: Q290 HBV

Chassis Number: SABTBR03304335196

Engine Number: Not Specified

Number of Cylinders: 4

CC: 1275

Year of Manufacture: 1995

Estimate (£): 18,000 - 23,000

(+buyer’s premium of 15% including VAT @ 20%)

Very occasionally a competition car becomes known internationally by its nickname, think in terms of “The Breadvan” (250SWB Drogo), “Moby Dick” ( Longtail Porsche 935),  John Cooper's “Twini”, the “Blue Train Bentley”, “Big Sam” (240Z Samurai), Gerry Marshall's Vauxhall's “Old Nail and Baby Bertha”, and Dave Brodie's Escort “Run Baby Run”. To this list can certainly be added the little car on offer here, known throughout the world of motorsport as “The Safari Mini”, so named after competing in the gruelling East African Safari Rally, not once which would have been remarkable in itself, but 5 TIMES!!!

This amazing little rally car named 'Du Du' (Swahili for a little insect) had been in storage since 2004 after returning from Africa in Zebra colours and its last attempt on the Safari in 2003. It was recently purchased by Malcolm Huxley and his lady co-driver Anne Sealand (Annemal Motorsports) and returned to circulation. They took the decision to restore the mini to its former glory, pretty much as it was for its first Safari attempt in 1997 when it was sponsored by Corgi Models. 

Built originally in 1995 by Robert Plant Engineering (RPE Motorsport), Q290 HBV is a fully-documented 'Group A Rally Car'and was put together for the '95 'Network Q Rally of Great Britain' starting in Chester. Amongst others, it competed on the

RAC Network Q; 1995

Perth Scottish; 1996

East African Safari; 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Monteburge Rally Sprint, Belgium; 1998 (2nd in class)

Goodwood Festival of Speed Rally Sprint. 3rd fastest stage time driven by Robert Plant.

The details of its recent restoration and bare metal respray are with the volumes of history that accompany this little car. During the rebuild, it was felt that, whilst the car was quite capable of being rallied again, it was unlikely to be so, and given its likely usage at Goodwood, Race Retro, Cholmondeley Pageant, for example, the original engine was too precious to be used for short demonstrations and cold starts etc. The engine currently fitted is a highly modified 1275 MG Metro Turbo unit and there is a full A4 page in the file with its build spec. There are similar full pages of details on the 'Running Gear', 'Interior', 'Body', and 'Gearbox and Diff'. We understand that the gearbox alone would cost around £2,800 to build from new. Since its rebuild, we understand that Du Du has covered less than 30 road miles.

The original 'Safari' 1380cc engine with manifold and throttle body is available to the car's purchaser by separate negotiation.  (“Around £1,500”).  

Corgi Heritage Centre produced scale models of this car in 1997 and 2000, and in different variations with Land Rovers and trailers.

Q290 HBV will be accompanied by its SORN details, original FIA papers, spec sheets and one of the thickest photograph albums we have ever seen. A PDF document with full details of every aspect  (including its original engine) is available from Guy Lees-Milne at Silverstone Auctions.

To do the Safari once in a Mini would be regarded as foolhardy by anyone who understands the destructive nature of the terrain, but five times!!. This little car is a British Motorsport Hero and an important part of Mini history. Rally enthusiasts all over the country are looking forward to seeing “The Safari Mini” back in action. 

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2010-2017

1967 INTERMECCANICA TORINO ITALIA - SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS @ THE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC THE WING, SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT NN12 8TN. 29th & 30th JULY 2017

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1967 INTERMECCANICA TORINO ITALIA

Registration: AMJ404F

Chassis Number: 40052

Engine Number: N/A

Number of Cylinders: 8

CC: 289 cuin V8

Year of Manufacture: 1967

Estimate (£): 70,000 - 80,000

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The new Intermeccanica was built and assembled entirely in-house in Italy and a deal was struck with Ford to supply the mechanics. The hand-crafted, steel-bodied 'Torino' was born and proved successful in both coupé and convertible forms. The car was later renamed the 'Italia' in late 1967 in the interest of keeping relationships with Ford healthy as they planned to call one of their new models by the same name.  This highly successful elegant, sexy sports car caught the eyes of discerning car lovers. 

The car offered here Chassis #40052 is documented in "Intermeccanica, The Story of the Prancing Bull" as the second Torino Coupé produced and the 7th car to roll of the production line. This very early car benefits from being fitted with the Ford 289 Hi-Po V8 engine of 271bhp and close ratio, top-loader, 4-speed gearbox. This combination was only fitted to the first 24 Torino's and it's suggested in the book by the founders of Intermeccanica that this engine/gearbox batch was made available to them following a cancelled order from the Shelby Cobra program. Subsequent cars had to make do with the Ford 302 and later, the 351 Cleveland, which was detuned and restricted due to American emission laws. 

#40052 was purchased by our vendor in New York in 2015 as a restoration project, having not been run since 1982. A full and sympathetic restoration was completed over a period of around two years where everything was restored, refurbished or replaced as appropriate. The car has only completed a few miles since this restoration and will require a proper post-restoration shake-down before being subjected to extensive use. 

Critically, the car retains all its factory-installed suspension and running gear, including the all important and valuable Hi-Po engine. When purchased, the engine was fitted with a Shelby dual-quad intake manifold and dual Holley 4-barrel carbs. Whilst it is unknown if these were later additions, but they have certainly been with the car since 1982 and so were incorporated into the restoration as an integral part of the cars history. 

The bodywork was restored and repainted whilst the mechanics were dismantled and rebuilt with new parts, as necessary including the engine which was similarly stripped and reassembled using as many original/new-old-stock parts as practical.

The interior was retrimmed with the exception of the centre console and the seats, which once carefully cleaned, were deemed in good enough condition to keep original.

Presented with the car is a history file, which includes many receipts from the restoration. Some parts not utilised in the restoration come with the car including the Remote Brake Booster (replaced with a more modern equivalent), dual points distributor base plate (replaced with magnetic pickup), spare specially constructed mechanical tach drive cable etc. Copies of 1970's and early 1980's newsletters from the Intermeccanica Owners Club (of America) are available on the Internet and include an insight to the previous owners use of the car and provide interesting reading and a valuable source of information on these rare cars. 

This, left-hand drive, Italia Coupé is a good looking car with lots of styling cues from other Italian exotics, and with its big American V8, is remarkably quick and handles well. One thing for sure, you're unlikely to see another one.

SOURCE: https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/intermeccanica-torino-italia

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2010-2017

1976 SAAB 98 V4 - ILVERSTONE AUCTIONS @ THE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC THE WING, SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT NN12 8TN. 29th & 30th JULY 2017

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1976 SAAB 98 V4

Registration: HDF 918L

Chassis Number: 96732017475

Engine Number: 283521

Number of cylinders: 4

CC: 1400

Year of Manufacture: 1972

No Reserve

Saab launched the 96 model using their own rally proven two-stroke engine before entering into an agreement to buy Ford’s compact V4 engine and introducing their first four-stroke car, the 96 V4, in late 1966. It continued in production in that form until, remarkably, February 1980.

Probably the most famous Saab 96 in the world, HDF 918Lhas partially dismantledd some years ago in preparation for a restoration that was never completed due to the owner’s illness. It was rescued by restorer and broadcaster Ant Anstead for Series 2 of Channel 4’s ‘For the Love of Cars’ in 2015. The work was undertaken by Ant and the team at restoration specialists MRH in Hertford. Firstly, the shell was fully stripped and assessed, then all welding repairs were completed before it could be painted in the original Saab Ambragelb Y8B, a very period yellow-gold. The original engine, gearbox and ancillaries were then rebuilt with new or reconditioned components and modern electronic ignition was fitted to improve cold starting and reliability. 

The wiring and electrical systems were either renewed or restored and the fuel system was also completely rebuilt with modern materials. A single choke Weber carburettor was fitted in order to utilise its manual choke. The brakes, steering and suspension were also completely rebuilt with new components throughout and fitted with poly bushes. The interior was partially trimmed in a high-quality tartan material, as a poignant gesture to the Scottish heritage of its previous owner, Chris, who sadly died of cancer before completing the restoration.

As can be seen in the programme, our vendor Asif Ansari, paid a world record price for the model and made an emotional promise to Chris’ family to auction the car for a cancer charity. Asif donated the car to benefit the Brain Tumour Research Trust and immediately bought it back for £15,000, an incredible gesture.

We, therefore, have the honour of selling this very special Saab, with its 68,000 miles and MOT until November 2017, to benefit the remarkable work of Harrison’s Fund. We respect the generosity of Asif, and in doing so we are more than happy to donate 100% of the buyer’s premium.

For further information on Harrison’s Fund please visit their website https://harrisonsfund.com.

SOURCE: https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1972-saab-96-v-4

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