FORD CAPRI GROUP 1 Ex ALAN MANN RACING - SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS 24-01-17

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Race Retro Competition Car Sale 2017

FRIDAY 24th FEBRUARY 

FORD CAPRI GROUP 1 Ex ALAN MANN RACING

Registration: Not Specified

Chassis Number: GRECUL142340

Engine Number: Not Specified

Estimate (£): 80,000 - 90,000

The Ford Capri was a dominant force in Saloon Car racing during the early 1970s, driven by legends such as Gordon Spice, Stuart Graham and Brian Muir. Easily adapted and set up for racing, it was a popular choice for the professional and club driver alike. Naturally, in such fiercely competitive championships, there were certain 'names' that would come up on a regular basis when 'winning' was being discussed. CC Racing run by Dave Cook and Peter Clark, Neil Brown engines, and Gordon Spice became the names associated with all the necessary ingredients for success. Another name that will always be inextricably linked with racing Fords was Alan Mann who had been running a Ford factory team since 1964. The team ran cars in events as diverse as the Monte Carlo Rally, the Tour de France Automobile and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Their distinctive red and gold livery graced and became synonymous with a number of winning Fords including the GT40, Cortina, Falcon, and the Escort, and the sublime Ford F3L prototype was built and raced by Alan Mann Racing. Some of the best drivers of the period including Graham Hill, Sir Jackie Stewart, Sir John Whitmore and Frank Gardner raced for the team, which achieved substantial successes at every level in motorsport.

Prior to the 2008 season, Alan Mann Racing set about building a 'Group1' Capri for his son Henry Mann to contest some historic events, and a road-going Ford Capri 3.0S was sourced as a donor car. It was not a great surprise then, when given Henry's widely acknowledged skills and the expertise available within the team when it comes to building quick Fords, that he won the 2008 Masters Championship. Ever since then, this superbly prepared Capri has consistently been the fastest Capri out there. Entered in the Gerry Marshall Trophy at the 73rd Members Meeting in 2014 for the very talented John Young and the charismatic Emanuelle Pirro, the car acquitted itself well in practice, sitting neatly on pole. Emanuelle finished an excellent 2nd in Race 1, however, a small mechanical gremlin on the grid for Race 2 meant that John Young's drive from the pit lane to a remarkable 2nd place against bigger capacity opposition driven by serious 'peddalers', was one of the highlights of the meeting. At the 75th Members Meeting in 2016, the Capri again ran superbly, dipping into the 1min.28s, and rewarded John, this time paired with the legendary Steve Soper, with 3rd place overall.

This is a very well known car and has been consistently maintained. The engine has completed three races and the gearbox was rebuilt in 2016. We understand that all safety items are still in date. Full details of the spec and build details of this competitive, race-ready car will be made available to interested parties.

The popularity of the Gerry Marshall Trophy will mean that other circuits will be keen to run events on a similar basis, providing even more opportunities for these crowd-pleasing Capris to go racing.

In the right hands, this is a winning car and is available for sale now.

SOURCE: http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/ford-capri-group-1-ex-alan-mann

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1968 DAIMLER SOVEREIGN - COYS @ OLYMPIA 18-02-17

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1968 DAIMLER SOVEREIGN

With a top speed of 120mph and 0-60mph acceleration in 10 seconds, Daimler’s 4.2 litre, six cylinder Sovereign was one of the quickest Daimlers to be offered by the company. Derived from the Jaguar XJ6, it was readily identified by the traditional Daimler fluted radiator surround and the interior was furnished in best Daimler traditions with finest quality leather hide upholstery to the seats, polished figured walnut instrument panel and deep pile wool carpets, sufficiently individual to satisfy Daimler’s established clientele.

This stunning 5-owner Daimler has covered just 82,000 miles from new. Finished in old English white it left the factory on the 1st October 1968. The matching numbers engine is reported to be in fine fettle. The car benefitted from a restoration in 2016, including a respray in acrylic paint, a replacement headlining and a new set of tyres. Recently serviced we are advised the car is offered with its original jack, and radiomoibile radio. This example is a perfect opportunity to enjoy reliable Classic car with a modest outlay. Sure to turn heads wherever it goes.

SOURCE: http://www.coys.co.uk/cars/1968-daimler-sovereign

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1937 ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM III BY PARK WARD -COYS AUCTION 18-02-17

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1937 ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM III BY PARK WARD

FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIR JAMES CAYZER

This chassis was sent off to test from the Derby factory on 29 April 1937. It had been fitted with engine number E48X and originally with steering at the middle E rake, although this was changed to the low F rake on instruction dated 20 April. The chassis was set up for a touring limousine body with seating for 4 to 5 passengers in town work and touring in the UK. The Rolls-Royce Sales Card for the chassis indicates that the original order for a bonnet mascot was cancelled (again on 20 April) and that the original plan for a single, offside spare wheel was changed to one on a dummy hub to the rear (although see below).

The chassis was delivered to coachbuilders Park Ward & Co. Ltd. by road from the Rolls-Royce London depot at Lille Hall on 4 May 1937. Here the coachbuilder built a saloon body, with their body number 4257. It was one of ll saloon bodies built by Park Ward on the Phantom III chassis, being a saloon because there was no division fitted. Eight were to the same basic design as 3BTl47. The car was finished in black cellulose throughout with a light blue moulding, and with blue crushed leather. The woodwork was in light walnut, with ivory stringing.

The chassis was ordered by Park Ward on 19 October 1936 (during the Olympia Motor Show in London) and the chassis paid for contra deal on ll May 1937 for £1,520 which was a 20% discount on the standard chassis price (a common practice for R-R in their dealings with major dealers and coachbuilders). Completed on 19 July 1937, the car was first registered (with number RH 1) on 4 August. It was delivered on 7 August to its owner Frank Bilton at The Grange, Willerby, Hull  in Yorkshire. Bilton has owned two Phantom Hs, chassis 5 lGN and 64MS, both by Park Ward, the former a limousine and the latter a saloon. The latter had the same colour scheme and upholstery as the Phantom II, Bilton would later own Silver Wraith (a Park Ward saloon) and Bentley Mark VI B35lNY. He was born in 1872, and was a building contractor.

In 1950 the car was registered with Kingston-on-Hull number LKH 869 (which it retains today) , and Rolls-Royce records show the next owner was a C A Miers, in 1955. In April 1977 it was owned by Raymond G Maguire of Beaulieu in Hampshire. London dealers Clarendons had the car for sale in the magazine Motor Sport described as low mileage and in superb condition. Black with grey hide upholstery, described as 56,000 miles. 

Black with  French blue hides and matching carpets.  Certainly one of the most original and mechanically excellent PIII models available  today. At this time the car was bought by Sir James Cayzer, Bart., becoming one of four Phantom IIIs he would ultimately own.  Sir James Cayzer was without doubt one of the most well-regarded and well-respected collectors of pre-war Rolls-Royce motor cars in Britain during that period.

This handsome and positively “regal” looking Rolls Royce is offered today by a private collector and is in superb condition as outlined above. The car drives extremely well and would grace any collection.

SOURCE: http://www.coys.co.uk/cars/1937-rolls-royce-phantom-iii-by-park-ward

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1936 LAGONDA LG45 'RAZOR EDGE' SALOON By: FREESTONE & WEBB 1936 OLYMPIA SHOW CAR - CUYS AUCTION

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1936 LAGONDA LG45 'RAZOR EDGE' SALOON
By: FREESTONE & WEBB
1936 OLYMPIA SHOW CAR

Having established its reputation by winning the Moscow – St. Petersburg Reliability Trial of 1910 with a 30hp six, Lagonda concentrated mainly on the production of light cars before reverting to sporting and luxury models in the mid-1920s with the introduction of the 14/60. This four-cylinder, 2-litre model was joined in 1929 by the first of Lagonda’s own sixes – the 3-Litre – but by the mid-1930s the Meadows-engined cars were seen as the way forward. Introduced at the 1933 Olympia Show and based on the preceding ZM 3-Litre model, the M45 deployed Meadows’ 4½-litre, twin-plug six to good effect, saloons being capable of reaching 90mph and tourers the ‘ton’ under favourable conditions.

Under W.O. Bentley’s technical direction the big Lagonda became more refined: the M45’s successor – the LG45 – gaining synchromesh gears, flexible engine mounts and centralised chassis lubrication among many other improvements.

Endowed with such an impeccable pedigree, the 4½-Litre Lagonda quickly established itself as a favourite among the wealthy sporting motorists of its day.

In its road test published on 10th April 1936, The Autocar declared: ‘The 4½-Litre has always given a fine performance; in its latest form it provides all the performance that anyone can reasonably require, and at the same time has been silenced, smoothed out and made a much more comfortable car, so that in comparison with the earlier versions it is hardly recognisable on first driving it. It can only be said that the appeal of the car has been considerably widened, for the people who today set great store by noise and a harsh suspension are greatly outnumbered by those to whom refinement in a fast car is far more desirable.’

Freestone and Webb were English coachbuilders who made bodies for Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars but also built bodies on other chassis including Alfa Romeo, Packard, and Mercedes-Benz. The business was founded in 1923 by V.E. Freestone and A.J. Webb as a specialist coachbuilding service in workshops (Unity Works) in Brentfield Road, Stonebridge Park, Willesden, North London, where it remained for its entire life. Freestone had learnt his trade working at Crossley Motors, Webb had returned to England having trained in France.

While working on bespoke Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars they developed the style known as Top hat, and popularised the Razor Edge style. Delivering up to 15 cars per annum they showed their cars at the London Motor Show and won the Gold Medal in the private coachbuilders competition nine years in a row,

On July 17th 1936 London agents Kevill Davies & March of Berkeley Square, London, placed an order for chassis # 12146, which was duly delivered to Freestone & Webb on 2nd September 1936. Freestone & Webb then fitted Razor Edged Body # 1215, debuting the car at their stand at The Olympia Motor Show in London in October that year.

Having retired from public life, early in 1937 Kevill-Davies & March shipped the Lagonda to New York to Dealer Fergus Motors, who subsequently supplied the LG45 to its first private owner, a Mr. A. Chandler of New York.

Shortly after the Second World War the Lagonda found its way to Shanghai, being owned by a Mr Z.L.Sia. Mr Sia. soon commissioned a mechanical overhaul, shipping the engine and gearbox back across the world to Staines for a full overhaul, which took almost a year to return (import documents on file support this).

By 1949 the political seas were turning; with China rapidly becoming a communist state, as a businessman Sia was branded a Capitalist and class enemy. The Lagonda was seized and placed into storage until a Mr. Eric Barret heard of the car and bought it in Marche via the Hafong Motor Company for the sum of 25,350.00 Yen. Mr. Barret travelled extensively from the early 1950s, living in Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, New Zealand and Australia, before finally returned back to the UK in 1985. Each time the Lagonda faithfully followed its owner by boat, until returning home to the UK after its 40 year voyage.

Since 1987 the Lagonda has had only three further owners, as such you see here a very low ownership LG45 with a fascinating history. Supplied with a complete and well documented file, and featured in Bernd Holthusen’s ‘Lagonda Book’, this is a truly wonderful motor car in all respects.

SOURCE: http://www.coys.co.uk/cars/1936-lagonda-lg45-razor-edge-saloon-by-freestone-webb

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1956 AUSTIN FX3 TAXI - COYS @ OLYMPIA

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1956 AUSTIN FX3 TAXI

The Austin FX3 is a taxicab that was sold in the United Kingdom by Austin from 1948 to 1958. It was designed to comply with the Metropolitan Police Conditions of Fitness for London taxicabs, but was used in other towns and cities in the UK. It was commissioned from Austin by taxi dealers Mann & Overton and built by Carbodies of Coventry on a chassis supplied by Austin. The FX3 was a popular model. Out of a combined production total of  12,435  FX3 and FL1 models, 7,267 were licensed in London between 1948 and the end of production in 1958.

The FX3 was replaced in 1958 by the Austin FX4, but continued in use in London until 1968. Many other examples ran for longer outside London. In turn, the FX4 ceased production in 1997 and was replaced by the TX series.

The Austin FX3 is still sought after by collectors and enthusiasts of vintage London Transport. Several Austin FX3s have been shipped to the United States of America and to continental Europe by collectors, hobbyists and for use as advertisement icons. Carbodies became part of LTI (London Taxis International) and from 2010 is known as The London Taxi Company.

This particular example is presented in lovely condition throughout and regularly used by the present owner as a “prop” for his company. The owner has recently spent around £8000 on a complete engine rebuild and a new clutch was put in recently with just over 3000 miles put on it since then. A great nostalgic machine which will bring a smile to anyone’s face when either driving it, being a passenger or indeed watching others smile as you pass them by. British motoring history at its best!

SOURCE: http://www.coys.co.uk/cars/1956-austin-fx3-taxi

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1934 MORRIS "TEN-SIX"- SPORTSMANS - HOLLOWAYS AUCTIONEERS

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Sale of Vintage and Classic Motor Cars and Automobilia

Saturday 18th February 2017

Manor Barns, Manor Lane, Adderbury, Banbury, OX17 3EJ.

Catalogues on request at enquiries@hollowaysauctioneers.co.uk - £6.00 including posting and packing.  Available from 1 February 2017.

  1934 MORRIS "TEN-SIX"- SPORTSMANS 

2-DOOR SALONNETTE COUPE WITH FAUX CABRIOLET COACHWORK

Chassis No: 17927
Engine No: 55458
Registration No: JO 8706
Date of first registration: 23rd March 1934
Specification: 6-cylinders in-line pushrod overhead-valve 10HP-rated motor, with four-speed gearbox, four-wheel mechanical brakes, live rear-axle with semi-elliptic spring suspension all round.
Colour scheme: Black with black wings and black fabric roof; tan leather interior.

History: By the early 1930s the well-tried, trusted and proven range of Morris Cars primarily based on their reliable side-valve engined types proved the need for a more modern approach in-line with developments in the industry. The range of cars introduced in late 1933 and early 1934 saw a new premise for the more discerning motorist, with a more sporting outlook in both design and performance. The new "Ten-Six" overhead-valve motor would become the basis for a range of more sporting machines, with bespoke coachwork offering in open & closed formats in both two and four-seater variants.

Type MT12. Car No. 34/TS 24187. Engine No. 55458.
Sadly, for all that the car represents, both a rarity and excellent state of preservation and appearance, the history file is very thin with no previous ownership evidence seemingly available. However, a complete engine rebuild was carried out in c1998, and from all appearances it would seem that much of the rest of the car was completely refurbished to a high standard.

Condition: A fine detail is the original enamelled dashboard suppliers plate inscribed "The Morris Garages - Oxford" - this being a rare item in itself. The vehicle appears in excellent restored condition: black paintwork with leather interior trim, with opening windscreen and sliding-head sunroof. A rare model - well maintained in original specification condition. There are no old-style logbooks, but a current V5C document is present in the file, which shows the late owner to have been registered keeper of this car since 1985

SOURCE: http://www.hollowaysauctioneers.co.uk/Catalogues/af180217/lot0034.html

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1991 NISSAN FIGARO - MATHEWSONS AUCTIONS 11-02-17

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Roxby Garage
Pickering Road, Thornton Le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7LH

1991 NISSAN FIGARO

Another of these retro Datsuns, admired by the guys, adored by the ladies.

Finished in Mint Green/white with immaculate contrasting upholstery.

Imported in 2004, this desirable Auto coupe has just 85,000 miles recorded and is described by the vendor as driving perfectly and difficult to find a better looking example.

Spare keys in the office and M.O.T mileage record with the current certificate showing no advisories.

On site now for viewing.

We are open 7 days a week here at Thornton Le Dale for pre-sale viewing, although a quick phone call prior to travelling is advised.

SOURCE: http://www.mathewsons.co.uk/vehicle-auction-catalogue/1813-1991-nissan-figaro2

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WALES v ENGLAND

RBS Six Nations

Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Saturday 11th February 2017

Kick-Off: 16-50hrs