The pioneering rear engined Cooper-Climax Formula racing cars of the Type 43/45/51 family stand alongside cars such as the Alfa Romeo Tipo B and Lotus 79 as designs that truly revolutionized the world of Grand Prix racing. Customers flocked to Cooper's garage door to buy their revolutionary rear-engined racing cars. Then in 1955 the centre-seat ..
To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' The Tegernsee Auction event, 4 July 2026. €250,000 - €300,000 EUR One of just 78 aluminium-bodied Series I examples builtWell-documented chain of ownership from newPresented in its factory exterior colour Papyrus White over black leather upholsteryPowered by its matching..
1950 Prototype Nash Healey Silvertone Lemans/Mille Miglia car. LHD Chassis number: X5Registration Number: JWD300 (original plate.) In December of 1949 Donald Healey was on his way to the USA to meet up with Ed Cole of General Motors to try and secure a deal for the new Cadillac V8 Motor for his Healey motor car..
Cheerfully painted in red & cream to a high standard, with matching cream leather & red carpets (in the boot as well) this car is a good example of the sought after ‘long wing’ design number 99, mounted on a 'Big Bore' 4½ litre chassis. The interior woodwork is particularly interesting, being quite plain in terms of the grain, but in 3 s..
1955 Bentley S1 Continental Drophead Coupe by Park Ward. Chassis number: BC7AF Registration Number: VTU915 A stunning & very rare example; originally the brain child of legendary coachwork designer John Blatchley who had been involved in the styling of the R Type Conti..
Italian industrialist Carlo Pesenti inherited the family cement company Italcementi in 1946. Pesenti was also a car enthusiast and took over the Lancia company from the Lancia family in June 1956 whilst the Aurelia was in production.A new generation of engineers arrived with the Pesenti era which sidelined the great Vittorio Jano. Pesenti..