This Mercedes had been fully restored and shows now a very good condition throughout. A mere glance at the engine bay is enough to acknowledge the work done on this car. Finished in bordeaux red with a somptuous tan leather interior, it is a superb example of this much sought after two door four or five passenger cabriolet B.
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This car is a 1955 XK140 Jaguar roadster. Its engine #G5032-8S is fitted with a C-type head with matching number with the engine's one. Finished in red with beige leather interior the mileage amounts to 82 514 miles. Its condition and running ordre are excellent. As on many American cars it had been fitted with wire wheels and Firestone white walls..
This Bristol is the first of 16 AC with Bristol engine imported new to Switzerland. It was registered on October 1st 1956 and for two years by Ecurie des 3 Chevrons in Neuchatel ( and successfully raced by famous rally driver Hubert Patthey ), the two second owners did race the car on various Swiss and French hillclimbs, the third owner stored the ..
Contrary to popular belief, Maserati motorcycles were not manufactured at the eponymous car-maker’s Modena factory, but by another subsidiary of the Orsi Group parent company - Fabbrica Candele e Accumulatori Maserati (FCAM) - that manufactured spark plugs and other automotive electrical components. This Maserati ‘125’ was sold new in Italy i..
This magnificently presented BRM Type 25 is a front-engined Formula 1 car of immense historic importance. It is the actual car in which Swedish racing driver Joakim ‘Jo’ Bonnier scored the BRM team’s first-ever World Championship-qualifying Grand Prix race win – the 1959 Dutch GP at Zandvoort – after no fewer than eleven years’ immensel..
This Alpine was imported - rust free - from the USA in the late 1990s and totally restored (photographic record available). Converted from left- to right-hand drive, the car has been fitted with the more robust Hillman Hunter overdrive-equipped gearbox and floor-mounted gearchange. Purchased by the vendor at Bonhams’ Goodwood Revival Sale in 2006..
The vendor advises us that this left-hand drive ZB Magnette has enjoyed single family ownership from new, being re-registered in the names of various family members at different times. Described as unrestored, the car is offered with Belgian registration papers.
First registered 13 November 1951, this MkII 90 joined a stable of cars in Broadstone, Dorset, belonging to first owner Anthony Long, who, having drive it for just over 14,000 miles, laid it up in 1971 (the year on the last tax disc on file from this period). The Sports-Saloon then remained in the same family ownership for 52 years until November 2..
This original right-hand drive car was purchased by the current vendors at Bonhams & Brooks’ Historic Festival Sale, Silverstone on 25th August 2001 (Lot 506). At that time the car was described as coming in recent years from a major collection of veteran, vintage and classic cars in the warm climate of South Africa. Most attractively present..