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2012 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 991 Finished in unmarked Carrara White with Black Hide PDK 7 speed transmission with steering wheel paddles. Sat Nat, Cruise Control & Launch Control, Climate Control, Heated Seats & Rear Park Assist.

66,000 miles with Porsche Dealer Stamps at 6231 miles, 22951 miles, 50,139 miles and 58,716 miles. Porsche Book Pack in the leather wallet, invoices for all the services. Exceptionally well looked after example with a very good Specification.. ...£54,995

2000 MORGAN 4/4 ONLY £13,000 MILES. Immaculate British Racing Green with light Stone leather with dark Green piping. 1800cc Zetec engine, 5 speed gearbox, stainless wire wheels and bumper. VERY high spec car with just about every upgrade by Allan White at the cost of over £9,000. Virtually as new condition and comes with all original books, new car brochure price list etc. Fully documented history must be one of the very best examples on the market ..................£29,995

1989 DAIMLER DOUBLE SIX 5.3 V12. This superb example was supplied by Paramount of Derby to Lord Varley on the 1st Aug 1989 and serviced by them until 2001 and up until 21,000 miles.

4 Jaguar stamps to 49,000 miles in Aug 2007. Now only covered 58,000 miles. Kent alloy wheels, electric sunroof, air conditioning, cruise control and one board computer. Finished in immaculate Solent Blue with unmarked Savile Grey hide and walnut veneers, this top of the range Daimler is the one to have. .............£23,995

1973 MERCEDES 250/8 AUTO. Finished in immaculate Terracotta Red with unmarked light Tan MB TEX. The car was supplied New by Bargate Motors Boston and serviced by them 11 times, the last at 54,000 miles the car has now only done 61,000 miles. Owned by the 1st owner from 1973 to 2017, being the later 250/8 it has the later and far superior 2.8 engine. Very hard to find a better one don’t miss this one if you are looking for the best..........£19,995

1975 MGB GT JUBILEE. A unique opportunity to own a very special MBG Jubilee 20,000 miles only. History includes copies of features in 6 different classic car magazines, Rosettes for various Concourse events and event score cards. This stunning Jubilee comes with all original books, service history, MOT’s, letters from previous owners and 2 sets of keys. Must be the best for sale in the UK. .....................................................£18,995

1981 MGB ROADSTER WITH OVERDRIVE. Finished in immaculate Snapdragon Yellow with unmarked Black Leather interior. Was originally manufactured in 1980 and not registered until the 12th August 1987. Now only covered an impressive 16,000 miles from new. Comes with tonneau cover, a selection of invoices and MOT’s.

Drives beautifully and virtually indistinguishable from new. .................................................................£17,995

Mercedes 320SL Millennium Edition. Finished in Mercedes Silver with black hide, Panoramic hardtop and black hood. Being a limited edition it has a very high spec which includes special alloy wheels, heated seats etc, Comes with wind deflector. Original books, stamped service book with 13 service stamps. 76,000 miles.

Lovely high spec car. ..........................................£16,995

2003 PORSCHE BOXSTER 3.2 S TIPTRONIC S. Finished in immaculate Arctic Silver with Black Leather and Black electric Hood. Fitted with a body kit from New, Boot Spoiler, Side Skirt and Bumpers by Lindbrook Porsche.

Comes with full and extensive service history, original book pack and 2 keys. Only 2 owners, last owned by a lady. Exceptional example, low mileage 2 owner Porsche Boxster. ...............................................................£15,995

1997 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK 230 KOMPRESSOR *ONLY 15,000 MILES*. Finished in immaculate Yellowstone with unmarked Black Leather. Carbon fibre design facia, Blaupunkt Radio/Cassette, electric windows and cruise control. Original book pack, service book, first aid kit, every single MOT from 3 years old. Immaculate condition throughout. An ideal show car or museum exhibit. Best on the market. .....................................................£14,995

1996 MERCEDES E220 CABRIOLET SPORT. Finished in immaculate brilliant silver with black leather. Heated seats, 8 hole Alloy wheels. Only 3 owners from new, last owner since 2005. Comes with service history, Old MOT’s, Mercedes Book Pack, Service Book etc. Very well looked after, low ownership locally owned car from new. .............................................................................£14,995

1999 JAGUAR S TYPE 3.0 SE AUTO. ONLY 14,000 MILES. This stunning time warp S Type is finished in immaculate and totally original Jaguar Seafrost with unmarked Sand Hide. Kept in a carcoon when not in use.

Electric Sunroof, comes with the original Jaguar wallet containing handbooks, service book and 2 sets of keys.

As near to new as you can find museum/collector investment...........................................................£14,995

1985 JAGUAR XJ SC 3.6 MANUAL Finished in Claret with doeskin leather, last owner since 2008. Extensive history file from New, 16 service stamps in the Service book and many more in the history file. MOT’s dating back to 2008. This car has now done only 96,000 miles in 36 years and looks like a 40,000 mile car. The extensive History shows how well this car has been looked after. Getting very rare. Excellent Value rarest of all XJS cars, sound investment these are the only 2 year production. Highly recommended at. .... £14,995

2001 PORSCHE BOXSTER 2.7 TIPTRONIC. This stunning Boxster is finished in immaculate Lapis Blue Metallic with Grey leather interior and a Navy Hood. Only 38,000 miles with both Porsche and specialist service history. Comes with original book pack, service book and invoices for services and repairs. Stunning condition throughout, perfect for this coming spring. ................................................ £14,995

1998 JAGUAR XJ V8 EXECUTIVE. Finished in immaculate British Racing Green with oatmeal leather interior. The car has only covered 22,000 miles from new. Comes with documented service history and drives lovely ...................................................................£14,995

1989 Citroen 2CV6 Dolly. Finished in green/white with grey upholstery. Only 43,000 miles from new and comes with original Citroen wallet containing handbooks etc, and stamped service book. A selection of old MOTs and previous log books. A rare low mileage example. ............................................................................ £13,995

1980 SAAB 99. Only 25,000 miles from new confirmed by a letter from the previous owner, old MOT certificates and the service history. Original Walnut Brown with Tan Trim all in excellent condition. Original Log Book, second and third owners V5’s, 29 old MOTs, original Handbook pack all in the original wallet. A rare find from when Saabs were designed and hand built by their own engineers and none of the GM High volume. A sound investment and show car.. ... £13,995

1991 SAAB 900 S TURBO 16V 3 DOOR. Finished in immaculate Cirrus White with grey Velour. Only 74,000 miles with a full service history. The previous owner had the car for Classic Car runs since 2018 and kept in a dry heated storage facility. Comes with extensive history and previous MOT’s. Ready to show again this season, now becoming very sought after. ...............................£13,995

1992 VOLVO 850 GLT AUTO ONLY 20,000 MILES. With an impressive 14 Service Stamps in the Service Book! Finished in Volvo Classic Red with Black/Grey Trim. Spec includes air conditioning, electric sunroof and windows, heated seats, boot spoilers, H/L wash wipers.

5 Cylinder fuel injection engine 2.0 litres with 143 BHP. Exceptionally low mileage with the condition to match. .............................................................................. £9,995

2003 SMART CITY PURE ONLY 10,400 MILES. Signal Red and Black with Alloy Wheels. Purchased in 2003 by Balnagown Castle Estate, owned by Mohamed Al Fayed for his use on the Castle Estate. In virtually new condition with original wallet, handbook, service book and invoice for the last service at 6,921 miles in 2018.

Exceptional condition ............................................£7,495

2003 SAAB 9.3 2.0 LITRE LPT CONVERTIBLE. Finished in Merlot Red with Beige leather only 49,000 miles from new with 10 service stamps. Spec includes climate control electric windows/hood and alloy wheels. Comes with the original book pack, service book all in the Saab wallet and 2 sets of keys. Excellent example and exception value at ................................................£6,995

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HARD HITTING One of the great things about the classic car scene has always been its constantly changing nature, as the inexorable march of time sees new, younger models welcomed into the fold once they make the jump from simply ‘old car’ to ‘interesting old car.’

Naturally that means the business of maintaining them is constantly evolving too, with diagnostic code readers no doubt living next to timing lights and grease guns in many readers’ tool boxes.

Sometimes though, the old ways just can’t be beaten, something which was brought home to me recently when faced with a non-runner BMW. An example of the ‘E46’ 3-Series from the 2000s, it would crank but simply wouldn’t fire and having been online

for ideas its owner was naturally full of complex theories relating to the engine management system thanks to USbased contributors to BMW forums.

Since the car had driven just a few hours earlier though, it seemed obvious to me that the problem was rather more basic in its nature. And so I employed a technique which has worked over the years on many a non-starter, from a ’59 Morris Minor to a D-Type stranded on the Mille Miglia: I gave the offending vehicle a firm thump in the area of the fuel pump (under the back seat cushion in this case).

And what do you know? The first turn of the key was accompanied by the previously absent buzz of a functioning fuel pump and we were up and running.

I almost expected the tick-tick-tick of the old SU pumps, but it was great to know you can still fix stuff by hitting it.

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CONTENTS

60 JULY 2022 6 PLUGS & LEADS The classic industry kicks back against restrictive legislation.

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12 AUCTION NEWS Reviewing the katest sales from WB, Hampsons, Brightwells and SWVA.

18 MARKET TRENDS Tracking the values of the Ford Capri.

22 ROAD TEST: VANDEN PLAS 1750 We revisit the Allegro with a posh grille and picnic tables.

26 TRADING UP Our classic car buying-and-selling challenge continues as the Honda Acty gets traded for a BMW convertible.

ON THE COVER

31 ROAD TEST: VAUXHALL NOVA On its 40th birthday, we get back behind the wheel of the Vauxhall-badged Corsa.

ON THE COVER

36 TWIN TEST: FIAT X1/9 v MG MIDGET They might seem like unlikely competitors but these two diminutive sports cars have more in common than you might think..

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46 ROUND UP: ’70s GRAND TOURERS Cross-continent expresses from an era when nobody was bothered by petrol prices.

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54 BUYING GUIDE: TRIUMPH TR7

The most affordable of all the TRs, the wedgy wonder can be an easy classic to live with if you buy the right one.

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60 DATABASE: VW GOLF

Facts, figures and history on the car which saved Volkswagen from disaster.

72 STAFF CLASSICS Checking up on the progress of our Porsche 944 and Jaguar XJ8.

74 BUYING GUIDE: JAGUAR XJ40

The first of the modern era of Jaguars, the XJ40 is rapidly becoming appreciated for its historical significance.

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130 TAILGATE Sifting through the data to discover what makes the most unexceptional classic.

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HCVA SEEKS GOVERNMENT ASSURANCE OVER LEGISLATION

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ith the government developing a Future of Transport programme to create the rules enabling new developments in transport over the next few decades, the Historic & Classic Vehicles Alliance (HCVA) has entered discussions to ensure that the UK’s classic vehicle industry isn’t adversely affected by any changes.

The proposal is likely to include new regulations on tampering, specifically aimed at the modification of cars to bypass environmental and safety systems.

But an initial statement from the HCVA revealed the organisation’s main concern: “As written, the proposals might have also prevented modifications to modernise, restore or preserve current and classic vehicles.

They would also have threatened businesses that work in the sector, making it harder to get the hardware and software they need, and to learn the skills to use them.”

A petition to safeguard the UK’s classic industry in this way attracted 115,000 signatures, resulting in the latest parliamentary debate involving input from the HCVA. The debate was opened on behalf of the petitioner,

Gareth James, by Nicholas Fletcher MP, who talked about custom cars, racing and modifications.

James Sunderland MP, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Motorsport, spoke about the importance of the historic and classic sector and the threats that this proposal could pose if it isn’t handled carefully – both to current classics and to modern cars that will become classics of the future.

He suggested that, should the government go ahead with the bill, specific exemptions are made for owners and businesses in the historic and classic sector.

Since then, the HCVA’s consultation with the government has brought extra clarity to the proposals: “The government clarified that it does not want the rules to impact classics, motorsport or their industries, using language very similar to our response.

However, the HCVA feels that the regulations might still go too far.”

Responding to the recent debate for Labour, the Shadow Transport Minister, Mike Kane, talked about the need to enforce existing rules on anti-social modifications.

He was broadly supportive of the need for controls on tampering,

provided the government does protect the industries.

For the government, Minister Trudy Harrison insisted that there was a need for the tampering rules, specifically stating an example around the dangers of tampering with software on future autonomous vehicles – although she emphasised that the government was listening to concerns and the need to protect current, classic and motorsport vehicles, and would publish details for proposals in the summer.

The HCVA’s CEO, Garry Wilson, says his organisation will remain involved in the process and will continue to study the detail: “We monitor all such proposals and whatever legislation comes from them and, through our work in parliament, make sure the interests of our sector are protected,” he said “We need to ensure that any future legislation takes into account the interests of the classic vehicle industry, which has an annual turnover of over £18 billion in the UK and supports around 113,000 jobs in thousands of small businesses and supply chain firms.”

For further information on the organisation, go online to hcva.co.uk.

END OF AN ERA FOR VAUXHALL Vauxhall has announced that its current

different generations of Cavalier.

Insignia range is being phased out,

The recent switch to SUVs and the

marking the end of an era for the firm.

dominance of premium German brands in

The company no longer has a D-segment

the family saloon/hatch sector have meant

saloon, hatch or estate on sale – a sector

plummeting sales for D-segment models

of the market it first entered in 1975 with

from mainstream brands. Production of

the Cavalier.

the Mondeo ceased early this year, and

Two generations of Insignia have been

the Vauxhall Insignia is about to follow

produced, the original being launched in

suit – although the virtually identical Opel

2008 to replace the second-generation

1995, bringing a new name to a successful

Insignia will remain on sale elsewhere in

Vectra. The first of the Vectras arrived in

line-up that by then had comprised three

Europe for some time yet.

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TYRE SAFETY WARNING

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ollowing recent proposals to change the annual MoT to a two-yearly test, a charity dedicated to raising awareness of the dangers of defective tyres is asking the government to reconsider the idea.

The call from TyreSafe comes amidst fears of the likely increase in the number of unroadworthy vehicles on the road that a biennial test could cause. Since the MoT was updated in 2018 to include new categories, including ‘dangerous defects’, over two million of the 7.7 million vehicles first tested were failed for having defective tyres – with 59 per cent of those being categorised as ‘dangerous’.

Stuart Jackson of TyreSafe commented: “While we respect the government’s intention to reduce the financial burden on households, cutting corners on safety is not a responsible solution.

“The price paid in maintaining a vehicle in roadworthy condition is insignificant compared with the human cost of a casualty caused by an incident which might have been avoided.”

The charity’s Tread Depth Survey with National Highways suggests that over a quarter of tyres are already illegal when replaced, meaning 10 million vehicles a year could be on our

roads with illegal and dangerous tyres.

The charity states: “Without the annual MoT, it’s clear that number would be far greater, as would be the risks to all road users.”

JAGUARS AT BEAULIEU Jaguar owners and enthusiasts will be flocking to the National Motor Museum on Sunday, June 26 for Beaulieu’s 2022 Simply Jaguar event. And the museum reports there are already healthy numbers of Jaguars – classic and modern – booked in for the show.

Tickets to the event include admission to the museum, where visitors will find a number of Jaguars on long-term display – including an XK150, an E-Type, a TWR Jaguar XJR-8 replica and 007’s XKR Convertible from the film Die Another Day. To find out more or to book your Jaguar into the event, visit beaulieu.co.uk/events/ simply-jaguar. Other visitors should purchase regular admission tickets via beaulieu.co.uk.

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DACIA MILESTONE Budget brand Dacia has celebrated the production of its 10 millionth vehicle.

The Romanian brand was originally established back in 1968 producing licence-built Renaults, but the bulk of the 10 million Dacias was produced during the modern era: 2.6m Sanderos, 2.1m Dusters and 1.95m Logans.

The Sandero has been the best-selling retail car in Europe every year since 2017

GAYDON CELEBRATIONS

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he Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay will visit the British Motor Museum on Friday, July 22 as part of its route around Britain. The Baton will spend 10 days in the West Midlands during its final journey through England this summer.

Birmingham is hosting the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay, bringing communities together across the Commonwealth during the build up to the Commonwealth Games. The opening ceremony takes place on July 28, followed by 11 days of competition.

and since entering the UK market in 2013, Dacia has sold us 220,000 vehicles.

Jeff Coope, managing director of the British Motor Museum, said: “We will be working with our local community and visitors to give the Baton a warm welcome, including hosting a special parade of British iconic cars and a display of royal cars that we have in our prized collection.”

Visitors can view several royal vehicles at Gaydon, including the first bespoke Land Rover state review car (pictured), one of the fleet of vehicles used for the Queen’s first Commonwealth Tour in 1953/4.

CLASSIC CROSSWORD 199 Across 1 What the monocoque of the Mini-Marcos was made from (10) 7 Rootes range launched in the mid-1960s (5) 8 Former Belgian car maker (7) 9 _ de France, one version of the Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta (4) 10 Ford model closely related to the Mazda 121 (7) 14 This Vauxhall was a real winner! (6) 15 René, the man behind the Djet (6) 17 Reliant-powered 1970s three-wheeler (4,3) 18 Sports car company founded by Frank Nichols (4) 20 Renault people carriers launched in the 1980s (7) 21 SEAT city car released in 1997 (5) 22 Gold or Green Alfa badge (10) Down 1 Mr Lamborghini (9) 2 M1s, M3s, etc (4) 3 Lotuses first shown in 1957 (6) 4 Nickname of Ettore Bugatti (2,6) 5 Hispano _ , Barcelona marque of yesteryear (5) 6 Former Serbian marque behind the Yugo brand (7) 11 Top feature of the Triumph Dolomite Sprint (5,4) 12 Japanese SUV that came to the UK in 1997 (5,2-1) 13 How Fiat Ritmos were sold in Britain (7) 16 Global Nissan nameplate introduced in 1978 (6) 17 Spartan in specification (5) 19 _ cars, competition machines like the Jaguar D-Type (4)

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SPAGHETTI JUNCTION HITS 50

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ne of Birmingham’s best known landmarks, Spaghetti Junction, celebrates its 50th anniversary this week. Opened to the public on May 24, 1972, the road system that’s officially known as Gravelly Hill Interchange is now the busiest traffic interchange in Europe, with up to 220,000 vehicles using it each day.

To mark half a century of Spaghetti Junction, Andy Street, West Midlands Mayor, commented: “When it was being built, my granddad used to take me on a Sunday afternoon to look at it… and it was exciting! It was sort of modern and futuristic. And it’s provided a brilliant service for 50 years. It has to be maintained hard now [with] lots of work going on, strengthening the concrete – but I reckon it’ll be there providing a critical service for the next 50 years.”

Upon the opening of the interchange, it was Roy Smith – a local journalist – who likened it to a plate of spaghetti. The nickname stuck with Brummies and has been used ever since.

Construction of Spaghetti Junction began in 1968 and took four years

to complete, costing £10 million (roughly £108 million in today’s money) and using 13,000 tonnes of steel reinforcement and 175,000 cubic yards of concrete, split across five different layers. The interchange comprises eight miles of motorway on around 550 columns, with the extra complications of being built

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Spaghetti Junction has appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records as “the most complex interchange on the British road system”. It was designed to last 120 years, and has seen routine repairs to the reinforced concrete structures since the late 1980s.

BMW M AT GOODWOOD Goodwood has announced that the central feature of this year’s Festival of Speed – set to take place on June 23-26 – will be celebrating 50 years of BMW’s M division.

The sculpture will pay homage to five decades of M cars, showcasing some of the marque’s most iconic models.

Since 1997, each Goodwood Festival of Speed central feature has comprised an innovative sculpture marking the achievements of a different manufacturer or milestone. BMW’s Motorsport division was launched in May 1972 with only 35 employees. However, it soon became one of the most successful racing departments in

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AUCTION NEWS REVIEW: SOUTH WESTERN VEHICLE AUCTIONS, ONLINE, APRIL 29

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1968 Morris Minor Traveller set the tone at SWVA when it was hammered away above guide for £7700, only to be trumped by a very smart two-door saloon model from the same year. It was a good day for the numerous Triumphs too, as a 1973 Stag was sold above its £6750-£7750 guide for a hammer price of £10,400, a lovely 1964 Spitfire reached £10,000 and a 1977 2500S Estate £6000.

The British successes didn’t end there though: A 1948 Rover P3 75 comfortably beat its guide at a hammer price of £7200, with a 1972 P6 3500 making £6600 and a lovely P4 110 from 1964 £9100. In addition, a 1967 Wolseley 6/110 described as “out of the box” surpassed its modest £6750-£7750 estimate to reach £8600 and an ‘Audax’ Hillman Husky was hammered away for £6000.

A 1975 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 Coupe was another to perform ahead of expectations at £16,800.

Offering a more lightweight sporting flavour was a 1970 Lotus Europa S2, which made £23,000, with a supercharged 1936 MG PB that been

treated to a total nut-and-bolt restoration selling for £33,500. Arguably the most impressive performer of all, however, was a 1970 Ford Cortina 1600E that more than tripled its £4000-£5000 estimate to sell on the hammer for £15,000. Earlier, another 1970 1600E – this time a noreserve project – had been hammered away for £3500.

Brits didn’t have it all their way though.

A Volkswagen Corrado VR6 performed

well to make £8100, with a couple of Mercedes-Benz products also putting in strong showings; an excellent 1996 E320 Cabriolet made light of its £8000-£10,000 estimate to sell for £13,400, with an R129generation SL320 from 1998 making £9500 against a guide of £5000-£6000.

Unusual entries included a 1958 Auto Union 1000 Coupe at £6200 and a striking 1966 Renault Caravelle at £11,500.

For the full list of results, visit swva.co.uk.

This 1977 Allegro 1500 Estate showed just under 50,000 miles and was hammered away for £3400 against an upper estimate of £2000.

The 1970 Cortina 1600E had been in the same family for 34 years and came with oodles of history. At £15,000, it more than trebled its £4000-£5000 guide price.

This 1936 MG PB had been treated to a total restoration and had also been fitted with a period supercharger. Estimated at £28,000-£29,750 it sold for £33,500.

Showing a mere 47,500 miles, the 1968 Minor was described as a top drawer example and sold for £8800 – well ahead of its £6995 upper estimate.

A rarity in the sale was this distinctive 1966 Renault Caravelle, which was hammered away at the top end of its estimate for £11,500.

Most unusual entry of all was this 1974 Steyr Puch Haflinger 4x4.With the vendor since 2000, it flew past its £2000-£4000 estimate to sell for an impressive £7200,

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Thought to be one of only 60 remaining Coupe variants, this 1975 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 had recently been recommissioned and subject to much expenditure. It showed 58,000 miles and sold above its £12,000-£12,500 estimate for £16,800.

REVIEW: WB & SONS, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, APRIL 30

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espite hosting its April 30 sale a mere five weeks after the previous one, WB & Sons didn’t disappoint when it came to filling its auction catalogue.

More than 90 entries crossed the block at its Newcastle base, with another great mix of established classics, performance models and intriguing rarities.

The sale offered further evidence that a dearth in the value of pre-war vehicles has been exaggerated. A 1929 Humber 9/28 was able to considerably top its £2000-£4000 guide price to achieve £6850, with a modified 1928 Ford Model A Roadster also impressing at £28,000.

Towards the other end of the scale, it was an exceptional day for sporty 1980s classics. A 1989 Mk1 Toyota MR2 showing just 37,000 miles sold above estimate at £10,450, with a very tidy Mk2 Ford Fiesta XR2 doing likewise by soaring past its £6000-£8000 guide to sell for £11,000. A 1988 Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk2 in five-door guise was another to beat expectations at £4300, and a late Opel Manta GTE from 1988 sold mid-estimate at £11,250. If those were a little too much for your pocket, then a very straight 1988 Saab 900i would surely have appealed at a mere £705.

Late-model Rover Minis have become something of a WB speciality, with a 1998 Cooper Sport in rare Amaranth

selling for £13,168 and a Japanese-import BSCC edition with an automatic gearbox achieving £12,900. Classic Minis didn’t have it all to themselves though, as one of the first BMW-produced MINIs – a 2001 car wearing a coveted Y-reg – sold for £1612 despite needing some TLC. Upping the prestige, a 1988 Mercedes 560 SEC in tidy condition easily beat its guide price to make £9675, while a Viano van converted into luxury transport for an unnamed VIP looked a rather nice way to travel at just £6390. In addition, a

2005 Aston Martin DB9 was exceptional value at £21,800, as was a 1993 BMW 325i with just 30,000 miles, which went for just under £5000.

With a strong conversion rate that also saw a Morris Minor with two front ends, a hot Caterham 7 and even a huge Plaxton trailer find new homes, WB & Sons is repeatedly turning on impressive performances as it begins its second year in the business. The next sale takes place on June 11 – to see the catalogue build, visit wbandsons.com.

Resplendent in rare California Sage, this Aston DB9 showed 74,000 miles and changed hands close to the middle of its guide price for £21,800.

The Fiesta XRV was based on a diesel van, but with extra RS accessories. Wearing an ‘XRV’ plate and showing just 37,000 miles, the restored example sold for £8500.

1929 Humber 9/28 was believed to be one of only 14 two-seaters made. It was able to considerably top its £2000-£4000 guide price to achieve £6850.

This Morris Minor ‘2000’ with two front ends was converted in the 1990s. Restored in 2013 and fully road legal, it sold for £7525.

Recently renovated, this 1988 Opel Manta GTE hatch looked superb with wheels, lights, interior and tinted glass from the Excusive model. It sold for £11,250.

This restored 1989 Toyota MR2 had covered just 37,000 miles. It looked superb in red with a black leather interior and sold well above its £8000 estimate to make £10,450.

Rover Minis in excellent condition are a regular feature of WB sales, and this 1998 Cooper Sport in rare Amaranth was no exception. Imported from Japan and thus boasting airconditioning, it beat its £12,000 lower estimate to achieve a sale price of £13,168.

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REVIEW: HAMPSONS, ELLESMERE PORT, MAY 7

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ooton Park Trust in Ellesmere Port was the venue as Hampsons hosted its second classic car sale of the year on May 7. The catalogue was certainly an eclectic one, comprising 67 lots and featuring everything from a bubble car to illustrious sports cars.

It proved to be a very good day for Jaguars, with the sale’s headliner a beautifully restored 1965 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe that sold midestimate for £90,833. A 1960 XK150 drophead Coupe with just one previous owner achieved £70,458, with another XK150 – this time a 1958 car – changing hands for £59,167. In addition, a stunning Mk2 in 3.8-litre guise sold above estimate for £42,750, while at the other end of the scale a 1994 XJ40 3.2 Gold Edition in need of some work was snapped up for just £745.

Other Brits to find new homes included a 1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow with just 39,000 miles that sold towards the top end of its guide for £15,750, with the same figure enough to see a time-warp 1953 Austin A40 Sports find a new home.

A lovely Austin pick-up – recognisable as a Morris Minor to most folk – also did well to sell for £9562, and a rare 1955 Daimler Century by Hooper

believed to be the last remaining example from only three built sold mid-estimate at £10,800. Upping the pace somewhat, a rare 1972 Lotus Elan Sprint looked excellent value at £27,833.

Hampsons’ speciality for Blue Ovals was also in evidence, with a 1994 Escort RS Cosworth Monte Carlo edition believed to be one of only nine ‘Jewel Violet’ right-hand drive models left in existence selling for £54,917.

A very late Capri 2.8 Injection was another good performer, selling just

above its upper estimate for £20,250.

Choice European metal to find new homes included a 1986 Porsche 911, a Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet from the same year, and two desirable Renault 5s – one a rare 1983 Gordini model, the other a Phase 1 GT Turbo.

These contrasted nicely with a pair of Chevrolet Corvettes comprising a 1979 Stingray and a 1999 Targa, which also found buyers.

We’ve picked out our highlights, but for the full list of results, head to hampsonauctions.com.

This 1987-registered Capri 2.8 Injection had received a bare-metal restoration. Now immaculate and showing 64,286 miles, it sold above estimate for £20,250.

Despite being a Category C insurance loss in 2005, this 1994 Escort Cosworth had covered 65,945 miles and changed hands mid-estimate for £54,917.

The sale’s headliner was this 1965 Jaguar E-Type 4.2 Coupe, a restored UK car which sold at the midpoint of its £80,000£100,000 estimate for £90,833.

A desirable Sprint model, this 1972 Lotus Elan was described as a genuine turn-key car with a five-speed gearbox upgrade. At £7,833, it looked excellent value.

This 1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow had covered just 39,500 miles with four owners.

It had been subject to a recent restoration and found a new home for £15,750.

One of the cheaper cars in the sale was this 1998 Rover 216 Coupe automatic.

In need of recommissioning, it showed 50,879 miles and sold for £1462.

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A time-warp example of the Jensen-bodied roadster, this 1953 Austin A40 Sports came from a private collection, had never been restored and retained its original 1200cc engine.

It sold right at the top end of its guide for £15,750.

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REVIEW: BRIGHTWELLS, TIMED ONLINE, MAY 7-11

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ver 130 lots were put under the hammer as Brightwells hosted its latest Classic Motoring sale from May 7-11, sticking to its well-established timed online format. Entries included everything from a pair of Piaggio Apes to an ex-MoD Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer, but the sale was particularly notable for excellent performances from pre-war vehicles and traditional British classics.

The oldest car in the sale was a 1921 Humber 11.4hp Doctor’s Coupe with fantastic patina, which beat its £6000£8000 estimate to reach £11,256. A powerful Buick Series 25 tourer from 1925 was another to find a new home for £18,480, as was a 1931 Ford Model A Roadster Deluxe for £16,912. More affordable was a 1932 Austin Seven RN Saloon that sold mid-estimate for £5163, with a 1934 Singer Nine Le Mans putting in a strong showing to sell for £20,608 – comfortably in excess of its £15,000£18,000 guide Moving into post-war era, a 1950 LeaFrancis 14hp Special sold mid-guide at £7857, with buyers also found for a 1948 Riley RMA formerly used as a film prop and a couple of early Land Rovers – one a 1952 built under licence

by Minerva for the Belgian Army. Open top Brits found plenty of favour too, as demonstrated by a 1967 Triumph

A rust-free California import that had been completely restored to European specification, this 1976 Fiat 124 Sport Spider boasted many upgrades including a rebuilt fast-road engine putting out around 135bhp. It sold for £14,000.

TR4A selling above its £18,000-£20,000 estimate for £22,960 and a 1971 TR6 selling mid-estimate at £16,352. An early pull-handle MGB was another to land in the middle of its pre-sale prediction for £11,200, with a 1971 roadster going a little better to fetch £11,526. Undoubted headliner here, however, was a 1969 Jaguar E-Type Series 2 roadster that had been with its vendor for 34 years.

Estimated at £35,000-£45,000, it sold for an impressive £70,896.

Of course, there was still plenty of representation from overseas manufacturers. A rust-free 1976 Fiat

124 Sport Spider commanded £14,000, while a fellow Italian in the shape of a 2000 Maserati 3200 GTA sold for £9744.

Also impressing was a humble Peugeot 205 Junior at £3220, which wasn’t too far behind the £4256 that changed hands for a 1992 205 GTI 1.6. Curiously, the latter was originally intended for Japan and was fitted with an automatic gearbox.

With bargains including a Mazda 323 V6 for £575, a 1967 Rover P6 2000 TC project for the same money and a Jaguar XK8 at £1680, the sale had plenty to suit all budgets. For the full results, see www.brightwells.com.

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An original UK-market car, this 1969 Jaguar E-Type had been with the same owner for 34 years. Restored 3500 miles ago, it sold for £70,896.

Another of the sale’s bargains was this 1997 Mazda 323F ZXi featuring a 2-litre V6 engine and a manual gearbox. The rarity was snapped up for a mere £575.

Believed to be the final SE6B to come off the Tamworth line in May 1986, this Reliant Scimitar GTE showed 63,000 miles and sold for £8960.

One of the last 800s sold, this 1999 820 Vitesse had been in the same ownership for 22 years and changed hands for a bargain price of £2240.

One of the final cars built, this four-owner Triumph TR4A looked to be well preserved and sold almost £3000 above its upper estimate for £22,960.

This 1990 Scirocco GT looked smart on aftermarket BBS-style wheels and was ready to be enjoyed. At £5600, it looked like a shrewd purchase.

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MARKET TRENDS FORD CAPRI (1969-1986) From hero to zero and back again – the Capri spent years as the butt of many a joke, but Ford’s humble fastback has enjoyed a significant resurgence.

Words: Jeff Ruggles

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ew cars can demonstrate the lure of nostalgia quite like the Ford Capri. Although the not quickest or most dynamic of coupes, the lovable fastback has joined several of its contemporary Blue Oval stablemates in being hot property among enthusiasts – with prices to match.

The Capri has had its time in the doldrums, but those fond memories often hark back to a time when they were just about everywhere. As Europe’s answer to the muscle-bound Mustang pony car, the Capri was instrumental in bringing sports car style to the masses by following a similar blueprint; borrow the underpinnings of an existing saloon model and reclothe them in a svelte, sporty new package with room for four and a keen price tag.

Using the slogan “The car you always promised yourself”, it gave potential customers the best possible chance of fulfilling that promise by offering a range of engines from 1.3 to 3-litres and an unprecedented amount of trim

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The rarer Mk2 remains the most affordable generation.

options to suit different pockets. It was an approach that worked brilliantly, as little more than a year after going on sale, a quarter of a million Capris had been built.

By 1973 there were 33 variations on the Capri within the standard range and when the heavily revised Mk2 version

was launched in 1974, the addition of a hatchback made it even more suitable as a practical daily proposition. The Capri II also introduced new models such as the plush Ghia and sporty S. While the redesign seemed promising, sales had tailed off rapidly by 1977 but Ford nailed it with the Mk3 Capri which arrived in 1978 with engines ranging from 1.3 to 3 litres, though in 1981 the base model 1.3 was dropped and the Essex V6 was replaced by the cleaner, fuel-injected Cologne 2.8 V6.

The Mk3 would prolong the Capri’s life for more than eight years, but by the time Ford pulled the plug in 1986, sales had been slowly declining.

Indeed, from 1984 cars were only being made for the UK market, and the final 280 ‘Brooklands’ editions were left languishing on dealer forecourts well into 1987. An impressive 1.9m Capris had been made but it was increasingly seen as a relic of a bygone age. No one needed a Tickford Capri when they

Offered with no reserve, this 1985 2.8 Injection sold for a whopping £42,660 at ACA in January.

could buy a Sierra Cosworth, and much of the market had been eroded by the fast-emerging hot hatch.

ZERO TO HERO Following its demise, the Capri became a cheap banger and increasingly something of a joke. This downfall was perfectly illustrated by its TV roles; the working-class hero reputation enhanced by the likes of Bodie and Doyle in The Professionals and Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann in Minder gave way to a lurid green Mk3 Ghia appearing as Del Boy’s new car in a 1991 episode of Only Fools and Horses.

Suiting his faux yuppie delusions perfectly, it was famously christened the ‘Pratmobile’.

By 2010, the joke was evidently still funny. Discounting the Tickford, rare Mk1 RS3100 and 280, even the bigengined Capris were £3000-£4000 at best. But nostalgia can do funny things, and with more and more people remembering the Capri fondly rather than something to poke fun at, its fortunes have firmly reversed.

Beginning with the Mk3, £6000£7000 was the norm at auction for a good, useable 2.8 car in 2016-2017, with nicer examples pushing towards £13,000-£14,000 (though a 2300-mile example did sell at Anglia Car Auctions for a whopping £37,275). However, it wasn’t until 2020 that the more powerful variants began cracking the £20,000 barrier with regularity, culminating in another big sale at ACA in January of this year. Despite having more than 10 times the mileage of the car sold in 2017, the 28,000-mile 1985 example illustrated the rise in values by selling for a remarkable £42,660. The

entry level for 2.8 needing work has risen too, at around £7000 compared to £3000-£4000 five years ago.

By contrast, we’ve seen a bit of dip since 2016-2017 for the 280 run-out model. A 15,000-mile example sold at Silverstone Auctions in 2017 for an astonishing £55,125, but more recently prices have averaged £25,000. The Mk3 3.0 peak also came in 2016 at £53,750, but that was a pre-production car – prices for nice examples have been relatively consistent at around £20,000-£25,000 for the last five or so years, topped off by nice 3.0S that sold at Historics last April for £36,400. As with the 2.8, the entry level for the last two years has been set at around £8000 for one needing work as opposed to under £4000 beforehand.

So, are they all out of reach? Not completely. The smaller-engined variants have similarly risen in value but offer a significant saving. A figure of £17,000 has been the auction celling for a 2-litre car during the past five years,

and just shy of £12,000 for a 1.6. Only the best examples command five figures though, making a smaller-engine car a more affordable route to ownership. The sole 1.3 we’ve seen in the last five years was a 1981 Cameo edition, which was snapped up for a mere £3286.

The Mk3 appears to be the best fit with affluent 40 or 50-somethings wanting to relive their younger years, but the Mk1 is next up in the desirability stakes. For a big-capacity Mk1, £20,000 has been a consistent figure for five years – a significant rise compared to 2010 – with the best examples touching £30,000. Again, smaller-engined cars are cheaper, though we did see a rare V4 2000 GT XLR sell for £27,195 at CCA in 2019. The highest we’ve seen for a 1600 car is £21,000 at Historics in 2017.

Find an early 1969 car and it will command a strong price regardless of engine size. A 1969 1600 sold for a mere £5000 at Historics in 2013, but almost £16,000 was needed for a similar car at Mathewsons earlier this year, and £7560 for a 1600 GT project at ACA in April.

That leaves us with the Mk2. Only the 2.0S used in Minder has ever matched the top Mk3s, selling for £52,000 in 2016. Fewer cars made and fewer cars saved means we’ve not seen too many for sale in recent years. Prices are still significantly higher than a decade ago, but even 3-litre Ghia, S and rare JPS models have topped out at around £14,000, while £10,000 has generally been the ceiling for the 1.6 and 2-litre cars. The Mk2 might not quite be the variant you’ve always promised yourself, but it still offers the Capri experience at a more affordable price.

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This 1969 Capri 1600 sold for £15,695 at Mathewsons in March.

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OUT OF THE SHADOWS

Turning the Allegro into a mini Rolls-Royce seemed a stretch too far even in the ’70s, so how does it stack up today?

Words and photography: Paul Wager

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o be fair, it’s unlikely that when designing their current range Toyota benchmarked it against a 40-year old car from a long-defunct manufacturer which even when new was often ridiculed.

But bouncing along a cratered farm track in our Vanden Plas 1750, I was struck by the fact that BL’s upmarket small car handles the potholes far

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better than the current state of the art from one of the world’s biggest car makers. My company-issue Toyota hybrid estate had bounced around dramatically even at walking pace, but the Allegro – sorry, Vanden Plas – stayed pretty level with its long wheel travel throwing the occupants around far less violently.

Which little anecdote neatly sums up the retrospective view of the Allegro

that, well, you know it really wasn’t that bad. Or was it?

The story of the Allegro has been well told before, so I’ll be brief: its place in the BL story is essentially that of a successor to the surprisingly successful ‘ADO16’ BMC 1100/1300 which had been a rare hit for BL, regularly occupying the top of the domestic sales charts.

Initial thoughts had centred around a simple reskinning of the older car,

VANDEN PLAS 1750 but in one of those fits of misplaced optimism which so often feature in BL corporate history, the decision was taken to go with an all-new design.

Initial sketches showed a kind of shrunken Princess, the wedgy styling translating wonderfully to a smaller car but then the BL compromises started creeping in. The car was originally to use the A-Series engine but it was then decreed that the new E-Series engine would be used. The overheadcam engine/gearbox assembly was significantly taller than the A-Series and so the bonnet line had to be raised, while the new heater assembly was also a bulky unit. Crash regulations were now stricter and engineers were also keen to give the Allegro classleading torsional rigidity by inflating the curves of the side panels. The whole car was then given added height to retain the proportions but by then the damage was done and the dumpy look was there to stay. Ironically, interviewed in 1973 Harry Webster claimed the Allegro to boast classleading torsional rigidity which was

rather lost on owners who found the rear window popped out when a trolley jack was used in the wrong location.

Naturally, Hydragas was employed for the suspension, revised to offer a less bouncy ride than the ADO16 and the result was a spacious, comfortable small family car which on paper suffered significantly in market appeal only for its lack of a hatchback.

The British offshoot of coachbuilder Vanden Plas had been acquired by Austin in 1946 and as a BL subsidiary it had traditionally been responsible for large cars and limousines, but when boss Roland Fox produced a design exercise based on the BMC 1100 for display at the 1963 Motor Show, the positive reception was a surprise.

Named Princess 1100, the car was put into production and proved to be a strong seller, chalking up a total of over 40,000 including the later 1300 model.

Clearly, that meant a handy number of buyers would be looking to replace their compact Vanden Plas cars with the newer model, but there was a very obvious problem. Pininfarina’s

Wood and leather is the real deal. The 1750-engined cars were offered only with the four-speed automatic.

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Single-carb motor is good for 80bhp.

ADO16 had included a prominent front-end snout which lent itself well to being given a regal grille as part of the Vanden Plas treatment but the Allegro’s shape didn’t offer any such opportunity.

A second stumbling block was that cost constraints meant in the transition from Allegro to Vanden Plas the stylists were allowed to change just a single panel. Naturally, the bonnet pressing was the one chosen, gaining a raised centre section which permitted an upright front grille to be added. Said to have been inspired by the nose of the top-end Vanden Plas-badged Daimler, the grille was a streamlined interpretation of that on the older car and was inclined forwards slightly at the top end to give the Allegro a newfound thrust.

Similarly copying the Daimler were a pair of foglights positioned under the bumper, with Vanden Plas-branded

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hubcaps and a stick-on coachline.

Inside, it was a different matter, with the luxury interior being where the Vanden Plas craftsmen were free to give their skills free rein. The seats – or at least, the seating faces – were trimmed with the same Connolly hides used in the big VdP limousine and the Daimler, along with fold-down front and rear armrests. The rest of the seats were covered in Ambla – vinyl, in other words – but incredibly, the two materials seem to have stood the test of time and retain their colour match.

The dashboard may not have given quite the same ‘shrunken Silver Shadow’ effect as the ADO16, but a covering of walnut veneer gave the appropriate lift, paired with veneered door cappings. Showing unusual attention to hidden details for a product of the BL years, the headliner was also upgraded to a brushed nylon cloth, while the Evian carpets offer a deep pile and are apparently backed by ‘needle loom’ felt.

Other details included a reading light for each rear passenger, a fully carpeted boot, storage pockets in doors and seatbacks and the crowning glory: those fold-out picnic tables in the seatbacks.

In what must have been a constant source of irritation to BL’s production accountants, production of the luxury Allegros was a complicated affair involving untrimmed Allegros being driven to Vanden Plas’s Kingsbury

factory in West London with the drivers sitting on ‘slave’ seats. This meant that each one had already covered 100 miles before it reached its owner, but on the plus side, it did mean that any mechanical faults would become obvious before delivery.

On arrival at Kingsbury, the cars were trimmed and finished, together with any rectification work which was needed. The Vanden Plas ADO16 models had been painted on the BL lines to a finish specified by VdP, but the Allegro didn’t get that special treatment; instead, the cars were meticulously buffed up, with no less than 12 inspectors employed on the Kingsbury line. That’s probably higher than the number employed on the main Longbridge lines and explains why the Allegro-based Vanden Plas cars were generally better prepared than the lesser models. It also explains why each car took two full days to evolve from Allegro to Vanden Plas.

Sadly, it also explains why in 1979 the Kingsbury works was deemed to be unviable and was earmarked for closure. Production of the DS420 limousine was moved to Jaguar, while the Vanden Plas 1500 and 1750 were finished on MG’s production line at Abingdon, where they took the place of Midget production which was by then winding down. The wood, the leather and the picnic tables were all still present, but inevitably the cars didn’t get quite the level of attention to detail they’d previously enjoyed. As we know, the Abingdon plant would be closed in October 1980, taking the Vanden Plas with it and there would be no biggrilled version of the Series 3 Allegro.

That makes our recently acquired project car you see here one of the very last, registered in August 1980 by which time production was already slowing down as Abingdon ground to a halt.

Powered by the 1750cc E-Series, it’s the absolute pinnacle of the Allegro range in its heyday and like so many of the Vanden Plas models it’s clearly been cherished, having been restored and painted at least once already.

Being old enough to have had schoolfriends who ran them as their first cars, I’m pretty familiar with the Allegro but I haven’t driven one for a couple of years. In fact, I’ve sampled more examples of the ADO16-based

VANDEN PLAS 1750 Vanden Plas and always found them to be utterly charming, especially in 1300 automatic guise so was interested to see how the Allegro compares.

The first impression is that the newer car feels much larger than its predecessor, an impression created mainly by its greater height and bulbous body sides. Certainly on the inside the Allegro retains that great space efficiency the front-drive BMC/ BL cars were known for, with the big glass area contributing to the effect.

Being a more modern design, the 1750 doesn’t feel somehow quite as hand-crafted as the older car, most likely because so many generic BL plastic parts are still plain to see – items which would have been tricky if not prohibitively costly to camouflage.

That aside though, it seems really quite different from the regular Allegro, and smells it too – even after 40 years, this VdP has an aroma more Rolls-Royce than generic BL hot plastic.

You’ll also notice that our 1750 is also an automatic – this being the only option with the 1750 engine – which adds an intriguing twist, since the self-shifter Allegros shared the same four-speed AP gearbox with the Mini.

An idea in some ways ahead of its

The Allegro's looks have mellowed over the years.

time, the four-speeder allowed the automatic Mini to become the perfect city car, albeit with almost comically frequent changes. In the biggerengined Allegro it’s lass frantic and somehow suits the stately nature of the beast.

One thing it’s not is quick. On twin SUs the Allegro 1750HL was good for 89bhp but the VdP made do with one

No Allegro badging appeared on the car, which was marketed only as a Vanden Plas.

carb and 80bhp. At 925kg though, you’d expect spritely performance, but the Vanden Plas is no dragster: 60mph is clocked up in just over 13 seconds and it’s all over at 94mph.

Straight-line speed isn’t what people bought the Vanden Plas for though and in gentle driving the car is in its element, the Hydragas masking the potholes remarkably well and the extra sound deadening keeping noise levels usefully lower. As for the rest of the driving experience, well it’s largely Allegro of course – and that’s really not as bad as urban myth and rumour would have you believe. Yes, the designed-by-committee Allegro has its flaws but in truth a contemporary Escort has an equal number and for those drivers who wanted the security of front-wheel drive and the comfort of the fluid suspension the Allegro was the better choice. And yes, there was the thorny issue of BL build quality but let’s not forget that for every ‘All Aggro’ comment back in the day there were probably an equal number of ‘Dagenham Dustbin’ jibes.

As the world’s car industry today clutches at the premium sector for survival, the upmarket Allegro stands out as an idea ahead of its time. Ironically, the market niche of a premium-feeling small car is now one which is firmly occupied by BMW’s MINI brand but it’s heartening to know that the oft-derided Allegro played a part in its history.

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GREAT CLASSIC TRADE UP PART TWO With the Honda Acty now with its new owner, we turn our attention to purchase number two: a BMW 323i convertible.

Words: Phil Weeden Photography: Joe Miller

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ith classic cars, it’s often down to a bit of good luck, and sometimes even better timing. We were just fortunate that a first time showgoer to the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show at the NEC back in March happened to be looking for a compact motorhome to use as a portable beach hut. The deal was done late on the Sunday afternoon, just an hour or so before the show closed. Within a week, we’d made arrangements to drive the Honda motorhome to its new owner up in Lincolnshire.

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Our capacious Avensis project car was pressed into action for parts collection duties.

There was a minor complication with the V5, as the Acty was previously registered to a disabled owner, which meant it was tax exempt. We’d applied to the DVLA to amend its status back to a standard registration, but well documented delays in Swansea meant this hadn’t been sorted by the time we came to deliver the vehicle. The amended log book arrived a couple of weeks later, so the formal transfer of ownership happened then.

Having sold the cute campervan for £5000, we were looking for something a bit different. Maybe something a bit more modern, something ideally with more than two cylinders and maybe capable of a long-distance cruise. After a few diversions via a few potential W124 Mercs, we located this rather splendid 1998 BMW 323i Convertible.

Quite a contrast from the nippy Acty, you’d have to agree.

A4 and Mercedes C-Class, especially in terms of ride and handling.

The slogan ‘The Ultimate Driving Machine’ was richly deserved at that time and while the E30 might have been seen as a left-field choice back in the 1980s, in the fashion conscious 1990s the E36 became the medium executive car of choice, eventually outselling the mainstream Mondeo.

And it’s not hard to see why: with a diverse range of engines and body styles, there really was a BMW E36 to suit most tastes and budgets.

The concept is nothing new: start with a modest budget to acquire a classic car. The purchase needs to be a sound one at the right price. A car that has potential oozing from every panel gap. A car that, once tidied up, can be sold on for a profit; this then provides the funds to buy another, slightly higher value classic, and so the process continues. The intention being that, eventually, we’ll be able to trade our way up from a poverty spec Peugeot to a prestigious Porsche.

Now we’re aware that, for many readers, this hobby is not about profiteering; it’s about the passion for the cars. We buy them to keep them and enjoy them. However, this challenge would enable us in real world conditions to see how the classic car market is faring these days, while also getting to enjoy a plethora of classics. And in doing so, hopefully inspire more people to buy their own classic car.

Classic Car Mart along with its digital sibling, Classics World, has partnered up with Lancaster Insurance for this Great Classic Trade Up Challenge. Representing Team Red is yours truly, while in Team Blue is Operations Director at Lancaster Insurance, Andrew Evanson.

With the rules of engagement established, in the depths of winter, both teams set out to acquire their first car, with a starting budget of £5000. Whatever the outcome, the aim was to have fun, savouring a variety of classics along the way.

SURPRISES I’ve always been a fan of the E36 BMW. Some lamented a detectable deterioration in build quality over its E30 predecessor, yet the newer model is nicer to drive, more spacious and generally a better all-rounder.

Contemporary road tests of the day placed it ahead of its competitors such as the Ford Mondeo, Rover 600, Audi

M3-lookalike wheels were swapped for some more restrained items from the E46 model.

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The BMW came with the factory hardtop which makes it a practical year-round daily driver.

Our 323Ci is a late example, and therefore sports the M52 edition of the six-cylinder engine, with 2.5 litres displacement and around 168bhp.

Mated to a four-speed automatic gearbox, our example is never going to be an all-out performance machine, but it’s smooth and responsive enough.

And after a long drive back from Newcastle, it was running superbly.

Overall condition is remarkably clean, the silver paintwork in fine fettle, with none of the common rust spots round the wheelarches. The interior is in good condition, with the leather trim in fine order and the dash unmarked. But our Beemer has other delights…

For one, it’s got a factory hardtop; and while its headlining may need some attention, it is in otherwise good order, and makes the car instantly more sellable as an all-year round classic. Second, it was shod with

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what appear to be genuine M3 alloys wrapped in some fresh Michelin rubber. Complementing those were a rather fetching set of M-Sport side skirts and door mirrors.

Now this being a challenge about leveraging value out of a purchase, we reckon the wheels and door mirrors are worth more to someone else than they are on this example. So our resident video guy, Joe Miller, duly sourced us a set of 17-inch ‘Style 68’ original BMW alloys which we’ve bolted on ahead of us selling on the M3 wheels. We’ll do the same with the door mirrors, as, rather conveniently, the original door mirrors were in the boot. The new rims look great on our 3 Series convertible, and it certainly doesn’t feel a lesser car for having the smaller wheels.

I’ve not had a huge opportunity to drive the 323i since purchase, but with the summer months here, I’m hoping to dispense with the factory hardtop and savour some proper roof down motoring. Not for too long, mind, as we need to get this marvellous Munich motor moved on so we can crack on with purchase number three.

We reckon this BMW slice of summer is worth £7000 all day long. If you or anyone you know is interested in owning this Bavarian beauty, then drop us a line via ccm.ed@kelsey.co.uk CCM

AND ABOUT THE FIAT 127…

The Fiat 127 belonging to Lancaster Insurance’s Andrew Evanson is still for sale at time of writing. Having covered only 27,000 miles from new, the car has averaged less than 700 miles per year with almost every MoT certificate present amongst its history to support this. With great parts and fantastic club support from Fiat Motor Club GB, the little Fiat just needs a new owner. We’re looking for £6000 for it and, at the asking price they’ll even chuck in a year’s free classic car insurance and a pair of tickets to the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at the NEC in November so if you’re interested, or know anyone who is, please contact us at ccm.ed@kelsey.co.uk.

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VAUXHALL NOVA

ORDER OF MERIT

Thirty years after it first appeared, we revisit a car which was once as common as Woolworths but has since become a real rarity.

Words and photography: Paul Wager

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ttempting to describe the Vauxhall Nova to someone unfamiliar with the early ’80s British car market would possibly be something of a struggle: it was called the Nova here, but only in the UK, since the Vauxhall brand had been phased out in Ireland and they used the name by which the rest of Europe knew the car: Corsa, which to add further confusion was a product of the Opel marque and not a Vauxhall, the Luton brand by then being purely limited to the UK. Oh and history throws in a further dash of confusion since GM’s UK management referred to the car as being the ‘S83’ platform in internal

Now there's a sign of a well-preserved original car.

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“INDUSTRIAL ACTION WAS THE RESULT, LASTING SEVEN MONTHS WITH UNIONS THREATENING TO BLOCK THE IMPORT OF THE CARS” communication of the day whereas it’s better known worldwide as the GM4200 platform. Oh and magazines of the day confusingly referred to it as the ‘S-Car’, despite it coming after the ‘T-Car’ Chevette...

There is, of course, a far easier way to identify the car which replaced the Chevette as GM’s small car for Britain: it’s the only entry-level hatchback which came straight from the factory with pumped-up box arches looking like a refugee from a forest stage.

The story of the Nova in many ways perfectly illustrates the challenges faced by General Motors in Europe, both back then and in more recent times. The Nova – or rather, the Corsa – had been developed as a thoroughly modern replacement for the reardrive Opel Kadett and its Vauxhall

Chevette cousin which were by then showing their age, having been designed originally to compete with the Mk2 Ford Escort rather than face up to the new wave of VW Polo and Fiat 127.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the bulk of the development work had taken place by Opel in Germany, but the car would be manufactured at GM’s plant in Zaragoza, Spain and it was this which delayed its introduction to the UK market.

GM’s British workers, quite correctly seeing the new car as a replacement for the Chevette then being built at Luton and Ellesmere Port, were concerned over potential job losses, while import duties also proved controversial: at the time of the Nova’s launch, Spain was still

three years away from European Union membership and the disparity in tariffs was significant: Novas imported to the EU from Zaragoza faced a 4.4% tariff while exports to Spain were charged more than 36%.

As was the norm back then, industrial action was the result, lasting seven months with unions threatening to block the import of the cars.

Despite the delay, the Nova was thoroughly up-to-date when it appeared here in 1983 and made much of the competition look overdue for a makeover. The VauxhallOpel family resemblance was clear to see, with the sharply raked nose and big rectangular lamps recalling both Astra and Cavalier, while the attention to detail in wind tunnels both at Stuttgart university and Pininfarina

Merit was Vauxhall's equivalent of the City X or Popular Plus; you had to pay extra for the tape deck and fifth gear.

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VAUXHALL NOVA

Big glass area and light controls remind you why the Nova was a favourite with driving schools.

had paid off with impressive aerodynamics. The headline figure was 0.36Cd for the three-door hatch which bettered all the opposition, with the dealer information pack proudly pointing out how the wheelarch blisters smoothed the airflow past the wheels.

Sadly, it was only the three-door hatch which enjoyed the box arches, the five-door and saloon looking decidedly more conventional. The saloon in particular was touted by Vauxhall’s marketing people as offering a significant competitive advantage, since – in the UK, anyway – few of the competitors were offered in three-box form.

Underneath, it was all very much standard early ’80s supermini, with MacPherson struts up front and a torsion beam rear axle, although GM had used the compact ‘Minibloc’ coil springs as debuted on the Mk2 Cavalier to improve load space.

Engines were similarly standard fare for the period, encompassing the GM ‘Family 1’ overhead-cam unit in 1.0, 1.2 and 1.3 guises, later joined by an injected 1.6-litre unit to create the

much-loved GTE (later badged GSi).

Once sales began in the British market, the Nova was a massive success and would be destined to live on until 1993, facelifted in September 1990 to keep it fresh-looking although by then the tables had turned and the new wave of neat-looking Pininfarinastyled Peugeots among others was making it look dated.

Nova spotters will already have noted that the car we have here is one of the facelift models, identifiable from its revised front end styling and in fact it’s one of the last, leaving Zaragoza in the spring of 1992.

This in turn means that it was produced after the date at which catalytic converters became mandatory, something which explains the ‘i’ in the badge. An injected 1.4-litre unit had been introduced in 1988 badged as SRi to sit below the full-fat GTE/GSi and this is a single-point injected version of the same unit.

The single-point injection engine was a short-lived phenomenon and was directly related to the need to add catalytic converters to existing

designs. Essentially the catalyst required a closed-loop control of the fuel-air ratio which could only be achieved by electronic fuel injection and an exhaust oxygen sensor, but as a cost-saving measure many manufacturers fitted a simple system consisting of a single fuel injector sited in the intake manifold and directly replacing the carburettor.

It worked well enough and as well as the environmental benefits from the cleaner exhaust, the injected engines offered better cold running and generally smoother power delivery – often accompanied

SPECIFICATIONS ENGINE

1389cc

MAX POWER

60bhp at 5600pm

MAX TORQUE

75lb.ft at 2600rpm

0-60 MPH

14.5secs

MAX SPEED

96mph

ECONOMY

40mpg

LENGTH

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WIDTH

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KERB WEIGHT

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Single-point injected 1.4 is a cheerful unit and makes the Nova seem more spritely than the figures suggest.

in the case of the Vauxhalls by a characteristic ticking sound from that hard-working injector.

This particular example, which has since found a new home via the Brightwells auction last month, is an unusually well preserved example, complete down to the original Radio Passport card and although it may not be the frantic GSi it’s every bit as entertaining in its own way.

I’ve driven many examples of the go-faster Novas over the years including several highly modified examples with the ‘red top’ 16-valve Astra engine, but I can’t remember the last time I encountered a standard bog-basic example like this.

First impressions are of a real nononsense design, a car produced to be both cheap yet modern and functional without being austere.

The door handle and indeed the door itself lack the solidity of a contemporary Polo but the general construction is a step up from the Metro and the Fiesta, although the interior is something of an acquired taste. The facelift brought in a smoothed-off dash design which may have been more modern in appearance but which also has something of a Lego feel to the chunky switches.

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impression is of a cheerfully eager powerplant. The Nova was a favourite of driving schools back in the day and after just a few metres it’s obvious why: the controls are all light, the steering is precise and the whole car is very much a fuss-free experience which does what it says on the tin. Squeezing it into tight parking spaces is a breeze, too and something Vauxhall hoped its dealers would find a useful selling point: the launch briefing points out how the cheeky kick up at the rear of the bootlid helps place the car during parallel parking.

In 1.4 form the Nova also feels unexpectedly sprightly. There’s a five-speed box but no rev counter in the bargain basement Merit

spec, but the C14 motor feels eager enough even if official figures put it at 14.5 seconds to 60mph, with a top speed tantalisingly shy of the magic 100mph.

Punt it too briskly and you’re soon reminded by the body roll and skinny tyres that this is no GTE but in truth it feels remarkably modern for a design which is now 30 years old – with this particular example just celebrating its 20th birthday.

As the future of the supermini itself is called into question and Vauxhall’s future in the UK appears to centre around electric vans, a brief drive in the humble Nova saloon shows just how effective GM could be on a good day.

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SMALL WONDERS The Fiat X1/9 was a sharp-suited take on the small sports car sector. But how does it stack up against the timeless MG Midget?

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he MG Midget is to many the archetypal classic small sports car.

Front engine, rear wheel drive, tried and trusted mechanicals and an open body that screams of summer days and picnics.

But as the 1960s became the 1970s the Midget lost its delicacy of line.

Fitted with polyurethane bumpers that looked five times too big for what was already an old design, against cars designed for the new decade it appeared an irrelevance.

And one of the sharpest was the Fiat X1/9. Styled by Bertone and looking as angular as Leyland’s larger TR7, the mid engined machine sat squarely in line with the Midget’s target audience – even if its asking price was closer to that of the Triumph. While prices may have been too far apart to consider them rivals in the late 1970s, they’ve become seen as alternatives on the classic market.

But how to they compare?

MG MIDGET 1500

The MG Midget dates back in concept to 1958 and the Austin-Healey Sprite.

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not only as an Austin-Healey, but also as an entry level MG – reviving the Midget name last seen on the TF1500 in 1955. As launched, it had a 948cc A-series engine, along with simple yet square-jawed styling that partially predicted the look of the MGB of the following year. Not even fitted with door handles in its earliest incarnation, a folding hood was the sort of luxury Midget man could only dream of, and in place of winding windows were side screens.

The Midget evolved over time though – first gaining door handles and wind-up windows with the MKII of 1964, and finally a folding hood with the MKIII of 1966. By then the engine had grown to 1275cc – a detuned version of that found in the Mini Cooper S in order to avoid outperforming the bigger B – and the styling had remained largely unchanged. New grilles followed in line with changes to the MGB, and in 1971 the rear portion of the body was modified to feature round wheel arches similar to those fitted to the earliest Sprites. By this time the final Sprites had been built – badged solely as Austin to avoid paying royalties to Donald Healey. The round wheel arches would cease in October 1974 but not before large and unsightly overriders (nicknamed Sabrinas, in honour of a well-endowed British actressof the era) had been fitted in a

MG MIDGET v FIAT X1/9 “IF YOU’RE ANYTHING APPROACHING SIX FOOT, YOUR HEAD WILL STICK OUT OVER THE WINDSCREEN”

sop to low-speed impact protection for the US market. Emissions equipment was also strangling the A-series by this point in what was one of its key marketplaces, and so when BL resorted to the heavy polyurethane bumpers of the MK3’s replacement it knew the A series would no longer be up to the job.

Fortunately salvation existed in the form of the Triumph Spitfire. Its 1500cc engine would fit under the bonnet of a Midget, was already adapted to meet US legislation, and would provide the car with enough power to maintain its sporting credentials without outgunning the larger B once again.

The Midget 1500, as It was known at

launch, would be the final iteration of the model – fitted throughout production with the heavy bumpers and Rostyle wheels, as the 1970s progressed and new shapes began to emerge it appeared increasingly irrelevant. In 1979 the last Midgets were built, and BL’s sports car division would make do with its former rival the Spitfire as an entry level model in all markets. A total of 72,289 Midget 1500s were built, out of 305,877 Sprites and Midgets in total.

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give our test car a bolder face, too, detracting from the visual heft of the polyurethane mask shielding the vulnerable front panels of the car. In an era where the wearing of a mask has become commonplace and accepted, somehow the rubberbumper MGs look less heinous than they may have done a decade ago; we can see past the bumpers to the beauty of the car underneath.

And this one is a beauty. On sale at Hall’s Garage, Bourne, it’s good enough to warrant every penny of the £10,995 asking price. Inside there’s lots of black vinyl, along with a steering wheel with shaped spokes that look like a Moto-Lita with the central holes filled in. The leatherette rim both looks and feels suitably sporty.

As befits its name, the Midget perhaps isn’t the best choice of sports car for the more physically abundant driver. If you’re anything approaching six foot, your head will stick out over the windscreen and if you’re anything but rake thin, you’d better be on close

The 1500 Triumph engine lacks the Fiat's sparkle but made the Midget a 100mph car.

terms with any passengers you might carry. But with the roof off and the windows down, it’s not the problem many might perceive. Yes, you might need to have your elbow over the top of the door, but that’s the best way to drive a car like this anyway.

The extra torque of the Triumph engine over the A-series makes itself immediately felt – even if the extra power is blunted by the weight of the bumpers at either end. The

Midget's crackle black and vinyl interior is pure BL-era MG.

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Midget is still a pleasant little thing to chuck about, although some of its responses do verge on the twitchy side – improved from earlier cars, which had a quicker rack, but still potentially an issue should you need to react in a hurry. It’s tightly sprung, with front coils and rear leaf springs, and perhaps a little bouncy if on an uneven road.

This can be tricky if you get the car and the surface out of sync, but such occasions are rare and the competent

MG MIDGET v FIAT X1/9 driver should be able to read the road and apply speed accordingly.

Unlike the equivalent Spitfire, the Midget 1500 never left the factory with overdrive, and for sustained high-speed driving the gearing is short enough for you to feel that the conversion – which involves modifying the transmission tunnel – is worthwhile. But then again, if you’re driving a Midget for sustained periods at high speeds, either you’re on the wrong road or you’re in the wrong car.

This is a machine which thrives on the twisting B-road – a car that makes the most of what little it has by carrying speed into and out of bends, by the driver making full use of the gearbox to ensure that the maximum power is there to pull you out of the bend when you need it most. Of course it feels wrong on a motorway – it’s not its natural habitat. Put this car where it belongs and there are few automotive experiences more entertaining.

FIAT X1/9 Inspired by the Autobianchi A112 Runabout concept, the Fiat X/19 was intended as a replacement for the

Bertone’s design made it to production little changed from the original Autobianchi concept.

850 Spider. It lost a number of the concept’s more extreme features – C pillar mounted headlamps being a notable example – but followed the concept closely in its overall powerboat-inspired shape. The X1/9, like the Runabout, was designed around the drivetrain of the front wheel drive Fiat 128; mid mounted and powering the rear wheels. That powertrain had been designed by Aurelio Lampredi; a man famed for Ferrari powerplants and a mark which lent credibility to the new small sports car from day one.

It was cleverly designed too; the fuel tank and spare wheel sitting ahead of the engine and behind the occupants in a bid to keep as much weight as possible within the wheelbase for balance. Unlike the rest of Fiat’s range which has a numbering system (and which, realistically, would have led to the 128 Spider name), the X1/9 kept its development code – Fiat codes were X1 for cars and X2 for commercials, and then sequential numbers. X1/4, for instance, had been the Fiat 127.

The 128 Spider name wasn’t adopted because the car didn’t share the front wheel drive layout of its sibling.

The press loved the car when it was launched in 1972, with such comments as “a baby Ferrari”

from Autocar’s Peter Windsor as a summation of 12,000 miles spent with the car by 1978. British imports didn’t officially begin until 1976, though smaller companies were importing cars and converting them to right hand drive prior to this. Even in its home nation the X1/9 wasn’t cheap – as much as a Volvo 144 – while in Britain its £3627 price tag in 1978 compared unfavourably with the MG Midget 1500 at £2221, Triumph Spitfire at £2526 and MGB at £3024.

But this too wasn’t a problem for period journalists – who felt that the price was justified for what the car actually offered.

Fiat ceased production of the X1/9 in 1982 after a ten-year production run, but that was far from the end of the car’s story. From 1982 to 1989, production was assumed wholly by Bertone, making the latter models strictly Bertone X1/9s. This move was akin to that taken with the larger 124 Spider at a similar time, which had been outsourced to Pininfarina and renamed the Spidereuropa. In both cases, Fiat’s withdrawal from the American market was a primary motivator as both cars enjoyed a large Stateside audience, and without that market wouldn’t have been profitable for the company. Bertone enlisted International Automobile July 2022 39

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Despite its size the X1/9 is remarkably practical. Like the bigger Boxster it offers boots both front and rear.

“THE X1/9 FEELS LIKE A SUPERCAR THAT’S BEEN SHRUNK IN THE WASH” Importers, run by Malcolm Bricklin, as its US agent – and AIA would sell X1/9s in the States until 1987. The final few years of production were handled for America by MIK Automotive, with the last cars built in December 1989 and imported in April 1990.

Fiat produced 140,500 X1/9s during its first ten years, while Bertone

would produce a further 19,500 in the last seven years of the model’s life.

Our test Fiat today is a late Bertone X1/9 1500, courtesy of Great Driving Days. It’s a Gran Finale – the run-out special edition based on the SE model, but with a rear spoiler and Gran Finale badging to commemorate its position as the

THE FACTS MODEL

MG MIDGET 1500

FIAT X1/9

ENGINE

1493cc

I41438cc I4

TRANSMISSION

Four-speed manual

Five-speed manual

MAX POWER

65bhp

84bhp

0-60 MPH

12.3ecs

10.4secs

MAX SPEED

101mph

112mph

LENGTH

3.6m

4.0m

WEIGHT

805kg

930kg

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last of the line. All were Mica Blue or Mica Red, with matching trim. This example is Mica Blue, and manages still to look relevant as a model from the end of the 1980s – almost 20 years after launch. While not strictly a contemporary of the Midget, we felt this would be the best basis for comparison in part for its 1.5-litre engine and in part because like the MG, it represents the end of a line which had begun in the previous decade. Better, we felt, to compare two cars in the autumn of their years with the benefit of continued development than to put an early Fiat against a late MG. The shape it puts us most in mind of is the Ferrari 308GT4 – another Bertone design of the 1970s, and one which resembles a larger X1/9.

The baby Ferrari motif continues inside, where the plasticky dashboard

MG MIDGET v FIAT X1/9 on the road. And the joy of the X1/9 is that it brings the sensation of midengined exotica down to an affordable and drivable level for so many. That’s not to say that the X1/9 is vague; far from it – but it’s forgiving enough to flatter the average driver without feeling like it falls short for the more talented enthusiast.

If you have big feet you’ll need to drive barefoot – much over a size 9 and those dainty little pedals will be too close together. It offers something very different to the Midget – where that car feels like a small sports car, the X1/9 feels like a supercar that’s been shrunk in the wash.

LIVING WITH THEM

There’s a reason that the MG Midget is one of Britain’s most popular classics, and it’s not simply that so many of them were made. It’s that as well as being cheap, entertaining and

echoes those used in the 328 and Mondial series. For larger drivers, the Fiat is less than ideal – if you’re over about 5’9” and more than about 11 stone it’s going to take you a long time to get comfortable, though it is possible for an overweight six footer to squeeze himself behind the wheel with sufficient time and determination! Once you’re ensconced, there’s no denying that it’s tight, but then the Midget is hardly blessed with Espace levels of room either. And the smaller the car, the more connected you feel to the overall driving experience.

On the road, it feels every inch the way it looks. There’s something uniquely willing about Italian engines, and the one in this X1/9 is no exception revving away right behind your ears, with well chosen gear ratios keeping it spinning perfectly in its power band.

The steering isn’t quite so aggressive as that of the MG, but in all seriousness that’s a good thing given this car’s short and mid engined layout – there would be a real risk that with pin sharp steering it would require more than the average amount of skill to keep it

simple, almost everything you might need is still available. Granted they’re £11,640, but Moss Europe will sell you a brand new bodyshell for your Midget 1500, and £2364 will get you a brand new engine from the same supplier. Trim is easy to come by and easy to upgrade, and pretty much every suspension component can be had too.

You can’t buy brand new polyurethane bumpers, but you can get round this either by converting to chrome or by buying used bumpers from someone doing the same.

Meanwhile, a service kit will cost about £45 from Rimmer Brothers. The Midget is almost as cheap as walking, and you’ll get well over 30mpg if it’s in fine fettle too. As long as you keep an eye out for corrosion – primarily in the floorpan, front wings and A-posts – you should find Midget ownership cheap and cheerful.

Fiat gave you five gears as standard. Gran Finale badges mark this out as a later Bertone car.

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Pageant Blue paintwork and Rostyle rims give the Midget a perfect ’70s vibe

The Fiat however is a different story. For a start, there are far fewer of them in the UK and accordingly far fewer for sale at any given time, giving you far less choice when it comes to finding the right car. Then there’s the scarcity of trim items and bodywork, unless you’re prepared to salvage items from donor cars.

Even specialists find such items hard to get, with X1/9 Spares – Britain’s biggest and best supplier for these cars – listing just four items in the bodywork category when we looked.

Service kits sourced via eBay can also cost up to £150, depending upon the level of service you want to give the car.

There’s less access to the engine bay too, owing to its central layout – but the X1/9 is far from being a dealer-only prospect. The mechanicals are simple and derived from Fiat’s 128 family car, so there’s nothing especially complex – the engine was also used into the 1990s by Fiat and Yugo, so parts shouldn’t be too difficult to come by.

There is also a thriving owners club to offer support.

The Fiat is similarly priced to the MG today – with good examples of both selling for between £5000-£10,000, and exceptional examples adding 50%. This makes the Fiat a better value proposition – not only was it pricier new, but its rarity means that values are more likely to rise in comparison with those of the MGs as time passes.

If you can deal with the difficulties of ownership it makes by far the better potential investment.

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VERDICT

The obvious thing to take away from this is that when new these cars did not make for natural competition.

Even if the MG buyer could have appreciated the Fiat’s mid engined layout, there was the stumbling block of price – the Fiat cost over half as much again in 1978, and British buyers would have found the larger engine and simpler maintenance of the Triumph TR7 more appealing.

But the enthusiast of today has good reason for looking at the Fiat – today it offers better value than the MG, and there’s no denying that it’s a far more coherent package overall than the Midget was by the time it gained a Triumph engine and rubber trimmings. To drive, too, it’s better – as you would expect from its more advanced layout and the

fact that eleven years had passed between the launches of both cars.

It’s a more modern machine, even if it’s one of the few cars in the world that can make an MG Midget look like the more appealing prospect for someone on the larger side.

The MG makes considerable gains in terms of its usability and ease of ownership in old age; there are scores of MG specialists and parts suppliers.

By comparison, there are just a handful of people catering to the X1/9, and much of what you can still get will be in the form of used parts. X1/9 Spares offers a wide array of new bits, though – this is arguably one of the best-supported Italian cars you can run in Britain, but will still be a more complex ownership prospect than the MG. So it comes down to a simple question. Do you prefer a classic sports car that offers more driver engagement but with the prospect of a tricky time sourcing parts? Or would you rather have a low-maintenance and easy to care for classic that gives a little away in terms of how it drives?

We’d choose the fun little Fiat – but if you think the MG makes for a better compromise, we’d understand entirely.

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With thanks to Halls Garage (www.hallsgarage.co.uk ) for the loan of the MG and to Great Driving Days (www.greatdrivingdays.co.uk) for the X1/9 which can be hired from as little as £49 for a taster.

Engine access is awkward but the powerplant is a regular Fiat 128 unit.

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1986 Jaguar XJS Cabriolet 5.3 V12 2+2. Black with matching hood and cream leather. 15 inch Jaguar starfish alloys. Beautiful condition car with 85,000 miles and a massive, in depth history file service to confirm.

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1976 5.3 V12 Coupe. Tudor white and magnolia. True survivor only having covered 32,000 miles with 15” Kent alloys, Bullet Mirrors, Electric windows, Air conditioning, Heated rear window and other refinements you’d expect from an early model XJS. Has to be seen in person to be fully appreciated. ......................................£32,500

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1989 Jaguar 5.3 V12 Convertible. White with Barely trim and tan hood. Only having covered 12,000 Miles from new, is in impeccable condition and has features such as a trip computer, cruise control, electric mirrors, heated rear window, front fog lights, Twin headlamps and Wood Tbar gear selector..............................£47,500

1988 Jaguar XJS 5.3 V12 Convertible. In rare and beautiful triple black colour combination. This car is in fantastic. 27,000 miles from new. Features include, cruise control, trip computer, electric mirrors, heated rear window, electric windows, full size spare wheel, Trim matching tonneau cover ............................£42,950

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GRAN TURISMO ’70s This group of 1970s icons defined the term GT for a generation.

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T is a seemingly innocuous term. Bolted to the back of Morris Marinas, MGBs and Ford Cortinas with gay abandon, it felt like every other car on the road was a GT of some sort.

But to any schoolboy worth his pack of Top Trumps, a GT meant a big engine, two doors, and the sort of car that could whisk you down to the South of France in the same sort of time it would take for a Morris Marina to start in the depths of winter. The cars we’ve chosen here epitomised the breed – from British bulldogs to Continental chic, so here are our

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favourite cars for the ultimate grand tour.

JENSEN INTERCEPTOR You can’t build a list of the greatest grand tourers of the 1970s without putting the Jensen Interceptor right at the top. Launched in 1966 and discontinued initially in 1976, the Interceptor is Britain’s Avanti – the grand tourer that simply refuses to die. It was launched as a replacement for the CV8, but also with one eye on the newly emerged Gordon-Keeble GK1 as a competitor. It followed a set formula for European GTs championed by Gordon Keeble,

Facel Vega and ISO among others – European chassis, pretty Italianate body, American V8 engine – in this case a 6.3 litre unit sourced from Chrysler, though in later cars this would jump to 7.2 litres. While available as a manual, most used the three speed Torqueflite automatic, and most were loaded to the gunwales with toys. Air conditioning, power steering and sheepskin trim were just some of the features fitted to many Interceptors.

While the FF stole the show in the 1960s with anti-lock brakes and all wheel drive, few FFs were made after 1970 and even fewer of those were the

1970s GRAND TOURERS would be a very different car to the E as launched in 1961. And when the XJ-S was launched in 1975, it divided enthusiasts. The lack of walnut trim and the sharp, angular body were a world away from what enthusiasts thought they knew and loved about Jaguar, even if the 5.3-litre V12 and the chassis were known to them from the XJ12 saloon.

In a bid to attract people to its new model, Jaguar first discontinued the XJC coupe, then began a process of applying changes to its XJ-S into the 1980s to make it more appealing to traditional clientele. Wood trim made a return, as did the option of a six-cylinder engine, as did bumpers with chrome blades like those of the Series 3 saloon. And over time the car gained wider acceptance,

showing that if a formula isn’t broken then fixing it isn’t a wise move. And yet those early XJ-S models are now among the most desirable and valuable, the pre-HE cars with the 1970s specification V12, black infill panels on the bootlids and austere interiors have a 1970s appeal all of their own to collectors. You’ll not find a pre HE for under £10,000, and you won’t find one you want without at least half as much again to spend.

MERCEDES-BENZ SLC

Mercedes has always offered an S-Class sized coupe, for plutocrats not in need of regular rear seat access.

But for the 1970s, it changed its tune.

The new supercoupe would not be based on the S-Class, as with the W108 series and subsequent SEC

final FF III model. Instead, Jensen’s party piece from 1971 was the SP – or Six Pack, so named because it used the Six Pack version of the Chrysler 7.2 litre engine with a trio of twin barrel Holleys atop an Edelbrock manifold. 385bhp and almost 500lb. ft of torque was the result – though carburation problems mean few survive in their original form. A short lived coupe model joined the saloon and convertible for 1975, though only a handful were made before the receivers were called. An attempt to revive the car as the S4 in the late 1980s ultimately failed after a handful of cars, and modern iterations have taken the form of restomods rather than wholly new cars. Gone are the days of cheap Interceptors – what fifteen years ago might have sold for £10,000 now sells for nearer five times that figure – and the market’s stable, so it’s one for enthusiasts rather than investors today.

JAGUAR XJ-S

When it came to replacing the E-type, Jaguar had a difficult job on its hands. Not least because the E-type had been one of the world’s best loved sports cars, but because it had evolved so much in its life that if it were to be replaced, the new car

For many, the early pre-HE car is the XJ-S at its best... and its most thirsty.

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1970s GRAND TOURERS almost all Aston Martins of the 1970s and 1980s – siring not only the first of the Aston Martin Lagondas, but also an open Volante, a high powered Vantage, and a restyled variant by Zagato suitable for Thatcher’s redbrace Britain of the 1980s. But it’s in original V8 saloon guide that this car makes its most compelling case as a grand tourer – with compliant suspension, comfortable armchairs, and loads of torque, it was made for the continental crossing. Today V8s – particularly later ‘Oscar India’ models with revised bodywork and walnut trimmings – are fiercely prized, and the days when they were the most affordable route into Aston ownership are long gone. But while it might not be the best value car on our list, there’s a certain amount of cachet to claiming you drive a classic Aston – and that might well be enough to justify the price today.

BRISTOL 603 models, but on the R107 SL. Launched in October 1971, six months after the SL, the SLC sat on a wheelbase 14 inches longer than the roadster.

Many panels were new, including the doors, rear wings, and even – though few would notice – the bootlid. Not only was the SLC bootlid shorter, but it had a convex profile where the roadster’s was slightly concave to mimic the hardtop.

Launched as a 3.5 V8 350SLC, in 1974 the 2.8-litre six-cylinder 280SLC joined the range. Later models would include the 450SLC and the 450SLC 5.0, for homologation purposes. The very last cars were badged 380SLC and 500SLC, following a light facelift for 1980. These would be short-lived, as in 1981 Mercedes would revert to type and introduce the S-Class based SEC coupes as a replacement for the SLC models. Mercedes would return to the SLC name in 2016, using it for the replacement for the smaller SLK sports car.

best iteration is the V8 saloon – as Aston termed the replacement for its DBS. It used much of the same shell as the DBS, albeit with a revised nose in the manner of a lightly Aston-ised 1964 Mustang. It also used the same engine – and like the DBS, there was briefly a six-cylinder variant of the new car called the Vantage in the early 1970s – not to be confused with the later high performance V8 Vantage models.

This car would form the basis of

Britsol had been a single model company for much of its life – though there was a brief period where the 404 and 405 would be available concurrently. In the 1970s this situation resumed, with the replacement of the 411 with two models. The 412 was the first; styled

by Zagato and offering a convertible with rollover hoop in the manner of the Triumph Stag, while the more conventional two-door saloon role was filled by the 603 of 1976 – the car which would underpin almost all new

ASTON MARTIN V8 The Aston Martin name is one of the most revered in motoring – and fans of the grand tourer can’t fail to have one eye on what Astons their budget might allow. And we think that the 48 July 2022

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1989 Mercedes 300SL W107. Silver with blue leather/cloth tooth trim. Flat face alloys, hard and soft tops, blue hood, full electric pack, 93,000 miles with FSH, all books tools and full documentation. Stunning mint and original. £34,950.

1921 Wolseley model 20 C8 Colonial Tourer (6 cylinder). Only known driving example of this model. Restored to a very high standard by its last long term owner, spent 70 years overseas.

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1960/61 Citroen 2CV Crinkle Bonnet With rare long boot. Matching numbers 32,000 Klms miles. Stored 45 years before original restoration. Many show wins and absolutely stunning. £19,950.

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1984 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit. One of the finest ever seen and finished in Richmond blue with magnolia leather piped dark blue. Alloys, burr walnut veneers 3 owners and full Rolls Royce history a major part with P&A wood.

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1975 Bentley T1. Very rare and finished in Seychelles blue with blue leather and burr walnut trim. 75,000 miles with excellent comprehensive service history, original books, tools, bill of sale etc, magnificent original example. £34,950.

1992 Mercedes 500SL R129. Bornite with grey leather trim. Hard and soft tops and power hood. 8 hole alloys massive factory spec aircond, cruise, full electric pack, 51,000 miles only with perfect Mercedes history. Last owner 20 years.

One of the finest available £24,950.

2002 Bentley Arnage T. Silver storm with black quilted leather. Anthracite alloys, massive factory spec, known to me and owned by me since 2006.

43,000 miles with full Bentley history.

Possibly the best in existence. £32,950.

1971 Mercedes 600 Grosser W100.

Very rare RHD example in Dark Olive Green with Cognac leather. One of only 273 RHD examples. Please view our website for full details.Magnificent. £119,950.

1980 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow 2. RHD example in white with tan Everflex roof and tan leather trim with brown carpets edged in tan. 37,000 miles with comprehensive service history, has been in long term storage and is currently being fully recommissioned in our workshops. £34,950.

1954/55 Austin Healey 100M LHD. Genuine original “Dealer” upgrade to M spec. 4 speed gearbox with overdrive, front disc brakes, sports exhaust, Lemans kit, FIVA papers. healey Blue with Blue leather Truly magnificent. £89,950

c1955 Riley Hamilton 2.5 Ltr Twin Cam. One of 5 believed Built. Aluminium body, XK gearbox and running gear. Riley 2.5 Ltr twin cam engine, beautifully engineered body and chassis, uprated suspension and very fast for its period, extremely rare and eligible for many classic events. P.O.A.

2007 Porsche 997 Carrera S 3.8 Coupe.

Rare 6 speed manual in Silver with Blue leather. Electric sunroof, alloys, aircond, rear W/W 48,000 miles only with full porsche and leading specialist history, mint original example with cherished plate ( can separate) stunning £39,950.

1972 Jensen SP. A very rare factory Six Pack in reef blue with black leather trim. 54,000 miles from new, a superb and original rust free specimen. SOLD.

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Bristol models to the launch of the Fighter.

Looking like a slightly overweight Ford Capri, the 603 was available in a choice of two specifications.

The primary model was the 603S, complete with 5.9-litre Chrysler V8.

For those affected by the oil crisis, Bristol also offered the 5.2-litre 603E as an economy variant. Electric seats and air conditioning were standard, but the cabin retained the same ambience as Bristols of old. When the S2 was launched in 1978, the 603E was dropped and all models became 5.9-litre models. Subsequent models from 1982 would include the Britannia and turbocharged Brigand, while the Blenheim of 1994 would revise the concept further. It was in Blenheim form that the model would continue well into the 2000s. The 603 remains one of the best value Bristol models today, and is an excellent starter car for enthusiasts of that marque.

CITROËN SM Rather less grand than many on this list in that it only has six cylinders, credibility is restored for the Citroën SM in the fact that those six cylinders come courtesy of Maserati. And while the SM is also front wheel drive, it’s one of the best front wheel drive chassis for long distance touring that its generation could offer. For underneath the bodyshell of the SM lurks what is effectively a Citroën DS with a Maserati engine, and if that combination doesn’t stir something

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Citroën did things differently with front-drive and a Maserati V6.

deep within you then it’s entirely possible you have no soul.

Launched in 1970, the SM was one of two cars to use that amounted to the same mechanical package; the other being the short-lived Maserati Quattroporte II. In the Citroën, there were also seats with upholstered blocks in one of the most fantastic wastes of leather seen in a car, lifted straight from the M35 experimental car, and on many there were composite wheels which bore a resemblance to Fuchs alloys seen on 911s. The SM’s greatest strength has always been that it’s a niche car and that the mainstream audience doesn’t really get it, and that’s why it’s such good value today when shown alongside cars like the Interceptor

De Tomaso Longchamp: best explained as a quirky Italian XJ-S.

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and the 603. But buy a bad one and it’s one of the most expensive cars on our list to restore properly – it’s the perfect car for the argument of buying the best you can afford.

DE TOMASO LONGCHAMP Like the Citroën there is an element of Maserati linking to the Longchamp – fitted with Maserati’s V8 and a light reskin, the Longchamp became the Maserati Kyalami for the 1980s and its floorpan would underpin the Quattroporte III following the failed link with Citroën. But we’re looking at the original here, which is more closely linked to the firm’s four door Deauville. Based on a shorter version of the Deauville floorpan, the De Tomaso Longchamp shared its Ford Cleveland V8 engines and its gearbox options with the four-door variant.

Styled by Tom Tjaarda at Ghia, the 5.8-litre Longchamp was DeTomaso’s only front-engined grand tourer, and came with a choice of three-speed automatic or five-speed manual transmissions – though just 17 were built with the latter.

Built from 1972 to 1989, a sporting GTS version with fat arches and wide wheels was produced, alongside an open version. When Ford USA stopped producing the Cleveland De Tomaso began sourcing engines from Australia, tuned in Switzerland before installation. Just 409 Longchamps were produced over a 17-year life – with just one or two produced annually in the model’s latter years.

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With standard equipment including all electric windows x4, central locking, power steering & ABS. Introduced in 1971 as the replacement to the W111 coupe it continued in production until 1981 when the S Class C126, better known as the SEC model, replaced it. A total number of 62,888 SLC models were produced, with the 450SLC 4.5 model numbering just 31739.

This example was previously sold by ourselves to the most recent owners therefore we know this superb car very well. Presenting and driving superbly this car has the optioned electric slide/ tilt steel sunroof, metallic paint, 14” Bundt light alloy wheels fitted recently with four new period correct tread tyres, a re trimmed in OEM (new old stock) interior trim, and seat belt feeders.

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1970s GRAND TOURERS

Porsche's 928 was intended to replace the 911, but failed to do so.

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Replacing a legend is difficult, as Jaguar found out when introducing the XJ-S to a crowd awaiting a new E-Type with bated breath. And Porsche had a similar problem at a similar time; replacing its flagship 911 with something more in tune wth the era. Especially when the 911 hadn’t evolved in quite the same way as the Jag – it hadn’t got fat, nor had it lost its sporting nature.

And when Porsche introduced the 928 in 1977, it felt like it had got the mood drastically wrong. Gone was everything that made the 911 what it was – the rear engined layout, the air cooled engine, the lithe and sporting nature – the 928 was a V8-powered watercooled grand tourer, and most would be sold as automatics.

That V8 initially displaced 4.5 litres and produced 237bhp, though later versions would grow to 5.4 litres and 345bhp in GTS trim.

Porsche decided not to cancel 911 production – and this is a good thing, because it means we can view the 928 not as a failed replacement but as the world-beating halo car that it really was. Still looking modern when production ceased two decades later, its integrated and painted bumpers and low, slightly bulbous look fitted the mood perfectly, and few things are more of their era than a Lime Green Metallic 928 on teledial wheels.

that this would be the car’s eventual strength. It was trying to produce the most exclusive variant of the best car in the world.

Initially planned as a Corniche replacement but pitched above it owing to development costs, the Camargue was styled by Pininfarina and was a first in many respects for Rolls-Royce. The first model to use curved side glass. The first to be designed to metric measurements.

And – had the original plan been followed – it would have been he first forced-induction car from Crewe. The plan was to launch the Camargue as a Bentley range topper with a turbocharged engine and –

it’s believed – Continental badging, but development on the engine hadn’t finished by the time the car was ready so in went the naturally aspirated version and on went a RollsRoyce grille. There was never officially a Bentley Camargue, though one example was built for a special client in 1985.

Inside the theme was inspired by private planes, with surrounds to gauges and larger, more sculpted seats than in lesser Royces.

Sadly for many when new the Camargue was just too expensive, and as a classic many find it too big.

For those who can afford and house it, however, there is no finer way to cross a continent.

DECISIONS

If you can afford to buy or fuel any of these cars, then you’re in a position many enthusiasts would find enviable and you have a difficult choice ahead. But whether you choose the sensibility of the Mercedes or the eccentricity of the Citroen, the simplicity of the De Tomaso drivetrain or the style of the Jensen, there’s a 70s grand tourer for everybody with the means to join what is an exclusive club.

As to which is best – that’s a subjective choice. Everyone has a favourite.

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hen I first started working on car magazines, the TR7 was something of a poor relation: frowned upon by traditionalist enthusiasts of the older TR models, it hadn’t been around quite long enough to gain classic status purely on account of its age, while Harris Mann’s edgy wedge was

perhaps a reminder of the decade we were trying to forget as we forged ahead into the ’80s and ’90s.

Nowadays though, things have very much changed and while a TR5 might rumble past a group of teenagers without raising an eyebrow, a TR7 – especially a coupe in the striking Triton Green – will turn heads. In that respect the passage of time has been kind to

the TR7, even if the BL-era build quality struggled to shrug off the effects of successive British winters.

In the opinion of many, it’s also the best-driving of all the TRs, the fourcylinder engine giving it handling balance the nose-heavy six-cylinder cars can’t match and its modern monocoque construction doing away with the separate chassis. I’ve taken some stick from TR6 owners in the past for that comment but there’s no arguing that the car’s underpinnings are quite literally from a different era with its MacPherson strut front end and four-linked rear axle.

You’ll also stumble against the suggestion that it isn’t a ‘proper’ TR but in reality the car was designed very much as a continuation of the TR2-TR6

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line. It’s also acceptably brisk and even the regular four-cylinder car offers pace to match a mid-’90s GTI. Codenamed Project Bullet, the TR7 was originally to have been part of a wider range including a four-seater coupe dubbed Lynx and a four-seater convertible in the Stag mould going by the name Broadside. Both of these made it to the pre-production stage, but were killed off amid the industrial unrest which plagued early TR7 production and BL’s dire finances at the time.

A similar fate befell the proposed TR7 Sprint, with less than 60 of these 16-valve cars being assembled before the model was dropped. All of which meant that the TR7 range which made it into production comprised

Bright period hues look on-trend today.

the regular 2-litre four-cylinder, using an enlarged version of the slant-four engine found in the Dolomite, plus the Rover V8-engined TR8. The V8 car was only marketed in left-hand drive form, with the majority going to the USA, although a very few right-hand drive examples did escape.

Such is the ease however with which a TR8 can be created using a Rover engine and all the factory-style parts that you could be forgiven for thinking that the TR8 was a UK model. Over the years, hundreds of ‘TR7 V8’ cars have been built, with engine options ranging from mild Land Rover tune to wild TVR power and if done well, it can be a glorious thing.

For now though, we’ll concentrate on the production models, which

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launched in January 1975... but only in the USA. Incredibly, UK buyers had to wait until May 1976 to get their hands on the new car, which was produced initially at the Speke facility on Merseyside. It was a troubled time for industrial relations within BL and newly installed head Michael Edwardes duly made good on his threat to close the plant if trouble didn’t stop, production moving from Speke to Canley in 1978.

In August 1980, with the planned closure of the Canley manufacturing facility it would move again to the Rover site at Solihull, with production finally ending in October 1981.

The eagerly-awaited convertible was introduced in early 1979, once again in

the USA before the UK, with right-hand drive deliveries beginning in early 1980.

TR7 changes during production were few and related mainly to cosmetics.

The signature tartan seat and door trim was introduced in March 1977, while changes required for the convertible version were also applied to the coupe in the shape of repositioned interior lights and smaller fuel filler. The TR8 also required double power bulges in the bonnet to clear the carburettors which became standard on all cars built in Canley and Solihull. The interior trim would change again with vinyl outers and tartan centres during Canley production and Solihull cars later received velour trim. The Solihull

SPECIFICATIONS MODEL

TR7 (4-speed)

TR7 (5-speed)

ENGINE

1998cc

1998cc

MAX POWER

105bhp

105bhp

MAX TORQUE

119lb.ft

119lb.ft

TOP SPEED

110mph

114mph

0-60MPH

9.1secs

9.5secs

ECONOMY

26mpg

26mpg

GEARBOX

4-spd manual

5-spd manual

LENGTH

4.17m

4.17m

WIDTH

1.68m

1.68m

WEIGHT

966kg

966kg

cars also received plastic badges on the bonnet instead of the adhesive laurel wreath graphic of the Canley cars.

As for the running gear, the car would retain the carburetted 1998cc ‘slant four’ engine throughout its life, producing 105bhp and 119lb.ft on twin SU HS6 carbs and driving initially through a four-speed box, with a fivespeed fitted to the Canley and Solihull cars.

It was claimed by BL at the time that over 200 detail improvements were made during the shift from Merseyside to Warwickshire, some of which include better weather sealing of the pop-up lamps, a hot air feed to the carburettor intakes, improved electrical system, revised cooling system and better rust protection.

As a classic today, the TR7 really comes into its own: parts support is superb and there’s precious little you can’t obtain.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR BODY With the youngest TR7 now 41 years old and production having been carried out under BL, clearly structural rust will be the big issue. It’s thought that Canley and Solihull cars were better protected by the factory but as those in the know point out, that’s something of a fallacy. Yes, the bodyshells were constructed more accurately at Canley and Solihull but

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As usual, the sills are critical and on the TR7 they run behind the front wings, meaning that a proper repair means removing the welded-on front wings. A quick repair with the dreaded ‘over sills’ may have left rust hiding in that critical area and lifting the carpets to check the inside can give a better idea of the car’s solidity, but since they were glued down originally this isn’t always possible.

Elsewhere, check the strut tops under the bonnet carefully and at the rear, examine the boot floor and spare wheel well. On coupes water can run in through the plastic B-post grille and sit in the join between pillar and sill, rotting it from the inside.

All panel edges need a look, while rust between floor and sills will indicate problems and bubbling in the seam along the top of the rear wings can also be expensive to fix, as can rot in the joint between sill and rear wing.

Inner arches can also let go, but less obvious is a corroded screen surround.

This can get costly to repair but isn’t always obvious, and can cause other

issues when it starts to leak. Check for bulging or distorted rubber seals and chrome inserts.

While inside the car, pull the carpet off the rear bulkhead if possible and look for stress cracks which can indicate rot where the trailing arms mount to the body. If in doubt, get underneath and have a look too.

Don’t be alarmed to see paint peeling off the headlamps as they’re aluminium. Panel supply isn’t as good as it once was, but the TR Drivers’ Club has commissioned a run of headlamp panels. Luckily, repair sections are available for most of the areas you’ll need to repair and reproduction fibreglass bumpers can be made to look good enough.

ENGINE The slant-four Triumph motor is a well-known unit and generally pretty long lived when maintained properly.

The stumbling block of course being that many weren’t looked after at all in the years when values were very low.

Aside from the obvious oil leaks which are common in any case, the biggest issue with the engine will be a warped cylinder head due to

differential expansion between the iron block and alloy head – not helped if owners have neglected to keep up the anti-freeze concentration, vital for its corrosion-inhibiting properties. Before long this will manifest itself in head gasket issues and a serious problem will be easy to spot via the oil and water mixing. Like the MGF though, the head gasket issue is something of an overblown myth.

Although it’s not a complex engine by modern standards, head removal can be tricky thanks to the steel studs tending to corrode into the alloy head.

They’re also fitted at an angle which makes removal of the head impossible with the studs in place.

Many owners will have fitted an electric fan as a preventative measure so don’t be suspicious of a car which has one fitted. Radiators tend to clog up easily, especially since many TR7s today sit still for long periods – back flushing it is a good preventative measure.

Elsewhere, timing chains can get noisy although they will carry on perfectly well for many miles but the factory’s recommended change interval was 25,000 miles.

In recent times, tricky-to-diagnose engine issues have been traced to water in the fuel, something encouraged by the location of the filler cap which tends to gather water in the recess. In time the problem will be bad enough for the tank to rust out and replacement involves dropping the rear axle.

Usefully, the TR7 engine was fitted with hardened valve seats from the factory, meaning the cars can run on unleaded fuels without additives.

TRANSMISSION

Canley and Solihull-built cars got the five-speed box. Tartan trim was used from 1977.

On both four and five-speed boxes the synchromesh can become weak in old age but most owners simply live with it.

Triumph specified automatic gearbox (ATF) fluid for the five-speed boxes which improves the shift quality.

Parts for the five-speed box are generally available through the usual specialists, while a clunk on hard

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Over the years the TR7 has become known for a wheel wobble at speed, which has sometimes been put down to cheaper aftermarket steering racks. Otherwise, check the bushes throughout the front end and the brake discs.

Aftermarket wheels can also cause the issue if not centred on the hub.

The TR7 is no Lotus admittedly, but should feel reasonably precise so if it seems baggy then you’re looking at replacing suspension bushes in stages until you sort it. Poly bushes are available for many locations which will make a big difference.

INTERIOR

Being a Triumph, the supply of trim is excellent, but these days you’re limited as to the colours available: the garish check of the early cars is no longer available, with choices being mainly blue and tan. Carpet sets are also available to replace originals rotted out

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by all those water leaks and it’s an easy DIY way to massively improve a car’s appeal. New old stock original trim is tricky to find.

CONVERTIBLE

Don’t forget to view a convertible TR7 with the roof up! It isn’t a complex affair though and if it looks tatty it’s not the end of the world: specialists can supply a PVC outer cover for £300 and a mohair item is just under £700.

If the frame is bent or damaged, an exchange replacement is around £300.

VALUES

Back in the day the convertible was the car to have and in later production it’s thought that they massively

outnumbered the coupe by as much as ten to one.

Enthusiasts value the rarer coupe today, especially non-sunroof models since so many of them were turned into rally replicas and a sunroof became standard from 1980.

You’ll find projects for as little as £2000 but increasingly the unviable restoration basket cases are disappearing as they’re either cannibalised or restored. The entry ticket for a useable car is around the £4000 mark and from here, values rise with condition or rarity to the £10,000 mark. At this level you’ll also find plenty of nicely presented V8-converted cars at the £12,000-£14,000 mark and the odd example with Sprint running gear too.

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OR MAYBE..?

Paul Wager, Group Editor TVR 350i If it’s a V8-converted TR7 convertible which floats your boat, then there’s only one other car offering a similar combination of wedge styling and Rover V8 power: the TVR 350i. They’re more costly to buy than the TR7 but the fibreglass body won’t rot and the use of parts from volume brands means they can be surprisingly easy to own.

Adrian Evanson, Lancaster Insurance MGB Yes, it’s the obvious choice today as it was back in period but the other BL sports car will probably be on most TR7 buyers’ lists.

Prices are generally higher like-for-like but the MG is if anything easier to own, with absolutely everything available. It does lose out on the wedginess stakes though.

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ou’ll sometimes hear it said that the first frontwheel drive Volkswagen was the Golf. Is that true?

Technically, no… but still sort of correct. If we’re being pedantic then the first front-wheel drive car to be marketed with the Volkswagen badge on its nose was in fact the K70, but as those immersed in Wolfsburg history are no doubt already pointing out, the K70 was originally developed as an NSU. The idea was that the pistonengined, conventionally powered K70 would sit next to the avant garde Wankel rotary-powered Ro80 – that ‘K’ signifying Kolben, or piston as opposed to rotary.

Just as the car was about to hit the market though, the relatively small NSU company had finally been brought to its knees by the spiralling warranty claims of the rotary-powered car and the mighty Volkswagen group was poised to pounce. The prize was not the

flawed Wankel technology but the Neckarsulm production site, although following the acquisition the K70 also seemed like an ideal way to test the water with a new model which finally broke away with the Beetle-derived, rear-engined air-cooled cars.

Which was something Volkswagen really needed to do. By the late ’60s, the air-cooled engine was becoming increasingly outmoded, as was the rear-engined layout and despite developing models like the fuel-injected, four-door 411/412, it was painfully obvious that the entire model range from Beetle to Transporter was essentially derived from the concept first developed by Dr Porsche in the late 1930s.

Fellow German car maker DKW had also found itself absorbed by the Volkswagen group, subsequently rolled into its Audi subsidiary where DKW’s front-wheel-drive knowhow had been used to good effect in producing a range of successful upmarket saloon cars.

GOLF PLUS… On the UK market, the GTI 16v was about as exciting as it got but in the rest of Europe there were some rather more exciting derivatives. First of these was the 1989 Golf Rallye, which used the 160bhp G60 supercharged engine debuted in the Corrado and paired it with the Golf Syncro’s four-wheel drive. Based on the three-door shell, chunky box arches covered the Corrado wheels and square headlamps were borrowed from the contemporary Jetta.

The Golf Rallye was produced only in left-hand drive, although a handful have been imported to the UK. In 1990, the European GTI range was expanded with the addition of the GTI G60, using the same engine but with the regular front-wheel drive layout.

The ultimate Mk2 in the eyes of many was the G60 Limited, of which just 71 examples were built by VW Motorsport. Based on the five-door shell fitted with all the available options of the time, the Limited used an unusual G-supercharged version of the 16-valve engine when regular production G60 engines used the eight-valve head. This was paired with the Syncro four-wheel drive and apart from the single-lamp grille with blue trim was almost identical to a regular five-door GTI.

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When the decision was taken that the Beetle replacement should be a front-engined, water-cooled, front-wheel drive hatchback, the two dormant brands proved their worth: the NSU engine was lifted very little changed from the K70, while it was Audi/DKW which provided the frontwheel drive layout. With a neat body style penned by Giugiaro, the first front-wheel drive car intended from the start to be a Volkswagen model appeared.

And its name wasn’t Golf: the car which was debuted in the summer of 1973 was the Passat, which in reality was a badge-engineered version of the mechanically identical Audi 80.

The Audi link is a significant one, since it illustrates the influence of DKW in the new generation of VW/ Audi products. Back in 1969 when Volkswagen had acquired Auto Union and its DKW subsidiary from then owner Daimler-Benz in 1969, its value was in the production capacity at Ingolstadt, with DKW engineers being expressly forbidden from developing new models. Fortunately they ignored this directive, carried on working in secret and came up with what eventually went to market as the Audi 100.

The Passat was joined a few months later in Spring 1974 by the second new-generation VW model, which once again wasn’t the Golf but was its Scirocco coupe sibling.

The GTI began as a private project and very nearly never saw the light of day.

Again styled by Giugiaro, the Scirocco was built on the Golf platform and was mechanically identical, but being aimed at a smaller market niche gave VW the chance to iron out any last-minute teething problems before the volume-seller hit the market.

Which duly happened a few months later when the first Golf arrived in the showrooms. The new car couldn’t have been more different from its predecessor and came just in the nick of time to rescue the company from serious financial problems.

HISTORY Much like our own Mini, VW tried several times to replace the Beetle and one of the earliest attempts which showed commercial promise was the EA276 prototype of 1969 which combined a boxy modern hatchback look and front-mounted engine with front-wheel drive but curiously, carried over the old 44bhp air-cooled engine from the 1500 Beetle. The development engineers later explained this crazy-sounding layout as being a cost-saving measure while developing the prototype, but

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1.3

1.5

1.6

GTI 1.6

GTI 1.8

DIESEL

ENGINE

1093cc

1272cc

1471cc

1588cc

1588cc

1781cc

1471cc

POWER (BHP/RPM)

50/6000

60/5600

70/5800

75/5600

110/6100

112/5800

50/5000

TORQUE (LB.FT/RPM)

55/3000

70/2500

80/3000

88/3200

101/5000

109/3500

59/3000

TOP SPEED (MPH)

87

93

99

99

110

114

86

0-60 MPH (SECS)

16.5

14

12.5

12

10

9.2

14.9

CONSUMPTION (MPG)

41

40

40

30

27

30

50

GEARBOX

4-spd

4-spd

4-spd

4-spd

4-spd

5-spd

5-spd

810kg

860kg

845kg

LENGTH

3.72m

WIDTH

1.61m

WEIGHT

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750kg

805kg

805kg

805kg

VW GOLF (1974-1993) it would resurface later in VW’s South American range as the Gol. A watercooled prototype was also worked up at the same time by Porsche, but neither Stuttgart or Wolfsburg could quite let go of the Beetle: this time the engine was tucked under the rear seat, ahead of the rear axle where accessibility and overheating issues rendered it unsuitable for production.

A couple of years later came the EA272 prototype. This was a larger car, intended to replace the bigger Type 3 models but previewed the transverse four-cylinder, water-cooled layout which would later be used in the Golf.

By combining the smaller EA276’s style with the EA272’s mechanical layout and the NSU engine, VW arrived at what was the basic recipe for the Golf/Scirocco and the later EA337 prototype looked very similar

to the production car. The exterior was styled by Giugiaro, who had been enlisted after then VW boss Kurt Lotz had realised that the Italian was responsible for most of the cars which had impressed him at that year’s Turin motor show.

The style was refined in house by VW styling chief Herbert Schäfer, detail changes including swapping the square headlamps for round units but the distinctive rear quarter panels remained – and indeed remain to this day.

The first Golfs rolled off the Wolfsburg line on March 29, 1974 with German sales kicking off in May and the car was well received – much to the relief of Volkswagen which at the time was heading for disaster as sales of the old air-cooled models were falling.

In fact, the success of the car

took the company by surprise and production was quickly ramped up, reaching the one million milestone in October 1976. A significant impact of this success was the end of Beetle production at Wolfsburg on July 1, after which production continued at Emden until 1978.

DEVELOPMENT The Golf was launched in Europe with only a narrow engine range: the 50bhp 1.1 or the 70bhp 1.5. The UK line-up in 1974 included the Golf and Golf L with the 1093cc, 50bhp engine and the Golf S or LS with the 1471cc, 70bhp unit, this larger engine offered only on the five-door model.

All models used a four-speed gearbox, with a three-speed automatic optional on the S and LS. In 1975, the Golf received the first of very few revisions when the ‘swallowtail’ indentation below the number plate on the rear panel was replaced by a straight line, while a transverse raised line connected the two sides of the bonnet. In December 1978, the original metal bumpers were replaced by plastic items, while the rustproofing of the bodyshell was also improved.

Meanwhile, bigger news in 1976 was the arrival of the GTI using an injected 1.6-litre version of the engine, which as you can read in the separate section had so nearly not been allowed to happen. The same year

Mk2 SPECIFICATIONS MODEL

1.0

1.3

1.6

GTI

GTI 16V

DIESEL

TURBODIESEL

ENGINE

1043cc

1272cc

1595cc

1781cc

1781cc

1588cc

1588cc

POWER (BHP/RPM)

45/5500

55/5400

75/5000

112/5500

112/5800

54/4800

70/4500

TORQUE (LB.FT/RPM)

55/3200

71/3300

92/2500

114/3100

109/3500

74/2300

98/2600

TOP SPEED (MPH)

86

94

104

119

114

92

99

0-60 MPH (SECS)

20.9

15.7

12.0

8.6

9.2

17.7

13.5

CONSUMPTION (MPG)

36

39

40

37

30

46

47

GEARBOX

4-spd

4-spd

5-spd

5-spd

5-spd

5-spd

5-spd

907kg

920kg

940kg

LENGTH

4.0m

WIDTH

1.68m

WEIGHT

835kg

845kg

890kg

907kg

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The Mk1 in its original guise, sporting the plush LS trim.

also saw another model arrive which would prove as significant in the long term as the GTI: the Golf diesel.

The first attempt at an oil-burning Golf was a long way from the sophisticated TDI we know today,

OFF-PISTE GOLF Perhaps the most bizarre Mk2 variant was the Golf Country, based on the regular Syncro four-wheel drive model but with a jacked-up ride height and Panda 4x4-style bull bars at both ends.

It was offered only in left-hand drive although it could be special ordered through UK VW dealers.

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employing a normally-aspirated 1471cc unit good for a heady 50bhp, backed up with a paltry 59lb.ft torque which just managed to equal the 1.1 petrol. Frugal it may have been, but the early Golf diesel was a cheerless car to drive.

In 1979, a 1300 option was added to the engine range in Europe and in 1980 for the 1981 model year the diesel was upgraded to a slightly more powerful 1.6-litre unit, while the entire range received a facelift involving restyled rear lamps and a revised interior with more modern dashboard using LED warning lamps and updated switchgear. At this point, the engine range included the 1100 in

either N (basic) or L trim, the 1300 in LS specification and the 1500 badged GLS. The GTI retained the injected 1600 engine, while the Cabriolet was offered as either the 1500 GLS or the 1600 GTI-spec GLI. In August 1979 the GTI gained a five-speed box and in 1982 the engine was bored and stroked to the 1781cc capacity which would remain a VW/ Audi staple for years to come. Power was up only slightly to 112bhp, but the increased torque of 113lb.ft made a big difference on the road.

The summer factory shutdown in 1983 spelled the end for the iconic model which had ultimately saved Volkswagen from an uncertain fate

VW GOLF (1974-1993) and when workers returned on August 1, the famous Hall 54 at Wolfsburg was geared up for the car’s successor.

THE SECOND COMING Launched in September 1983 in the German market and arriving in British showrooms in March 1984, the Mk2 Golf is often said to be a simple facelift of the original, but in reality the engineering changes were far reaching.

Although the basic platform was that of the Mk1 car, the Mk2 featured a 2-inch wider track and 3-inch longer wheelbase plus a bodyshell larger in all dimensions: 6.7 inches longer and 2.1 inches wider. Press material boasted that this had increased luggage space by 30 per cent as well as improving the car’s handling.

The vital ‘comfort’ dimension from accelerator pedal to seat back was increased by 1.4 inches and greater than both Escort and Astra.

The Mk2 focused on efficiency, with details like integrated rain gutters and flush-fitting quarter lights

enabling it to post a drag coefficient of just 0.34. Together with a 12-gallon fuel tank, VW reckoned this meant that some models now had twice the range of the previous model.

The £500m investment in the development of the new car also allowed the car to be properly developed for right-hand drive markets, unlike the Mk1 where for example the brake master cylinder remained on the left-hand side and was operated by a crude cross linkage. There was none of that kind of compromise for the Mk2 and the generous budget also allowed for a new heating and ventilation system using air blending rather than the slower water valve of the Mk1.

Underneath, the chassis design used the same concept but wheel travel was increased, while the rear axle gained a kind of passive-steer in the guise of v-shaped toe-correcting bushes which allowed even more capable handling. The front strut mountings were enlarged to better suppress road vibration

DID YOU KNOW… • Giugiaro himself admitted that he always preferred the look of the fivedoor model.

• The name Golf has been attributed variously to a wind, the name of a VW staffer’s horse and the game of the same name.

• One early name mooted for the new car was Caribe which was rejected initially but would later be used for the car on the Mexican market.

• Volkswagen Group invested Dm2.5 billion in the development of the range of new-generation models.

• The ‘EA111’ 1.1 and 1.3 engines were angled forwards, while the ‘EA817’ 1.5, 1.6 and 1.8 all tilted backwards.

• The Mk2 provided heating ducts for the rear footwells… but only on the GL and GTI. • The Mk2 was the first VW to feature a standard radio on all but the basic versions.

• VW expected to supply around 7 per cent of the 45,000 diesel cars it was predicted would be sold in the UK in 1985.

• The basic Mk2 Golf (one rung down from the C) didn’t even give you a rear wiper, intermittent wipers, a passenger door mirror or parcel shelf.

• Alloy wheels were only standard on the five-door Mk2 GTI, the three-door getting steel rims.

• The 1985 Golf brochure claimed that the revised rear axle offered “Quicker and safer negotiations on bends…”

• The press release trumpeting the arrival of the turbodiesel Mk2 was titled ‘100mph and 50mpg from new Volkswagen diesel’… but the car’s official top speed quoted by Volkswagen itself was actually 99mph.

Mk2 was essentially a heavy facelift of the original design.

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THE GTI The GTI is unusual for a German car in that it came about largely by accident rather than as a coldly calculated product plan. Back in the early ’70s, Volkswagen wasn’t the confident organisation of today and management

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was unwilling to sanction development of a sports model. A handful of engineers though were convinced of the value of a hotter Golf and so built up a project in their own time, starting with a discarded prototype Scirocco running a twin-choke carburettor and

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good for 100 bhp.

After fine-tuning the prototype, the project was revealed to management and the team was eventually given the go-ahead to develop a ‘Sport Golf’ in 1975. This coincided with the need for a crowd-pleaser at that year’s Frankfurt show and chief designer Herbert Schäfer added the touches which were to remain GTI trademarks for years: Facelifted Mk1 gained plastic bumpers and restyled dashboard.

the red-striped grille, chin spoiler, wheelarch lips, black rear window

When launched on the UK market, the Mk2 offered a much greater range than its predecessor, spanning seven trim levels and five different engines.

The 1043cc, 45bhp unit was offered in the basic three-door model, while the Golf C (three door), CL (five door) and C Formel E (five-door) used the 1272cc, 55bhp engine and the GL five-door used the 1595cc, 75bhp unit.

Meanwhile, the diesel was available in C trim with the 54bhp 158cc engine and the GTI continued with the 112bhp 1781cc powerplant, offered in

three-door trim only. A four-speed box was standard on C, C Formel E and CL, with the GL and diesel getting the ‘4+E’ overdrive five-speed and the GTI a regular five-speeder.

The three-speed auto continued to be available on the GL. In the spring of 1985, the GTI was made available as a five-door otherwise identical to the threedoor except for the extra doors and standard-fit alloys, while both models gained standard twin-tailpipe exhaust. The 70bhp turbo diesel

surround, checked seats and golfball gearknob.

A fuel-injected, 110 bhp version of the 1.6-litre EA827 motor was borrowed from the Audi 80 GTE and the car was the fastest Volkswagen ever by a long way and quicker than many more expensive cars at the projected price of ‘under Dm13,000’.

The official line from Volkswagen is that the ‘concept’ was so popular that the firm was forced to build 5000 cars and the GTI was officially launched in mid 1976, coming to the UK in October that year as left-hand drive only. In its first year, sales were ten times the predicted volume and in July 1979 we finally received right-hand drive cars.

In January 1980 the GTI received a five-speed gearbox and in August of that year a light facelift included larger rear lights and updated dashboard, instruments and switchgear. In August 1982 the engine was revised to 1781cc with an increased bore and stroke plus bigger valves. Maximum power was increased only slightly but torque was usefully increased from 103lb.ft at 5000rpm to 109lb.ft at 3500rpm.

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DATABASE

engine was also added to the range, both diesel models now offered in CL trim only.

For 1986, the range was revised once more, the 1600 engine now available in CL specification and the GL getting a 90bhp version of the 1800 unit. The GTI was joined by the newly-developed 16-valve model which was a response both to Ford’s turbocharged Escorts and the greater pace of Vauxhall/Opel’s Astra GTE with its 2-litre engine.

From here the Golf continued relatively little changed apart from a facelift in August 1987 which brought in wider grille slats and the removal of

Under the skin the Mk2 was little changed in its basic design.

the front quarterlight windows.

In 1990 the four-wheel drive Syncro was added to the range, only offered with the carb-fed 1.8 engine for the UK market and in four-door form with anonymous styling and plain steel wheels.

For the 1989 model year, the GTI gained chunky colour-coded plastic bumpers which have since given these cars the nickname ‘Big Bumper’.

Production of the Mk2 ended in 1991 after 6.3 million examples when it was replaced by the Mk3 which was launched on the UK market in early 1992.

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The Mk2 GTI in its strong-selling three-door, eight-valve guise.

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We think of the Golf as the basic hatchback of popular memory but as well as a simple car-derived van, it was also produced as a pickup.

The design was developed for production at VW’s US assembly plant at Westmoreland, PA and was later produced in Europe from 1982 as the Caddy in the Yugoslavian TAS plant. Sadly, the Bosnian conflict saw the factory destroyed and production ended.

Initially the Caddy was only offered with the 1600 diesel and petrol engines, although after approved aftermarket converter GTI Engineering produced a 100bhp petrol-engined version, Volkswagen’s UK importer offered its own Caddy Sport model on the UK market with a single-point injected version of the GTI engine and a special bodykit.

VW GOLF (1974-1993)

OPEN-AIR GOLFS Like its predecessor the Beetle Cabriolet, the Golf Cabriolet was constructed on behalf of Volkswagen by coachbuilder Karmann which would later go on to become a part of the VW Group. Karmann in fact created the entire bodyshell, from pressings to the completed body in white assembly and much re-engineering was done to compensate for the lack of a roof.

As with most open cars which were created from saloons, the open Golf received enlarged sill members and crossmembers were added

transversely under the dash and the rear seat. The inner wings were reinforced at the front, together with the front structure of the body, while the windscreen frame and scuttle pressings were new. The rear end structure was entirely revised to accommodate the folding roof, with the boot space now accessed through a narrow hatch. The most obvious change though was the addition of the Stag-style rollover hoop which also conveniently provided seatbelt anchorages.

The result of this thorough re-

engineering was that the Golf was impressively rigid as a convertible and when Karmann’s complex multilayered roof was added to the package, it became a very practical year-round car.

The Mk1 Cabriolet was destined to live a long life: there was no open version of the Mk2 Golf, the original serving until the launch of the Mk3 Cabriolet in 1993. Along the way it gained various upgrades to keep the ageing design fresh, including the plastic bodykits fitted to the early ’90s cars and a raft of special editions. CCM

THE GTI-LITE A staple of the Golf line-up was the Driver model, which catered for those wanting the GTI style but unable to afford the purchase or insurance.

The model debuted with the Mk1 and featured the GTI’s twin-lamp grille, plastic wheelarch trims, rev counter, golf ball gearknob and sports steel rims. Offered only on the three-door model, it was produced from 1980 until 1983 and was offered with the 1300 engine.

The Driver was repeated with the Mk2 shape from 1987 until 1997, this time with the 1.6-litre carburettor engine and was a popular model in the UK line-up.

The Mk2 was bigger in all dimensions than its predecessor.

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STAFF CARS

STAFF CLASSICS Checking in on our eclectic company fleet.

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PORSCHE 944S Last month saw me getting busy with the airbrush and dye to rescue the tatty driver’s seat after recreating a surface using Furniture Clinic’s Flexible Filler. I’d taken a chance and bought a ready-mixed Porsche Burgundy dye online from Infinity Leathercare (www. infinityleathercareanddyes.com) and I’m pleased to report that it was a perfect match for the 35-year old interior of our 944.

As usual, it needed a few coats but since the dye dried pretty quickly on a warm day it didn’t take too long for the colour to build up and I’m really pretty pleased with the results. So much so in fact that while I had the compressor out, I removed the badly faded gearlever gaiter and gave that the same treatment.

The steering wheel was then looking rather sorry by comparison but for convenience I decided to spray it in place rather than remove it, using a big dust sheet to mask around it.

While the driver’s seat was out of the car, I also took the chance to replace the broken height adjustment switch which had come apart in my hand the first time I’d

The neglected 944 is slowly returning to its former glory.

driven the Porsche. Clearly I wasn’t the first person to do this job, but at least I managed not to trap the wiring in the seat springs this time and with it connected up, I can find a comfortable driving position at last.

With the seat back in the car the entire interior was looking much more presentable. Yes, inspect the driver’s seat closely and you can tell it’s been repaired but it certainly makes the 944 a nicer a place to be.

Peeling driver’s seat was transformed with flexible filler, leather dye and much patience.

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Not that the to-do list has become any shorter though, since new issues tend to crop up as existing problems are solved. One of the minor but irritating issues was the non-functioning interior light which was cured by removing and cleaning the switches in the door jambs, while the intermittent tail lights were fixed by cleaning up the bulb holder on the nearside and simply replacing the corroded part on the offside.

More major was the poor running, with the car stalling from cold and even when warm not wanting to pull properly. I know from experience that the 944 should feel better, especially the 16-valve 944S and I was convinced it was something basic like a vacuum leak, but the rat’s nest of pipes in the system, mostly hidden under the inlet manifold just looked like hard work As a result, I dropped the car round to my local garage where after much investigation they discovered a split in a vacuum line to a valve in the crankcase ventilation system. With that replaced, the car’s performance was transformed and although it’s still a bit grumbly from cold, I can live with that for now.

Steering wheel was also treated to a coat of burgundy dye and came up nicely.

Elsewhere, we still need to tackle the horrific wind noise from the windscreen, the inoperative rear wiper, sticking tailgate release, leaky sunroof, removal of the remnants of the aftermarket alarm/immobiliser and perhaps the biggest issue: the lack of a speedometer.

This last item is a real pain since the only way of knowing your speed is to prop a smartphone on the dashboard running a GPS speed app.

It’s pretty accurate, but of course it inevitably flies off into the footwell on roundabouts and used 944S instrument clusters are expensive at upwards of £250.

Not wanting to splash out on a replacement cluster until I knew for certain it was needed, I checked under the rear of the car and discovered that we do indeed have the pulse sender attached to the gearbox (they’re often missing) and that its drive gear was also intact.

Having narrowed it down, I bit the bullet and bought a used set of clocks from a similar vintage of 944, so find out next time whether they work or not.

Paul Wager

Gearbox sensor was ruled out as a cause of the non-working speedo.

and back for the 2022 edition of JapFest.

Although not a pristine show car, nor a drift missile of any sort, I was pleasantly surprised by just how many compliments the Big

Cat received in and around the car park. That said, amongst an array of ‘stanced’ vehicles, part of me did question whether its fans had merely mistaken the saggy rear suspension for some sort of lowrider effort.

An homage to the Carolina Squat, perhaps.

Indeed, the rear of the car had recently dropped lower than the front, so a recalibration of its suspension struts was firmly in order.

To get the job done, we travelled over to our friends at Chiltern of Bovingdon – a long-standing Jaguar and Land Rover specialist based in Buckinghamshire, who have access to a rather handy levelling kit. By hooking the XJ8’s suspension control module up to the diagnostic machine, and then manually measuring and entering the ride height at each wheel, Chiltern’s system was then able to correct the misalignment. All in all, the fix took approximately 40 minutes – barely enough time for me to finish the podcast I’d been listening to in the waiting room.

Unfortunately though, with around 150,000 miles on the clock, another issue never felt too far away. And so it proved. After completing its latest round of weekend taxi duties, the engine management light flickered orange just a few streets away from home. As for the scale of the issue?

Well, stay tuned to find out.

James Bowers CCM

JAGUAR XJ8

Regular readers might have wondered whatever happened to our wonderful Jaguar XJ8. Well, we still have it! In fact, since moving to suburban London with me, the Jag has covered a healthy number of miles, including a trip to Silverstone

Ride height was recalibrated at Chiltern of Bovingdon.

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JAGUAR XJ40

SQUARE DEAL The first of the modern Jaguars, the XJ40’s rarity has given it renewed appeal.

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e’ve referred to ‘forgotten Jaguars’ before in CCM – generally the ’60s cars like the S-Type and 240 – but none have been so comprehensively swept under the carpet as the XJ40. Only just emerging from its lengthy tenure in that twilight zone between cheap old prestige smoker and modern classic, the XJ40 represents more classic Jaguar per pound than it’s ever been possible to buy... but it also potentially

represents more trouble per pound than you’d ever want to buy, too.

The main difficulties facing the XJ40 are simply that its predecessor, the Series 3, was so very good and so well loved that it continued in V12 form as a special order until 1992. At the other end of its lifespan, the XJ40’s successor, the X300, was so good that many are still in daily use. Quality problems with early XJ40s didn’t help its reputation, although these were rapidly acted upon and by the middle of its life the

XJ40 had largely come good. Indeed, the X300 was essentially a very heavily facelifted XJ40, proving the worth of the underlying design.

Today the mildly scruffy XJ40s all seem to have disappeared, leaving the market split between the few absolute disasters still clinging to an MoT and those cherished examples which have survived thanks to their owners’ enthusiasm for what if well maintained is a superb cruiser offering all the traditional XJ values.

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“After years in the wilderness the XJ40 is now being accepted as a historically significant Jaguar” A well-sorted XJ40 is a delight, so drive a few to get an idea of how they should feel.

HISTORY If the original XJ was the car which is popularly assumed to have driven William Lyons to merge Jaguar with BMC thanks to its spiralling development costs, the cost of the XJ40 is often suggested as the factor which eventually drove the privatised Jaguar into Ford ownership. It also has the distinction of being the last of the firm’s cars to have been conceived during the period of BL ownership.

Almost unbelievably, development of the car which would replace the original XJ began just a few years after the launch of the original but despite plans being laid in the early ’70s, the car was destined not to emerge until 1986. Part of the reason as ever was the tangled finances of BL during at the time, development effectively being

put on hold until the late ’70s. The work of Pininfarina in freshening up the styling of the Series 2 to create the elegant Series 3 also removed some of the urgency to develop a replacement.

After evolving from what was originally a rather stark straight-edged ’70s shape into a more Jaguar style, the XJ40 received the green light for production in 1980, the BL board signing off an expenditure of £77 million apparently in the belief that this would buy the group re-entry into the US market.

The launch date was set for 1984 and to go with the new styling were chassis and engine revisions. The Series 3 was still relying on the XK engine which had been developed during the ’40s and astonishingly, the new AJ6 engine was only the third new engine in Jaguar’s history. Various alternatives were tried

and discarded, including a V8 created essentially from a cut-down V12 plus a new straight-six again derived from the V12, plus a lightened 24-valve conversion of the XK engine. None proved satisfactory, with the 24-valve XK projected to be as costly as a brand new design and the decision was taken to create an all-new powerplant, using an aluminium block in the interests of lightness.

It’s at this point that the wonderful urban myth developed, suggesting that the XJ40’s engine bay was deliberately designed to prevent the Rover V8 being used. Apparently the truth of the matter is that Jaguar top brass told BL bosses it wouldn’t fit and luckily they were taken at their word, nobody bothering to double check.

The chassis took all that was good about the earlier XJs and refined it

SPECIFICATIONS MODEL

XJ6 2.9

XJ6 3.2

XJ6 3.6

XJ6 4.0

ENGINE

2919cc

3239cc

3590cc

3980cc

POWER (BHP/RPM)

165/5600

216/5600

221/5600

223/4750

TOP SPEED

120mph

139mph

136mph

139mph

0-60MPH

11.5secs

8.4secs

8.8secs

8.6secs

CONSUMPTION

31mpg

31mpg

25mpg

29mpg

GEARBOX

5 sp man/4 sp auto

5 sp man/4 sp auto

5 sp man/4 sp auto

5 sp man/4 sp auto

LENGTH

4.9m

4.9m

4.9m

4.9m

WIDTH

1.8m

1.8m

1.8m

1.8m

WEIGHT

2170kg

2170kg

2170kg

2170kg

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That 1984 launch date proved over ambitious and the XJ40 was finally unveiled in 1986. At launch, the car was offered with a 2.9-litre single-cam 12-valve AJ6 engine (using a single V12 cylinder head) and a twin-cam, 24-valve 3.6. The greater efficiency of the newer engines permitted a reduction in capacity which also allowed Jaguar to offer a car in the sub-3 litre class which was becoming more popular thanks to taxation and fuel costs.

The 2.9 was no ball of fire – especially in automatic form – but at £17,200 with cloth seats and manual box did rather neatly undercut the top-end Rover 800s. And remember, by this time Jaguar and Rover were no longer in-house rivals, Jaguar having become independent from BL in 1984.

The new car was well received by the press and in purely technical terms it was an improvement over its predecessor in pretty much all areas, with the ride and handling especially praised. The honeymoon was shortlived though, with quality issues soon becoming obvious on the early cars.

Coupled with the launch of Lexus with its faultless quality, this was bad news for Jaguar but luckily its acquisition by Ford in November 1989 provided the funds to update production facilities and improve things. Meanwhile, the AJ6 engines were updated, with a 4-litre replacing the 3.6 in 1989.

In 1993, the long-delayed 6-litre V12 version of the XJ40 was announced, the bodyshell having been revised the previous year to allow it to fit. The £35 million programme which involved 140 new panels wasn’t purely for the small number of V12 cars which would be sold though: it was intended to reduce the number of separate components to increase refinement, rigidity and production efficiency. Improvements

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elsewhere included revised door trims, plus the introduction of two new models, the 3.2S and 4.0S with fivespoke alloys and lower suspension.

All this set the scene for the XJ40’s own replacement and in 1994 the final XJ40 left the production line.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR BODY The rule here is the later the car the better. Although it’s far more robust than the Series 1-3 cars, rot can kill

an XJ40: check the sills, rear arches, door, bonnet and boot skins as well as the screen surrounds front and rear.

The front wings are bolt-on so can be swapped pretty easily. The bottom line is that the cost of repairing a bodily rotten XJ40 just doesn’t make financial sense, so you’re better off finding one that hasn’t been let go in the first place. The later post-1993 cars do resist the rust rather better as a result of the revised bodyshell having fewer separate parts.

Really tatty interiors can be spruced up with used parts, but retrimming will be costly.

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AJ6 engine is a known quantity but as ever, proper maintenance is key.

ENGINE The AJ6 engines are well regarded and have proved themselves to be tough and reliable as long as they’re maintained. A growling rattle from the front of the engine on start-up can be the timing chain tensioner which can be sorted by swapping to the later design. Listen to the engine with the bonnet open to gauge any odd noises, since there’s an awful lot of sound deadening under it. Head gaskets have been known to fail although it’s by no means common but worth checking for oil in the water and sludge in the oil cap. The 3.6 often weeps oil from the front corner of the head near the distributor but it’s relatively common and no cause for alarm.

If the air conditioning isn’t working, don’t be fooled by a seller telling you it just needs a “re gas”... after all, that gas must have disappeared somewhere.

TRANSMISSION Most XJ40s came with the ZF fourspeed automatic which was a no-cost option over the standard five-speed manual. As ever, check the state of the fluid – black and burned smelling is bad news – and check that it engages drive smartly and changes smoothly. If the lever can’t be shifted from the Park position then it’s a simple problem with the safety interlock or simply the brake light switch at the pedal.

The diff can get noisy at the rear

from 100,000 miles or so but will generally get no worse and carry on quite happily. What can be more of an issue is the output oil seal at the propshaft.

The Getrag manual is a rare sight, but a manual 4-litre car is quite an interesting proposition.

BRAKES These are big, heavy cars and do get through the discs and pads quickly when they’re driven hard.

Replacements are around £150 for an axle set of discs and pads. The XJ40 did see the tricky inboard rear brakes moved to a conventional outboard position though, which makes things easier.

If the ABS or brake warning light stays on for longer than it should, then suspect a problem with the Citroënstyle pressure accumulator which provides the power assistance for the brakes instead of a conventional vacuum servo. The system can bring up the low pressure warning on the dashboard when it gets leaky and it’s a relatively common mod to convert it to a conventional vacuum servo.

INTERIOR Again, the later the better, since the electrics on early cars proved to be troublesome and were refined a couple of years into production. In particular, the semi-digital dash with

bar graph for minor instruments was replaced by conventional dials for the 1990 model year. The XJ40 pioneered a new level of electrical complexity for Jaguar, using separate control modules spread around the car but today it can be straightforward to troubleshoot faults by substituting used modules.

Basically, check all the switches and control panels to find out what does or doesn’t work.

Door lock solenoids can also fail, often meaning the car can’t be locked but replacement is simple enough for the DIY owner. On pre-1990 cars, the design of the exterior door handles means they can be broken off by the heavy-handed.

XJR 40 The JaguarSport brand began life as a private venture by Tom Walkinshaw Racing offering more sporting Jaguars aimed at luring younger buyers to the Jaguar range. Later to become a joint venture between TWR and Jaguar itself, JaguarSport produced models of both the XJ-S and the XJ saloon. Although the XJ-S cars gained modest power improvements and eventually an optional 6-litre version of the mighty V12, the saloons initially featured just uprated suspension and styling additions.

The 4-litre version of the XJR, launched in 1990, was the first to receive genuine performance upgrades and by using a twin plenum inlet manifold, higher compression, reprofiled inlet camshaft and revised exhaust the power was up to 251 bhp – later reduced to 248 bhp on post’91 cars thanks to the mandatory catalytic converter but still 11 per cent up on the regular XJ6. The cars also featured 16-inch Speedline wheels as well as the bodykit, revised grille, smaller Momo steering wheel and blacked-out window frames in place of the standard chrome trim.

The chassis was stiffened up by fitting uprated springs with Bilstein dampers, thicker anti-roll bars and a limited-slip diff.

The JaguarSport operation came to an end when the XJ40 model was replaced by the X300, after which the XJR was produced in-house but these TWR-built cars represent something of a high point for the XJ40.

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Original to RHD, can be finished to customers own This excellent example has had a tremendous amount to customers own spec. For full spec. For full restoration. of money recently spent on it. Will be MOT’d and restoration. £POA ready to hire for sale. £15,999

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Elsewhere, failing front wishbone bushes and rear A-frame bushes can make the handling feel vague but are straightforward DIY. The steel front subframes can also rust where the upper wishbones mount.

VALUES

SUSPENSION The surprisingly capable chassis means these cars can often get driven hard which inevitably takes its toll on the suspension bushes.

The early cars featured an optional hydraulic self-levelling system on the rear which can fail and cause the

rear end to bounce alarmingly. It’s expensive to fix, so many cars will have been converted to conventional springs and dampers. Indeed, Jaguar even recommended converting the car to conventional springs and disabling the hydraulics, offering a retrofit kit for the purpose. If going

Values of the XJ40 are still all over the place, with a massive gulf between the cheapest and the best. You’ll pick up a usable car as little as £2500 which although it will have the common issues may well be an easily sorted project for someone with the enthusiasm and patience. Move up to the £6000 level though and you’ll find the cared-for cars from keen owners, many of them surprisingly presentable. At the top end you're looking at £11,000-£12,000 for very low-mileage and late-model cars from 1993-94. The V12s are more of a niche proposition.

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Paul Wager, Group Editor Jaguar X300 The car which succeeded the XJ40 was described by many as being the car it should have been in the first place. Essentially grafting on a new traditionally Jaguar styled nose and tail, the so-called X300 addressed most of the older car’s shortcomings while retaining its virtues and was also much better put together thanks to Ford input into production. They’re currently as cheap as they’re going to get, with values hovering where the XJ40 was just a short while ago.

Adrian Evanson, Lancaster insurance Mercedes W124 The first car to be marketed officially as the E-Class, the W124 paralleled the XJ40 in its lifespan and top-end models were priced at a similar level, even if Jaguar may have considered the S-Class a more worthy competitor.

Today the W124 remains affordable and being a Mercedes of the old school it’s an easy car to own thanks to bulletproof construction and DIY-friendly design.

You’ve also got a selection of frugal diesels to choose from if the petrol-only Jaguar’s thirst puts you off.

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1933 ROLLS-ROYCE 20/25 SEDANCA DE VILLE BY H.J MULLINER Finished in two tone green and black. Beige hide interior. Maintained to the highest of standards. Without doubt the finest example we have seen. Perfect for showing and touring. ................................................................. £POA

1991 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SPIRIT II Finished in Acrylic Cobalt Blue with Parchment Hide interior. Only 6,673 miles from new, Ex Jersey car.

3 former keepers. Full supporting history. The finest example anywhere in the world.................................................................... £42,000

1972 ROLLS-ROYCE CORNICHE CONVERTIBLE Finished in Regal Red with Beige Hide interior A stunning example. Truly Exceptional .............................................................................................£85,000

2003 BENTLEY ARNAGE T Silver Storm with Beluga hide interior. The fastest and most powerful motor car Bentley had produced at the time. The Rolls Royce 6.75L V8 was given twin Garrett turbochargers, this result is 450 brake horse power and 0 - 60 in a shade over 5 seconds ......................................... £28,000

1962 BENTLEY S3 Finished in Midnight Blue with Blue Grey Hide Interior. A very smart example. ............................................£65,000

1964 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER CLOUD III Finished in Blue over Silver with Blue Grey Hide A stunning example £COMING SOON

1965 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER CLOUD III Finished in Silica over Cardinal Red with Beige Hide Interior. Ex Foyles Bookshop family car for 35 years. A beautiful example .............................................£85,000

1995 BENTLEY TURBO RL Finished in Red Pearl Magnolia piped Red Interior 40,000 miles. 3 former keepers. Rolls-Royce Motors Owned. Main Agent Maintained. Perfect condition throughout. A show winner ............................................................................................. £30,000

1977 SILVER SHADOW II Finished in Walnut over Silver Sand. Interior Tan Hide piped Brown. 75,000 miles. Huge history file. A beautiful and well maintained example. £35,000

1954 SILVER DAWN Finished in Factory Black with Tan Hide.

96,000 miles. Same family for 51 years. Only 3 former keepers. A stunning example with an excellent history ........................£70,000

1970 ROLLS-ROYCE MULLINER PARK WARD FIXED HEAD COUPE Finished in Seychelles Blue with Blue/Grey hide interior. Special factory specification including cocktail cabinet, cigar box and wool cloth headlining. An outstanding example. ...................................£68,000

1998 BENTLEY CONTINENTAL T 420 Atlantic Blue Mica with special option Sandstone & Atlantic Blue hide interior. Covered 44,000 miles with full service history with Jack Barclay until 2007.

Outstanding condition throughout ......................................£92,500

2006 BENTLEY FLYING SPUR Finished in Cypress with Portland and Laurel hide interior. Mulliner 4 seat configuration. 85,000 miles with just 2 former keepers and full service history with Bentley main agents .........................................................................£18,000

1980 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW 2 Finished in Exeter Blue with Beige Hide interior. 85,000 miles. One owner from new. A beautiful Silver Shadow 2, Very rare 1 owner from new example. .................................................................................................. £35,000

1971 ROVER P5B 3.5 V8 COUPE finished in Admiralty Blue and Silver Birch with Beige Hide interior. 92,000 miles with impressive history file, excellent condition throughout .........................£30,000

1954 BENTLEY R-TYPE finished in Velvet over Sage Green with Beige Hide.

Very interesting history. Fully restored. This vehicle must be seen to be fully appreciated. Perfect. The best example on the market ........£27,500

2010 RANGE ROVER SPORT 3.0 TD V6 HSE Finished in Metallic Galway Green 55,000 miles Almond half leather half Alcantara interior Unique specification example finest on the market................................ £16,500

1925 MORRIS COWLEY BULLNOSE TWO SEAT TOURER WITH DICKEY Finished in Royal Blue with Black trim. Enthusiast owned for many years. A beautiful example ........................................£17,500

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1969, £145,000. Registered 1st August 1969 this Aston Martin DBS coupe has been residing in France over recent years. Prior to this the history file includes details of engine and suspension rebuilds. Where MOT certificates indicate very little use over the last 15 years, the car has more recently benefited from a replacement five speed Tremec gearbox, a full repaint in California Sage and a complete interior re trim.

Please call 01993 849610, South East. (T)

£399,000. 1987 Aston Martin V8 Series 5 to ‘Vantage’ fuel injection spec. Here we have a very unique V8 rebuilt at no expense spared in developing the car into a 450 + BHP (with 520 ft lb or torque), super Vantage fuel injection car. Finished in Cumberland Grey, ‘Black Connolly’ trim, with contrasting grey carpets, Please call 01993 849610, South East. (T) 113629

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AUDI A8

2007, £39,950. Finished in the most desirable colour of Onyx Black with Obsidian Black leather and a black mohair hood this car has had just two previous owners, has covered just 48000 miles with full dealer and specialist service history with no expense spared. The car is powered by the 4.3 litre V8 engine and 'sport shift' manual gearbox. In 2016 the car had a replacement clutch fitted and has covered just 6000 miles since For a full driving experience and walk round video click the link below or go to the Oselli you tube channel. Please call 01993 849610, South East. (T)

1989, 40000 miles, £7,950. Time warp condition, no rust, many new parts, includes reg G20 GTA (£900), multi MUC award winner. May partex. Please call 07765 235204, West Midlands.

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AUSTIN MINI

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ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE 2001, 58000 miles, £28,000.

Excellent condition v12 Vantage finished in Sky Silver with Parchment over blue interior and Walnut facia. All original including Aston Martin umbrella. Car has been owned for 8 years garaged with dehumidifier. Fully serviced by both main dealerships and AMOC recommended specialist. Current MoT and Taxed. Extensive history is available with receipts dating back to original purchase (£110,000 in 2001). Please call 7814807378, South East.

1998, 113900 miles, £3,250. MoT March 2023. no advisory's. CATS repaired new discs, pad breaks, hoses, radiator, water pump, timing belts, tyres, recent roof half leather interior, regularly serviced, very reliable. Please call 07734158010, South East.

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ROVER SD1 2300S 1984, 58,00 MILES, £7,995 ONO. Automatic, petrol, A-reg, lots of history, manuals, brochures, brown velour upholstery, always garaged, October MoT, only 10 for sale in UK, very very rare survivor! Could possibly deliver to Somerset.

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1998, POA. Registered 20th May 1998 this Supercharged Vantage to full V600 'works dynamics' specification is finished in the most desirable colour combinations of Royal blue metallic with parchment piped blue leather and dark blue carpets. With just 28000 miles and full dealer and latterly 'works service' service history the car wanted for nothing with no expense spared in its maintenance. Most recent works undertaken at 'Works Service' included a full service, new clutch, instrument upgrades and 'Nardi ' steering wheel. With out doubt the V600 limited edition has to be regarded as one of the most collectable of the 'Newport Pagnell' aluminium bodied generation Aston Martin's Supplied fully serviced with 12 months warranty. Please call 01993 849610, South East. (T) 113634

1987, 71000 miles, £6,500. Much loved mini Mayfair - reluctant sale due to ill health. Same owner 28 years. Front end rebuilt in 2000, garaged since 1999, not used since 2016 but regularly run up. Very good condition, no rust. Black with spotlights and Minilight wheels.

Upgraded interior. Personalised (quant) d cals. Veteran of many L-B runs, MITP and other mini events.

Will be MOTD before viewings. I would like to keep in touch with new owner and see how my beloved mini is getting on. After 28 years it will break my heart to part with him I am only doing so as I can no longer get in him, let alone drive him, because of my spine damage. , Greater London.

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2014/14 Bentley GTC Speed W12. Finished in Beluga with 21 inch Speed alloys. The interior hide is in Linen leather, with Beluga stitching and Beluga carpets.

Fitted with ventilated massage front seats, neck warmer and park camera. Only 34,000 miles with FSH. Immaculate condition throughout . Only £68,950

2009 / 2010 Model Bentley Azure LHD with bespoke Mulliner features. Finished in Havana with a Brown hood and 20 inch 5-spoke two piece alloys. Too many features to list. Linen hide interior with Burr Oak veneers. One owner and just 22,300 miles with full Main Agent History.

One of the last ever produced .............................. £179,500

2007/07 Bentley Continental GTC. Finished in unmarked Beluga with a Black hood and 20 inch multi-spoke alloys, with Soft Black interior, Piano Black veneers and also Piano Black inlays in the doors and rear quarters.

Only 77,000 miles with Full Service History. Immaculate condition throughout....................................Only £32,950

2007/56 Bentley Flying Spur. Finished in Sapphire Blue with 20 inch multi-spoke alloys and an electric sunroof.

Magnolia interior with Walnut veneers and picnic tables with rear screens. Known to ourselves for last 6 years and maintained regardless of cost. Only 65,000 miles with Full Service History ...................................... £26,750

2006/55 Bentley Arnage T Mulliner Level II. Finished in beautiful Moonbeam Silver with Le Mans wing vents, quad exhausts and 19 inch split rim alloys. Beluga interior with contrast stitching in Cornsilk, Walnut veneers and picnic tables. Only 55,000 miles with FSH. Immaculate condition and amazing value at ...... £36,950

2005/05 Bentley Continental Flying Spur. Finished in Diamond Black with an electric sunroof and 20 inch Mulliner split rim alloys, with Tan interior and Walnut veneers. Only 2 owners, known to ourselves for last 14 years and maintained regardless of cost. Full Service History, outstanding condition. Value at only.........£23,950

2007/07 Bentley Continental GT Mulliner. Finished in Silver Tempest, with 20 inch split rim alloys and Beluga interior, with contrast stitching and Flying B’s in Portland. Fitted with powered boot and Coming Home controls. 87,000 miles with Full Service History. Outstanding condition throughout........................................................... £27,650

2007/57 Bentley Continental GT Mulliner. Finished in Moonbeam Silver with 20 inch Mulliner alloys and chromed lower grilles. Portland interior with Nautic secondary hide and embossed Flying B’s. Loved and cared for by its previous owners and maintained regardless of cost, with full history. Incredible condition ............................... £28,950

2005 Model/54 Bentley Continental GT. Finished in beautiful Midnight Emerald. Known to ourselves for 12 years. Fitted with 20 inch Mulliner wheels and park camera. Laurel interior with Spruce secondary hide. This car has a full history and has been maintained regardless of cost. Amazing condition. Value at only ....Only £24,950

2005/05 Bentley Continental GT Mulliner. Finished in Silver Tempest with 20 inch Mulliner wheels and lower grilles in chrome. The interior is in Beluga with contrast stitching and embossed Flying B’s. With Full Service History this car has been loved and cherished by the previous owner and is immaculate throughout ............................. £25,950

2012/62 Bentley Flying Spur Mulliner. Finished in unmarked Hallmark Silver with 20 inch alloys and electric sunroof.

Linen leather interior with contrast stitching and embossed Flying B’s, with Beluga secondary hide and rear park camera. Only 47,000 miles with FSH. Known to us for 6 last years, immaculate....................... £41,950

2001/51 Bentley Arnage Le Mans Series. Released to celebrate the return of Bentley to Le Mans racing.

Finished in Sapphire Blue with Sandstone interior piped in French Navy. Two tone steering wheel and embossed headrests plus many other Le Mans features. Known to ourselves for last 7 years, with FSH ................... £24,950

1996 Model/N Bentley Turbo R LWB. This is a very special order car, in Wildberry with Chrome bumper top blades, Chrome grille, Flying B, 17 inch alloys and Silver Stone interior with electric reclining rear seats, Walnut veneers, Mulberry carpets and picnic tables.

Only 67,000 miles, full history. Immaculate .....£21,750

2003/03 Bentley Arnage T Mulliner. Finished in Graphite with 19 inch split rim alloys and Cotswold interior, with contrasting embossed Flying B’s to seats and dark stained Walnut veneers. Only 80,000 miles with Full Service History. Immaculate throughout and must be seen. Value at.......................................... Only £27,950

1997 P Bentley Brooklands Turbo. Finished in Silver Pearl with Turbo RT alloys, with Silverstone interior piped in French Navy and French Navy carpets with Silverstone piping and comfort seating design. Known to us for 9 years and always maintained regardless of cost.

Stunning throughout and outstanding value at £19,750

1998 S Bentley Continental R Chatsworth Limited Edition.

Number 7 of only 10 numbered models. This extremely rare car, with numerous Chatsworth features, is finished in Chatsworth Silver with Silverstone interior and Beluga secondary hide, with contrasting carpets. Only 51,000 miles with FSH........................................................£53,950

2004/04 Bentley Arnage T Mulliner. Finished in Beluga with 19 inch split rim alloys. The interior is in Beluga with contrast stitching and embossed Flying B’s. With only 40,000 miles with full history, previously supplied by ourselves 6 years ago. Four new tyres just fitted, immaculate condition and outstanding value .... £33,650

1997 Model P Bentley Continental R. Finished in Racing Green with a matrix grille and limited edition 17 inch alloys. This very rare car has only covered 43,000 miles with a Full Service History and 19 service stamps. With London Tan interior, contrasting carpets and headlining, would make a very good investment......................................................................£52,950

1995 M Rolls Royce Silver Spirit Series III. Finished in Silver Chalice with French Navy interior, with French Navy piping and matching carpets. This car has been known to ourselves for 13 years and has been maintained regardless of cost. Presented in immaculate condition throughout and fantastic value at... .................... £19,750

1993 L Bentley Turbo R LWB Floor Change. Finished in Diamond Blue Silver with Turbo RT alloys and Soft Black interior, with Slate Grey carpets piped in Black and beautiful Walnut veneers. Full Service History, only 120,000 miles and in immaculate condition throughout .................Outstanding value at only £15,450

1998 S Bentley Arnage Green Label. Finished in Silver Tempest with an electric sunroof and 17 inch alloys with Cream interior piped in French Navy and French Navy carpets. Outstanding condition with Full Service History.

Value at only......................................................... £19,250

1950 Bentley MK VI Drophead Coupe. Previously restored with a nut and bolt rebuild, including the body, the car looks and drives superbly. Finished in British Racing Green with Willow Gold side panels, a Black mohair hood and Magnolia interior, this car is a real head turner. An investment at only ...........................£112,950

1977 R Rolls Royce Corniche FHC 2 dr Coupe. Finished in Sand with a Walnut vinyl roof and white wall tyres.

Cream interior with Cream carpets, with Walnut piping and Walnut veneers, all in perfect condition. Only 48,000 miles, known to ourselves for last 7 years. Lots of history, a superb investment.......................... £69,950

1996 N Bentley Brooklands. Finished in Peacock Blue with Magnolia interior piped in French Navy and French Navy carpets piped in Magnolia. Fitted with front and rear parking sensors. We have supplied and serviced this car for the last 13 years and it has always been maintained regardless of cost. Offered at .. Only £18,999

2 year’s warranty (on all cars priced over £10,000)

OVER 60 ROLLS-ROYCE & BENTLEY IN STOCK All vehicles have a full 20,000 miles service plus a 100 point check, and 1 year MoT. Together with a 24 month 5 star warranty(parts and labour) For up to date stock list, please call.

BROADWAY, 86-88 UXBRIDGE ROAD, LONDON W7

Email:

Tel: 0208 5676557 After Hours: 01932 224872 sales@hanwells.com Web: www.hanwells.com

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AUSTIN HEALEY 3000

1960, 54618 miles, £45,000.

Stunning Austin Healey 1960 Mk1 3000 BT7 Restored back in 2000 and was featured in Classic Car Mart September 2010. Just passed full Mot with no advisories. Solid body and chassis. Engine overhauled by Lane Engineering of Prescot and the car has done very few miles since.

Kept in Dry warm garage and only used occasionally on sunny days.

New soft top and tonneau cover.

Please call 07939100822, South East.

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BMW 125

2008, 101000 miles, £7,500. I’m reluctantly selling this beautiful car (could be a future classic). 3.0 straight six petrol engine, 6 speed manual gearbox, M sport package, full service history, 2 Keys, Fully loaded with features, Will come with new MOT. I've owned it for 2 years with not a single issue. I was planning to keep it for many years but now selling due to change of plans. I’ve spent over £3k+ on preventative maintenance and other things such as new water pump and thermostat, various gaskets replaced, new DISA valves, new battery, new tyres (all four + wheel alignment and new track rods), many other minor parts.

It’s in EXCELLENT condition both mechanically and visually. An absolute joy to drive (especially with the roof down) and has a lovely sound to it. Serious buyers only!.

Please call 07910578828, Greater London.

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DAIMLER SOVEREIGN

1983, £18,995. 1983 Daimler Sovereign Series III VERY RARE MANUAL. Finished in immaculate grosvenor brown with biscuit hide.

Very rare, 5 speed manual gearbox, electric sunroof, electric windows and mirrors. Only 29,000 miles from new. Supplied new to Harlan Radio on the 19th of January 1983 and at 19,224 miles it was sold to the 2nd owner on the 05th November 1989 who kept the car until 2015 and only did 400 miles. There are letters within the files confirming this. The car comes with original log book, letters from the 1st and 2nd owners confirming mileage and history, old MOT's, book pack and complete tool kit. Free delivery to England, Wales or to any UK port. International transportation can be arranged.

Part exchanges of both classic and modern cars welcome. Please call 01485 541526, South East. (T)

FORD ESCORT

FIAT COUPE

1970, 7500 miles, £40,000.

2000, 58000 miles, £3,750. Pinin Farina Styled. Five-cylinder 2000cc 5-speed man. 3 owners including dealer from new. Good all round, drives extremely well. Please call 01613 681385, North West.

Ford Escort Rally car. 1970. 1600

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crossflow engine. Rebuilt, absolutely

FORD SIERRA

immaculate. More photos on

1992, 66000 miles, £3,500. GT. 2 Litre. Excellent condition unmarked cloth interior, original ford alloys with new goodyear. Tyres long MOT. Spare Parts extra. Please call 07836 597071, South West.

request. 7500 miles since being rebuilt. Please call 07801101645, East Midlands.

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FORD FIESTA FORD CORTINA GT 1965, £12,750. MKI 2 DR GT. 1600 ENG Twin 40's. 2000E G1 box braced lsd english axle. Light weight. Panels and lots more. Tel 07860379440 Essex. Please call 07860 379440, East of England.

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FORD FOCUS ST

JAGUAR S-TYPE

1988, 18000 miles, £4,500. 1988 Ford Fiesta 1.1 MK2 only 18000 miles the car was not used for 18 years and was then put back on the road. The car has been repainted in

2003, 61000 miles, £2,650. 03 Focus ST. One owner from new.

61000 miles, last service at 60577.

Full service history and every MOT certificate from new. Interior as new, paint as new. 6 speed box, stored for 6 years. Slight issue with rear arches.

Please call 07852916290, North East.

flake over it. Runs very well and is in

07624437327, Channel Islands.

2001, 88000 miles, £4,950. A well maintained vehicle with full service history, this 3-litre V6 4-door saloon has only been owned by two people. A good runner, its MoT runs until November. Pearlescent paintwork, leather upholstery, wood veneer. Good condition. Please call 01223630043, East of England.

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the original colour but with a metal good overall condition full album of pictures of the rebuild. The car is on the Isle of Man but can be taken to Liverpool easily by boat. Please call

IVOR BLEANEY OF THE NEW FOREST ESTABLISHED FOR 50 YEARS

£59,500

£49,950

A Perfect Investment Being a truly exceptional and elegant example of a 1952 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith. Coachwork By Park Ward Owner driver’s car with no division. She is fitted with the added extra of full air conditioning. This car has been totally rebuilt. For the last 4 months she has been on location with a top film company and is due to appear in a major block buster film to be released next year

A full description and complete set of photos of all our cars can be seen at

Simply Magnificent 1923 Rolls-Royce 20 hp Landaulette Coachwork by Hooper. Awarded first place at the 2019 Rolls-Royce National Rally. Her interior and exterior are totally original and in outstanding condition.

Mechanically she has been maintained regardless of cost with everything needing to be done been done by Rolls-Royce experts and she drives superbly having a very extensive history file. Full set of side screens to the driver’s compartment.

www.ivorbleaneyclassiccars.co.uk

An Exceptional Example with Registration XJS

Really Stunning 1954 Bentley R Type Automatic

A Beautifully Restored 1971 Stag

1990 Jaguar XJS V12 Convertible. With new Black Mohair hood and matching hood bag. New tyres. Just serviced with new MOT. She has extensive service history with all original handbooks and original complete tool tray. This car drives superbly and it would be hard to find better.

4 1/2 Litre Full Flow Big Bore. Being totally restored some 15 years ago with all new interior, bare metal re-spray all re chromed total mechanical overhaul a truly superb example well above the normal. Factory sunroof, all original small and large tools.

1971 Triumph Stag. Automatic. Being restored in 2017 by a Stag enthusiast.

Including a complete new Mohair hood with a fortune spent underneath, being like brand new. Now having been thoroughly serviced with all new tyres and new MOT. And ready to be enjoyed for the season and sensibly priced at.

£21,950

£37,500

£16,950

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Specialist Restorer of Classic Mini, Riley Elf and Wolseley Hornet for The Discerning Enthusiast

1977 - Mini Special 1098, Manual, Belgian Special Edition.

One UK owner since 1980, long MOT, minilite wheels, service history, excellent condition, very unique and attractive mini.

£7995.00

Our Services include: ✔ Complete Restoration ✔ Partial Restoration (Bodyshell only) ✔ Sympathetic Restoration ✔ Flexible Payments ✔ Project Updates Telephone (01744) 808340 info@theminirestorationcompany.co.uk www.theminirestorationcompany.co.uk

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SALES SPOTLIGHT MINI MAYFAIR AUTOMATIC YEAR: 1989 MoT: 10 MONTHS

PRICE: £13,995

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ust as you think the world’s stock of ‘everyman’ classics with stupendously low mileage must surely be exhausted be now, they keep emerging! And many of those can’t match the paucity of miles under this Mini’s tyres – the digits aren’t that much higher than its year of manufacture, as this 1989 Mayfair has covered only 2810 miles. That mean that, by the odometer at least, it’s not even due its first service.

If you were to compile a specification for a classic Mini least likely to get enthusiasts excited, this would probably be it. Minis from the 1980s aren’t the most coveted, although an exception can be made for the Cooper models or a rare special edition. The Mayfair isn’t either of those, being a plane-Jane 998cc model and while the Mayfair did start out as a special edition by 1989 it had become a fixture in the range, denoting the more luxurious standard offering above the very basic City. This car is also equipped with the four-speed AP automatic transmission, which is never the favoured choice. However, I always feel that these sorts of Minis are of a particular historical significance

Cars like this Mayfair represent the last days of the Mini as it was always intended to be – a practical, economical, easy-to-drive, lowpriced small car. And the automatic transmission shouldn’t be a reason to pass by. Yes, it’s not as engaging as a manual but it’s a remarkable technical achievement and letting it do its thing, busily switching up and down the gears, is its own sort of fun.

And there would be no concerns about the transmission being worn on a car that’s done so few miles as this. It seems almost pointless to describe the condition of this Mini, since it is absolutely ‘box fresh’ in every respect. Even the

photos of the underside reveal an almost total absence of any signs of the passage of time (as well as an almost total absence of paint and underseal applied at Longbridge, which makes the condition all the more remarkable!). The Mini has had three owners across its largely static life, and has always been garaged. Although it slightly pains me to say it, this really is a car best kept as little-used as possible – if only to serve as an official reference guide for restorers of less wellpreserved Minis of the same era.

But regardless, it must surely be a unique proposition for sale at this time.

Jack Grover

TECH SPEC ENGINE: POWER: TOP SPEED: 0-60mph: ECONOMY: GEARBOX:

998cc, 4-cyl 41bhp 78mph 21.9 secs 37.5 mpg 4-spd, auto

CONTACT Richard Williams Minis South Molton, Devon EX36 Tel: 07967 135037 www.rwclassicminis.co.uk

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Telephone:

01273 417889 or 412764 Email:

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www.speedyspares.co.uk See our website for printable and interactive spares lists with web based enquiry system MAIL ORDER Monday - Friday, 9am - 4.30pm Collection via appointment only.

SALES SPOTLIGHT MORRIS MINOR TRAVELLER YEAR: 1969 MoT: EXEMPT

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t might not be the most exciting classic on the road, yet the Morris Minor remains highly revered by its army of fans and is always a strong seller. It’s a very significant vehicle, of course, having been created by the innovative mind of Alec Issigonis (the man who would famously go on to design the all-conquering Mini) as well as being the first British car to sell a million units. Such was its popularity when new, the Minor remained in production for the best part of a quarter of a century, during which time it received various updates and iterations.

The car showcased here is a latemodel example of the perennially popular Traveller, built in 1969 – just a couple of years before production of this estate derivative ceased. As such, you’ll be hard pushed to find a better engineered, more optimised version, benefiting as it does from the various improvements carried out to the Minor during the 1960s.

As part of the ultimate ADO59 recipe, the engine bay hosts the enlarged 1098cc variant of BMC’s A-Series engine, bringing with it a boost in power to 48bhp when new – a useful improvement over

the previous (948cc) Minor 1000’s 37bhp. Plus, thanks to Issigonis’ technical foresight, the Minor has a platform that allows the A-Series to shine, with its combination of rack-and-pinion steering and independent torsion bar front suspension helping to make it a rewarding car to drive.

By the standards of its era, the Minor is also comfortable, while the cabin of the Traveller in particular is fantastically accommodating.

Arguably more recognisable than a regular Morris Minor saloon, the Traveller’s structural rear-end timber framework gives the car a distinctive look, aping the style of 1950s America but with an unmistakeably British twist.

This particular example’s green paintwork suits it well, and contrasts perfectly the red ‘leatherette’ interior that looks to be in excellent condition. The bodywork is wellpresented, the woodwork looks solid and the whole car seems extremely tidy. The interior of any Minor 1000 oozes charm, as well as being highly practical and a genuine four-seater with plenty of storage; the Traveller’s folding rear seat and generous

PRICE: £11,995

load area obviously adds to that practicality.

A Minor Traveller represents an excellent first step into the world of classic motoring, being fun to drive and reliable in regular use – as well as simple enough to work on at home when maintenance or repairs are called for. And this particular example (which shows 9261 miles on its odometer, although the true mileage isn’t known) looks to be a solid, presentable and well cared-for survivor that wears its years well. For anyone seeking a practical classic of the ’60s that’s as entertaining as it is useful, it’s worth a look.

James Bowers

TECH SPEC ENGINE: POWER: TOP SPEED: 0-60mph: ECONOMY: GEARBOX:

1098cc, 4-cyl 50bhp 75mph 20.3 secs 32.1mpg 4-spd manual

CONTACT Gasoline Alley Stanley Mills, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 4JH Tel: 01274 561098 gasolinealley.co.uk

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JAGUAR XJR

JAGUAR XJS

1990, £34,999. This genuine TWR 6 litre XJR-S is available for sale. These ‘factory’ XJR-Ss are quite rare, and in this condition very rare indeed.

The TWR-modified 6 litre V12 engine produces significantly more power than the contemporary Jaguar V12, and incorporates sequential fuel injection and electronic, mapped ignition. This Arctic Blue example has the full TWR body modifications, including boot wing, integrated bumpers and sill skirts. Inside, the cream interior has the special TWR Momo steering wheel. Please call 01635 30030, South East. (T)

1995, £38,000. Left Hand Drive.

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JAGUAR XJ

JAGUAR XK

POA. Details to follow please call or email for more information. Please call 02476 313139, South East.

45k-Miles. 6 litre V12 (Dyno tested

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upgrade renewal, including HBE

All matching numbers. 3.4 litre fresh built engine with HD8 2” carbs.

5 speed LT77 gearbox Front and rear disc brake conversion with servo assistance. Power steering Electric fan. All Aluminium. Bucket seats.

Extended pedal box. Scooped out rear bulkhead affording extra space.

Trim by MCT. Please call 02476 313139, South East.

convertible stiffening kit and

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304BHP). Navy Convertible hood.

Magnolia Leather / Navy blue wool carpets. Full Body restoration (Rebodied with factory NEW XJS monocoque) – Finished in KWE special metallic Westminster Blue.

Full Suspension, Brakes and Steering

handling upgrade, PAS reducer.

Custom Large Bore exhaust with

JAGUAR SOVEREIGN

JAGUAR XK

JAGUAR S-TYPE

2006, 89000 miles, £2,950.

3.0 Litre V6 XS Limited Edition,automatic,metallic black,black leather upholstery,last owner 10 years,MOT February 2023,excellent condition. Please call 07714263355, Scotland.

silencer sub pipes and low loss

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catalytic converters. Tremac 6-speed

JAGUAR MK1

manual gearbox conversion. 17 inch KWE pepperpot wheels. Bluetooth audio upgrade, parking sensors.

1992, 57000 miles, £30,000. 1992 XJS 5.3 V12 Convertible restored

by KWE in 2010/11, this included comprehensive engine and cooling system service replacing drive belts, ignition leads, plugs, coolant hoses, radiator, water pump, thermostats, fans etc. Replacement exhaust in stainless steel, Fuel system renewal including replacement of fuel pump, flexible hoses, RENU tank, injectors, fuel rail hoses, pressure regulators, filter. Full KWE suspension, brakes and steering renewal/upgrade. Body repair and respray in Jaguar racing green with rust protection, new mohair hood and headlining, full interior renewal, electrical system renovation and audio upgrade. The car has been back to us routinely to have maintenance and repairs as and when required since the initial restoration, with total spend over £65k. A great opportunity to own a previously restored and upgraded XJS convertible. Please call 01635 30030, South East. (T) 113622

Improved Sound Insulation, full rust protection. Please call 01635 30030, South East. (T) 113623

JJAGUAR MK II

POA. XK 140 FHC in Bronze. 3.8 fresh built engine with HD8 2” carbs.

Matching numbers. 5 speed LT77 gearbox and Independent rear suspension. Disc brake conversion with servo assistance. Power steering, Electric fan. Please call 02476 313139, South East.

815887, South West.

Call for more information. Please call 02476 313139, South East.

1958, £5,995. 1958 MK1 Jaguar saloon, Manual overdrive 3.4 litre just in from California where it has sat in a garage for many a year. UK registered. The car does have some rust, but not anything like UK style rust! There is some rust to doors and bottom of wing and lower of rear valance. Also bonnet has minor damage around hinge area, looks like it may of come open when driving, other than that there is no damage. A lovely old thing, let that inner gangster roam free in this again once restored!. Please call 01763262263, East of England. (T)

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JAGUAR MK V

1965, £25,500. MK2 3.4 manual gears, overdrive. In good working order. Has original toolbox. Serviced 5 months ago. Please call 01935

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JAGUAR XJ6

1971, £17,995. 1971 JAGUAR XJ6 Series I 2.8 Auto. Finished in immaculate Old English White with black hide. Only 2 owners from new, the last a British Airways Captain who had the car in storage since 1982 after using it and maintaining it to a very high standard after purchasing it 1975. Now fully recommissioned and ready for the road again. Only covered 60,000 miles. MUST BE ONE OF THE BEST ON THE MARKET. Free delivery to England, Wales or to any UK port.

International transportation can be arranged. Part exchanges of both classic and modern cars welcome.

Please call 01485 541526, South East. (T)

2013, £12,995. Stunning XF Full Service History. 2 Previous Owners.

Please call 01492 870150, Wales. (T) 113666

1998, £2,950. Jaguar XJ8 Sovereign

JAGUAR X-TYPE

Limo. With full Jaguar service history leather seats. Coffee and cream

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JAGUAR XJ8

interior. This is the Majestic type limited edition lwb Sovereign 4 Litre V8. Car runs and drives majestically

2005, £16,000. Aluminum XK with heated seats and steering wheel.

Service History. Please call 01492 870150, Wales. (T) 113665

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JAGUAR XK

2008, 134500 miles, £6,450. MOT October 2022, 2 keys. Colour black, drives superb and very good fuel ecom. On private plate. Only selling due to health problems. Please call 07384642633, East of England.

(20 stamps). In Seamist with cream

2006, 67000 miles, £2,250.

Jaguar X-type 2.0 SD Manual 5-speed. Genuine 67,000 miles.

MOT December 2022. Indigo Blue Metallic with black/charcoal grey half-leather trim. Excellent unmarked bodywork. The vehicle has been owned by me for two and a half years. It drives beautifully and I can provide lots of old MOTs and invoices. I have now purchased an XF Jaguar which is the only reason I am parting with it. Please call 01663745494, North West.

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JAGUAR XJ

JAGUAR XJ8

JAGUAR XF

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with no mechanical issues. MOT September 2022. 5 speed Automatic transmission changes smoothly.

Alloys and tyres very good. Some small amount of surface rust on driver's side rear arch otherwise body and paintwork immaculate.

Quick sale needed, lost storage hence the price. Please call 07951 361719, West Midlands.

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2002, 49600 miles, £6,950. 2002, 49,600 genuine miles, £6,950 ovno, Topaz light Gold with Ivory/sable piping. Extensive MD service/ MOT history. Jaguar Drivers Club member, original book pack, 2 keys, Heritage Certificate, New Bosch battery, Brembo brake pads, Wheels refurbed and 5 Falken tyres all round less than 200 miles ago. Drives like day it left Browns Lane. Exceptional condition for year. Please call 07769906353, North West.

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1990 MARLIN SPORTS 1990, £5,900 Body off restoration, new steel wings, total retrim, 1800 TC twin carb engine, new rocker assembly and oil cooler, electric fan, brakes refurbished, clutch master cylinder, slave cylinders renewed. Steering overhauled, gearbox converted to Ford 9, heater refurbished, MG TF wheels. Will PX classic car, M/C or three wheeler.

Please call 07756 567248, Dorset.

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JAGUAR XKR

JAGUAR S-TYPE

enquiries@mgsforsale.com 2014, 25400 miles, £39,995.

Immaculate very low mileage car, Swallows are proud to offer this limited edition Jaguar XK Dynamic-R 5.0 V8. Beautifully presented with a stunning combination of Italian Racing Red with Ivory and Charcoal interior with quilted stitching. An extremely well looked after car with full online service history, originally supplied by Lancaster Jaguar and more recently serviced by Guy Salmon. Please contact. Please call 01934750319, South West.

URGENTLY WANTED 2007, 83000 miles, £3,795. S Type 2.7 diesel XS 2007. Silver with unmarked grey leather interior. Just had MOT with no advisories. All minor corrosion dealt with including sill covers removing. Near perfect and drives like new. Please call 07956843084, East Midlands.

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JAGUAR XJS

ANY MG ANY YEAR, ANY CONDITION View our stock online at: www.mgsforsale.com 01707 876089 or 07831 556666 HQTXLULHV#PJVIRUVDOH FRP JAGUAR X-300

MARCOS COUPE

1996, 34000 miles, £8,250.

This is an almost time-warped example of this fast-emerging classic. For the first 20 years, it was a Managing Director's 'chariot' in Tokyo with a full-time chauffeur and air-conditioned garage (it has continued to be garaged throughout). Please call 01886830183, West Midlands.

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1983, 1000 miles, £7,000. One previous owner, in primer, original 1970s interior in black, 1970s instruments, Wolfrace wheels. All parts to finish minus engine and box. Please call 07742 522371, South West.

LAND ROVER I

MAZDA MX5

1996, 81000 miles, POA. X300 Executive in metallic black, one previous owner, service history, long MoT. Totally original car very clean gray leather interior. Please call 07904 429655 , Greater London.

1999, £23,995. 1998 LAND ROVER 110 DEFENDER TDi. Only one owner from new. Finished in Chawton White with dark grey vinyl trim, alloy wheels and 9 seats. Extensive and detailed service history 93,000 miles including a trip to South Africa. Comes with original book pack, service book with 12 stamps including a recent cambelt change, 2 sets of keys, radio C/D player.

Please call 01485 541526, South East. (T)

1990, 67000 miles, £5,000. All new brakes, tyres, exhaust, battery and timing belts. New trim, seats door card, centre console and more. Hard top available. New radio. Please call 01623650432, East Midlands.

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JAGUAR XJ6

2008, 40900 miles, £12,995. Low mileage X358, Swallows are proud to offer this lovely 2008 Jaguar XJ 2.7 TDVi Sovereign, beautifully presented in Pearl Grey Metallic paintwork with Champagne leather interior with contrast piping and in superb condition throughout.

Originally supplied by Stratstone Jaguar the car has been maintained since 2016 by Guy Salmon. Well documented history the car has covered only 40900 miles from new, cam-belt replaced 2019 (26600 miles) excellent and very comfortable drive, also offer good economy for a luxury saloon. As a to-spec car this lovely Jaguar XJ comes many factory options fitted, including; 20" Selena Alloy Wheels, Front and Rear Parking Sensors, Power-Fold Mirrors, Boot Lip Spoiler, Headlamp Power Washers, Fully Adjustable Heated Electric Front Seats with Driver Memory, Heated Rear Seats, Climate Control, Touch Screen Controls. Please call 01934750319, South West.

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1989, £22,000. XJS 5.3 V12 Convertible, 1989 in Solent Blue with Oatmeal interior, 129151 miles with extensive and detailed service history, new hood and recent service, this car has received 33 years of love and care. Interesting registration number, real collectors piece which can be used daily. 12 months MOT. Please call 07815 040038, South West.

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1991 Porsche 911 964 Carrera 4 Targa – 3,400 Miles - Cars like this do not come onto the market often and this represents the ultimate in collector’s car quality - a totally original specimen that has never required paintwork or any other major work and is surely one of the very lowest mileage examples left in the world. J498 TRX is in outstanding condition with factory condition bodywork and paintwork, a beautiful original upholstery, stunning engine bay and boot compartment..............£139,995

1968 Jensen Interceptor MkI - OJF 789F is a very smart, well presented car with attractive, high quality paintwork having been treated to a recent strip down and complete re-spray in its original colour. With all brightwork and windscreens removed, the MKI Jensen treated to extensive paintwork preparation prior to a top class finish. The V8 engine is strong and in very good order holding good oil pressure and offering impressive performance......................£69,995

1985 Vauxhall Cavalier Convertible – 8500 Miles a true time warp, a low ownership an incredibly original car, supplied new to ‘The Patrick Collection’ the bodyshell is exceptional with no corrosion issues. The body and underside have never required work, the paintwork has a clean, impressive finish and the upholstery is outstanding ........................................................£14,995

1967 MGB GT - Excellent value, superb driving and very usable MGB. During 2010 a total of £24,000 was spent on HJA 996E. Overall this is a smartly presented, very useable MGB GT that is priced sensibly over ten years on since restoration. The car comes with an impressive history file and will not disappoint on the road ............................................................. £12,995

1969 Jaguar E-Type Series II 4.2 Roadster – Matching numbers RHD. First sold by us in 2011 and is a car we now know very well. This structurally excellent, first class driver. Spent forty years in the US before being carefully sourced by one of the UK’s leading Harley Davidson retailers who then brought the car into the UK ............................................................... £99,995

1962 MG Midget MKI - Exceptional, first class early MKI MG Midget. On the road 205 BVJ is fabulous with an excellent road holding, tight suspension and steering. The body and paintwork top class, the interior as new, the engine bay is ready to win prizes.

It is truly outstanding in every respect...........£24,995

1958 Jaguar MK IX 3.8 Automatic Saloon – Comes with a comprehensive file including restoration photographic record, original first ‘buff’ logbook etc. The original tool kits in the door panels are also present and correct. Truly an impressive specimen of the imposing and timeless Jaguar MK IX for the discerning collector .............................................................. £49,995

1976 Triumph Stag Automatic - superbly presented Pimento Red Triumph Stag Automatic. Driven only in the dry with its most recent owner, TFX 977R has an exceptional clean underside, a lovely straight bodyshell and a lovely paint finish throughout. On the road this Stag is impressive with excellent power ............................................................ £19,995

1948 Riley RMA 1.5 Litre - One of the nicest examples of this model we have seen for some time. The car is a delight to drive, with a perky performance due to the twin carburettor setup. The history file and invoices detail the meticulous maintenance of the car since restoration and an examination of this information should instil confidence in any prospective buyer.................... £17,995

1953 MG TD - The car is beautifully presented, is terrific to drive with excellent handling, a strong engine delivering impressive performance and the new five speed gearbox really enhances the drive. Since rebuild has covered just a few thousand miles and is ready to go, prepared and on the button....................... £24,995

1935 Wolseley 9 Saloon - Back with us eight years on since selling it to the most recent owner, a Sheffield based collector and longterm regular customer of ours. This is no doubt the absolute best Wolseley 9 Saloon we’ve seen in almost thirty years in the business.

Since last seeing the Wolseley back in 2012 it has been carefully dry stored and kept in beautifully detailed condition.............£14,995

1957 MGA 1500 Roadster - The car is mechanically excellent with a superb fit engine holding excellent oil pressure. The four speed gearbox is lovely to use, syncro’s are perfect, and the MGA pulls well through the gears offering good performance. The car presents beautifully with excellent Orient Red paintwork, stunning straight panels with excellent gaps and a stunning clean, painted chassis......................£39,995

1969 Daimler V8 250 - exceptional, incredibly correct Daimler V8250. WPK 6G is outstanding in every respect, a truly beautiful example that would today cost over double the asking price to restore to this standard. The engine holds correct oil pressure, the gearbox is as new and all the brakes and suspension are as first class........................... £34,995

1966 Aston Martin DB6 MKI – An original UK matching numbers car, in its correct colour with the highly desirable 5 speed ZF gearbox.

The car has the provenance of an extensive history file that warrants its mileage of 119000 miles in 53 years. The car has also covered just 2500 miles since its engine rebuild and having had a program of cosmetic work in 2016 the car presents in outstanding condition..... £399,995

1932 MG F-Type Magna - The car is truly exceptional, the chassis is perfect, the freshly built body truly stunning, and the upholstery, and engine compartment first class. The MG has the potential to win shows and with its six-cylinder overhead cam engine and ENV manual gearbox, the MG is a delight to drive.................... £POA

1964 Sunbeam Alpine MKIV - BKO 315C is a very good-looking car and it clearly is an excellent older restoration. The underside of the car looks excellent in body colour and has been very well preserved, the general body and paintwork are of a very high standard. The engine is a strong, fit unit and the four speed gearbox with overdrive feels great. £18,995

1968 Jaguar E-Type Series I 4.2 FHC - Stunning RHD matching numbers Jaguar E-Type. XKE 5C is a low ownership, low mileage car that spent eight years with its first owner in New York. With beautiful presentation, a genuine 54000 miles and a fantastic history that includes restoration invoices, restoration photo record, and full ownership history.............................£114,995

1958 Jaguar XK150 4.2 FHC Fuel Injection - 265 RMV is absolutely outstanding to drive and offers a relaxed and comfortable experience. This impressive rebuild has been carried out by a well respected XK specialist and some exceptional engineering and workmanship has gone into this car ............................................................£124,995

1966 Volvo 122S Amazon Historic Rally Car – This striking historic rally car was restored and upgraded to full stage rally specification in 1993. It has always competed well, often against more exotic machinery. Commendably the car has never failed to finish an event including the marathon Circuit of Ireland in 2012...................................................£24,995

1951 Jaguar MkV 3.5 DHC - On the road JJW 591 is delightful with a fabulous strong engine holding excellent oil pressure. The performance of the 3.5 litre engine is impressive and the Jaguar cruises comfortably at 60-70mph. The four speed gearbox is slick and changes perfectly and the steering is very direct. The car is quiet, comfortable, luxurious, powerful and a wonderful driving experience.................. £129,995

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1986 Jaguar XJS 3.6 Manual - Ex Factory Promotion Car with significant history and provenance. Confirmed by Jaguar, we know the XJS was then used by Jaguar themselves for display and promotional work and was driven by their Team Racing Driver Martin Brundle as his Company Car. The XJS also has the distinction of having sports seats, later alloy wheels and colour coded front spoiler ...............£19,995

1990 Volkswagen Golf GTI MkII G60 - Cosmetically this car is exceptional, the bodyshell is structurally excellent, panels perfectly straight and the paint finish stunning. This is a very genuine, honest car in a great colour and on the road it will impress. A true 90’s hot hatch...............................................................£23,995

1975 Ford Escort 1600 Sport – An incredibly rare car. Covered little over 1,500 miles since completion of the rebuild in 2017. The car presents superbly, is factory correct with a stunning finish and the interior has an original feel as that of a true time warp........... £24,995

1969 Kougar Sports MkI - The car offers an incredible spec with the uprated Jaguar 3.8 engine being treated to new 9:1 pistons, new bearings, lightened flywheel, Kent fast road cams, Big valve cylinder head and high flow water pump. This is without doubt one of the very best examples known to exist, it has had multiple 1st place Concours awards, the most recent one in 2019 at the Kougar Owners Club meeting............£43,995

1963 Daimler Dart – Ex Royal Family prior to 42 years with Prominent Motoring Journalist. This true collectors piece sold for a potential record breaking price during mid 2018, and we would now like to welcome serious offers for what is a truly unrepeatable motor car that offers quality, provenance, low mileage and of course is of one of the most high profile Daimler Darts to be seen on the market.

1971 Morgan 4/4 Four Seat Tourer – This is a beautifully presented, exceptional driving Morgan had one long term owner from the 1980’s and in 2011 it was treated to over £13,000 of work to the engine, braking system, steering and suspension. Since carrying out this work, the Morgan has covered over 7,000 miles and has been thoroughly enjoyed on club events, car trials and hill climbs................£29,995

1959 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud I - This truly outstanding, top class Silver Cloud. Finished in Sand over Sable with Red coachline and Beige hide.

Power assisted steering. Excellent on the road, as expected of a superbly maintained, low mileage original car that has been in the hands of meticulous owners and renowned Rolls Royce experts. This is a wonderful car, one of the most exceptional Cloud’s we have had the delight of selling.........£74,995

1968 MGC Roadster - The MG drives incredibly well with a superb, strong engine with super smooth four speed gearbox with overdrive. The car is stunning with superbly straight body panels, first class floors and sills. This is a great opportunity to purchase a first class, UK supplied MGC that has been carefully restored at great expense....................................................... £29,995

1971 Bristol 411 - HME 85K is outstanding to drive delivering superb performance from its 6277cc big block series Chrysler V8 engine. The automatic gearbox is perfectly smooth, the power steering fabulous and brakes and steering feel firm, efficient and top class. The Bristol has a true feeling of quality and genuine originality .............................................................£59,995

1985 Mercedes-Benz 280SL – This beautifully presented Mercedes Benz 280SL has covered just 74,000 miles and comes with its original manuals and service book and original complete tool roll. The bodywork is first class throughout with a gleaming paint finish and high quality chrome............£29,995

1955 Austin Healey 100/4 BN1 - Superbly rebuilt, original RHD, UK Home Market matching numbers.

The rebuilt engine sounds and runs perfectly, the three speed overdrive gearbox is a delight to use, the steering, brakes and suspension all feel tight and responsive ...........................................£69,995

1960 Aston Martin DB4 Series II – We are delighted to once again offer this outstanding car onto the market. This stunning, fully rebuilt car was manufactured for the RHD Home Market True collector’s car quality with provenance, history and its exceptional appearance is equally matched by its performance and driving experience. Ready for some long-distance touring and regular use............ £549,995

1959 Jaguar XK150 3.4 DHC - This is an exceptional value, fantastic entry level way into the Jaguar XK DHC market. Its ideal for open top 1950’s Jaguar motoring, long distance touring, events, rallies, and for really enjoying on the road. 835 UMC presents very well with a lovely, clean straight body with impressive paintwork. The chrome work is generally of a very good standard and the Biscuit leather upholstery is superb..................£82,995

1937 Austin 7 Opal Two Seat Tourer - The small Tourer has so many lovely original features and is on the button with a lovely strong original engine. The car presents well with a nicely aged paint finish, it has charm, lots of patina and is a wonderful genuine Tourer that comes with lots of provenance .... £11,995

1970 Volkswagen T2 Westfalia Camper – This lovely example has been with its most recent owners in York for 3 years. who covered around 2000 faultless miles and provided great fun for the whole family. 2016 the light restoration included bare metal............................................................£29,995

1955 Austin A30 Four Door Saloon – 575 YUH has had a staggering £20,000 spent between 2009 and 2011 on a top-class restoration that included bodywork, a full re-paint, re-chrome, engine rebuild, mechanical overhaul and renewed electrics.

Limited mileage has been covered since, and the A30 has arrived in exceptional condition............................................ £8,995

1955 Triumph TR2 – If you are looking for a 1950’s British sportscar to tour Europe, this has to be the car. This exceptional Triumph TR2 has wonderful touring pedigree having spent 17 years with its most recent owners who have enjoyed every moment of their 4000 miles in the car. This is an incredibly usable, and fine ‘engineering example’ of Triumph first volume production sports car but also a car with the provenance of matching numbers...................... £44,995

1953 Alvis TA21 Tickford DHC - This beautifully presented Alvis TA21 DHC has come to us from the former Chairman of the Alvis Owners Club. SNW 9 presents beautifully with lovely bodywork and a gleaming, bright paint finish. The chrome work is impressive, the chassis beautifully cleaned and well presented and the Light Tan leather lovely throughout ................ £44,995

1980 Ferrari BB 512 Classiche Certified – This exceptional Classiche Certified Ferrari BB 512 is one of just 101 UK right hand drive market vehicles ever built. OIA 512 is a beautifully presented example, it has been superbly maintained throughout its life and supporting the service history are invoices for all of the maintenance work carried out. The car is outstanding to drive, the flat 12-cylinder engine offers blistering power......£294,995

1962 Aston Martin DB4 Series V Vantage – UK RHD Matching numbers car with full history back to new. Outstanding no expense spared full rebuild to include RS Williams engine rebuild. Truly top class, and incredibly rare...........................................................£769,995

1954 Swallow Doretti - Formerly part of The James Hull Collection which sold to Jaguar Land Rover. Our Doretti was then looked after by Jaguar Classic Works and displayed in the British Motor Museum in Gaydon.

A beautiful rare motor car ........................... £79,995

1979 Triumph TR7 FHC - DNY 444V has arrived in exceptional condition, it’s a beautiful older restoration and we can see why it was winning prizes. The car has a superb bodyshell, lovely paint finish and a delightful interior. The engine bay has been finished to an excellent standard and importantly the car is structurally exceptional........................................ £14,995

1930 Austin Heavy 12 Burnham Saloon - VX 3960 is very correct example, and still retains a large amount of originality including its registration mark. The Austin has been superbly maintained with no expense spared in recent years. The bodywork is superb, the paint finish is of a good standard and the interior is stunning with wonderful aged Red leather ................................£17,995

1929 Jowett 7/17 LWB Lightweight Van – This splendidly restored commercial is in amazing, museum-quality condition. The only other surviving example we know of is the restored Bradford Telegraph & Argus newspaper van displayed in the Bradford Industrial Museum. The superbly crafted ash frame, the panelwork and coach painting is a credit to the builder................. £21,995

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MERCEDES-BENZ 380

1994, 90000 miles, £3,750. MK1 1800. Owned nine years, excellent condition, many extras. Body kit, full stainless steel exhaust, panelled hard top, air con, cam belt, good hood.

Please call 01978790820, Wales.

1985, 54000 miles, £17,500. 1985

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bodywork with matching factory

Mercedes 380 SL. Very low mileage.

Service History. Stunning red bodykit and very smart interior. Used

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and stored in Portugal for most of its life. Please call 00351918500687, Rest of the world.

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MERCEDES-BENZ 500

2004, 63000 miles, £6,995. 2004 convertible Mercedes, 63,000 miles from new, Full service history and years MOT will be provided, New tyres and brakes overhauled. In good condition and drives well.

Please call 07771 700783, East of England.

2004, £9,500. Silver with Grey

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07711 308415, Scotland.

Leather Interior Mot'd 1year. Lovely car to drive. Good condition and all

MG ROADSTER

1971, £16,950. MGB Roadster, 1971, chrome bumpers, overdrive, chrome wire wheels, older late 90’s comprehensive bare shell ‘Rotisserie’ restoration by renowned MG Specialists AJ Restorations of Dorset with invoices exceeding £18k back then!, Tartan Red coachwork still in good condition with only some minor imperfections, delightful Biscuit leather interior trim and full walnut pack with magnolia instrumentation, Mota-Lita steering wheel, Black Mohair hood, carpeted boot, quality Kenwood CD/Radio system, fully rebuilt power train including 1950 unleaded engine, gearbox, Please call 01707 876089, East of England. (T)

MG MGB

1973, 5000 miles, £12,995. A really striking example finished in Blaze with black vinyl trim with red piping set off nicely by a sparkling set of chrome wire wheels shod with quality tyres.

Importantly, the car was Ziebart rust proofed when new which has helped preserve the car in excellent, solid condition. Well cared for rather than mint condition makes this a most useable car and with the fitted boot rack, ideal for touring holidays or a long weekend away. Altogether, a most attractive package and offering exceptional value. Please call 01189 884774, South West. (T) 113643

MG MGB GT

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MG MGA

standard SL refinements. Please call 113716

MERCEDES-BENZ 190 MERCEDES-BENZ C

1990, 206.000 miles, £2,500. 1990 Mercedes 190e, 2.0 auto. Owned for 22 years, with full service history and bills from new. Very good condition.

206,000 miles. Mot Jan 2023. Please call 07875688001, North West.

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1995, 60000 miles, £1,800. C220, diesel, 4 door saloon. MoT till Jan 2023, genuine 60,000 miles, very tidy for its year. Please call 07836 598208, South West.

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1956, £29,995. We are delighted to be able to offer this truly delightful MGA Roadster, finished in the most attractive colour of Glacier Blue with contrasting grey trim. There is an extensive history folder with the car including the original RF60 vehicle registration book, owners handbook and the last owner, a well known and respected collector, has diligently reviewed and indexed all of the receipts which show that regular maintenance has been attended to.

Please call 01189 884774, South West.

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1972, £14,995. On offer is this stunning MGB GT finished in beautiful Flame red with black trim. The car has been extensively restored over the past five years and now presents extremely well with an entirely standard appearance inside and out including refurbished 'Rostyle' wheels.

A Heritage certificate accompanies the paperwork that goes with the car along with a spare set of original keys.

These delightful Coupes are very easy to live with being practical enough to use every day if desired and it is rare to find one in unmolested original condition. Please call 01189 884774, South West. (T)

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2009 MG TF LE500. Intense Blue, Black hide, Factory hard top, A/C, 23000 miles, FSH. £10,750

1970 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. Regal Red, 63,500 miles, for renovation £8,500

1996 Mercedes S420 Coupe. Azurite Blue, 1 owner, 106000 miles, FSH. £7,995

1996 Volkswagen Golf VR6 5 Door. Candy White, 68000 miles, FSH. £5,995

Dec. 2001 Porsche 911 3.6 Carrera 4 Cabriolet. Lapis Blue, Grey leather, Factory hard top 50,500 miles, FSH. £22,995

1997(R) Mercedes SLK230. Brilliant Silver, Black/ Red hide, 70000 miles. £3,795

1956 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria. Turquoise / White.

5.7 V8, A/C. £24,995

2000 BMW 318Ci Coupe. Titan Silver, Black half leather trim, A/C, 46000 miles. FSH. £4,995

1960 Jaguar XK150 SE 3.4 FHC. Carmen Red, Black hide,O/D, PAS. £67,500

2000 BMW Z3 2.8i Roadster. Topaz Blue, Blue hide, 79600 miles, FSH. £6.,795

2006 BMW 330i M-Sport auto. Metallic Black, Black hide, A/C, 119000 miles, FSH. £4,295

2005 Mazda MX5 Mk2.5 1.8i. Strato Blue with Black/ Blue leather, 70400 miles, FSH. £4,295

Up to date stock situation on our website: www.eppingmotorcompany.com We are always keen to purchase or take in part exchange Modern and Classic Cars in Right or Left Hand Drive

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Rustproofing Rob Hawkins provides a guide to rustproofing; covering everything from a chemistry lesson in iron hydroxide to applying various rustprevention products.

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ust, tinworm, corrosion; whatever you like to call it, the dreaded brown crumbly stuff has shortened the life of many a vehicle. And it’s not just steel panels that can corrode. Copper brake pipes turn green with copper oxide, while aluminium develops a white flaky exterior finish.

However, the worst is steel, which turns into the crumbly iron oxide that we dread to discover bubbling up underneath the paintwork of an exterior panel or spreading through sills and wheelarches.

There are numerous methods for helping to prevent the spread of corrosion through a vehicle, so we’ve outlined the popular ones over the following pages and the best methods we’ve found for keeping rust under control. There’s no easy method and once rust has taken hold, it’s hard to keep away, especially if you use a vehicle every day.

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Whilst it’s important to know how to protect a vehicle from corrosion, it’s perhaps just as important to understand how rust forms. For corrosion to occur, especially in steel, it’s worthwhile knowing what steel is and how this alloy is made.

To make steel, iron ore is extracted from the ground, smelted in a blast furnace where impurities are removed, but a small quantity of carbon (usually less than 1%) is added to make the iron less brittle so that it can be bent and shaped.

Knowing what needs to be present for corrosion to occur is the next stage

towards understanding the rusting process. Water and oxygen are the two ingredients. However, for the steel to turn into rust (iron oxide), the iron in the steel needs another element to help with the reaction. This could be the carbon that is contained in the steel, or another metal such as aluminium.

Let’s assume there’s an aluminium panel next to a steel panel on a vehicle. With water and oxygen present, which could simply be moisture in the air, the iron in the steel panel and the aforementioned aluminium panel form what is known

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The dreaded bubbling paintwork suggests this steel rear wing is infested with iron oxide.

RUSTY NUTS & BOLTS  Wheel nuts, bolts and similar fastenings can look particularly unsightly if they start to corrode. Some can be replaced with chrome-plated or stainless steel fittings that should last longer, but often they can be revived by removing as much of the surface corrosion as possible, then applying several thin coats of protective paint. There are several different approaches to this method, including using a variety of cleaning methods such as a wire wheel on a bench grinder, a blasting cabinet and an ultrasonic tumbler. The following steps show a reusable chemical method. There are also a number of ways to paint and protect fittings. For wheel nuts that are going to be undone and tightened, there’s a risk that any exterior paint will be damaged and chipped, so applying primers and durable metal paint may help. Applying a thin mattfinish paint may also help to reduce the risk of the paint finish being chipped.

There are a number of chemical treatments that can help to remove rust from small components, such as these wheel nuts. This Evapo-Rust treatment is organic and can be reused. First, the wheel nuts are soaked in the solution.

 After applying a chemical treatment, rinse off all traces of it. This also helps to see if the surface rust has been effectively removed or not – the fittings may need to be soaked in the chemical treatment again.

 A moderately rusty-looking set of leaf springs, but look closer and one of the leaves has fractured!

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Steve Hole puts products through their paces

GLASS CLEANERS The latest car care product group to fall under CM’s spotlight are glass cleaners – and with over 300 standalone products on the market in the UK even we couldn’t test them all – BUT we have 27 of the very best for you to consider here.

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his time we turn our attention to automotive glass cleaners and if you thought the margins were fine when we chose the winners for our recent leather cleaners and conditioners test (CM, Dec 2021) then this one is incredibly tight. It was like trying to choose between Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, or Jaffa Cakes and Custard Creams.

Just like with the previous test the contenders here are all products we have used with success and/or have been highly recommended to us. Of the 27 contenders here it’s possibly fair to say that 25 of them could easily have won!

We have looked at household name

products, those that are popular on the detailing scene and even some from tiny boutique brands. Although you may think that 27 products amounts to too many, consider there are more than likely close to 300 automotive glass cleaning products available in the UK. We have only looked at glass cleaners.

Glass polishes, coatings and rain away products are beyond the scope of this feature although some of our cleaners tested do have elements of some or all of those included in their make-up.

Therefore, you’ll find no dedicated glass coatings, polishes or rain repellents.

We also used a variety of cloths from good quality Costco Microfibres, a dedicated crosshatch glass cloth and one of those miracle cloths off the internet!

On balance, the dedicated glass cloths performed better but we didn’t get as much use from these before they needed changing. A microfibre has a thicker pile and absorbs moisture better.

Care is needed when using some of these products as I noticed on the labels that some can damage eyes and/or your insides if used incorrectly so as always, we’d recommend nitrile gloves, and some eye protection is used.

This test was a pig to score, frankly. In the end it was the subjective things that really counted. I guess it all depends on how you view certain smells and how much you like a certain label. We’d be happy to use EVERY product tested here on our own cars and the like. We have a maximum of 100 points available here divided into 10 categories offering 10 points each max.

Ensure the fittings are thoroughly dry before applying any paint. If the weather is warm, leave them outside to fully dry. If it’s damp, leave them inside a dry workshop and use a heat gun or hairdryer to dry them.

 Proof that a wax- and oil-based rustproofing solution works. After 25 years of storing in the open air, we cut a hole in the side of this can of Waxoyl and discovered the yellow stuff inside had done its job.

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 Apply the paint in thin coats and allow adequate drying time between each coat.

We experimented with applying a hightemperature paint on these wheel nuts, which lasted for a couple of years.

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Price per 100ml – this is an obvious one and a true representative of value for money. Some products here offer outstanding value.

Versatility – This indicates if a product can be used on interior AND exterior glass and mirrors. Some are targeted solely at internal glass (not ideal here), some won’t be suited to windscreens, while others can’t be safely used on factory tinted windows. Automotive glass can also attract ‘film’ such as that produced by cigarette smoke. Not all can cope with that.

Important point.

Packaging – Although subjective some of the companies have clearly gone the extra mile in designing labels and choosing bottles.

Trigger – This might seem like an obvious one but the difference between a trigger that works superbly and one that doesn’t is a mile wide.

Smell – Depending on your views, this category could be vitally important to you or irrelevant. If a product smells of ammonia, we’ve flagged it, likewise if it has a bubblegum aroma.

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Product Test GLASS CLEANERS What was quite apparent is that different brands take different approaches to ingredients used on their glass cleaning products including menthol, ammonia, soap and alcohol aka IPA (no, not beer, rather a panel wipe product officially known as Isopropyl alcohol), and some of them go to great lengths to introduce heady aromas, while others don’t bother with smell.

It's also worth bearing in mind that nice perfumes and scents are pleasing on the nose, though some of the contestants contain solvents and fragrances that can cause streaks and smearing.

Although lots of folk still swear by malt vinegar and old newspaper to get the best

finish on their glass, which if it works for you crack on, but really to get the best results with these new type products you need a specific waffle-weave glass cloth or microfibre cloth with a decent pile.

Each one of the products tested here is available in the UK. You can either buy them direct from the manufacturers or a recommended outlet. We tested all these products twice – but as we carried out testing in the winter period, it pushed these products to their limits. I worked on the basis that if they work well in cold conditions, they’ll find the warmer Price temperatures Bottle size a breeze.

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 The vehicle’s battery doesn’t contribute towards the electrolysis process of corrosion.

Only leaking battery acid and moisture around the battery can result in corrosion of the surrounding metalwork.

RUST PROBLEMS  The most obvious problem that rust creates is holes in sills, door bottoms, chassis legs and other panels. However, there are a number of other areas on a vehicle that can become a similar headache.

The suspension leaf springs and coil springs can corrode and fracture, or their mounts can similarly rust away and break. Brake components can seize, discs can become pitted and less effective. Even parts ranging from the wheel nuts to the bumpers can turn brown and unsightly. The following pages deal with many of these dilemmas and how to either avoid them, or in some cases if they have already started to corrode, fix them.

as a galvanic cell. The impurities in the water help with the process that involves the transfer of electrons, turning the iron into iron hydroxide, which is also known as hydrated iron (III) oxide. Iron hydroxide is insoluble, so it precipitates out and forms a solid, which looks pretty much like the rust we see. However, if the water around it dries off, it becomes iron oxide, but you can easily have a mixture of the two, despite what you see is what is commonly called rust.

Whilst that explains how rust can occur when another metal is next to steel, such as a panel or a fitting (eg. a bolt), what happens if there are no panels other than steel? Or why does a stripped bodyshell rust? Well, the small quantity of carbon in the steel is the problem. This works just as well as the aluminium to help with electrolysis that leads to rust.

You may now be feeling despondent by the fact that it’s very difficult to prevent the rusting process. The key to keeping rust away is to seal off the metal or isolate it using non-conductive paints, rustproofing products and similar coatings. Seam sealant, paint (primer, undercoat and topcoat), underseal and wax- and oil-based products all help to keep the rust away.

Using stainless steel or zinc-coated fixings will reduce the risk of them aiding corrosion in a steel panel. Stainless steel components do corrode, but that corrosion consists of a thin film that’s difficult to see, which luckily blocks any further corrosion. This thin film of corrosion also stops the component being involved in the electrolytic process of corroding a steel panel. Unfortunately, this appears to be less effective in aluminium panels, whereby stainless steel fittings seem to last longer, but the aluminium becomes weakened.

Coverage – This one is linked to the Trigger category and indicates how much of the glass’ surface is covered per spray and how much product is supplied. Ultimately, it comes down to value for money. Some of our ‘contestants’ had an adjustable trigger; it should be noted.

Ease of Use – This is an important category. It refers to how much elbow grease was required to bring up a shine.

Speed of Evaporation – Linked to the previous category, the speed at which a glass cleaner ‘flashes’ or evaporates is vitally important and you’ll thank us for pointing out the speedy flashers!

Streaks/Smears – An interesting category. Some glass cleaners come up nice and shiny but leave a streak or smear behind, which isn’t ideal.

Fingerprint Removal – The oils in our skin can play havoc with a glass cleaner. A product that can remove grime easily, may struggle with fingermarks. This also applies when your kids find it hilarious to write their names in the condensation on your windows. This can be a real pain to remove.

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purred on by the success of small MG roadsters, in the early 1950s Triumph sought to revive its sporting image which had been largely absent since the war. A twoseater sports car was what the company – and its customers - desired as more optimistic times beckoned, but things got off to a rocky start. It’s well documented that Triumph’s initial prototype – the 20TS – was far from perfect. In fact, it was downright dangerous. Thankfully, things were quickly turned around to result in the TR2.

The example on offer here is an

American market car, first registered in the warm climate of San Jose, California.

Following a 50-year stint in the States, the TR2 was treated to a nut and bolt restoration before finally being (almost…) repatriated to Jersey. Although the car has retained its contemporary looks, a lot has been improved behind the scenes. Quite frankly, too much work has been done for us to list here, but the main headline is the engine. Built around the original unit, a performance camshaft has been

added, as have high flow tubular steel exhaust manifolds and a stainless-steel race exhaust. Displacement has also been upped to 2.2 litres instead of the standard 1991cc. The previous owner switched the original steering box for a more accurate rack, while the majority of the car’s original running gear and perishable parts have also been significantly upgraded.

With a rich history of continental touring behind it, this TR2 is ready and raring to tackle whatever sort of journey you can throw at it.

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tylish it may have been, but being based on the Commer Cob platform, the Alpine wasn’t initially as dynamic as its rivals.

Later models gained more power, with the Series V cars using the 1725cc engine which has been retrofitted to this 1964 Series IV. Practicality was where the Alpine shone: There was an impressive amount of boot space, wind-up windows and small rear seats. Disc brakes inspired confidence. too. So, while it might not quite be as fast as an equivalent MG

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or Triumph, it provides a nevertheless enjoyable drive in a practical package.

This one is a fantastic example too. You don’t need me to tell you that its white paintwork, Minilite-style wheels, and twotone interior make for a very attractive combination. More importantly, it’s also a car which is in fine health. Despite having been used very sparingly over the course of the past decade, this Alpine has kept up with its MoTs and services, ensuring that it remains perfectly roadworthy. There’s a vast history file that comes with it too, featuring comprehensive details of all the restoration work which has been carried

out on it over the years, primarily during the late ’80s and ’90s. A regular show car, this is an example which is definitely worth your consideration.

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1974, £14,995. On offer is this striking MGB Roadster finished in Alfa 'giallo' (yellow) in excellent condition. The fastidious owner has prepared the car to an exceptional standard and as a result it is on the button and ready to go. Being a very late chrome bumper car, it has all of the refinements found on these run out car, face level ventilation, rocker switches and many detail differences. Beautifully set up, the car runs and drives very well, benefiting from chrome wire wheels and overdrive, Please call 01189 884774, South West. (T)

1960, £24,995. A unique example of these cherished British Classic Roadsters which has benefited from extensive restoration work in 1984 and in 2001/2. The result of these works is a car which is preserved beautifully is almost every aspect. The bodywork, panels and chrome are in clean, sharp condition and the fully reconditioned engine and gearbox provides the driver with smooth and eager performance for truly enjoyable, classic sportscar motoring. Notably, the car benefits from an upgrade to rack and pinion steering which improves the driveability of the car enormously.

With a rorty exhaust note, the car is huge fun. For sale on behalf of the owner. Please call 01189 884774, South West. (T) 113646

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MG TD

1952, £15,995. On offer is this delightful left hand drive MG TD finished in cream with tan trim.

Subject to an older restoration, the car remains in excellent condition throughout with fresh paint still visible in all four arches and as clean as a whistle underneath. Please call 01189 884774, South East. (T) 113648

MG MGB

1975, £22,995. 1975 MGB V8 ROADSTER. This beautiful MGB is finished in Tartan Red with Black Leather piped Red. Bare shell restoration where the engine was upgraded to a V8. Along with a Suspension and brake upgrade, with wire wheels and overdrive.

Outstanding performance, a wolf in sheeps clothing. Maintains original look of an MGB and drives superbly.

Free delivery to England, Wales or to any UK port. Please call 01485 541526, South East. (T) 113655

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MG MGB GT

1975, £18,995. 1975 MGB GT JUBILEE. Born on the 1st June 1975, this must be one of the most genuine and well preserved MGB Jubilee's in existence with a mileage of only 20,000. The MG's first owner did not use it on public roads and it was sold in 1980 with only 803 miles, which coincides with its first MOT. The second owner covered around 7,000 milesOn passing to the 3rd owner, the MG began its life competing in MG Concours events achieving 2nd place in the Northern MGOC rubber bumper class. And so, this continued with the 4th owner who affectionately named the MG "Junior" in reference to the original number plate "'JNR 89N". It was loved and cherished by them for 20 years (from 1984 until 2004).Junior was primarily used to enter Concours d'Elegance events.

The history file contains numerous marking sheets, certificates and rosettes from these events. Junior has also featured in in many articles and magazine in testimony to its originality. Part exchanges of both classic and modern cars welcome.

Please call 01485 541526, South East. (T) 113658

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MG MGB GT

1974, £10,500. Damask Red 118,500 miles. Excellent condition, had major restoration, no rust.

Heritage certificate. History file, 5 new tyres, chrome bumper.

Full service and Mot. Please call 07793224240, South East.

2020, £4,495. A lovely example of the popular MGF and a desirable late specification car in a stunning colour adding up to tempting buy and exceptional value. Showing under 30,000 recorded miles (unwarranted) the car is in excellent condition throughout and offers the traditional MG value but in a more modern package with a roomy interior, power steering and remote central locking to mention a few. Please call 01189 884774, South West. (T)

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1954, 628 miles, £26,000. MG TF Roadster in concours condition. An original right-hand drive vehicle, which has been extensively restored to a concours condition, with a mileage of only 628 since restoration. It has had many upgrades, including a 5-speed gearbox, new cream leather seats, a mohair hood, a stainless steel exhaust, electric ignition and more.

Photographs cannot do it justice!.

Please call 07837991278, South East.

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1969, £6,950. Good engine and gearbox with overdrive, 4 new tyres, recent exhaust, 2 new 6 volt batteries, excellent floors and sills, black leather seats with red piping, some service history, bills and books. Please call 07885 251762, Wales.

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MG RV8

system, leather seats, 15" mini lite style alloy wheels. Call for full details on this great opportunity to have a 3500cc V8 Roadster prepared to your own personal specifictaion.

1979, £4,750. Midget 1500 Chrome Bumper conversion body rebuild and photos lamination. Engine rebuilt. All new interior. Please call 01978790820, Wales.

Please call 01482 441551, Yorkshire

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MG MGB

£25,995. MGB GT, fully rebuilt using a new Heritage bodyshell in 2018, finished in metallic grey with light green trim, this car looks stunning and has an incredible specification, it underwent our full rebuild and has only covered 1500 miles since. Ready to go and enjoy. The additional items added during the full restoration included - 15” chrome wire wheels Brake servo unit Poly suspension bushes Bilstein front suspension Spax rear suspension Carpet underfelt Door mirrors pair Uprated headlamps Electric cooling fan Please call 01482 441551, Yorkshire and the Humber.

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£29,995. MGB Roadster rebuild to individual specification, you can

found on the specification page.

This will be with a new Heriatge shell rebuilding to individual specification. Call for full details.

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MG ROADSTER

£34,995. MGB GT full rebuild using a refurbished body, comes with rebuilt 3.5 V8 engine mated to a 5 speed gearbox, Edelbrock carb and electronic ignition. S/S sports manifold and exhaust system.

Uprated brakes and suspension along with poly bushes, New trim including leather seats.Please call 01482 441551, Yorkshire and the Humber. (T)

1972, £17,500. MG B Roadster – REBUILT on a new HERITAGE bodyshell and reconditioned engine. This MGB was re shelled using a new BL Motor Heritage full shell in 1996 and changed to Tartan Red, fully rustproofed while being built, and is still an excellent car both underneath and up top.

Total bare metal respray completed – October 2021. Brand new wire wheels fitted; Electronic ignition. Goodrich stainless brake hoses, stainless exhaust system, new wooden steering wheel.

Please call 07990 977197, Greater London. (T)

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1995, £2,250. MG R V8 – 62k miles and in exceptionally good condition.

Excellent bodywork with lovely paintwork; New rear window in the hood. The engine “rumbles” like a V8 should, and the car drives really well.

Fitted with the later R380 5 speed gearbox gearbox. Nice stone leather interior and the walnut has been restored and looks lovely.. “RV8” number plate included!. Please call 07990 977197, Greater London. (T)

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1972, £19,995. MGB Roadster, 1972, finished in Blue Royale with magnolia trim and leather seats and navy blue carpet. Fully rebuilt by ourselves in 2013 to a very nice specification and only covered around 3000 since. The MG went through our standard build scheme but was also fitted with brake servo unit, Spax rear suspension, Poly bushes, electronic ignition, revotec cooling fan,KandN air filters, S/S exhaust system, boot carpet, walnut dashboard and door cappings, chrome wire wheel.Please call 01482 441551, Yorkshire and the Humber.

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2001, £18,495. 2001 Y Rover Mini Cooper Sport in the last edition colours of Solar red and Silver. This is a very bright and nice mini in lovely condition. It has covered just 36300 miles from new and drive very well. It has a wonderfully quiet and balance engine and it a pleasure to drive. The ride quality is great due to having recent Yokohama A539 tyres which also helps the cornering feel and handling. It has been serviced 8 times and has recently had the rear radius arms replaced and the rear subframe refurbished.

The sills were replaced in 2012 with Heritage items and ever since then it has been used as a second car / weekend toy and always garaged.

The interior is very clean and nice and shows little ware reflecting the care the car has received over the last 22 years. I have a history file of past MOT,s and service invoices plus the complete book pack and stamped service history from new.

This is a great looking very late registered Mini Cooper and would make a fantastic mini to enjoy in the Spring now that the better weather is coming! Please call 07967 135037, South East. (T)

1994, £20,995. 1994 Rover Mini Monte Carlo in classic red and white.

This very rare and desirable model was available in red or black and a total of 200 were made making it very rare and collectable. This is of the the 200 cars made for the UK, not a Japanese import. I have only had 4 or 5 Monte Carlos in the last 13 years and they are a favourite model. They have the 1.3 SPI injection engine and this one has the Cooper Car Co twin upswept exhaust which adds a great sound and look. It also has the John Cooper Garages door furniture and walnut door capping’s. The seats are very rare Monte Carlo Recaro style and would suit the taller driver as they sit lower and offer more leg room. The drives seat is showing some ware but is presentable. This mini has covered just 24050 miles in the last 28 years and drives really well. Free delivery to your door in my curtain sided van within 200 miles of Tiverton. Please call 07967 135037, South West. (T)

2000, £19,995. 2000 Rover Mini Cooper S Works by John Cooper Garages. In very attractive Tahiti Blue and silver with silver and black leather interior trim. In November 2001 this mini was taken to John Cooper Garages and converted to the S Works 90 BHP specification costing £2067.00, 21 years ago.

The mini was on 9160 miles at this stage and has now covered 46200 miles from new. The John Cooper converted cars are now very collectable as his garaged closed in 2004 making it a nice price of mini history. It also has the height adjustable suspension and 4 matching Yokohama A539 tyres.

It drives very well with a smooth gearbox and great sounding engine and exhaust note. In 2014 it had 2 new Heritage sills and was waxoiled.

Since then it has been mainly garaged and used as a fair weather toy. The overall condition is very nice and the paintwork gives a deep shine and polishes beautifully. I have a nice history file including the John Cooper Garages conversion invoice and a brochure. Please call 07967 135037, South West. (T)

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1997, £16,750. 1997 Rover Mini Cooper 1.3 in rare Nightfire Red with a white roof, bonnet stripes and mirrors. This outstanding mini has been owned by the same family for the last 21 years and has always been garaged and well kept. It has covered just 26000 miles from new and drives very well in every way. I have just fitted 4 new Yokohama A539 tyres which always give a better ride quality, while also giving strong cornering ability. I have also had the wheel arches painted body colour which I feel gives a better look and finishes off the car nicely. The body condition is excellent and the paintwork immaculate. The interior reflects the low mileage and garaged life with no discolouring or noticeable ware after 25 years! I have a nice history file from new as well as the original book pack from the supplying dealer. Please call 07967 135037, South West. (T) 113635

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1991, 48500 miles, £8,950. Rover Mini Cooper Carburettor model.

Manufactured 1991 and first registered in Japan in 1992. Imported back to the UK in 2010 when it was fitted with two new door skins and given a full windows out respray. Otherwise completely original sills, floors, wings, subframes. Never been welded. I cannot find any rust or evidence of previous rust anywhere on the car, either above or below. Please call 07842460700, Ireland.

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MINI CLUBMAN

1972, £2,500. mini clubman estate 2 owners good interior new brakes needs some t l c andrespray. Please call 0781 3946 754, Greater London.

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2020, £86,495. Morgan Jet Green, Black leather, painted silver wire wheels, Ivory hardtop, large Le Mans fuel filler cap, domed rear panel, driving spot lights, LM62 graphics pack, Moto-Lita steering wheel, 2-ear spinners, black splitter and mesh grill. Please call 01279 725725, East of England. (T)

MORGAN ROADSTER

2009, £44,995. Finished in Aston Martin Chiltern Green with Biscuit leather interior, green mohair hood, special 3-zip tonneau cover, walnut dashboard, Moto-Lita steering wheel, elasticated door pockets, mesh grille, front spot lights, stainless door check straps, stainless luggage rack. Please call 01279 725725, East of England. (T) 113663

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2017, 16000 miles, £17,995. Mini cooper S convertible. Immaculate condition. This car has 250bhp. (more than the John Cooper works). Use the extra performance or benefit from the extra power. Heads up display.

BMW wind deflector. Chilli pack and John Cooper works pack. Must be seen. Please call 07956843084, East Midlands.

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MINI MAYFAIR

1965, £45,000. Genuine Morris Mini Mk1 Cooper S Rally, 1965, 1275, 99K Mileage. Recent works include external respray, new carpets, new G/B door cards, Engine stripped with all gaskets and seals replaced.

Fully serviced. A great pocket little rocket. Please call 07508 209048, South East.

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1989, 30000 miles, £7,500. Fully restored to a high quality standard and all parts renewed with heritage parts full paintwork done by professionals to exact colour when new. M.O.T till March 2022. Great running we car never misses a beat.

All reasonable offers considered.

Please call 07763 140880, South East.

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£72,950. Metallic Silver with Morgan British Blue leather, silver Plus Four alloys, walnut veneer dashboard, black steering wheel centre, heated seats, black mohair hood and hood cover. Please call 01279 725725, East of England. (T)

£89,995. Metallic Black with Morgan Imperial Red leather, black carpets piped in Mulberry Red, walnut veneer dashboard and centre column, heated seats, black 19" alloy wheels and mohair weather equipment. Upgraded MY22 seats. Please call 01279 725725, East of England. (T) 113664

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2000, 27000 miles, £9,800. Rover Mini Cooper Sport. MoT till April 2022, very good condition. Number plate not included. Please call 01302 329429, Yorkshire and the Humber.

1990, £24,995. Corsa Red with a black leather interior, painted silver wire wheels, leather dashboard and steering wheel, 2-earred wheel spinners and luggage rack. Please call 01279 725725, East of England.

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1977, £12,000. A well known car to us, supplied with V5 and some invoices including a repaint invoice with us in 1991. The car had a new chassis, valances and wood frame sections in 2000. Kingpins have covered 800 miles. Engine was stripped and refurbished around 2009. An excellent base for a project car. This car does not run.

The engine does turn over and it has not been inspected other than for loading purposes. Please call 01234750205, East of England. (T)

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2007, £33,500. This Morgan is a rare model of 4/4 as it has the 1800cc Ford Duratec engine producing 125 bhp. This engine was only used by Morgan for 3 years and provided a useful increase in power compared to the 1600cc Sigma engine subsequently used. Inspired by 4/4s from the 1970s, this example has a shorter number of bonnet louvres and 70th Anniversary steel wheels (wire wheels cannot be fitted to this car). Viewing by appointment only and this car is currently located in our offsite storage unit. Please call 01234750205, East of England. (T)

MORGAN ROADSTER

2008, £38,500. This Morgan is fitted with a 3 litre engine with 5 speed gearbox. Massive specification and a well stamped service history. Only 2 owners and previously sold by us. Please call 01234750205, East of England. (T) 113500

MORGAN PLUS 8

MORGAN ROADSTER

2012, £42,995. This Morgan is fitted with a 3.7 litre Ford Cyclone V6 engine with 6 speed gearbox. One owner from new and the car was originally supplied by us and we have looked after it since. Please call 01234750205, East of England. (T)

2015, £36,500. 1900cc SandS engine with 5 speed gearbox.

Black Leather Moto-Lita Steering Wheel. Black PVC Tonneau.

Steering Comfort Pack. Cooling Fan. JAP Engine Covers. Spax Shock Absorbers. Luggage Rack.

Round Door Mirrors. Please call 01234750205, East of England. (T)

2007, 126500 miles, £3,100.

Minor faults on electric windows.

MoT till 2023. Private number plate no certificate available. Please call 07366597949, Greater London.

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NISSAN QASHQAI

1996, £38,500. This Morgan Plus 8 is fitted with the 3.9 litre version of the Rover V8 engine producing approximately 190 bhp. MOG registration is included in the sale.

Power Steering, Walnut Dashboard, Moto-lita Steering Wheel, Black PVC Hood, Black PVC Tonneau, Chrome Wire Wheels, Luggage Rack, Door Handles, Extra Tread Rubbers, Spot Lights, Union Jack Badges. Please call 01234750205, East of England.

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2013, £44,995. This Morgan is fitted with a 3.7 litre Ford Cyclone V6 engine with 6 speed gearbox. Ex-factory car used for an interesting photo shoot. A lovely example of a 3.7 Roadster. Please call 01234750205, East of England. (T)

1989, £995. Rare, quirky Jap import based on Micra chassis/ mechanics. Owned since 2007.

Stalled restoration, now on SORN. Car is complete, excellent interior, full stainless exhaust. and all the rare bits.Needs bodywork etc.Loads of history. Please call 01691 828744, West Midlands.

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PORSCHE 911

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MORGAN ROADSTER

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2006, £37,995. This Morgan is fitted with a 3 litre engine with 5 speed gearbox. Previously sold by us.

Extensive service history. Please call 01234750205, East of England. (T)

2018, £42,000. This Morgan is fitted with a 1600cc Ford Sigma engine producing around 115bhp and a 5 speed gearbox. One owner from new, supplied by us. This is one of the last 4/4s produced for the European and UK market. It is in stunning, as new condition, and in a classic Morgan colour combination. Please call 01234750205, East of England. (T)

2009, £45,995. Only 1 owner and with a full Allon White service history. A rare and desirable limited edition model with a very high specification. No 25 of approximately 60 produced. Stainless Wire Wheels, Walnut Dashboard, Moto Lita Steering Wheel, Eared Spinners, Paint Protective Film, Sidelights, Extra Wing Treads, Luggage Rack With Sidescreen Storage, Round Door Mirrors Chrome Interior Mirror, Folding Reclining Heated Sports Seats, Map Light. Please call 01234750205, East of England. (T)

2012, £54,995. 2012 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 991. Finished in unmarked Carrara White with Black Hide PDK 7 speed transmission with steering wheel paddles.

Specifications include Sat Nat, Cruise Control and Launch Control, Climate Control, Heated Seats and Rear Park Assist. 66,000 miles with Porsche Dealer Stamps at 6231 miles, 22951 miles, 50,139 miles and 58,716 miles. Comes with all the original Porsche Book Pack in the leather wallet, invoices for all the services etc. Exceptionally well looked after example with a very good Specification. Free delivery to England, Wales or to any UK port.

International transportation can be arranged. Please call 01485 541526, South East. (T)

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2006, 67000 miles, £11,250. My car is in Arctic Silver with Sand Beige leather interior, registered in November 2006. It’s a Tiptronic with Sport Chrono which is a “must have” option with the auto as it makes it more lively and responsive than without. It’s in great condition.

There’s a few stone chips on the front but no rust and she benefits from many optional extras some of which are rarely optioned on a Boxster. Sport Chrono. Extended leather (includes dash and doors).

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PORSCHE 928

ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER CLOUD

1990, £299,928. 928 S4 1990 , rare Tahoe blue, £55k plus recently spent on body, engine and interior

by Porsche approved body shop and centre for Porsches 40 years at the front dealer competition. Service history , receipts and detailed photographic of rebuild. Please call 07803 042618, Scotland.

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ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER CLOUD

22000 miles, £57,000. We have decided that one would be enough, hence the reason for selling this car. Colour is Sunset. Carpets, red, matching lambs wool rugs. Service history with 12 stamps in the record book. New set tyres recently. Please call 01253 300100, North West.

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ROVER MINI

ROVER 75

2003, 85000 miles, £1,475. MoT till July , Outstanding condition, manual, factory standard. Garaged overnight, car has been cherished by me. Beautiful car and drive.

Please call 07716 949723, South East.

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ROVER MINI

1958, £69,995. 1958 ROLLS ROYCE SILVER CLOUD I. Finished in its original and unmolested Sage Green over Smoke Green with Green Hide, lamb's wool rugs to the rear as specified on the build sheets with the car. One family owned from 1959 to 2020. The Silver Cloud was kept in their company's dry warehouse parked up for 30 years before being recommissioned for a family wedding in 1997, Please call 01485 541526, South East. (T)

1989, £15,995. Rover Mini 30 Limited Edition in Cherry Red. This is a rare collectable mini 30th anniversary edition in fantastic condition throughout. It has been owned my the same family from new. It was owned by grandmother who passed it onto her grandson when she died. lease call 07967 135037, South West. (T)

1996, 57971 miles, £6,495. This is an impressively clean example of an easy-to-maintain British classic.

Only a few previous owners, and has been garaged for most of its life. Fantastically fun to drive and all parts are still available at reasonable prices from major UK sellers - perfect classic project. Please call 01217 216909, West Midlands.

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2003, 127000 miles, £7,000. STI Mods, blue 127,00 miles. Full history, good condition. First owner 12 years . Statement Wax reg.01964529480.

Please call 01964529480, Yorkshire and the Humber.

1984, £8,995. a-reg, lots of history, handbooks, mot. stunning. Please call 07895 675851, South West.

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TRIUMPH TR7

1963, 25000 miles, £18,500.

Originally LHD imported from USA and changed to RHD. Restored 2013. Leather m x 5 seats (Original seats included) Runs on super unleaded. Body work and chassis sound. MoT to April 2023. Please call 07789323398, South East.

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ROVER P6

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£27,995. Here we have a very low miles Triumph Stag in Tahiti blue. An

1974, 89000 miles, £5,999. 3500s P6. Recent new tyres, MoT exempt but tested until May 2022. Good to drive, minor rust patches, almond colour, brown vinyl roof, new rear seat belts recently fitted. Tax exempt. Please call 07970 732682, South West.

113481

SMART ROADSTER

1981, £2,995. 1981 Triumph TR7 V8 convertible for restoration. Car is complete and ripe for restoration, or maybe a donor V8 for your car?

Subframe is S+S V8 one, brakes are still standard TR7. The guy I bought if from has mis-laid the log book, so this will need to be applied for.

Please call 01763262263, East of England. (T)

be seen in great condition comes with a new Mohair hood, 67,000 miles from new with only 4 former keepers and the last one since 2002.

Registered on a T Reg being one of the last made. Please call 01564 824 414, West Midlands.

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TRIUMPH STAG

VAUXHALL VIVA

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TRIUMPH STAG

1972, 25000 miles, £5,750. 1.2.

Rare automatic 2 door model, only 33 left in UK today, totally original.

Dry stored, absolutely stunning, original showroom brochure, starts first time. Please call 07955 141372, South West.

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VAUXHALL ASTRA

2005, 114999 miles, £1,750. Great looking fun car with electric roof and removable side rails for a fully open cockpit experience. Service history, rain sensor windscreen, electric windows, computer, MOT till July, good tyres, fully automatic or manual gearbox with paddle shift for the fun factor, in good condition throughout. A classic in waiting it must go due to family addition - Boxer dog - garage needed for bigger convertible! Currently SORN'd. Please call 07770776236, South West.

£25,995. Here we have a very nice Auto Stag in Carmine red with stunning leather interior. A very nice older restoration Stag done in great condition. Please call 01564 824 414, West Midlands.

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£17,995. Here we have an older restoration Stag that has within the with new Recon engine suspension, wheels, tyres, etc. Great looking Stag in a dark blue. Please call 01564 824 414, West Midlands.

2009, 98000 miles, £2,100.

Vauxhall Zafira 1.6 Petrol. FullService History, Carefully used car, In excellent interior condition, and body condition as well, Tyres are in good condition, MOT for 8 months.

Road taxed till September. Selling due to need of an Automatic car for the wife. For more information contact. 2 Previous Owners. Please call 07933628345, East Midlands.

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VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE

2004, 42000 miles, £5,995. VW Beetle V5 sport Ltd Edition ,2004, 1 of only 500 in reflex silver . 42k only .Full documented history from new , 100% original . Unique front and rear sport bumpers and alloys exclusive to this model .Rear roof spoiler which raises at speed, full two tone heated leather sports interior (unique to his model ), with aluminium and leather side panels , leather steering wheel and hand brake and gear knob, no accidents , no rust , unmarked alloys , never been painted . Never been smoked in. Electric windows , mirrors locking , air con , pas ,heated seats , abs etc . Everything works as it should . Recent brakes all round , new door hinge , new springs , just serviced and new MOT , waxoyoled underside , two folders of paperwork , all books , both keys , digital dab cd plus original radio multi cd , factory mats and factory over mats , probably nicest one for sale , becoming very rare , modern classic . Please call 07803 042618, Scotland.

VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE

1973, 78968 miles, £19,000. 1973 Volkswagen Beetle 1303 LS for sale.

Excellent example of this iconic classic car and is so fun! She’s rarer too - a right hand drive Karmann Cabriolet. Fantastic condition, original hood, wheel, dash , clock and even majority original seat vinyl. A little bit of restoration work done recently.

This car needs nothing doing and most importantly she drives a dream (MacPherson struts) 1600 engine.

78,968 miles . Since 1986 she’s only had two owners including me. Please call 07624425657, East Midlands.

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VOLVO C70

2002, 131000 miles, £1,995.

Volvo C70 Coupe 2.0T, Automatic, 2002 model year, 1986cc Petrol.

Finished in Metallic Turquoise with full Beige leather trim. 131,000 miles, long MOT, full service history, original wallet with service book, instructions manual etc. Good spec model, includes electric windows and electric heated mirrors, heated seats, power steering, original Volvo sound system with code, BBS alloys. Original tidy example, well maintained, everything works as it should. Drives well, my reliable daily driver. Now a rare modern classic.

Also ULEZ compliant. Excellent condition throughout. Please call 07956 251328, Greater London.

BEDFORD J TYPE ROOF LINING

£90. New black roof lining, may fit A and D types. Can send for a price.

Please call 07749 586757, South East.

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BMW E90 3 SERIES

113618

VOLKSWAGEN GTI

WOLSELEY 1500 2007, £245. Good used differential to fit 318i anf 320i cars, various ratios, fitting available. Please call 07766910326, Yorkshire and the Humber.

113602

1974, £5,995. VW Beetle 1200, Orange, 1974 M-reg, huge folder of service history and full restoration details. Front disc brake conversion for better braking, MOT and Tax exempt, Ulez exempt, recent service with 4 new tyres and a battery, ready for the summer. Please call 07951538049, East of England.

1992, 69300 miles, £4,995. Have to say goodbye to grandads beloved Volkswagen Golf GTi 1984cc 8v 5dr. Owned from new, registered Sept 1992 pottered around the parish nearly 30 years. You could own this car on its 30th birthday.

It isn’t concourse but is all original and one owner from new with only 69000mls covered, I found new grille badge whilst prepping, 2x keys, complete book pack and a file full of invoices. Recent service, clutch timing belt and water pump. It still retains both original dealer reg plates.

The interior is in super condition unmolested. Things to do. Passenger window inop. Sunroof one side not retracting - motor and switching all operational. Over the years had some cosmetic repairs only. Genuine GTi home required for the next chapter for this reliable classic. Please call 07740256900, North West.

1960, £60. Complete Goldseal reconditioned cylinder head to fit a 1500 BMC engine. It was done years ago and has been standing. No it's not an unleaded head, doesn't have double valve springs etc.Please call 07766910326, Yorkshire and the Humber.

1986, £200. Rare 173 ECU from a 1985-87 325i, good working order having been previously reconditioned. Please call 07766910326, Yorkshire and the Humber.

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VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE

1960, 89000 miles, £6,500.

Wolseley 1500 Mk 2. 1960. Modify engine, stainless steel exhaust, electronic ignition. Brake servo and alternator fitted and anti roll bar.

New carpets and tyres. Please call 07751375278, Scotland.

BMW E30 325I

113605

PARTS AUSTIN A55 OXFORD WOLSELEY 1500

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FIAT FIAT 131 LANCIA BETA STRADA 125 124 132 1979, £125. Complete reconditioned twin cam cylinder head from a 1979 131 1600TC Supermirafiori. Comes with cams etc, looks ready to fit. £125 collect from SHEFFIELD. Please call 07766910326, Yorkshire and the Humber.

113487

FORD TRANSIT SMILEY POA: Smiley front, transit van, L.W.B. Mreg complete SAT 10 YEARS,FULL UP WITH SMILEY SPARES INCLUDING TWIN WHEEL AXLE DOORS,LIGHTS, ELECTRICAL PARTS,GRILLS,PADS. Retaining from business offers. 07885491340.

Please call 07885491340, South East.

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COLCHESTER LATHE £400. Chipmaster, single phase, needs attention, £400. Westwood lawn accelerator £110, small trainer for garden tractor £115 lift roller. Fits in west wood or similar £60. Please call 07971230593, East of England.

1974. LARGE QUANTITY OF M.G.B.ROADSTER PARTS FROM A FAILED PROJECT. QUANTITY OF NEW PANELS FRONT WINGS, DOORS N/S/REAR ¼ PANEL N/S SILL KIT B.PANEL. (OVER £3,500 RETAIL).

PLUS LOTS OF USED PANELS DOORS BOOTLIDS BONNET ETC. LOTS OF SMALL PARTS. TO MANY TO LIST JOB LOT ONLY. Please call 07557954136, Wales.

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MINI MINI MAMBA TYRES FORD ANGLIA 105E

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI MARK 1/2

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MINI BUCKET SEATS

£120. Classic Bucket Seats. Ideal for Classic Mini/Sports/Kit Cars. Please call 07979 406536, Yorkshire and the Humber.

1984, £125. Complete reconditioned cylinder head to fit the 1.8 K Jetronic VW Audi engine.

Pretty dirty from years of sitting around but still good to go after a clean up. Please call 07766910326, Yorkshire and the Humber.

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MORRIS OXFORD

1962, £500. 1200cc pre crossflow engine and gearbox, removed from runner with 26k. Gaskets and seals replaced,engine needs some sundries. Please call 07753468964, North West.

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FORD ESCORT

£200. Classic Mini Mamba Alloys/ Tyres 4 x 5 x 10. Please call 07979 406536, Yorkshire and the Humber.

114008

MINI 998CC 1980, £60. Mini engine and gearbox 998cc removed from 1980 build vehicle.Complete restoration needed. Please call 07967520979, West Midlands.

113519

MITSUBISHI L200 WARRIOR CANOPY

£300. Crossflow 1.6 engine, big valve head ,picked up on number 2 cylinder. 711 block T19. Please call 07753468964, North West.

£300. Mitsubishi L200 Warrior Canopy - Black. Fair condition.

Collection only. Please call +441912570808, North East.

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£250. Old Stock car no V5, Engine or gear box, that's why its only £250. Buyer collect. Please call 01677470597 , Yorkshire and the Humber.

113805

VAUXHALL VICTOR VIVA BEDFORD CF 1970, £375. New old stock 2000 slant 4 short engine (block/crank/ rods/pistons). This is not rebuilt, but a new short engine from GM about 45-50 years ago. There is surface rust from standing and it will need stripping, cleaning up and reassembly. Where else will you find one? The crank alone is worth the asking price.

Collect from Sheffield. Please call 07766910326, Yorkshire and the Humber.

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£245. One of a world-wide limited edition of only 475, individually signed by Sir Stirling Moss, Jack Fairman, Bert Hadley, Mort Morris-Goodall and the artist Keith Woodcock, CMA, G.Av.A. Image size 21 inches by 24 inches. In August 1952 at the historic Montlhery circuit in France, LWK 707 became the first car ever to average over 100mph for a whole week, breaking several World Records in doing so.

The painting depicts Moss leaving the pits after a routine tyre change.

In absolutely pristine condition, ready for good quality framing. Just superb!. Please call 01903 721982, South East.

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MANUAL.

1961, £595. Fantastic framed cutaway drawing of a Jaguar E-type S1 signed and authenticated by the artist Richard Corrigan in 1999. No.13 of 850 this particular print is uniquely finished with the registration plate "MAA1".

Measuring 26" x 20" with a sepia finish and 'shipwreck' finished wooden frame. More photos available of the signatures written in ink. Please call +447798611489, South West.

113531

TENG TOOLS

£450. 1 1/2 KW 23ov air cooled lighting plant auto start/ stop in good working order, starts runs stops as it should. 07710819242.

Please call 07710819242, East of England.

113580

£30. Very good condition. £30

AEC MERCURY 1969, £9,000. New to london fire service, fitted with twin boom wreckers international, in VGC drive away. 07759473380. Please call 07759 473380, Yorkshire and the Humber.

113582

inc- post packing. Please call 01787371618, South East.

113588

HY - MAC

£12. Diseal engine parts. Good condition. Please call 01787371618, East of England.

113590

MAGAZINES £12. Magazines , Hemmings.

American 12 issus. Great condition. £12. Please call 01302 770527, Yorkshire and the Humber.

TYRES 4 X 4 NEW

113594

£400. Eight Brand new performax 4 x 4 245/70 radial tyres. £400 07981213648. Please call 07981 213648, East Midlands.

MERCHANT NAVY BADGE

113584

BROOKLANS SOCIETY CLUB BADGE

£8. Teng Tools-1200FRP quality 'Flip' Rachet Spanner - £8, plus £3.25 PandP. Please call 01366728030, East of England.

113575

SNOW PLOUGH £150. POA: Snow plough frame and ram 70 fit compact tractor. Filters JCB £5. New mower blades £5.

Bolts for mower £15. Snow plough rams £10. Please call 01464821752, Scotland.

£45. Size 4.5 x 3 inchs. £45 post free.

Please call 07968 659967, South East.

113578

113586

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£12. Partsv listing. Good condition.

Please call 01787371618, East of England.

£75. By J R Gaunt London. No damage to enamel. Please call 07432583883, South East.

113589

113737

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TRAILERS

ESSO TIGER TAIL

COLLECTION OF DINKY TOYS

POA. Large collection of dinky toys for sale some with boxes. Please call for details. 01726842357. Please call 01726 842357, South West.

POA: 1X7 + 1X14 Ton gross trailers. Bristol. Please call 07880 600805, South West. £15. Glazed drains 2ft high 16".

Make good plant containers. Tel : 01614398515. Please call 0161 439 8515, North West.

113492

£12. 1960's MOD's Lambretta Scooter. Comes with red ribbon, same as the originals of 1960s. Can post for an extra £3. Please call 07749 586757, South East.

113542

FERGUSON 9 TINE SPRING CULTIVATOR

113537

CLASSIC MINI DUNLOP TYRES BEDFORD MODEL O TYPE INSTRUCTION BOOK

113472

£200. Ferguson 9 tine spring cultivator. Please call 01580 241237, South East.

BROCHURE

113555

FORD 10 SERIES DOUBLE SPOOL VALVE

£30. Messerschmitt- kabinen roller.

German sale brochure. £30. Please call 02083 997541, South East.

113476

CAR BADGE

£220. Classic Mini Dunlop SP11 145/80/10, 5 x 145 x 10 Tyres as new unused on refurbished. Original wheels, £220. Telephone 07979 406536 Yorkshire. Please call 07979 406536, Yorkshire and the Humber.

113535

£20. Bedford Model O type instruction book. This sits in the cab, very good condition. £20. Can post for a price. PayPal or bank transfer.

Please call 07749 586757, South East.

113539

CLASSIC MINI WHEELS ORIGINAL WW2 1944 LEATHER

£165. Ford 10 series double spool valve £165.00 phone 07711508200.

Please call 07711508200, Yorkshire and the Humber.

113556

SALE EXTENDED WEIGHT FRAME

£45. Barc car badge, british automobile, racing club. Bar fixing excellent condition. Post free. Please call 07534 431198, South East.

113485

£120. Classic Mini 5 x Standard 12 inch wheels. All good tyres 145 x 70 x 12 £120. Telephone 07979 406536 Yorkshire. Please call 07979 406536, Yorkshire and the Humber.

1944, £140. Original ww2 1944 leather jerkin good condition.

Measurements pit to pit 23” length top to hem 31” size large. Leather reinforced armpits, buttons and button holes. Paypal or bank transfer. Please call 07749 586757, South East.

£120. : For sale extended wieght frame for ford 10 series tractors £120.00tel 07711508200. Please call 07711508200, Yorkshire and the Humber.

113536

113540

113558

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3X LOADER CABLES

SAW BELT PULLEY

£95. 3x loader cables and levers to operate loader spool valve£95.00phone 07711508200.

Please call 07711508200, Yorkshire and the Humber.

£75. P.T.O. Saw Belt Pulley. Fits 35 or Dexter. Please call 01580 241237, South East.

113559

113569

13 OPEN ENDED SPANNERS FOR SALE

FIAT FIAT 131 LANCIA BETA STRADA 125 124 132 1979, £125. Complete reconditioned twin cam cylinder head from a 1979 131 1600TC Supermirafiori. Comes with cams etc, looks ready to fit. £125 collect from SHEFFIELD. Please call 07766910326, Yorkshire and the Humber.

113487

£30. 13 Open ended Spanners for sale, 2 King dicks, 1 Bedford, various others , some a/f £30 the lot. Mr J Hart. Perthshire. 07927675074.

Please call 07927 675074, Scotland.

113561

DINKY FODENS

ATKINSON BORDERER

1943, £12,000. Registered 7.7 engine. Steel framed cab. Lots done. Some spare parts. Please call 01387860242, Scotland.

1972, POA. 14 Litre 250 cummins engine, 9 speed fuller gearbox.

Tax and Mot exempt. New rings.

Linersand, shells fitted to engine.

Tiday old truck. Please call 07989084479, North East.

112528

AEC MATADOR

POA: Smiley front, transit van, L.W.B. Mreg complete SAT 10 YEARS,FULL UP WITH SMILEY SPARES INCLUDING TWIN WHEEL AXLE DOORS,LIGHTS, ELECTRICAL PARTS,GRILLS,PADS. Retaining from business offers. 07885491340.

Please call 07885491340, South East.

TRUCKS AEC MANDATOR

113057

AUSTIN K8

£12,000. Steel cab, timber crane, fitted winch, ground anchors, good condition jib, on the button. Please call 07770 778740, South West.

112783

AEC MERCURY

FORD TRANSIT SMILEY

113576

£85. Two boxed previously owned 1947 dinky fodens £85 each ono will post out tracked R/M. Please call 07903 904199, North West.

AEC MATADOR

1969, £6,500. Alloy boby tipper in. Good runner, lots of new parts fitted, can deliver. Please call 07759473380, Yorkshire and the Humber.

112843

ATKINSON 66

113570

1951, £18,000. I have the latest V5c in my name ,I have the earlier V5 and also the original buff log book, it’s still on its original number plate LYE 600, I also have some old mot certs going back till the early 90’s, tax disc from the mid 90’s bill of sale from the person I brought it from also the bill of sale from John mould who owned the vehicle from 1984 he brought the truck from Burnside Motors (3rd owner in the buff log book) so full history from new!!

Also I have original sales brochure for a K8 three way van and also chassis parts list and running and maintenance original books. Please call 01892 549042, South East.

112397

AUSTIN J4

4 WHEELED CURTAIN SIDED TRAILER WITH TURNTABLE £495. 4 WHEELED CURTAIN SIDED TRAILER WITH TURNTABLE, 8 ft 6 inch by 4 feet 6 inches wide with aluminium from back roof and floor, can email more photos. Please call 01362 820629, East of England.

£8. Ford Focus 2001 Left side Electric Wing Mirror - £8, plus £5.50 PandP. Please call 01366728030, East of England.

1958, £7,500. Mandator MKIII. 9.6 litre engine, 6-speed gearbox, coupled to 1967 Crane Fruehauf 28 foot single axle flat deck trailer.

Drive away. Please call 07516 713955, Yorkshire and the Humber.

£6,000. 150 Gardner. David brown box. New metal work on cab, wood work done. Needs outer panels replacing. Lots of new bits, lights etc. Reluctant sale, loss of storage.

Undercover for last 10 years. It’s complete. Please call 07596 008401, South West.

£4,250. Cab in very good condition.

Diesel. Chassis all good, bed of floor needs welding. I bought all new parts to restore steering and drive line and suspension, 2 new seals, £1000 if you buy pick up. Please call 07596 008401, South West.

113567

113541

112401

112403

113563

FORD FOCUS 2001 LEFT SIDE ELECTRIC WING MIRROR

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AUSTIN FFK

1963, 38500 miles, £10,000.

Believed to be only survivor. New to Cornwall county. In very good condition. Complete with all equipment, can deliver for cost.

Please call 07759 473380, Yorkshire and the Humber.

112842

BEDFORD TM

BEDFORD TK

BRISTOL

DODGE 50

£1,200. Renault Dodge 50 B56 1974, 48000 miles, £18,000.

A unique tk 570 motorhome conversion 5speed and 330 diesel . Built over 20yrs ago and it’s a beautiful old thing to stay in .

Quality components throughout and much loved but in need of a little tidying on cab ideal for glamping or vintage rallies etc . . Would take a similarly valued motorcycle or vintage car project in px . This vehicle is in Devon. Please call 07474376961, South West.

112805

G reg. Mechanically sound and reliable. Failed plating due to the 1979, £5,000. Bristol RE Ex Citybus Belfast bus, in excellent condition, mechanically perfect, currently

horsebox body (cross members) and needs one tyre only. Living in

dry stored, ready to be rallied, MoT

purpose built horse box carries up

exempt. Please call 07590 813537,

to three ponies, two horses. Perkins

South East.

Engine 4 cylinder 5 speed gear box.

112411

COMMER VC

BEDFORD TK

Would make great camper van - was on MOT and registered as camper.

Please call 07770 683766, South East.

112398

ERF LV UNIT

1981, £7,000. Bedford TM hiab platform lorry. 4 x 4,starts e drives, V5, new screen and ton cargo.

Bedford 500 engine, tow hitch, compressor. 07981213648. Please call 07981213648, East Midlands.

113471

1984, POA. TK750 Vanplan Integral Pantechnicon. For restoration only, sister vehicle to the above but sadly bodged into a horsebox. 220 Turbo Engine needs some body work and light mechanical work. Or looking for enthusiast with some skills to help restoration. Please call 01275 474486, South West.

113228

BEDFORD WL

1939, £14,750. Rare ' Transition Model' with both pre - war with series features and later 28hp petrol engine. 10 year restoration completed in 2007. Includes documentation, manuals and spares. Please call 01323843186, South East.

113528

1969, £10,000. Perkins 4-cylinder.

7.5 ton GVW. Unladen weight 3 ton.

Aluminium flatbed with electric winch and ramps. MoTd. Front tyres 2019. Resprayed professionally

£13,500. ERF Lv flat bed Lorry

seven years ago. Please call 07813

with180 Gardner, David brown

144675, North East.

gearbox and 2 speed rear axle. Fully

113237

restored 4 years ago including new

DENNIS

door posts and new cab timber.

1950, 00000 miles, £12,500.

Reupholstered seat in leather and

Dennis pay P6. Flat bed lorry, good

all dials working. New rear body

usable condition. Low eaton 2

galvanised and proper timber fitted

BELSIZE

speed. Heavy winch. Never used , 1921, £11,950. This lovely truck was known to operate as a hawkers truck in the 1970s. All up and running. Please call 07539 074242, South East.

112138

new treated wood bed, new interior.

Add storage spaces and all good tyres. Please call 01454 774717,

to bed. MOT’d each year with no trouble, as you can see it’s a working lorry so not museum piece. Please

North West.

call 01297 678588 , South West.

113072

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ERF 44G

FODEN S20

KARRIER BANTAM

MERCEDES 815

1956, POA. ERF 44G KV Flat Lorry.

Gardner 4LW engine, 32mpg, 10 speed gearbox, new tyres, winch.

Transport show tractors. Unladen 4,701kg. Lorry show winner. Please call 07779 737420, Yorkshire and the Humber.

113180

ERF E SERIES

1960, £4,000. V5 present. SORNED at the moment. Patterns cut for cab.

5LW Gardner, 12-speed box, new steel w2ings but slightly rusted. Dry stored for several years. Please call 07759 466366, East of England.

112540

1961, £9,000. Four cylinder petrol engine. Good wooden tipping body, tyres and battery. I have owned this vehicle for 30 years. Please call 01403 753131, South East.

2003, POA. Mercedes 815 Atego Sleeper Cab Beavertail Body. One previous owner. Stored undercover.

Genuine 244,651km. Electric winch

112627

fitted. MOT until 30/11/2022. Please

LDV PILOT

call 01522 690011, South East.

111964

FORD IVECO CARGO MITSUBISHI L200 2006, £1,000. L200 Pickup. Good condition except for bodywork.

1984, £4,000. One owner from new.

Farm vehicle used on market work.

Gardner turbo engine, Spicer rear box. All in order when parked up six

2000, 85000 miles, £3,250.

Recovery lorry 27' bed only. Please call 01483 282830, South East.

111980

years ago. A good winter project.

FORD TRANSCON

Ready for 2022 Rally Season!. Please

£12,000. Ford Transcon 6x4 Artic.

Chassis and tyres like new. Runner.

Cummins Big Cam. Renault Major cab goes with it, like new. Please call 01974 821788, Wales.

call 07850 694042, South East.

113219

FODEN S21

1996, 11714 miles, £2,750. Recent repaint and welding to floor. MoT till 2022, four owners from new. Tow bar, bulkhead, ply lined, good work horse or show. Please call 07860 473298, East of England.

113470

LEYLAND VIKING

Please call 01434 674627, North East.

112629

MORRIS THREEPENNY BIT 1967, 76000 miles, £13.95.

This truck has undergone a full restoration in the last 2yrs and has done approx. 850ml since. Almond green paintwork, all new window rubbers, engine rebuild, new brakes and tilt. Please call 07837 991278,

112368

South East.

FORDSON THAMES

112901

TRUCK

1978, £5,000. Leyland (Albion) Viking VK55 Ex Northern Ireland 1965, POA. Tractor Unit with ballast box. Gardner Engine David Brown Gearbox included 5th wheel. Good order regularly rallied. Dry stored.

Please call 07800 735254, South East.

1950, £7,000. Runs and drives as it should. Four D Dorset engine upgrade. Mainly restored, in working order, still has bits to do.

Open to sensible offers. Please call 07716 397633, South West.

112405

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School bus. 45 seats, mechanically perfect, drives lovely, Mot exempt, currently in dry storage, ready for rallies. Please call 07590 813537, South East.

112410

1996. 16155651 miles, POA; Like new all round old style engine manuel injector pump. Runs and drives like new auto box. Please call 01277782361, East of England.

113234

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THORNYCROFT NUBIAN

SCAMMELL HANDYMAN

Parts

LEYLAND 680 CRANKSHAFT

ALBION MCP1825

1964, £4,500. THORNYCROFT NUBIAN. 1964 TFA/B81 Fire Crash Tender with SUN body. £4500 ono.

Mechanical sound and roadworthy.

Reg.as Historic Vehicle, ex BAC Warton. Lots of work done to engine and body, many new parts, needs

1960, 0000 miles, £0. SUITABLE FOR SPARES/PARTS. LEYLAND 680 ENGINE. Please call 07745827981, Ireland.

112187

painting to finish. Please call 01962 851158 , South West.

SCAMMELL HIGHWAYMAN

112838

NCK 304 TRUCK CRANE

1962, 69591 miles, £15,000.

Owned for a number of years.

Gardner 150 engine rebuilt. Ex tanker, now has Gardner set in back.

Needs tyres, rallied up to 2019.

Started regularly. Please call 07925 384379, South West. £7,250. NCK 304 Truck crane 18 ton, max lift AWD carrier. Needs refurb.

2019, £7.18. The MCP1825 is a 500 mA Low Dropout (LDO) linear regulator that provides high current and low output voltages.

The MCP1825 is available with a fixed or adjustable output voltage and a voltage range of 0.8V to 5.0V. The MCP1825 is a suitable choice for new sub-1.8V output voltage LDO applications with high current needs because of its 500 mA output current capability and low output voltage capability. More details: https:// www.utmel.com/components/ mcp1825-regulators-500-ma-lowquiescent-current-ldo-regulatorand-datasheet-pdf?id=1062. Please call 13352964541, Wales.

112194

112402

LEYLAND DAF SPARES

POA. All parts in good condition.

Radiator, intercooler, mirror, starter motor 24v, steering box and VJ clutch slave. Header tank, headlight glass. Please call 07752 259980, West Midlands.

112610

GARDNER FUEL PUMPS

112841

SEDDON

POA. Complete with gear to drive timing gears and drive flange other end. Mains 20 thou and Big Ends 10 thou u/size. Please call 07970 277320, South East.

BEDFORD K SERIES DISTRIBUTOR

Please call 07808369669, South West.

113076

£50. Fuel pumps from Gardner 180 6LXB. Working but for overhaul or spares. Please call 07813 011970, East of England.

SCAMMELL HANDYMAN 1966, £7,000. Leyland 680 engine with gate gearbox in original condition. Also ERF B Series 4x2

113247

1998, £5,000. Seddon Atkinson,

unit, 1977, Gardner 180 engine, two

17-340m, MoT till August 2022.

speed axle, in very good condition,

Cummins engine 16 speed. Air

£7,000. Please call 07759473380,

suspension, Sleeper cab. Please call

Yorkshire and the Humber.

07926 067452, West Midlands.

112121

112839

£30. Bedford 28 H.P. petrol 'K' Series Distributor, was in good working condition when removed but drive gear and carbon brush transferred to replacement - offers around £30.00 plus postage. Please call 01142 461465, Yorkshire and the Humber.

£1,000. Diesel engine, starter motor fitted, mounted on a trolley for ease of moving around, starts first time every time. In very good condition, lots of applications. Please call 07971 622426, South East.

111945

112124

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CLASSIC AND VINTAGE COMMERCIALS MAGAZINES

POA. 3 of 90 degree reduction worm drive gear boxes. To be collected. Please call 01482814139, North East.

112929

Misc.

BEDFORD MODELS

£7.50. Classic and Vintage Commercials x 15. New find, 2008/9, all in VGC. £7.50 plus £8 PandP Courier. (Also many Bus/Coach

£45 each. Two 1950 Dinky Bedfords both previously owned both manufactured in the UK in the fifties will post out RM tracked. Please call 07903 904199, West Midlands.

LIVING VAN - BRAYSHAW SHOWMAN'S

1940, £15,000. 1940 Brayshaw Showman’s Living Van 20ft.

Original cupboards and fitted wood burner with tile surround.

Separate bedroom with fitted bed.

Handmade lined curtains with matching bench seat cover. Almost new tyres on original split rim wheels. Tows very well. Kept under cover when not in use. Please call 07950746416, South West.

Mags). Please call 01366 728030,

112197

East of England.

DIE CAST FIRE ENGINES

THE GLORY DAYS OF HEAVY HAULAGE

£4.95. 130 unmarked white pages, great photos, nice book. Please call 07989951895, South East.

112416

FOWLER

111943

GB TOURING PLATES

112408

FODEN MODEL

£85. A 1947/55 Dinky Foden brewery /milk churn lorry, boxed.

From a previously owned collection, other period Fodens available.

Please call 07903 904199, West Midlands.

£80. AA and GB solid brass. £80 for both or £40 each. Please call 02083 997541, South East.

111979

£30. 2 hardback Models of Yesteryear description catalogues.

1st and 2nd editions in mint condition. Colour pix, scarcity, lists, release dates, codes explained, Giftware, plated, box information, etc etc. great collectors Xmas gift.

Please call 01744 637052, North West.

112314

FODEN MODELS

24 ½” KOMET POLYPHON STYLE DISC MUSIC BOX AND DISCS

£75 each. Two 1947/50 Dinky Fodens Previously owned and collectable a tail board and a high sided lorry both UK manufactured

by Dinky will post out tracked.

Please call 07903 904199, West Midlands.

£10,500. A Rare Victorian, Coin Operated Disc Music Box. It is a Komet Model 200, playing 24 ½” Discs. The Discs, Movement and Walnut Case style is very similar to the Mikado Polyphon with an integral Disc Storage Bin. Complete with a Clock Pediment. In very good condition with plenty of Discs (There is a UK company who makes new one also!). Please call 07774418706, South West.

£20. We Made Trailers, the history of Cranes (Dereham) Ltd to 1960. Top condition. Please call 07984 670331, Yorkshire and the Humber.

112409

112015

112406

112404

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RARE BOOK

£4,250. Fowler diesel engine generator. Starts, run good, strong engine, very rare and tidy machine.

Please call 07759 466366, East of England.

112531

VINTAGE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES MAGAZINES £10. A Hundred Years Of Road Rollers 1965 £10 inc PandP A Rally of Traction Engines ,Finch 1974 £6 inc PandP Traction Engines in Colour Finch 1980 £6 inc PandP Age of the Traction Engine Whitehead 1994 £10 inc PandP Steam Wagons in Colour Sawford 1997 £8 inc. Please call 07968 406274 , South West.

112723 MCLAREN BOOK £60. The story of the Midland Engine Works - Leeds As new condition,currently out of print 420 pages £ 60 inc PandP. Please call 07968 406274 , South West.

112724

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Sam discovers that he once owned what the data tells us is the most unexceptional classic of all.

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here’s something almost bittersweet about the way I feel as I sit down to write this column. I’ve just taken a phone call from a colleague involved with the Festival of the Unexceptional, due to take place on July 30 at Grimsthorpe Castle.

He’s just done some number crunching, looking at the statistics of former Festival entrants in order to try to establish what the archetypal Unexceptional classic might be. What year it might have been built in, what marque, what body shape, what colour.

All the things that – were this a dating site – would match you with the person of your dreams. And the idea was to find the Unexceptional classic that would almost guarantee your chances of victory.

Apparently the most unexceptional car of the lot would be from 1989, be an Austin, be blue and be a saloon.

And while this isn’t feasible owing to the end of Austin in 1988, one car had attended several events and was as close as anyone could reasonably expect to see. And John intended to use this car to highlight the results of his study.

That car was E225CMV – a Moonraker Blue 1987 Austin Montego 2.0HL saloon. Which used to be mine until it was written off in May 2017 by an inattentive driver turning across my path. The collision spun me by almost 180 degrees and bent the roof as far back as the B pillar. A sad end for a car that I had planned to keep until it outlived me – but the Category B marker takes no prisoners. It was

A 1987 Austin in blue is apparently the ultimate Festival of the Unexceptional candidate.

the first car I bought with my own money, the first I really polished, the first I could make my own. It took me to university, to the internship that boosted my career, to all bar one of the homes I have lived in. I took out girls in it, I took home shopping in it. I crashed it, I mended it, I won prizes with it. I did everything with it.

Five years to the day since it was killed, it’s still earning accolades from the event designed to support and promote cars of its ilk. And that’s fine by me. Two years after buying CMV I bought my first Saab 9000, and since then I’ve always had more than one car – and so no bond has forged quite so strongly as the bond I had with my Montego.

One of the entrants to last year’s Festival was a 2.0HL estate, and as I stuck my head through the open door

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and inhaled the heady aroma of Austin Rover tragedy and velour, it took me back to the days when that car was a large part of my life. Since then there has been great change, with only two of my current fleet having been around since I owned my Montego. But the memories are happy – and if the car won’t see me to my end, the memories will be a constant companion.

Only a few small parts of E225CMV survive – and four of them are on Kelsey’s project estate. Early in my time with the car, I swapped its steel wheels for a set of optional alloys, and the steels sat in my shed until I sold them to Simon Goldsworthy of Classics Monthly for our beige beauty. Which, I’m led to believe, is now for sale. So if you want to be the owner of the world’s most unexceptional set of wheels, you know what to do.

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