Classic & Sports Car

276 Pages·2015·35.27 MB·English

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THE Bonhams is pleased to announce that it is now inviting
consignments for the annual Bond Street Sale.
BOND STREET SALE
With only 35 entry slots available and several motor cars already
Sunday 6 December 2015
consigned, the annual event is set to be another exciting auction
New Bond Street, London from Bonhams record breaking motoring department.
Final call for entries
1961 ASTON MARTIN DB4 SERIES II SPORTS SALOON Off ered directly from 50 years in the ownership of former Gentleman
£340,000 - 380,000 Racing Driver and Mercedes-Benz connoisseur John Young
1955 MERCEDES-BENZ 300SL GULLWING COUPÉ
£1,000,000 - 1,300,000
Single family ownership from new
1937 LAGONDA LG45 RAPIDE
£500,000 - 700,000 The fi rst right-hand drive example
1962 AC COBRA ROADSTER
£250,000 - 350,000
Rare right-hand drive variant
1965 MASERATI MISTRAL 3.7-LITRE SPYDER
The ex-Works Prototype - “The Mule”
£450,000 - 550,000
1964 SUNBEAM TIGER LE MANS COUPÉ
£300,000 - 400,000
1962/63 FERRARI 250GT SERIES II CABRIOLET ENQUIRIES
Coachwork by Pininfarina [phone]
£1,000,000 - 1,200,000 [email protected]
Catalogue
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Christian Werner
1927 Mercedes Benz 680 S Rennsport
Nuerburgring 1927
1937 Mercedes Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster
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Restoration Sales Racing Storage Prototypes
Tel. [phone] [email protected] AUSTRiA
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THE DECEMBER SALE FERRARI 512 BBI ENQUIRIES
£150,000 - 200,000 [phone]
Collector’s Motor Cars, [email protected]
Motorcycles and Automobilia
Catalogue
Thursday 10 December 2015
[phone]
RAF Museum, London
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Final call for entries
1975 FERRARI 308 GTB 1936 BENTLEY 4¼-LITRE The Ex-Archie Scott, Gerry Ruddock,
£100,000 - 120,000 OWEN SEDANCA COUPE Barn Stored Since 1968
Coachwork by Gurney Nutting & Co. 1938 HRG ‘LE MANS’ MODEL
£90,000 - 110,000 £30,000 - 40,000
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THISMONTH
December2015•Volume34No9•Onsale5November
STAGE SUPERCAR NEWS
Editorial 10
Thegallery 12
News&events 14
Yourevents 21
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Sport 24
Lost&found 28
WedriveLancia’s
Dino-enginedrally COMMENT
legend,theStratos MickWalsh Fromthecockpit 33
JamesElliott Misfire 35
SimonTaylor Fullthrottle 37
MartinBuckley Backfire 39
Letters 41
REVIEWS
Motoringart 44
Books 47
Models 51
Automobilia 53
Classicshrines 55
Nextmonth 57
Subscribe!08448488835 58
FEATURES
160 Rüsselsheimrazzmatazz:glitz 146 Healey’shardtop:thestoryof
fromGM’sGermanoutpost averyspecialdevelopmentcar ALanciafortheforest 102
FlatoutinTurin’sWorldChampion
Abingdon’smasterpiece 110
MickWalshtakesthewheelofMG’s
iconicsupercharged‘six,’theK3
Renaissancestyle 118
ChantillyArts&Elegancerivalsthe
world’sgreatestconcoursevents
Fromracertoroadcar 124
Thornehitsthetesttrackinthe
Alpine-RenaultA110,A310andGTA
Daytonashootingbrake 132
ThebizarreFerrariNART-Panther
154 TheDB7putIanCallum’s isdefinitelynotforshrinkingviolets
namefirmlyonthemap Caughtoncamera 142
AvisittotheBelgianGPandLeMans
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Donald’sHealey 146
Ontheroadwiththeboss’high-speed
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Callum’s“callingcard” 154
Thedesigner’smostcelebratedwork
Mid-Atlanticgrace 160
Opel’sforgottenCommodoreAand
142 JamesPagedigsintoanevocative RekordCcoupéandcabriolet
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BUYINGANDSELLING
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Auctions 186
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Bradford’s Buyer’sguideAudiTTMk1 198
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or this month’s Lancia Stratos feature, I spoke to Steve Perez EDITORIAL
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