A 1969 E-Type Jaguar 4.2 2+2 Coupe with just 1700 miles on the clock and one owner from new goes under the hammer at H&H’s sale at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford. It’s rare to find an original, matching numbers, low mileage E-Type Jaguar up for sale, but this – a 1969 E-Type Jaguar 4.2 […]
Sir Malcolm Campbell’s 1933 Rolls Royce Phantom II Continental is the 3rd ‘Great Phantom’
Sir Malcolm Campbell’s 1933 Rolls Royce Phantom II Continental is the third ‘Great Phantom’ heading for exhibition at the Phantom 8 launch at Bonhams in Mayfair. We already know the new Rolls Royce Phantom VIII will debut on 27 July at Bonhams in Mayfair, London, as Rolls Royce reveal it in an exhibition called ‘The […]
This 1978 British Leyland Mini Van cost £50,000 to restore – and it’s up for grabs
This 1978 British Leyland Mini Van has been restored at a cost of more than £50,000 and it’s now going under the hammer at Coys with an estimate of £15-20k. There was a time when small businesses, and hard-up families, considered the Mini Van – the original Mini Traveller but without back windows and back […]
1956 Aston Martin DBR1 – 1 of 5 – expected to fetch £16 MILLION at auction (plus DBR1 Video)
A 1956 Aston Martin DBR1 – the first of only five built – is up for auction at RM Sotheby’s Monterey Auction in August, and is expected to fetch £16 million – or more. The Aston Martin DBR1 was built in the mid-1950s to take on the world’s greatest track cars, succeeding in winning at […]
Jaguar Land Rover Classic Car Works opens to preserve and celebrate JLR’s Heritage (video)
The Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works has officially opened, with JLR’s Classic Car Collection on display and sales and restorations offered on-site. The Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works has officially opened in Coventry and is the new world hub for all things Jaguar Land Rover as JLR celebrate and maintain their historic models. Covering 14,000 […]
Peel Trident Micro Car – 1 of just 45 – heading for auction – could fetch £100k PLUS
A Peel Trident Micro Car – successor to the Peel P50 – is going up for auction with RM Sotheby’s and is expected to sell for over £100,000. The Peel P50 was thrust in to the spotlight ten years ago when Jeremy Clarkson and the Top Gear team featured the quirky little Micro Car – […]
Lotus Carlton is the most iconic Vauxhall, say Vauxhall Performance fans
The 1990s Lotus Carlton – a Vauxhall Carlton fettled by Lotus – is the most iconic car in Vauxhall’s history, say Vauxhall Performance fans in a new survey. It could be argued that Vauxhall doesn’t have a great deal to offer when you’re looking of its ‘Iconic’ cars. But that would be a bit unfair. […]
1962 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 Coupe Barn Find – a ‘Student Special’ in the 1970s – set to make £60k (video)
A 1962 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 Coupe, bought by a student in 1976 and stored in a barn for 30 years, is set to make £60k at H&H Classics auction. It’s still astonishing that ‘Barn Find’ cars turn up on a regular basis now classic cars hold so much cachet and deliver strong prices to owners who […]
Range Rover ‘Harrods Edition’ – which cost more than a HOUSE in 1983 – sells for £36,000
A Range Rover ‘Harrods Edition’, created by Wood & Pickett in 1983, has sold for £36,000 at Historics auction, almost what it cost when new. The Range Rover arrived in 1970 as probably the first SUV modern buyers would recognise as a real premium SUV, but only as a two-door model. It took more than […]
Jaguar-powered Lister Knobbly returns as a road-legal continuation model – costs £295,000
Road-legal continuation models of the legendary Lister Knobbly – a Jaguar-powered 1950s track car – are being built with 10 units available at up to £295,000 each. It seems the world is short of ‘real’ classic cars, so high-end car makers are busy churning out ‘Continuation’ models to build more classic cars to fill a […]