Despite a raft of exotic cars coming up for sale as Bonhams auctions its third installment of the Patrick Collection, all the attention is likely to be on a 1935 Ford Box Van with a relatively meagre estimate of £20-30,000.
That's because the van is the one used as Lance Corporal Jones' butcher's van in the long-running comedy classic Dad's Army.
It will come up for sale at Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands in Surrey on 3 December.
The Patrick Collection Part III sale is the third tranche from the collection of cars covering 100 years of motoring that is housed in a private museum in Birmingham. Bonhams sold Part I of the Patrick Collection in 1994 and Part II in 2004.
At Mercedes-Benz World, Bonhams will offer 19 cars from the collection including a 1931 Invicta 4.5-litre S-Type Low Chassis Tourer (£500-600,000) that the Patrick family acquired in 1966 and a 1938 Jaguar SS100 3.5-litre Sports Two-Seater (£220-280,000).
James Knight, Bonhams' Group Motoring Director, said: “I have had the personal privilege of handling the Patrick Collection sales in the past. They have always generated much interest, and we look forward to offering the third instalment at our December sale.”
Already consigned for the same sale, but not from the Patrick Collection is a 2010 Pagani Zonda 'F' Coupé (£500-600,000).
