A 1951 Allard M2 drophead coupé – estimated to make £15-18,000 – will be one of the choice lots at Dorset Vintage & Classic Auctions’ sale tomorrow.
The last remaining car of the seven originally built, the Allard was sold new in the US before being repatriated to the UK in ’88 to from part of a private collection.
Bought by its current owner in 2000, it would be converted to a period GM automatic transmission but, as other jobs took precedence, was retired to storage, not re-emerging until 2012.
The car is MoT’d until October, but its bodywork and hood mechanism are said to be in need of attention.
A 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 MkII is expected to make even more, though, with an estimate of £45-50,000.
It was rebuilt to the 1964 works rally specification in ’89, a job that included a complete body and chassis overhaul.