What the owner says: “The car has had a recent engine upgrade to a 4.5 straight-six, 6-speed engine, which gives 410bhp and an acceleration of 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds. It is said that prior to its closure in 2012, TVR was developing a convertible Sagaris and we are confident that M19 TVR would have been the result had the factory remained open.”
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1965 Austin-Healey 3000 Convertible Mk.111
A 25-year labour of love, this 3000 was sent new to New York as an LHD export model and taken off the road in 1987.
The current owner bought it in 1993 and repatriated it to the UK for restoration. Work started that year; the car being reduced to many boxes of parts and a rusty chassis. Work continued for the next five years, including the conversion of the steering to RHD.
Progress then stopped until 2014 as life commitments took precedence. However, the owner returned to the project when he retired, and the car passed its MOT at the first attempt in June 2017.
Wherever possible, all the original parts of the vehicle were either repaired or reconditioned. However, some elements, such as the upholstery and the hood, had to be replaced with new due to their extremely poor condition.
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1971 Jaguar E-type Series 2 Roadster
This much-loved E-type has been in its present ownership for 18 years; its previous custodian owned it for 23 years. The owner also maintains the car himself.
What the owner says: “The E-type is used for approximately 1000 miles per annum and there is always something to refresh each and every year. She drives superbly and is a joy to drive.”
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1993 Alpine Renault A610
Number 25 of just 68 A610s imported into the UK, this bright yellow Alpine still has its original paintwork, and has had just two owners.
The A610 was a highly specified motor car: at the time of manufacture the only optional extras were leather upholstery instead of velour cloth, and a ‘luxury’ Pioneer CD player.
What the owner says: “Like all older cars it is certainly a challenge to keep roadworthy, but I use my car regularly and go to French Alpine events at least twice a year.”
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'Ernie' – 1930 Ford Model A Tudor
“Ernie is for driving, not showing! In my two-and-a-half years' ownership, we have taken part together in several rallies and tours including two weekends at Kop Hill and the North Wales ‘Brass Monkey’. Ernie has even lapped Silverstone!
Driving a Model A takes you back in time to a much simpler place, where you slow down and enjoy the smells and thrills of driving while admiring the scenery! Ernie is truly a people’s car.”
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1969 Jaguar E-type
This car was the first E-type restored by Hutsons, the Bradford-based E-type specialists. It appeared in their advertisements and, nearly 30 years later, is still shown in their current sales brochure.
In the 16 years that it has been in its present owner’s care it has been employed in many roles, including wedding transport, navigational rallies in the UK and Europe, Kop Hill Climb, various static events, weekends away and the supermarket run.
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1972 Ferrari Dino
This car was imported from Japan at the beginning of 2017 and has a Maranello certificate of authenticity. It is a matching-numbers car, and original down to the radio.
What the owner says: “We took the car down to Corsica two years ago, without any problems at all, apart from the crowds of people that surrounded us in every town and village that we stopped at.”
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1955 MG TF
One of only 244 TF 1500s registered in the UK, this is the second last to be sold in the UK. Its present owner bought the car in 1970.
What the owner says: “I remember the hood flying off in a snowstorm one night on top of the Pennines and when I arrived at my girlfriend’s house the car was full of snow. In 1978 I decided to restore it and bought a new body... and then everything stopped. Good intentions, but nothing happened due to work, mortgage, family, until 2000 when we moved and the ‘biggest Meccano kit in the world’ (my wife’s words!) had either to be sold or restored. So I decided to have it restored by Naylor Bros in Shipley, and the result is what you see here. It’s the best retirement toy you can have.”
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2005 TVR Tuscan
A5 GVH was first registered in January 2005 and is a very early Tuscan 2. It has had one owner from new and has led a fairly hard life, now having covered almost 80k miles without any major mechanical work. It has done many track days and has been used for continental trips to southern Spain, the Black Forest, all over France, Belgium and Holland as well as all over the UK.
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1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1
The owner bought the car last year and has already won two ‘Show and Shine’ awards with it.
The previous owner of the car had restored it over a period of eight years, and the present owner loves to allow parents and their children to sit in it and start the engine. He had previously and lovingly restored a Ford Capri, but that car was written off when it caught fire, so the Mustang is even more special to him.
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1955 Triumph TR3
This barn-find TR3 turned out to have a hidden and extensive rally works history.
The owner purchased the car as a barn-find in 1990 and it was then given a ground-up, five-year restoration. In 2007, as a result of a ‘Lost and Found’ article in TR Action, the TR3’s rally history was uncovered.
It had once been owned by Leslie Griffiths and Norman Blockley, in whose hands it took part in several major international rallies in period, finishing 4th in class as part of a top-ranked Standard Works team lead by Maurice Gastonides in the 1956 Alpine Rally. It went on to compete in the 1956 and 1957 Liege-Rome-Liege and Tulip Rallies.
It is still in regular use, covering several thousand miles a year.
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1963 Ford Galaxie
What the owner says: “We purchased the car unseen from a dealer in St Louis, Missouri in late 2015. We had the car inspected in the USA and it roughly matched our expectations: a solid car, nothing missing. The inspection didn’t tell us that the car had been driven very little following the restoration. Consequently, things started to go wrong: oddly behaving wipers turned out to be because the motor wasn’t attached! The front suspension adjustment was also wildly out, with a few loose bolts thrown in, etc.
The car passed its first MOT in time for our daughter’s wedding in September 2016, where it featured prominently. It behaved itself impeccably, only for the power steering to exhaust its fluid on the way home the day after!”
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1965 Gordon-Keeble GK1
This car was completed in the buildings at Eastleigh where the prototype Supermarine Spitfire was built.
This particular car was selected by Barclaycard Magazine in May 1972 as one of five iconic cars to illustrate a feature contending that “elderly sports cars – if they’re good and rare - offer a bonus to shrewd buyers”. The others chosen were a Lotus Elite, Daimler SP250, Austin-Healey 3000 and a Jaguar XK120, so it was in good company.
Interest in classic cars was almost a novelty at the time, and Barclaycard correctly foresaw that it would become an engrossing hobby, spawning a widespread supporting industry, and “something a lot more lucrative than Ernie’s Bonds or gilt-edged stocks”.
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1955 MG Magnette
This car has recently been filmed for the BBC series Father Brown. Built in 1955, it was delivered to University Motors in South London and still carries the UML metal delivery plate on the front passenger door. In 1973, its engine was upgraded – possibly to go rallying – then the car was laid up in a barn from 1977-2004.
Its owner bought the car in 2005 specifically to take to the Goodwood Revival, which he did two days later – “Four up, with luggage”. In 2014 the Magnette embarked on a 14-month restoration.
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1971 Triumph Stag
Exported to the US in 1971, this car is believed to be one of the launch vehicles used to promote the Triumph Stag’s introduction into the USA. The car underwent a total nut and bolt rebuild in 2002 with no expense spared or detail overlooked.
What the owner says: “The car is a regular visitor to many classic car shows in the UK and enjoys European adventures with members of the Stag Owners Club. It has clocked up 105,000 miles to date, but drives like a new car and is a fun experience which we will never tire of.”
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1991 Lancia Delta Integrale Evo 1
The previous owners of this car were Ferrari and Maserati technicians, so it has benefited from the very best maintenance standards.
What the owner says: “Since owning her I have concentrated on bringing back the bodywork to its former glory, and she is now one of a rare breed of rust-free Lancias! Although high mileage she runs faultlessly, and can still show much newer machinery a clean pair of heels. All Integrales left the factory left-hand-drive, and although over 44,000 overall variants were produced, fewer than 300 are now registered in the UK.”
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'Jolene', AKA ‘the doctor’s car’ – 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1
‘The doctor’s Mustang’ is a real testament to a certain period: the Vietnam war, Richard Nixon, Woodstock, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival and the man on the moon.
This car was imported into the UK in 2015 by its now owner, Peter Sargent. Up to this point it was a one-owner car, having been bought by an American straight out of graduation in 1969. It arrived in the UK with its original owner’s manual, brochure, original spare keys and even a thank-you letter from the dealer Rice and Holman of New Jersey, dated 8 April 1969.
The Mustang – affectionally now known as Jolene – has every single receipt for work carried out for its entire life. Completing 50,000 miles in the first 18 months, the doctor’s car travelled all over the state of Illinois as the on-call car.
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