Chassis JLA12294 was a left-hand drive Countach Quattrovalvole built with side skirts. It was configured in Rosso paint with Nero upholstery and Rosso seat piping. Unusually, the car was not…
Read MoreOf the 37 Zagato-bodied Aston Martin V8 Volantes produced, chassis 30020 was the only example painted Pastello Bianco. The interior was upholstered in Burgundy with White piping. The car was…
Read MoreChassis DB5C/1273/R was an early example of the 123 DB5s built to Convertible specification. It was ordered by the owner of Aston Martin Lagonda, David Brown. Brown began his career working for…
Read MoreBy the late 1970s, Porsche had become the pre-eminent force in Sports and GT racing. The Stuttgart firm had returned to front-line competition in 1976, since which time the 936, 935 and 934 had…
Read MoreChassis 0008/55 was the last of eight 300 SLRs built and one of only two configured as Coupes. The SLR Coupe was initially conceived for long distance road races where it was thought a fixed…
Read MoreChassis RLA12143 was the last of 18 right-hand drive Diablos built to SE30 specification. Of these, five were painted Giallo. This car came with a dark grey alcantara upholstery, matching carpet and yellow…
Read MoreTo replace the mid-range 155 (Type 167), Alfa Romeo launched the all new 156 (Type 932) at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1997. The 156 was the latest in a long line of highly rated Alfa…
Read MoreOf the 17 right-hand drive Countach Quattrovalvoles built with side skirts, the majority were painted white (Bianco). One of these was chassis JLA12369 which was also configured with a rear spoiler.
Read MoreIt had been a long held ambition of Bruce McLaren to produce a high end road car under his own name. That plan seemed to come to fruition with the M6 GT in 1969. Although delays meant the M6…
Read MoreChassis 0202 A was one of five 340 Americas originally equipped with closed bodywork by Vignale. The first (chassis 0082 A) was a works car used by Luigi Villoresi and Pasquale Cassani to win the…
Read MoreChassis 007 was the last works 935 produced. Porsche assembled 007’s tub and subframe assemblies so that in the event chassis 006 (their 1978 race car) incurred heavy damage, 007 could…
Read MoreFerruccio Lamborghini’s reason for establishing his own auto maker was to build technically superior machinery to those vehicles on offer from Ferrari (with which he had reputedly been less than…
Read MoreChassis 020 was the XJR-15 driven in the 1991 Intercontinental Challenge by Derek Warwick. The three race series kicked off in Monte Carlo as a support event for the Monaco Grand Prix. Warwick…
Read MoreBy the early 1990s, Porsche’s sales had tumbled to a fraction of their mid 1980s peak. A perfect storm of unfavourable exchange rates, outdated models and a tarnished image was compounded by a…
Read MoreAston Martin built 37 examples of the Zagato-bodied V8 Volante, but only chassis 30035 was painted Cobalt Blue (a Rolls Royce colour). The rest of the specification comprised Magnolia upholstery, Blue…
Read MoreAlthough Mercedes’ Cosworth-tuned 190 had initially been conceived for rallying, the model ultimately became best known for its exploits in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM).
Read MoreLamborghini built nine Miuras to right-hand drive SV specification, one of which was chassis 4812. It left the factory on December 31st 1971 and a few days later arrived at the marque’s British distributor…
Read MoreThe 953 was created for Porsche’s first attack on the daunting Paris-Dakar Rally (in 1984). A three-year Paris-Dakar programme would see the German firm return in 1985 and 1986 with prototype iterations…
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