EDITORIAL
I am simply bursting to tell you about my day yesterday — suffice to say that it involved two V8–powered, early 60s semi–competition cars at totally opposite ends of the design spectrum. Add their engine capacities together and you'd have around 10 litres, and their value? £1.5m or so.
My lips are sealed until next week. If you like big–capacity, tin–top racing as seen from the driver's seat, then do watch the video of the Team Classic Driver Ford Fairlane in action at the Nordschleife. It's big, noisy and unbelievably fast — just watch out for the various Mustangs and 911s appearing to travel at great speed in reverse. And do put the sound on — LOUD.
The Vanquish Celebration Day was fun and, on the Aston front (in the RM London sale preview), there's a photo from the archives of a youthful Editor carefully steering his pride–and–joy at Brands Hatch in the 90s.
Ah, a clear track, the sun shining and everything well in the world. I'm looking forward to seeing the car again later this month. It will be emotional.
THIS WEEK IN CLASSIC DRIVER
Aston Martin 'Vanquish Celebration Day' 2009 at Works Service
Key–barrels, gun–barrels and cold pea soup...
Works Service hosted another superb 'one-model' day, this time in recognition of Aston Martin's groundbreaking, 200mph supercar: the Vanquish.
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RM Auctions — Automobiles of London, 28 October 2009
Over 80 cars will be sold in this, RM's third London sale. The catalogue lists much sporting machinery (from Aston Martin, ATS, Chaparral and Cobra), as well as many desirable road cars such as the only RHD 2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Coupé.
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Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano China Limited Edition
Ferrari has created a unique version of the 599 GTB, signed by Chinese artist Lu Hao.
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Team Classic Driver Triumphs at the Eifelrennen!
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Team Classic Driver has triumphed in the GTP class of the 300km race on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with a class win and 9th overall for the huge, fast Ford Fairlane. And we have in-car action from the thrilling last lap...
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Dorotheum Auction at the Classic Expo, Salzburg, 17 October 2009
Dorotheum, the Vienna–based auction house, is once again holding a sale at the Classic Expo in Salzburg, Austria. 'Vintage Cars, Automobilia and Motorcycles' will see 500 lots coming under the hammer on 17 October.
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CLASSIC
LIFE
Holland & Holland Shooting Grounds
Holland & Holland opened its first shooting ground back in 1880. From the outset, the grounds had two functions: to test the shotguns and rifles made by the company, and as a facility for customers.
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THE CLASSIC DRIVER PREMIUM CAR MARKET
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Lamborghini Murciélago
colour Arancio Atlas
interior colour Avorio Lilum Duel Sportive
drive RHD
year 4/2005
mileage 24.461 km / 15.199 mi
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The car has 18" Anthracite Alloy wheels and a Tubi Exhaust System that makes this car look and sound great.
It comes with Full Lamborghini Service History, Front End Lifting System, Car Cover, XPEL Paint Protection on the Front of the Car and Navtrak.
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William Loughran
Town/City: Preston, UK
Telephone: +44 (0)845 3139818
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Ferrari 212 Vignale Coupe
colour Green/Black
interior colour Dark Green
drive RHD
year 1952
price 475.000 USD
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The Ferrari Geneva coupe offered here is the earliest chassis of six known examples built in this style. It was displayed in 1954 at the Concours d'Elegance of San Remo, Italy then shipped to the US and delivered by Chinetti Motors to its first owner Robert C. Wilke of Milwaukee, WI. Mr. Wilke was a legendary auto enthusiast, founder of the very successful Leader Card Indianapolis racing team and owner of many coachbuilt Ferraris. During Mr. Wilke's ownership, the original engine block developed a crack and was replaced by Chinetti with a correct-type new block (stamped 1499, overstamped 'II0 M').
In 1963 Mr. Wilke sold the car to Pierre-Paul Jalbert of Beverly Hills, CA. The next owner was John E. Plantinga of Westport, CT who bought the car in 1970 from the Vintage Car Store in Nyack, NY. Things came full circle in 1978 when Chinetti Motors repurchased the car and displayed it at the 7th Annual Greater New York Automobile Show at the NY Coliseum, still in its original livery of black with green top. In 1979 0257EU was sold by Christie's in New York to Ennio Giannaroli of Flemalle, Belgium.
Mr. Giannaroli owned the car for the next 27 years. He had the car repainted, altering its original paint scheme slightly by making the entire top section of the car green as opposed to merely the top and fins. In 2006 the car was purchased by an American from a Dutch dealer who had it on display at Techno Classica in Essen, Germany. The current owner reports that 0257EU is a smooth running car that should be a pleasure for the next owner to drive.
This very interesting car remains in largely original condition, in its original colors inside and out. With so many Ferraris repainted in red nowadays, it is refreshing to find one in period livery, attesting to the great variety of approaches from this classic era when the early years of Ferrari intersected with the glory days of the Italian coachbuilder's art. As such it stands as a rare and glamorous example of a 'concept car for the road.'
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Aston Martin of New England
Town/City: Waltham, MA, USA
Telephone: +1 781 547 5959
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SPORTING
Porsche Carrera GT
colour Seal Grey
interior colour Terracotta
drive LHD
year 2004
mileage 6.598 km / 4.100 mi
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Avro Motor Cars
Town/City: Brooklands, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1932 352220
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EVENTGUIDE 2009
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16.10. — 18.10. Algarve Historic Festival, Portugal
24.10. — 24.10. COYS Auction at Auto Moto D'Epoca, Padova, Italy
26.10. — 27.10. Barons Classic, Collectors and Historic Motor Cars Auction, Esher, UK
28.10. — 28.10. RM Auctions - Automobiles of London, London, UK
29.10. — 29.10. H&H Auctions, Haynes Museum, Somerset, UK
31.10. — 01.11. The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, UK
12.11. — 15.11. Ferrari Finali Mondiali, Valencia, Spain
13.11. — 15.11. Classic Motor Show 2009, NEC, UK
07.12. — 07.12. Barons Auction, Esher, UK
07.12. — 07.12. Bonhams Auction, London Olympia, UK
09.12. — 09.12. H&H Classic Auctions - The Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, UK
12.12. — 12.12. Brightwells Auction, Leominster, UK
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