As we depart Terry Larson’s underground workshop in the foothills of Mesa, Arizona, the slowly setting sun reveals the mass of dead flies caked onto the bonnet and the delicate windscreen of XKC 017 – a garage queen this Jaguar C-type is most definitely not. And it’s been that way for most of its life.
The selection of collector cars offered by Symbolic International ranges from legendary sports and racing cars from the 1960s, such as the Maserati 3500 Vignale Spyder and the Porsche 904 Carrera GTS to sought-after modern classics including an Alfa Romeo RZ and the Porsche Carrera GT. In fact, Bill Noon and his team collectively boast more than 100 years’ of experience in the collector car world, and there’s hardly a car at Symbolic International that we wouldn’t tuck away in our dream garage.
Both of Copley Motorcars’ Ferrari sports-racers both derive from the former stable of Tony Parravano, the construction tycoon and 1950s West Coast racing pioneer who had more than a penchant for Enzo Ferrari’s exotic cars. Parravano hired the very best drivers to race his cars, including Ken Miles, Richie Ginther, and Carroll Shelby, the latter of whom piloted both of these special cars.
The car in question, which is currently for sale with Classic Driver dealer Duncan Hamilton ROFGO, is a Porsche 962C fitted with a special and ultra-aerodynamic body by its original owner, the British privateer Richard Lloyd. “Richard always had an ambition to build a quicker car than the factory could,” recalled Jochen Mass as he prepared to strap in for his first run up the world-famous Goodwood hill-climb.
It’s been five years since watch expert Romain Réa and Porsche sales director Michel Mathieu collaborated with international collectors for a 50th-anniversary celebration of two 20th Century icons – the Porsche 911 and the Rolex Daytona Cosmograph. Now, on the occasion of their 55th anniversary, the Monaco Legends Group has teamed up with Antiquorum and Franco Lembo to organise a unique thematic auction.