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British cars to be auctioned off this weekend in Greenwich (besides the 2 MGAs previously referred to, several Rolls and Bentleys and a Land Rover):
1935 Ford CZX sedan. Powered by V8 60 motor. Color green. Very cute.
1934 Alvis Speed 20.
1952 Jag XK 120 coupe. Barn find. Apparently not running.
1959 AC Aceca coupe. $$$.
1967 Jag Mk II 3.8 sedan. Older restoration.
Several E-Type Jags.
1965 Sunbeam Tiger.
1935 MG P -Type.
1961 Austin-Healey. Had over $100K restoration. Might sell for half that.
Jag XK 150 convertible.
1939 Sunbeam-Talbot 2-liter convertible. Red.
1970 Triumph Spitfire. Looks like a good example.
Other interesting cars in our price bracket include a Fiat 124 coupe, a Citroen 2-CV, an Alfa GTV and a lot higher, a BMW Z-8. If anyone is interested in what these cars bring, I'll try to keep a record. The prices will be posted later online by Bonham's. If one of those MGAs looks restorable, I may take a crack at it if I can steal it. It looks shabby. The other one is mint. If anyone is interested in bidding, go to Bonham's website and sign in. I can check out the cars.
 
Follow up to Bonham's Auction. Checked out the cars today. Very few Britishers in the Concourse, mainly Rolls and Aston Martin. John Fitch's Phoenix was in the Corvair section. Of the auction cars, the thing I would have bid on, believe it or not, was Carroll Shelby's 1936 Chrysler Airflow. With its crazy styling, art deco dashboard and huge instruments, this is one big four-door sedan with a big and roomy back seat. Unit construction, 115 hp - I bet it brings more than the estimate. I did see one supercar and took a picture. Here it is. I bet nobody can guess what it is. (Tried to upload - maybe file is too big. I'll try again).
 
Another try at MissTerryCar. MissTerryCar2.jpg What is it?
 
Results are in. Nothing spectacular. A few cars were withdrawn or reserves not met. More cars were sold without reserve. That Volvo wagon sold for $22K plus 12% premium. I don't yet whether my guy bought it. The junky MGA sold for $6K p.p. and the good one about $29K as I recall. The prices are posted online. Google Bonhams Greenwich auction results 2018 to check out the prices of the British cars including the 1935 Ford, the '39 Sunbeam, the Alvis and the Spitfire MK III which sold for $9K.
 
My guy did buy it. I hope it turns out well for him. I also hope I didn't miss anything big when I examined it. When you can't drive it, put it up on a lift, can't start it because of a dead battery and couldn't run it for more than a minute or two because the gas gauge was j.u.s.t above empty, your hands are tied. Attendant told me the cars are supposed to come in with good batteries and a full tank of gas but "you'd be surprised how many come in this way". How the owner expected to get full price for the car in the condition it was in is beyond comprehension. IMHO, buying a car at auction under these conditions is playing Russian Roulette. I guess if you have enough $$$, what's the difference? My guy is an experienced collector and didn't care about the dead battery one iota.
 
No one going to take a crack at the mystery car? Hint - it's not a McLaren, Lamborghini, Pagani Huayra, Ferrari, Bugatti or Karma. It's not a one off special. It's a Model 003. (Not 007).
 
It is indeed. You win the award. I just haven't figured out what it is yet. What do you need? A nut? A bolt? I had never heard of that marque. Interesting story. Like Ettore Bugatti, Glickenhaus thought he could build a better car and maybe he did. Lotta dough though.SCG003S.jpg
 
Loved Glickenhaus' Ferrari P4/5, a race car he built with Pininfarina based on the Enzo but styled to look like an evolution of the classic P3/4.

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After coming away from that auction, I got to wondering. The day before when I examined the Volvo, I saw virtually no one examining the cars to be sold, some of which were going to go for six figures. None of the cars could be driven as they were in a paddock area. This got me to thinking. Is it possible that insiders like Wayne Carini could get access to these cars days or weeks before the auction, checking them out with a fine-toothed comb and perhaps driving them as well? Could you or I have done the same? Anybody know?
 
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