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Pendine

The Blast House, Bicester Heritage, Buckingham Road Oxfordshire

OX27 8AL

Pendine

Finished in Bright Metallic Blue with black upholstery, AE 49 was the 28th Ace to roll off the Thames Ditton production line, completed on the 18th May 1955. Registered just a few days later on the 26th May to the Fishponds Motor Company, Bristol with the registration number UHY 577, for use by Mr A Thompson. It changed hands twice in that year, the first time to Mr J. Pitt and then in December ...

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19 Oct 2024
Oxfordshire

Allard launched the K3 in 1953 as a completely new design, featuring a chassis built from stacked chromoly tubes reinforced with steel plates. With a 100 inch wheelbase it was both lighter and stronger than earlier Allard’s with a more streamlined, aluminium enveloped body. Engine options were listed as British Ford, American Mercury, Cadillac, and Chrysler. The car was offered at $ 5300 – two ...

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15 Oct 2024
Oxfordshire

“An ultra-fast car which is close to perfection. The Jaguar XK150 S”

John Bolster, the Autocar

The swansong of the XK range, the XK150 was the most comfortable of all the XK’s, and the most suited to Grand Touring. The 3. 8S XK150 engine, at only 10 bhp behind the E-Type (according to the factory!), was the most powerful production road engine Jaguar had produced, ...

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1 Oct 2024
Oxfordshire

1950 Jaguar XK120 Alloy

Finished in its original colours, it is one of the best examples available.

The Alloy bodied XK120, the earliest and rarest of the XK family, was in many ways a separate model to the later, steel-bodied production XK120 as the differences were so many. Largely hand made, almost no two cars are the same. Only 240 were built, 183 Left Hand Drive and ...

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30 Sep 2024
Oxfordshire

For several decades every discerning collector with a significant collection has sought to add certain marques and models that are universally held to be iconic, such as the Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica, the original Mercedes Benz 300SL, and the Porsche 2. 7 RS. Latterly that group has expanded to include a select few from a more recent era, such as the Ferrari F40 and the Mclaren F1. One car in particular ...

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29 Sep 2024
Oxfordshire

It took Archie Scott-Brown’s devoted mother almost a decade to find a surgeon both willing and able to operate on her severely disabled son, yet when he walked into the The Rose pub in Cambridge to meet fellow members of the Cambridge University Auto Club, he did so with such swagger they all assumed he was a wartime RAF pilot (a myth that Archie did nothing to dispel.) Drinking with his left hand, ...

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28 Sep 2024
Oxfordshire

Rightly regarded as one of the all-time great sports cars, the AC Cobra captures the hearts and imagination of any petrolhead. A true icon, recognisable to anyone.

There have always been differing American and British views as to who should claim ownership of the Cobra; American’s tend to believe that AC?Cars, Ltd. was just a subcontractor to Shelby American, providing partially completed ...

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27 Sep 2024
Oxfordshire

Must be one of the finest examples to be offered in recent times.

It was at the 1988 British Motor Show in Birmingham that the sensational Jaguar XJ220 concept prototype was first revealed to the public and, as expected, orders and the required £50, 000 deposits flooded in from all corners of the world. The original concept was for a V12-engined car with a six-speed gearbox and four-wheel ...

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17 Sep 2024
Oxfordshire

One of Four Works Lightweight Development Cars.

The Grantura was the first production TVR. Debuting in 1958, it went through a series of developments, starting with the Mark I through to the Mark IV and 1800S models, the last of which were made in late 1967. These coupés were hand-built at the TVR factory in Blackpool, England with varying mechanical specifications and could also be ...

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17 Sep 2024
Oxfordshire

The great Le Mans winning sports racing cars of the 1950s, marques like Ferrari, Aston Martin and Jaguar, marked an era of sports cars that were exceptional on both road and track. One other such marque was Frazer Nash with their Le Mans Replica. With a Bristol six cylinder engine, simple chassis and light body, they have always been considered one of the most versatile road & race cars of their era. ...

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16 Sep 2024
Oxfordshire

The XK150, the final model in the XK range that spanned twelve years, was by far the most comfortable, and competent, touring sports Jaguar.

This is one of only 44 RHD, 3. 4S Roadsters built, making it one of the most desirable of the XK range. Built in August of 1959 for Major A Lazurus, it was supplied through Weybridge Automobiles in September of that year. Finished in Mist Grey over ...

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10 Sep 2024
Oxfordshire

First registered February 1951, JTM 213 is an original home market XK120 Roadster that lived its early life as a standard road car until the late 1960s. At this time JTM 213 underwent a transformation for racing purposes, boasting an active competition career from the late 1960s through to the late 1970s. This was often in the hands of Paul Grist, the famous restorer of pre-war Alfa Romeos. During ...

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3 Sep 2024
Oxfordshire