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Sports & GT Classics

By Appointment Only Linksfield, Johannesburg

Sports & GT Classics

Immaculately restored Zwitter Beetle. The Volkswagen Beetle Zwitter is the rarest of Beetles, only being produced from 1952-1953. The German word “zwitter” means hermaphrodite/ hybrid, referencing the part oval and part split window on the rear of the vehicle. The Zwitter was only produced for 6 months, as VW was using up the last of the remaining split-window shells while already fitting the ...

846
1 Nov 2024
South Africa

The Mk. I 'Black Bomber' was first shown in UK during the Diamond Jubilee Brighton Speed Trials of September 1965, traditionally held along the seafront. The bike was newly imported and its engine was not run-in, yet in a semi-competition demonstration sprint, the CB450, ridden by Allan Robinson, MBE (a Honda staff member), achieved a standing-start kilometre time of 30. 1 seconds and a ...

0
25 Oct 2024
South Africa

This one-off custom made Moto-Guzzi Custom Cafe Racer was completed in 2014. The frame was de-lugged and dressed, then sent for sandblasting and powder coating. The motor was stripped, cleaned, painted and serviced and then rebuilt replacing every nut and bolt with Stainless Steel allen caps. The original ignition system was notorious for giving endless problems so that was replaced by a more modern ...

24,564
25 Oct 2024
South Africa

Indian motorcycle's new flagship - the 2002 Chief - has been redesigned from the ground up with a Powerplus 100- cubic inch Indian engine V-Twin engine and an improved chassis design delivering 60 percent more rigidity for improved handling among the new features. The unmistakable Indian Chief full-body profile remains - sculpted, full-valance fenders and an all-new teardrop fuel tank are complemented ...

12,345
24 Oct 2024
South Africa

The unique car offered here is the so-called 'Austrian Formula Junior' as featured in 'Formula Junior: The Complete A-Z' by Bernard Cowdrey (page 14). The car was built in Vienna - probably 1958/ 59 - by an Englishman called Atkinson who drove Jaguars in competition and taught at Vienna's Haupt-Technik-Schule. It is probable that the construction of both the car and its original ...

0
22 Oct 2024
South Africa

After his team of modified Moto Guzzis won the 1984 and 1985 U. S. Endurance Championship and the 1987 Pro Twins series, U. S. Moto Guzzi guru Dr. John Wittner was made an offer he couldn’t refuse. Summoned to Italy by Guzzi godfather Alejandro de Tomaso, Wittner, a former dentist turned endurance racer, was asked to help develop a new world-beating superbike. Guzzi revealed a prototype at the 1989 ...

208
22 Oct 2024
South Africa

The Yamaha Virago was Yamaha's first V-twin cruiser motorcycle, and one of the earliest mass-produced motorcycles with a mono-shock rear suspension. Originally sold with a 750cc (46 cu in) engine in 1981, Yamaha soon added 500cc (31 cu in) and 900cc (55 cu in) versions. The bike was redesigned in 1984, switching from a rear mono-shock to a dual-shock design, and adding a tear-drop shaped gas ...

4,900
22 Oct 2024
South Africa

1 of 3 Race Cars built by the Famous Fox & Nicholl Race Car Company who were also responsible for the construction of the 1935 Le Mans winning Lagonda LG45R which sold for R28M at the 2014 Bonham’s Goodwood Revival Auction. The cars were chassis numbers LM 11, LM 12 & LM 13. This is LM 11.

LM11-Fox & Nicholls’s Team Car 1935/ 1936 (Autocar 23rd January 1953 (after the war), reprinted ...

11,382
20 Oct 2024
South Africa

This Morgan was bought by our vendor and brought to South Africa from the UK around 2014. The vehicle was fully restored to the correct Morgan colour, confirmed by Morgan archivists and is in immaculate condition. This vehicle is one of approximately 900 pre-war examples, powered by an early Climax engine. The car has matching numbers all round and is in astoundingly good condition. The car has only ...

24
20 Oct 2024
South Africa

Quote from Sports Car World June 1971 "Four cylinders ... fair enough. Air-cooled? Well, it's been done. Transversely-mounted engine? That's been done, too. Forced-induction air-cooling? Not all that new. Front-wheel drive? Not new. Four carbs on a four-banger? Standard procedure, for Honda. Dry-sump? Been popular in performance cars for donkey's years. Cross-over swing axles? Extremely ...

114,050
20 Oct 2024
South Africa

For sale is a remarkable 1955 Dennis fire engine, previously operated by the Leicestershire & Rutland Fire Service in Loughborough and Hinckley. After retiring in the late 1960s and being stored at a coach works in Coston, near Melton Mowbray, it was discovered and purchased for preservation in 1984.

The vehicle underwent a comprehensive restoration over two years, including a full body ...

34,350
20 Oct 2024
South Africa