The Stan West Collection1984 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Sports SaloonRegistration no. A242 HPEChassis no. SCFCV81V9ETR12415*AMOC concours winner in 2002 and 2003*Circa 38,000 miles from new*Part of the Stan West Collection since 2010*Stunning conditionFootnotes:With the resurrection of the 'Vantage' name in 1977, Aston Martin enthusiasts everywhere breathed a sigh of relief; previously applied to high-power versions of the DB six-cylinder cars, it had been dormant since the V8's arrival back in 1969. A heavier car than its six-cylinder predecessor, the V8 suffered as emissions legislation became ever more strangulating, leading to concern that Aston Martin's traditional performance image might be lost. The arrival of the Vantage dispelled any such worries. Propelling Aston's V8 back into the supercar league was a tuned version of the existing 5,340cc engine breathing through a quartet of 48mm Weber carburettors rather than the standard 42mm instruments. Valves and ports were enlarged and the camshafts changed, the end result being an estimated maximum output of around 375bhp - in Rolls-Royce fashion the factory chose not to disclose the actual figure, merely claiming that power was 'adequate'. Chassis changes were minimal apart from the adoption of bigger ventilated discs all round and low-profile Pirelli tyres. The Vantage was, nevertheless, readily distinguishable from the standard product by virtue of its blocked-off bonnet scoop, blanked air intake, front chin spoiler and lip on the boot lid. An AMOC concours winner at Waddesdon in 2002/2003; Upton House in October 2002; and Wimpole Hall in September 2003, as well as recipient of the John Wyer Trophy (see photographs in presentation folio), chassis number '12415' is finished in unmarked Rolls-Royce Royal Blue with dark blue-piped magnolia hide upholstery, dark blue carpeting bound in magnolia, and burr walnut veneers. The car is equipped with air conditioning; central locking; electrically operated windows and door mirrors; and Ronal alloy wheels (fitted in 2006 and a feature of later Vantages). This stunning Vantage was prepared to concours standards again in 2007. The car has covered little mileage since then, though it has been serviced subsequently by Aston Martin Works Service at Newport Pagnell (see bill on file dated December 2008). Its accompanying history file also contains an original owner's handbook; a list of previous keepers and copies of former registration documents; copy guarantee form; a quantity of expired MoT certificates; sundry invoices (totalling circa £35,000); and a list of 16 services from 1,467 miles to 33,764 miles. (The odometer currently displays a total of only 38,221 miles). The Stan West Collection purchased the Vantage at Bonhams' sale at Aston Martin Works Service in May 2010 (Lot 334). This car is still in concours condition and it is unlikely that there is another currently available detailed to this standard.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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The ex-Robin Jackson/C.A. Broomhall 1929 Lagonda 2-Litre 'Low Chassis' TourerRegistration no. PK 9204Chassis no. 9414Footnotes:THE FORSHAW COLLECTIONThe remarkable family of low-chassis 2-Litre Lagonda sports cars offered here from the Forshaw Collection reflects the early background of their very well-known and highly-respected Aston Service Dorset business, in the 1930s when Ivan Forshaw made his name as a Lagonda specialist. He was instrumental in establishing the 2-Litre Lagonda Register and later involved in its amalgamation with the Lagonda Club, becoming spares and technical advisor. Ivan and his wife Enid established their home in Parkstone, Dorset. They had two sons, Roger in 1940 and Richard in 1946. When World War 2 began Ivan joined the Army, initially as a dispatch rider, rising through the ranks and seeing service in North Africa and Italy before being invalided out in 1945. Postwar he resumed business and when Aston Martin and Lagonda merged in 1947 the new company passed enquiries concerning pre-war Lagondas to Ivan Forshaw. When Sir David Brown's ownership of Aston Martin Lagonda Limited ended, sole rights to remanufacture parts for Aston Martin DB2 and DB2/4 models plus the David Brown Lagondas were offered to 'The Captain' and Aston Service Dorset was launched in 1972 to cater for that market. The business continued as officially recognised parts specialists for all models up to and including the DB7 Vantage. Ivan Forshaw passed away in 2006 at the age of 94, and he maintained his lifelong enthusiasm for all things Lagonda right to the end. His family collection of Lagondas - particularly this group of low-chassis 2-Litre Tourer competition cars from the 1929 season - was a particular pride and joy. BONHAMS is privileged to have been entrusted with offering them now to the market - for new generations of collectors and enthusiasts to admire, and to enjoy.THE 'FOX & NICHOLL' AND 'SYNDICATE' 2-LITRE LAGONDAS - 1929 RACING SEASONAt the end of 1928 a syndicate of Waltham and Hertford, Hertfordshire-based racing enthusiasts decided to pool their resources in order to enter long-distance sports car racing seriously in 1929. Those enthusiasts - supported by budding driver Tim Rose-Richards - were Arthur Pollard, George Roberts, Cecil Randall and Bill Edmondson - who was General Metcalfe of Lagonda Cars' solicitor. In February 1929 the General agreed to supply the syndicate with two special competition versions of the 2-Litre model, for £350 each - roughly half price - on condition that they would not be resold for less than £600. The syndicate planned to run the cars in the Brooklands Double-Twelve, the Six Hours, the Ulster Tourist Trophy and, possibly, to enter and run one in the Le Mans 24- Hour race. Lagonda had a paid-for entry at Le Mans and placed it at their new client's disposal. The General also promoted their embryo venture to Shell Oil and KLG Spark Plugs recommending sponsorship. Arthur Fox of the Fox & Nicholl primarily Talbot team had also been campaigning a 2-Litre Lagonda, Fox's own car, and an agreement was reached under which Fox & Nicholl of Tolworth, Surrey, would also prepare the new syndicate's sister Lagondas. The cars arrived at the Fox & Nicholl works at the end of April 1929 which left little time for them to be prepared properly for the Brooklands Double-Twelve race in mid-May. Four cars were provided in all for the syndicate and for Fox & Nicholl, with the fourth being owned by specialist tuner R.R. Jackson. The quartet of 2-Litre cars - now offered in this unique Sale opportunity - were given consecutive UK road registrations, PK 9201, 202, 203 and 204. Amongst them 'PK 9201' and '9202' were to be the syndicate's cars, Fox's was 'PK 9203' and Robin Jackson's 'PK 9204'. These cars were prototypes of the low-chassis 2-Litre with a revised front axle and the dynamo mounted on the nose of the crankshaft as on the Lagonda 3-litre and 16/65 models. Fox & Nicholl's men were amused when the cars were delivered to them without the spacers required to go between the axle and springs at the rear, which left the cars in low-chassis form up front, and 'high-chassis' at the rear. The spacers in fact only arrived in time for the second practice session of the Double-Twelve at Brooklands - until which point the paddock habitués there were highly intrigued by the Lagondas' peculiar stance...Arthur Fox was a great detail man in his preparation and he ensured his team drivers practised a special start procedure repeatedly pre-race, which paid off as they were flagged away, leading the field. The early race laps had to be completed with hoods raised, and again Fox's attention to detail equipped the hoods with spring loaded clips to assist in each one's furling and being made secure. The syndicate cars and Fox's entry had a windscreen which could be hinged open and locked near-horizontal as a deflector, presenting less frontal area to the airstream yet deflecting it more efficiently than a simple aero-screen around the driver's head and shoulders. Jackson's 'PK 9204' lacked that feature, using a plain aero screen and wire-mesh stone screen instead. The cars were in fact lightened and modified in many other subtle ways as detailed in the wonderful Lagonda history by Arnold Davey and Anthony May ('Lagonda', David & Charles, 1978). Furthermore Arnold Davey informs us that: 'Dan Hagen, who owned 'PK 9204' from 1938 until 1967, wrote in the Lagonda Club magazine, in 1954, how he had extracted from the factory before the war details of the amount of tuning the 1929 team cars' engines had received, in addition to drastic lightening of the chassis and bodywork. The camshafts were lighter and carried quick lift, long-dwell cams, The compression ratio was raised to 7.45 to 1, inlet ports honed out to 36 mm, lightened flywheel, 'French type' Zenith triple-diffuser carburettors, enlarged radiator with pressurised system, straight cut bevel axle with 4 to 1 ratio.' Mr Davey adds: 'I doubt if the car would have been sold to the public with that compression ratio, which required a 40% benzole fuel mix to run without detonation. At the time of his writing, the car had done over 250,000 miles...'. For the 1929 Brooklands Double-12 race, driver pairings were: 'PK 9201' - Tim Rose-Richards/Cecil Randall 'PK 9202' - Bill Edmondson/George Roberts 'PK 9203' - Frank King/Howard Wolfe 'PK 9204' - Robin Jackson/C.A. Broomhall. This split 24-Hour race - leaving the gigantic Motor Course quiet overnight to ease the inhabitants of Weybridge's slumbers - proved to be a contest between supercharged Alfa Romeos and the big Bentleys - while the 2-Litre cars above were outrun by the factory's proxy entry of a 2-Litre for Mike Couper, which proved to be their 200-mile record car. Still all five of these 2-Litre cars were running at the end of the first 12-Hour competition, the four low-chassis cars and Couper's high-chassis 'special'. Starting the cold engines at the start of the second day's racing proved near disaster for the Jackson/Broomhall car which lost nearly an hour before it could be persuaded to fire. Broken exhausts and silencers then afflicted the Fox cars and the Rose-Richards/Randall entry broke its crankshaft. An Alfa Romeo finally won, with Couper's high-chassis 'special' 9th overall and winner of the 2-Litre class, with Edmondson/Roberts 13th overall and class 2nd in 'PK 9202', Jackson/Broomhall in 'PK 9204' 14th overall, class 3rd - and King/Wolfe 18th overall and 6th in class in 'PK 9203'.The syndicate emerged most unhappy about the late entry of Couper in the special Lagonda, and a storm blew up between them and General Metcalfe which took a little time to be resolved amicably. The cars were overhauled at Lagonda's Staines factory, and the sy... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The ex-Tim Rose-Richards/Hon. Brian Lewis 1929 Le Mans 24-Hour race1929 Lagonda 2-Litre 'Low Chassis' TourerRegistration no. PK 9203Chassis no. 9413Footnotes:THE FORSHAW COLLECTIONThe remarkable family of low-chassis 2-Litre Lagonda sports cars offered here from the Forshaw Collection reflects the early background of their very well-known and highly-respected Aston Service Dorset business, in the 1930s when Ivan Forshaw made his name as a Lagonda specialist. He was instrumental in establishing the 2-Litre Lagonda Register and later involved in its amalgamation with the Lagonda Club, becoming spares and technical advisor. Ivan and his wife Enid established their home in Parkstone, Dorset. They had two sons, Roger in 1940 and Richard in 1946. When World War 2 began Ivan joined the Army, initially as a dispatch rider, rising through the ranks and seeing service in North Africa and Italy before being invalided out in 1945. Postwar he resumed business and when Aston Martin and Lagonda merged in 1947 the new company passed enquiries concerning pre-war Lagondas to Ivan Forshaw. When Sir David Brown's ownership of Aston Martin Lagonda Limited ended, sole rights to remanufacture parts for Aston Martin DB2 and DB2/4 models plus the David Brown Lagondas were offered to 'The Captain' and Aston Service Dorset was launched in 1972 to cater for that market. The business continued as officially recognised parts specialists for all models up to and including the DB7 Vantage. Ivan Forshaw passed away in 2006 at the age of 94, and he maintained his lifelong enthusiasm for all things Lagonda right to the end. His family collection of Lagondas - particularly this group of low-chassis 2-Litre Tourer competition cars from the 1929 season - was a particular pride and joy. BONHAMS is privileged to have been entrusted with offering them now to the market - for new generations of collectors and enthusiasts to admire, and to enjoy.THE 'FOX & NICHOLL' AND 'SYNDICATE' 2-LITRE LAGONDAS - 1929 RACING SEASONAt the end of 1928 a syndicate of Waltham and Hertford, Hertfordshire-based racing enthusiasts decided to pool their resources in order to enter long-distance sports car racing seriously in 1929. Those enthusiasts - supported by budding driver Tim Rose-Richards - were Arthur Pollard, George Roberts, Cecil Randall and Bill Edmondson - who was General Metcalfe of Lagonda Cars' solicitor. In February 1929 the General agreed to supply the syndicate with two special competition versions of the 2-Litre model, for £350 each - roughly half price - on condition that they would not be resold for less than £600. The syndicate planned to run the cars in the Brooklands Double-Twelve, the Six Hours, the Ulster Tourist Trophy and, possibly, to enter and run one in the Le Mans 24- Hour race. Lagonda had a paid-for entry at Le Mans and placed it at their new client's disposal. The General also promoted their embryo venture to Shell Oil and KLG Spark Plugs recommending sponsorship. Arthur Fox of the Fox & Nicholl primarily Talbot team had also been campaigning a 2-Litre Lagonda, Fox's own car, and an agreement was reached under which Fox & Nicholl of Tolworth, Surrey, would also prepare the new syndicate's sister Lagondas. The cars arrived at the Fox & Nicholl works at the end of April 1929 which left little time for them to be prepared properly for the Brooklands Double-Twelve race in mid-May. Four cars were provided in all for the syndicate and for Fox & Nicholl, with the fourth being owned by specialist tuner R.R. Jackson. The quartet of 2-Litre cars - now offered in this unique Sale opportunity - were given consecutive UK road registrations, PK 9201, 202, 203 and 204. Amongst them 'PK 9201' and '9202' were to be the syndicate's cars, Fox's was 'PK 9203' and Robin Jackson's 'PK 9204'. These cars were prototypes of the low-chassis 2-Litre with a revised front axle and the dynamo mounted on the nose of the crankshaft as on the Lagonda 3-litre and 16/65 models. Fox & Nicholl's men were amused when the cars were delivered to them without the spacers required to go between the axle and springs at the rear, which left the cars in low-chassis form up front, and 'high-chassis' at the rear. The spacers in fact only arrived in time for the second practice session of the Double-Twelve at Brooklands - until which point the paddock habitués there were highly intrigued by the Lagondas' peculiar stance...Arthur Fox was a great detail man in his preparation and he ensured his team drivers practised a special start procedure repeatedly pre-race, which paid off as they were flagged away, leading the field. The early race laps had to be completed with hoods raised, and again Fox's attention to detail equipped the hoods with spring loaded clips to assist in each one's furling and being made secure. The syndicate cars and Fox's entry had a windscreen which could be hinged open and locked near-horizontal as a deflector, presenting less frontal area to the airstream yet deflecting it more efficiently than a simple aero-screen around the driver's head and shoulders. Jackson's 'PK 9204' lacked that feature, using a plain aero screen and wire-mesh stone screen instead. The cars were in fact lightened and modified in many other subtle ways as detailed in the wonderful Lagonda history by Arnold Davey and Anthony May ('Lagonda', David & Charles, 1978). Furthermore Arnold Davey informs us that: 'Dan Hagen, who owned 'PK 9204' from 1938 until 1967, wrote in the Lagonda Club magazine, in 1954, how he had extracted from the factory before the war details of the amount of tuning the 1929 team cars' engines had received, in addition to drastic lightening of the chassis and bodywork. The camshafts were lighter and carried quick lift, long-dwell cams, The compression ratio was raised to 7.45 to 1, inlet ports honed out to 36 mm, lightened flywheel, 'French type' Zenith triple-diffuser carburettors, enlarged radiator with pressurised system, straight cut bevel axle with 4 to 1 ratio.' Mr Davey adds: 'I doubt if the car would have been sold to the public with that compression ratio, which required a 40% benzole fuel mix to run without detonation. At the time of his writing, the car had done over 250,000 miles...'. For the 1929 Brooklands Double-12 race, driver pairings were: 'PK 9201' - Tim Rose-Richards/Cecil Randall 'PK 9202' - Bill Edmondson/George Roberts 'PK 9203' - Frank King/Howard Wolfe 'PK 9204' - Robin Jackson/C.A. Broomhall. This split 24-Hour race - leaving the gigantic Motor Course quiet overnight to ease the inhabitants of Weybridge's slumbers - proved to be a contest between supercharged Alfa Romeos and the big Bentleys - while the 2-Litre cars above were outrun by the factory's proxy entry of a 2-Litre for Mike Couper, which proved to be their 200-mile record car. Still all five of these 2-Litre cars were running at the end of the first 12-Hour competition, the four low-chassis cars and Couper's high-chassis 'special'. Starting the cold engines at the start of the second day's racing proved near disaster for the Jackson/Broomhall car which lost nearly an hour before it could be persuaded to fire. Broken exhausts and silencers then afflicted the Fox cars and the Rose-Richards/Randall entry broke its crankshaft. An Alfa Romeo finally won, with Couper's high-chassis 'special' 9th overall and winner of the 2-Litre class, with Edmondson/Roberts 13th overall and class 2nd in 'PK 9202', Jackson/Broomhall in 'PK 9204' 14th overall, class 3rd - and King/Wolfe 18th overall and 6th in class in 'PK 9203'.The syndicate emerged most unhappy about the late entry of Couper in the special Lagonda, and a storm blew up between them and General Metcalfe which took a little time to be resolved amicably. The cars were overhauled at Lagond... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A UK tax disc issued to the James Bond 'Goldfinger' Aston Martin DB5 and signed letter of authenticity from David Brown,licenced to registration mark '6633 PP', formerly 'BMT 216A', valid for 12 months, dated to expire end of OCT 70 and date-stamped '18 NO 69', offered together with a sheet of Aston Martin Lagonda Limited headed paper dated January 1971, signed in blue ink by Sir David, confirming registration mark '6633 PP' to be the Aston Martin DB5 car used by Pinewood Film Studios during the filming of the motion picture 'Goldfinger' released in 1964. (2)Footnotes:'DP/216/1' was re-registered '6633 PP' when sold by Aston Martin in 1968 to Gavin Kayzar. The letter offered with this lot is reproduced on page 148 of Dave Worrall: 'The Most Famous Car In The World'; published by Solo Press, 1993.See lot 218 Bonhams Aston Martin auction, 17 May 2008, sale number 15663.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
One owner from new1971 Iso Grifo 7.4-Litre Series II CoupéCoachwork by Carrozzeria BertoneRegistration no. HFJ 592NChassis no. 7L/110/3339/DEngine no. 1536T0303CZU•One of only three right-hand drive '7.0-Litre' cars•Unique specification•Original 7.4-Litre 'Can Am' engine•Original five-speed manual gearbox•Dry-stored since 1974Footnotes:'For front-engined machismo at a bargain price, look no further than the 7-litre Iso Grifo – fastest and rarest of all the hybrid, American-engined heavyweights that proliferated in the Sixties.' – Classic Cars. With only 90 made, examples of the ultimate 7.0-litre version of Giotto Bizzarrini's Iso Grifo supercar are rarely offered for sale, and of the few that are, surely none can match the exceptional provenance of the right-hand drive car offered here, which was ordered new by the current owner and has spent the last 47 years in dry storage!Italian 'bubble car' manufacturer Iso joined the ranks of supercar constructors in 1962 with the launch of the Rivolta coupé at the Turin Motor Show. Renzo Rivolta's Isothermos company had begun life pre-WW2 making refrigerators, turning to the manufacture of scooters and motorcycles, under the Iso name, after the war and thence to the Isetta bubble car, which was taken up so successfully by BMW. Styled at Carrozzeria Bertone by the young and up-and-coming Giorgetto Giugiaro and powered by a 327ci (5.4-litre) Chevrolet V8, the four-seat Rivolta employed a steel platform chassis featuring independent front suspension, De Dion rear axle, and disc brakes all round (inboard at the rear). The chassis and running gear were designed by ex-Ferrari engineer, Giotto Bizzarrini, whose company specialised in the production of prototypes for the Italian automobile industry. An engineering graduate and former Alfa Romeo test driver, Bizzarrini was head-hunted by Ferrari in 1957, eventually assuming responsibility for sports car development at Maranello where he worked on such notable models as the 250 GTO. In 1961, he was one of the many senior technical staff that departed from Ferrari following an acrimonious dispute over the company's style of management. His next job was with ATS, and then in 1962 he started his own company, Società Autostar, changing its name to Bizzarrini in 1964. His delight at being asked by Rivolta to produce a 'Ferrari beater' can only be imagined.As Iso and many of its European contemporaries had recognised, the use of a tried and tested American power train enabled them to compete with the likes of Ferrari, Maserati and Aston Martin in performance terms while undercutting them on price. Iso's first supercar set the pattern for those that followed: Bizzarrini-designed chassis, Bertone coachwork, and Chevrolet engines. Future developments included the long-wheelbase, Ghia-styled, Fidia four-door saloon; the Rivolta-replacement Lele; and the muscular, short-wheelbase Grifo.Produced between 1965 and 1974, the 'standard' Grifo used the small-block Chevrolet Corvette V8 engine in all but its final Ford-powered incarnation. Even the tamest Grifo came with 350bhp, which was good for around 160mph, while for the seriously speed addicted there was the exclusive, 427ci (7.0-litre), 'big block' model. Introduced in 1968, the 7.0-litre Grifo incorporated numerous mechanical changes to cope with larger, heavier engine and its monstrous power output. It was readily distinguishable from the regular Grifo by its large bonnet scoop (dubbed 'Penthouse' on account of its shape) necessitated by the taller engine. The factory claimed a top speed of 186mph for the long-legged 7.0-litre Grifo, making it faster than a Ferrari Daytona. Iso also offered the even more powerful 7.4-litre 'Can Am' version of this engine. The latter produced a claimed 390bhp at 4,800rpm, with 500lb/ft of torque available at 3,600 revs. There was also a Corsa (racing) version of the Grifo: the A3/C. Despite the partnership's successes, Rivolta and Bizzarrini soon parted company, the latter going on to re-launch a revised version of the A3/C under his own name in 1965. Between 1965 and 1974 when production ceased, Iso made approximately 412 Grifos (published figures vary), this car being one of only three right-hand drive examples of the ultimate 7.0-litre version. In actual fact, this car goes one better, having been delivered new with the 7.4-litre 'Can Am' engine under the bonnet. It is a Series II model featuring the restyled, sleeker nose with its pop-up headlight covers, and is referred to (with ownership) in the excellent reference work Iso Rivolta - The Men, The Machines by Winston Goodfellow.The elderly gentleman owner ordered the Grifo directly from the factory, specifying the rare 'Can Am' motor; right-hand drive configuration; the five-speed manual gearbox; and a special Blaupunkt radio suitable for reception in Rhodesia where he was living at the time. He chose the Iso rather than a 12-cylinder Ferrari as he wanted the same power but from what he describes as a more reliable V8 power unit. He also ordered a special dual Targa top rather than the sunroof that the factory had advised against, saying it would reduce rigidity. Other notable original features include a leather-trimmed steering wheel; air conditioning; and a heated rear screen with wiper. Reportedly, the Grifo ended up costing roughly the same as a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. In the event, the owner stopped the car being delivered to him in Rhodesia and went to the factory to collect it, driving back through Europe and Spain to the UK. Over the next three years he used the Grifo in the UK and completed at least one or two trips through Europe and to Spain. During this period Kenlowe cooling fans were added plus a higher-output alternator. The owner recalls having the car serviced and some works carried out at Peter Agg's Trojan company near Croydon.The car was not registered in the UK until January 1975 having been run with Italian plates until the owner put it in the garage in 1974, never to be taken out again! He has a logbook of petrol fills, the last entry being made in 1974, and the car also comes with copies of its original purchase paperwork and correspondence, and a 'Use and Maintenance' manual. At time of cataloguing the car had recorded 20,873 miles and is not expected to be started before the auction. Careful reconditioning and servicing, at the very least, is suggested before returning it to regular use. The black leather interior trim is very good, with no undue signs of wear.Of quite exceptional rarity, and having had only one gentleman owner from new, this spectacular Iso Grifo '7.4' represents an unrepeatable opportunity to acquire a unique example of the very best in Italian Gran Turismo style and performance. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The ex-Bill Edmondson/George Roberts1929 Lagonda 2-Litre 'Low Chassis' TourerRegistration no. PK 9202Chassis no. 9412Footnotes:THE FORSHAW COLLECTIONThe remarkable family of low-chassis 2-Litre Lagonda sports cars offered here from the Forshaw Collection reflects the early background of their very well-known and highly-respected Aston Service Dorset business, in the 1930s when Ivan Forshaw made his name as a Lagonda specialist. He was instrumental in establishing the 2-Litre Lagonda Register and later involved in its amalgamation with the Lagonda Club, becoming spares and technical advisor. Ivan and his wife Enid established their home in Parkstone, Dorset. They had two sons, Roger in 1940 and Richard in 1946. When World War 2 began Ivan joined the Army, initially as a dispatch rider, rising through the ranks and seeing service in North Africa and Italy before being invalided out in 1945. Postwar he resumed business and when Aston Martin and Lagonda merged in 1947 the new company passed enquiries concerning pre-war Lagondas to Ivan Forshaw. When Sir David Brown's ownership of Aston Martin Lagonda Limited ended, sole rights to remanufacture parts for Aston Martin DB2 and DB2/4 models plus the David Brown Lagondas were offered to 'The Captain' and Aston Service Dorset was launched in 1972 to cater for that market. The business continued as officially recognised parts specialists for all models up to and including the DB7 Vantage. Ivan Forshaw passed away in 2006 at the age of 94, and he maintained his lifelong enthusiasm for all things Lagonda right to the end. His family collection of Lagondas - particularly this group of low-chassis 2-Litre Tourer competition cars from the 1929 season - was a particular pride and joy. BONHAMS is privileged to have been entrusted with offering them now to the market - for new generations of collectors and enthusiasts to admire, and to enjoy.THE 'FOX & NICHOLL' AND 'SYNDICATE' 2-LITRE LAGONDAS - 1929 RACING SEASONAt the end of 1928 a syndicate of Waltham and Hertford, Hertfordshire-based racing enthusiasts decided to pool their resources in order to enter long-distance sports car racing seriously in 1929. Those enthusiasts - supported by budding driver Tim Rose-Richards - were Arthur Pollard, George Roberts, Cecil Randall and Bill Edmondson - who was General Metcalfe of Lagonda Cars' solicitor. In February 1929 the General agreed to supply the syndicate with two special competition versions of the 2-Litre model, for £350 each - roughly half price - on condition that they would not be resold for less than £600. The syndicate planned to run the cars in the Brooklands Double-Twelve, the Six Hours, the Ulster Tourist Trophy and, possibly, to enter and run one in the Le Mans 24- Hour race. Lagonda had a paid-for entry at Le Mans and placed it at their new client's disposal. The General also promoted their embryo venture to Shell Oil and KLG Spark Plugs recommending sponsorship. Arthur Fox of the Fox & Nicholl primarily Talbot team had also been campaigning a 2-Litre Lagonda, Fox's own car, and an agreement was reached under which Fox & Nicholl of Tolworth, Surrey, would also prepare the new syndicate's sister Lagondas. The cars arrived at the Fox & Nicholl works at the end of April 1929 which left little time for them to be prepared properly for the Brooklands Double-Twelve race in mid-May. Four cars were provided in all for the syndicate and for Fox & Nicholl, with the fourth being owned by specialist tuner R.R. Jackson. The quartet of 2-Litre cars - now offered in this unique Sale opportunity - were given consecutive UK road registrations, PK 9201, 202, 203 and 204. Amongst them 'PK 9201' and '9202' were to be the syndicate's cars, Fox's was 'PK 9203' and Robin Jackson's 'PK 9204'. These cars were prototypes of the low-chassis 2-Litre with a revised front axle and the dynamo mounted on the nose of the crankshaft as on the Lagonda 3-litre and 16/65 models. Fox & Nicholl's men were amused when the cars were delivered to them without the spacers required to go between the axle and springs at the rear, which left the cars in low-chassis form up front, and 'high-chassis' at the rear. The spacers in fact only arrived in time for the second practice session of the Double-Twelve at Brooklands - until which point the paddock habitués there were highly intrigued by the Lagondas' peculiar stance...Arthur Fox was a great detail man in his preparation and he ensured his team drivers practised a special start procedure repeatedly pre-race, which paid off as they were flagged away, leading the field. The early race laps had to be completed with hoods raised, and again Fox's attention to detail equipped the hoods with spring loaded clips to assist in each one's furling and being made secure. The syndicate cars and Fox's entry had a windscreen which could be hinged open and locked near-horizontal as a deflector, presenting less frontal area to the airstream yet deflecting it more efficiently than a simple aero-screen around the driver's head and shoulders. Jackson's 'PK 9204' lacked that feature, using a plain aero screen and wire-mesh stone screen instead. The cars were in fact lightened and modified in many other subtle ways as detailed in the wonderful Lagonda history by Arnold Davey and Anthony May ('Lagonda', David & Charles, 1978). Furthermore Arnold Davey informs us that: 'Dan Hagen, who owned 'PK 9204' from 1938 until 1967, wrote in the Lagonda Club magazine, in 1954, how he had extracted from the factory before the war details of the amount of tuning the 1929 team cars' engines had received, in addition to drastic lightening of the chassis and bodywork. The camshafts were lighter and carried quick lift, long-dwell cams, The compression ratio was raised to 7.45 to 1, inlet ports honed out to 36 mm, lightened flywheel, 'French type' Zenith triple-diffuser carburettors, enlarged radiator with pressurised system, straight cut bevel axle with 4 to 1 ratio.' Mr Davey adds: 'I doubt if the car would have been sold to the public with that compression ratio, which required a 40% benzole fuel mix to run without detonation. At the time of his writing, the car had done over 250,000 miles...'. For the 1929 Brooklands Double-12 race, driver pairings were: 'PK 9201' - Tim Rose-Richards/Cecil Randall 'PK 9202' - Bill Edmondson/George Roberts 'PK 9203' - Frank King/Howard Wolfe 'PK 9204' - Robin Jackson/C.A. Broomhall. This split 24-Hour race - leaving the gigantic Motor Course quiet overnight to ease the inhabitants of Weybridge's slumbers - proved to be a contest between supercharged Alfa Romeos and the big Bentleys - while the 2-Litre cars above were outrun by the factory's proxy entry of a 2-Litre for Mike Couper, which proved to be their 200-mile record car. Still all five of these 2-Litre cars were running at the end of the first 12-Hour competition, the four low-chassis cars and Couper's high-chassis 'special'. Starting the cold engines at the start of the second day's racing proved near disaster for the Jackson/Broomhall car which lost nearly an hour before it could be persuaded to fire. Broken exhausts and silencers then afflicted the Fox cars and the Rose-Richards/Randall entry broke its crankshaft. An Alfa Romeo finally won, with Couper's high-chassis 'special' 9th overall and winner of the 2-Litre class, with Edmondson/Roberts 13th overall and class 2nd in 'PK 9202', Jackson/Broomhall in 'PK 9204' 14th overall, class 3rd - and King/Wolfe 18th overall and 6th in class in 'PK 9203'.The syndicate emerged most unhappy about the late entry of Couper in the special Lagonda, and a storm blew up between them and General Metcalfe which took a little time to be resolved amicably. The cars were overhauled at Lagonda's Staines factory, and the sy... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good Lot of Roy Salvadori race memorabilia, Formerly from the Estate of the Late Joan Underhill (nee Salvadori),various items, some signed by the legendary driver, originally from the estate of Salvadori's sister Joan Underhill, including five EPNS race trophies comprising 1st place at the Thruxton Circuit Road race, 1952 WECC Raymond Way Trophy, 1954 WECC Speed Hill Climb 2nd place, 1959 BRSCC Saloon Car Championships in a Jaguar 3.4, 1963 Motor Challenge Trophy in Jaguar Mk.2, on bases, the largest 20cm high overall, a 1984 BRDC World Championship dinner menu held at Silverstone on 11th May 1984, signed 'Roy' with dedication to his mother Zelinda, a photo album containing 11 racing, portrait, and Salvadori family photographs, other loose family photographs, three framed and glazed race photographs, a postcard to Joan, signed 'Love Roy', a limited edition (67/250) framed print after Alan Fearnley of Roy in the Aston Martin DB3S signed by Salvadori and with dedication in pencil 'For my 'Little Sister...', a 1984 plaque commemorating the AMOC 50th Anniversary and 1959 Le Mans Aston Martin victory, and a copy of Adrian Ball: My Greatest Race; signed by Salvadori with dedication to his mother. (Qty)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An 'Aston Martin - Sales & Service Sports Racing' illuminating display sign,modern, alloy surround with bracket for wall mounting, double-sided and fitted with two hand-painted Perspex panels featuring the winged emblem, wired for illumination, 62 x 112cm overall, offered together with an 'Aston Martin' garage display emblem, modern, cold-cast resin and bronze composite, in the form of the winged badge, 151cm wide. (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ◊◊◊◊ £60 + VAT uplift and storage at £12 + VAT per lot per dayFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 1959 ASTON MARTIN DBR2 CHILDS MOTORISED CAR,Chassis number: 59 1959 03, almond green with cinnamon leather seats, a half-scale recreation of an Aston Martin DBR2 with aluminium body work which comes complete with an opening boot and bonnet, fully working lights, start-up sound card, a buff log book and 1959 tax disc. This is fitted to a bespoke steel tube chassis powder coated in grey. The car is powered by an electric motor on a cast aluminium transaxle with fully independent front suspension and floor mounted gear shift with an electromagnetic braking system. 220cm long. Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Dinky - Vitesse - Polar Lights - 3 x boxed models, # 110 Atlas Dinky Aston Martin DB5, Vitesse limited edition Aston Martin DB5 with figures, Polar Lights # 6905 Batplane model kit. The models all appear in Good packaging, the Atlas Dinky has a small crack in the case. (this does not constitute a guarantee) (3)
Quantity of 1980s Corgi Toys boxed die-cast models, including, c79 Jeep/Saab, c769 Plaxton Paramount, c1231 Volvo Globetrotter, c676/7 BA Ford, c496/9 BT Ford, c1303 Schweppes Ford, 924 Safeway Thornycroft, 822/1 Persil Bedford, c440/6 Porsche,c498 British Gas Ford, c576/9 TNT Mercedes, c496/20 Unigate Ford, c279/2 Rolls Royce Corniche, c271/1 James Bond Aston Martin, c865/14 Ford, 314 Jaguar, 345 Honda Prelude, c438/3 Rover 800, c676/6 Ford Transit, c656/2 Ford Royal Mail, c674/1 AA Ford, all models are boxed in mint condition, boxes have edge/age wear dusty, (21 items)
Quantity of Play-worn Corgi Toys, including:1105 Bedford TK Car Transporter, 1138 Ford Car Transporter,1126 Ecurie Ecosse racing car transporter, Bedford Simon Snorkel Fire Engine, 256 Volkswagen East African safari with original Rhinoceros plastic figure, 479 Corgi Toys Commer Samuelson film service with cameraman, 448 Austin Police Mini Van, with original police figure, dog and lead, 464 Commer County police van, 309 Aston Martin D.B.4, 491 Ford Consul Cortina,245 Buick Riviera, 240 Ghia Fiat 600 Jolly, plus others all in poor to fair play-worn condition. (36 items)
Three Vintage Corgi Tv/Film Related Boxed Models, 261 James Bond Aston Martin D.B.5 from the Film “Goldfinger” gold body, with working ejector seat, rear bullet screen, retractable machine guns, complete with opened secret instructions, leaflet with two bandit figures, missing cloth badge, model is in fair to good original condition, inner display card has plain orange base, in good original condition, outer-box, with one end flap missing, 1st issue 267 Rocket Firing Batmobile, gloss black, red bat hubs, blue tinted windscreens, with original "Batman & Robin" figures, working pulsating exhaust flame, in good original condition, some play wear, including a good original inner illustrated card stand, with some age/edge wear, missing leaflet, cloth lapel badge, but with 7 original loose yellow missiles. Original outer blue and yellow carded picture box is in fair to good condition, complete with all end flaps, with creases/ age/edge wear and 497 The Man From Uncle Gun Firing “Thrush Buster” Oldsmobile, metallic blue, cast wheels, plastic spot lights (one missing), in good original condition, some paint chipping to front of model, replacement 'Waverly' ring, very good original inner card display stand and a good original outer box complete with all end flaps, some age/edge wear. (3 items)
Corgi Toys 261 James Bond Aston Martin D.B.5 from the Film “Goldfinger” gold body, with working ejector seat, rear bullet screen, retractable machine guns, complete with opened secret instructions, leaflet with one bandit figure, cloth lapel badge, model is in very good to excellent original condition, slight marks to driver’s and passengers doors, inner display card has plain orange base, in excellent original condition, outer-box complete with all end flaps, which is in very good original condition, some very slight edge/age wear.
Rare Gold Plated Promotional Corgi Toys 261 James Bond Aston Martin D.B.5, gold plated body, with working ejector seat, rear bullet screen, retractable machine guns, with James Bond and loose bandit figures, in excellent original condition, some tarnish to gold plating. Provenance of model: The Vendor purchased this model from an auction in Newcastle some 10 years ago, this was one of four produced, another one was recorded for sale in an Auction in Canada in 1996 ‘Corgi Toys auction of a lifetime The Bradshaw collection’. There is no guarantee that Corgi produced this model, it could have been produced privately. Corgi did produce a gold plated Batmobile for VIPs but this was not until 1973 and before that in 1964 the "Golden Guinea Set"
Corgi Toys 270 James Bond Aston Martin D.B.5 1st Edition silver with tyre slashers, revolving number plates, rear bullet screen, retractable machine guns, red interior, James bond and bandit figures, in excellent original condition, tiny paint chip above front grille, on card plinth with opened secret instructions, containing leaflet, spare bandit figure, missing cloth lapel badge, but with paper backing, number plate decals have been applied. Un-punched wing flap vac formed bubble packing is in fair original condition, with some age/edge wear.
Corgi Toys 270 James Bond Aston Martin 1st Edition silver with tyre slashers, revolving number plates, rear bullet screen, retractable machine guns, red interior, James bond and bandit figures, in good original condition, some play wear, on card plinth with opened secret instructions, containing lapel badge, leaflet, one spare bandit figure, and number plate decal sheet. Punched wing flap vac formed bubble packing is in very good bright original condition, some edge/age wear.
Corgi Toys 270 James Bond Aston Martin D.B.5 silver body, chrome whizz wheels, rear bullet screen, retractable machine guns, red interior, James bond and bandit figures, in near mint original condition, striped later window display box, is in good original condition, some edge/age wear, £1.75 vintage price label to one end flap.
Corgi Toys 271 James Bond Aston Martin 1978 issue, silver body,4 spoke wheel hubs, rear bullet screen, retractable machine guns, red interior, James bond plus two bandit figures still in opened packet, in mint original condition, original window box with header card is very good, some age/edge wear, 1:36 window tag on box and 320 The Saint Jaguar XJS, white body, dished chrome whizzwheels, in 2nd issue box, model is in mint original condition, window display box is fair. (2 items)
Recent Issues Tv/Film related including: Corgi Toys 96655 James Bond Aston Martin D.B.5 1995 re-issue of 270 silver with tyre slashers, revolving number plates, rear bullet screen, retractable machine guns, red interior, James bond and bandit figures, 96657 Goldeneye James Bond Aston Martin D.B.5. BMW exclusive 1:87 scale Goldeneye Z3 Roadster, Matchbox James Bond Licence to Kill gift set, Corgi Classics The Beatles 58003 Newspaper Taxi & Rita Meter maid and 05401 Yellow Submarine, all in mint boxed condition. (6 items).
Corgi Toys James Bond Gift Set 22 contains 269 Lotus Esprit, 271 Aston Martin DB5 and 649 Moonraker Space Shuttle & Satellite, complete with 10 rockets, nine still on plastic sprue, two bandit figures in packet, models are in mint original condition, yellow plastic vacuum tray is excellent, outer window display box is in very good condition, acetate window has been replaced in box.
Dinky Toys Scratch Built Display Glass Cabinet, four glass shelves, with fluorescent light fitting (52cms H x 40cms W x 10cms D) plus 14 repainted Dinky Toys models, including 110 Aston Martin, 133 Cunningham, 238 D Type, 163 Bristol 450,236 Connaught, 23j HWM, 233 Cooper Bristol, 237 Mercedes Benz, 230 Talbot Lago, 23f Alfa Romeo, 23h Ferrari, 231 Maserati, 23b Hotchkiss and 23a Racing Car (15 items) .
Quantity of unboxed Dinky Toys Cars, Thunderbolt landspeed car, 104 Aston Martin DB3S,107 Sunbeam Alpine, 109 Austin Healey,133 Cunningham C-5R, 163 Bristol 450,230 Talbot Lago racing car,231 Maserati racing car, 232 Alfa Romeo,233 Cooper Bristol, 234 Ferrari racing car,237 Mercedes Benz Le Mans, 238 Jaguar D Type, plus Corgi Toys 150 Vanwall Formula 1 Grand Prix Racing Car and two Britain’s oil bins, all in fair to good original play-worn condition. (16 items).
Vintage Dinky & Corgi Toys Tv/Film Related models, Corgi Toys 261 James Bond Aston Martin D.B.5 (missing bandit) 267 Rocket Firing Batmobile, complete with Batman & Robin figures, 497 Man From Uncle Thrush Buster, Dinky Toys 100 Lady Penelope’s FAB1 and 104 Captain Scarlet Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, all in fair to good original play-worn condition, 104 outer box only which is poor (5 items)
A small collection of TV series and Film vehicles, including : Thunderbirds 2 and 4 in large size by Carleton, plus a smaller die-cast version by Matchbox, Thunderbirds 1 and 3 two larger Aston Martin DB5 Bond cars, plus a mid-size and a small all by Corgi, Lay Penelope's pink Rolls Royce, a boxed Corgi 'Saint's Car' Volvo p.1800, and a small gold car (11)
A group of five unbuilt plastic car kits by AIRFIX comprising an Aston Martin DB6 in 1:24 scale and Triumph Herald, Triumph TR4A, Aston Martin DB5 and Vauxhall Victor Estate in 1:32 (contents unchecked but appear unused and complete), together with an additional five 1:32 scale Airfix kits as pictured all partially started - G/E in G/VG boxes (10)
A group of unbuilt/partially built 1:32 scale plastic car kits, various examples by AURORA, PYRO & HAWK, together with a PLAYCRAFT Florist's House kit (contents unchecked for completeness, Rover BRM has wrong contents, Pyro 37 Chevy and Aston Martin are partially built, Aurora MG has no kit only stickers, the rest appear unused and complete) - G/VG in G/VG boxes (11)
Seven boxed tv related Corgi diecast models to include James Bond 007 CC99102 The Definitive Bond Collection Aston Martin DB5, Lotus Esprit Turbo, BMW Z3, 007 Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5, Die Another Day Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, TY04802 The Living Daylights Aston Martin V8, TY04510 Lotus Espirit Underwater, Batman Movie, Batman TV Series
12 Boxed Corgi James Bond 007 diecast models to include 3 x The Directors Cut (Goldfinger Rolls Royce III, The World is Not Enough BMW Z8, For Your Eyes Only Lotus Espirit Turbo), 5 x The Definitive Bond Collection (Octopussy Mecades saloon, Diamonds Are Forever Ford Mustang Mach 1, A View to A kill Renault II, Tomorrow Never Dies BMW 750i, The Living Daylights Aston Martin Volante), 4 x The Ultimate Bond Collection (Tomorrow Never Dies BMW 750i, The Spy Who Loved Me Lotus Esprit Underwater, Die Another Day Aston Martin Vanquish, Thunderball Aston Martin DB5) all vg
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