**Please Note - The new exhaust system has not been fitted as the wrong exhaust system was sent. The old exhaust system will remain on the car.**This stunning Ravenna Green, 2-litre 914 lived a life in sunny California before arriving here in 2020. Designed as a joint venture between Porsche and Volkswagen, the car suited both companies, with Porsche looking for a new two-seater sports car, and Volkswagen needing a replacement for their Karmann-Ghia sports coupé. The 914 was also called the VW-Porsche 914 but effectively was an entry level Porsche at an affordable price.The modern, mid-engine two-seater featured pop up headlights and a removable centre section 'Targa' roof which clipped neatly out of the way to the underside of the boot-lid when you wanted fresh air. In its earliest form, the 914 was powered by a fuel-injected 1.7-litre flat-four engine, based on the Volkswagen air-cooled power unit, developing a modest 80bhp and, to counter this, the engine was mid rather than rear-mounted, ensuring the little 914 was blessed with excellent handling, aided by an all-round independent suspension. In 1973, the 1.7 was joined by a 2.0-litre flat-four.The owner prior to our vendor imported this rare little left-hand drive Porsche which had undergone a full restoration in California. When it arrived in 2020, although generally pleased with it, he felt it was the wrong shade of green despite looking correct on the images that he had been sent. He has a keen eye for detail and is in the classic car restoration business, so after looking at it for a while he decided that even though it looked smart and was perfectly saleable, it wasn't the Ravenna Green that Porsche had painted it. There was no choice, so back to the metal it was, and on went several coats of Ravenna Green (65K-3310), some Raptor underbody protection and the result is simply stunning. The interior, however, had been retrimmed during the restoration and was excellent. It's finished in black vinyl with perforated vinyl to the centre of the seats and door cards, with retrimmed dashboard and carpets. There is no heater box fitted, the controls are there but the heater flap boxes had been removed in the USA, the thinking being that a heater doesn't get a lot of use in California, and it's just extra weight that's not required. Our vendor didn't plan on using the car in the winter here so he felt there was no point in re-fitting them. The car sits on very attractive chromed steel wheels wearing a decent set of Falkens. Recent work includes new shock absorbers, valve guides, exhaust value seats, and cam followers in 2022, and a new exhaust system has just been fitted. The indicated mileage is 35,135 which is obviously not warranted but it doesn't really matter with a restoration of this quality. 2-litre 914s are now quite rare and have started to become rather cool. This superbly-presented example, finished in what became known in the trade as 'Ravishing Green', is very sensibly guided and we welcome and encourage any inspection at the Silverstone Festival.SpecificationMake: PORSCHEModel: 914 2.0Year: 1973Chassis Number: 4732921618Registration Number: YNE 586LTransmission: ManualEngine Number: GA005597 Drive Side: Left-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 35135 MilesMake: LHDInterior Colour: Black vinylClick here for more details and images
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Build Number 001, the first car produced for the Bowler Defender Championship and the first Bowler Defender ever produced for retail.Since its inception in 1985, Bowler Motors has developed a worldwide reputation in the arena of design and construction of Land Rover-based off-road vehicles. Led by the company’s inspirational founder, Drew Bowler, until his untimely death in 2016, the company grew from a nascent workforce of just eight to the present group of 35 highly-skilled engineers. Initially focussing on the preparation of cars for British off-road events, the company’s ambitions expanded rapidly to encompass participation in events including the Dakar Rally, Morocco Desert Challenge and Spanish Baja and, for the past two decades, their cars have formed the backbone of many Rally Raid events across the globe.In late 2019, Jaguar Land Rover acquired Bowler to add to their Special Vehicle Operations Division, and there were those who were worried that Bowler may become a rather watered-down wing of the larger company, however that has not been the case with Bowler, still enjoying a pleasing level of independence with the bonus of now having access to some of the extensive test and development facilities of JLR. A good example of Bowler/JLR's positive thinking was the announcement in 2021 of the Bowler Defender Championship, a new one-make rally series to promote the Defender and allow customers to take part in rallying in a cost-controlled environment. The 2022 Series was over six rounds, all gravel rallies, and covered events in England, Scotland and Wales during the year at well-known and long-established rally events.The 'Challenge' cars were based on a standard car which was taken off the production line and hand-finished by a specialist team at Bowler. The 2-litre Ingenium petrol four-cylinder engine (296bhp and 295lb/ft of torque) and the 8-speed automatic transmission both remained largely untouched in order to achieve identical performance in the competing cars. To this they added:Structural body and chassis• Monocoque bracing – minimises body movement and supports underbody protection• Full internal roll-cage integrated with body and linking suspension mounts• Internal spare wheel mount integrated to roll cage• Additional front recovery points• Rally-spec gearbox cross member• Stiffened gearbox mounts• Strengthened engine mounts• Braced front and rear subframes• Front suspension turret brace• Rear turret brace• Strengthened radiator mounts• Adapted chassis and subframe mounts• Rally jacking pointsPerformance• Improved cooling – auxiliary radiators removed and increased airflow to main radiator• Increased transmission cooling capacity• Sports exhaust system• Bowler 18” wheels with increased strength• BF Goodrich AT tyres• Bespoke suspension design with modified subframes, new springs and unique turrets for increased stiffness• Bespoke Fox dampers• Race steering wheel with quick release boss• Side air intake covers• High level air intake• Front upper wishbone revised to reflect new ride height geometryElectrical/systems• ECU system integration with race box• ABS/DSC – rally control modifications• New integrated wiring harness for new components• New rally-spec facia• Navigator control unit for lights/washer/horn• Rally system integration with JLR safety systems• Adapted body control unitRegulatory• High-level rear marker lights• Alpine, door and rear windows replaced with polycarbonate• Race sports seats with specific race seat mounts• Six-point race harness• Integrated and hand-held fire suppression• Electrical cut-off switches – internal and external• Complete removal of all airbag systemsStyling• Front bumper adapted to take new underbody protection• Bowler front grille with increased air flow• Rear roof spoiler with extended profile and integrated additional reversing lights• Front and rear wing shields to meet new underbody protection• Wheel arch extensions utilising accessory fitment• Door lowers – protection pieces on shortened doors• Team liveryFunction• Additional bonnet-mounted windscreen washers – to deal with rally levels of water splash• Front driving lights for increased night driving illumination• Rally-spec mud flaps• Full underbody protection system – 6mm aluminium reinforced design• New gear shift position – optimised to sports seats• Column-mounted gear shift paddles – unique to Bowler• Passenger foot rest• Rear door manual release mechanism• Wheel arch lines – increased strength to meet rally requirementsWe are delighted to offer, here at the Silverstone Festival 2023, Bowler Defender - build number 001, the first car produced for the Championship and the first Bowler Defender produced for retail, all confirmed by the Bowler chassis plate and the relevant documentation that accompanies the car.#001 was ordered at the beginning of 2021 as part of the Bowler Defender Challenge and, at the time of purchase, was equipped with all the possible options from Bowler including Rally Package One and Rally Package Two. It took part in five rounds of the 2022 Championship, winning the longest and most challenging event, the three-day Welsh Hill Rally.Initially it was retained by Bowler and has been featured in a number of their promotional videos, both for JLR and their own marketing requirements. As part of its high-profile, #001 starred in the car wow ‘tug-of-war’ contest and was used for a full days testing and training in conjunction with Mark Higgins at Walters Arena.A complete new engine was fitted by JLR Special Vehicles around 600-miles ago, with only one event since, and the car is up to date with all the more recent Bowler modifications including the uprated radiator mounting system and the modified torque tube and subframe. It's complete with a full tool kit, two rally computers, upgraded light pack, twin intercom system and road-compliant headsets plus the aforementioned paperwork. It has been used competitively and therefore does have bodywork inClick here for more details and images
This striking Sierra Cosworth RS500, No.125/500, is offered fresh to market after almost 20 years of continuous ownership and must surely represent one of the most original and unmolested examples to become available in recent times.The original Ford Sierra RS Cosworth was the first Ford to wear the Cosworth badge and was presented to the public at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1985. It was introduced as a means of homologating the Sierra for Group A Touring Car racing, with a requirement that 5,000 cars were built and sold. Launched for sale in July 1986, and based on the three-door Sierra body-shell, it was designed by Ford's Special Vehicle Engineering (SVE) and was powered by a Cosworth-designed 2-litre turbo engine of now-legendary repute. At this time, the Sierra Cosworth was a new kind of performance car - a 'blue-collar hero' able to humble true sports cars!In total 5,545 cars were produced - of which 500 were sent to Aston Martin Tickford for conversion to the Sierra RS500 Cosworth. If the RS Cosworth was an homologation car, the RS500 was an evolution special. Once Ford had built the requisite 5,000 RS Cosworths, Group A rules allowed an upgraded 'evolution' model to be launched. This could carry changes focused on improving its racing potential, provided Ford sold 10% of the original number as road cars, hence the 500. The RS500 was announced in July 1987 and had a mechanically uprated Cosworth engine (more similar to the one to be used in competition), with power boosted to 224bhp, modified bodywork and the cachet of being hand-assembled - the RS500 really is the ultimate 1980s Fast Ford!This particular Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500, No 0125/500, is offered fresh to market after almost 20-years of continuous ownership and must surely represent one of the most original and unmolested examples to become available in recent times. Prior to purchase in 2004, our vendor made the decision that an RS500 was on his bucket list, but not just any old RS500, it had to be one of the very best. With that in mind, and the object of his desire sourced, an inspection by Alastair Mayne, Graham Goode Racing's Technical and Development Engineer was enlisted to inspect the vehicle to ensure that this was truly original and unmolested, even checking the often abused ECU for signs of tampering! As you would expect all was good and the purchase rubber-stamped with many years of meticulous and fastidious ownership to follow. E290 VFD remains in the same condition to this very day with the exception of the front air dam and rear bumper which required minor refinishing to bring back up to the superb and original finish of the remainder of the vehicle and, with the exception of general service items, this is how the RS presents today. With a comprehensive history folder, Dating Certificate and workshop manuals, there is little more to say other than that if you are looking for one of the most original, unmolested and desirable Performance Fords, freshly serviced and MOT’d, we suggest that your search may be at an end.SpecificationMake: FORDModel: SIERRA COSWORTH RS500Year: 1987Chassis Number: WFOEXXGBBEGG39079Registration Number: E290 VFDTransmission: ManualEngine Number: GG39079Drive Side: Right-hand DriveMake: RHDInterior Colour: Grey VelourClick here for more details and images
One of the rarest Fords ever. One of only six four-door AVO-built Mexicos, and the only one sold into the public domain.Offered here is a beautifully-restored Ford Escort Mexico, one of only six ever produced by Fords AVO factory in Aveley. Of the six produced, four white examples went to the Jersey Police, one was a test and development car, and our Tawny Brown car was a private sale into the public domain. It came about quite extraordinarily when a shopkeeper went into his local Ford Main Dealer and asked if it was possible to buy a Mexico with four doors. After a couple of phone calls to Aveley, they confirmed that they could build a four-door car to full Mexico specification for an extra £45 (quite a lot of money in those days). Perhaps they assumed that the increase in price would deter the potential buyer, but it didn't and the four-door car was ordered there and then. The specification is exactly as per an early shell with all the correct unique parts common to a two-door Mexico. It has the big wing sump, the long-shaft steering rack, the early dished 8.000rpm tacho in the six-dial dash and the deep-dished slotted steel wheels. In addition. It has all the correct AVO Mexico chassis reinforcements including the underside stone-guard fixings. The car was subject to a painstaking restoration three-years ago by marque specialist, Tony Collins of Car and Classic Restorations in Herne Bay, and the quality of his work is evident today. The history file is comprehensive and contains everything you would want to see, substantiating its provenance including a letter from Ford AVO confirming that its a Mexico four-door. This level of detail is possibly as a result of the car being owned by one of the AVO Club Registrars in the past. Remaining in superb condition, this lovely piece of Ford history, with the Mexico name that defined Ford from the 1970s onwards, would be a fine addition to any collection or perfect for a Blue Oval enthusiast who would like to own one of the rarest Fords of all time.SpecificationMake: FORDModel: MEXICOYear: 1972Chassis Number: BFAFMD00373Registration Number: NGP 911LTransmission: ManualEngine Number: MD00373 Drive Side: Right-hand DriveMake: RHDClick here for more details and images
Rare Evo IX FQ-360 by HKS, less than 60,000 miles and 19 services in the book.No other car makes 15-years ago seem more like ancient history than the Mitsubishi Evo IX. Today, Mitsubishi UK doesn’t exist as a sales operation, only surviving to service the sorry collection of Mirages, ASXs and plug-in Outlanders that were its market offering as the death knell tolled. It’s been some fall from grace. Back in 2007/08, not only was the Evo IX probably the best Evo since the VI, there was still another one to come. Maybe the X wasn’t as adored (with some justification) but it was still a ferociously fast four-door with lots of clever chassis tech. The Final Edition of that car was confirmed less than a decade ago - now look.The Evo’s demise is a curious and lengthy case, and the story can’t really be done justice here - but there's no question that models like the Ford Focus RS undoubtedly proved there was still demand for aggressively turbocharged, four-wheel drive, manual gearbox fast cars in the years after Lancer. Mostly it was the simple fact that times change and the Evo didn’t as much; in the late 2000s, as it was at the turn of the century, the car did what it said on the tin, but it was pretty expensive to run and its heyday was already over the horizon. By the time of the Evo IX FQ-360 by HKS, the Lancer required ever greater commitment. It was quite a lot of money, those notorious service intervals remained, and the world’s finances were teetering on the edge. But what a car. On top of the standard 360’s brilliance, the HKS added new Bilstein dampers and Eibach springs and finished off with 17" Speedline Turini alloys.This Evo is one of those exceptionally rare MR HKS models, and presumably one of very few in red being Number 73, and the last to have the 4G63 engine fitted. A 2007 car, it’s being sold with a full service history which includes a respectable 19 documented services, and it has also benefitted recently from a new clutch and flywheel. Our vendor has had the pleasure of the car since 2020 with only four previous keepers since 1st September 2007. This particular example has the benefit of IX MR Embroidered Recaro Sports Bucket Seats- a £2,500 option, Brembo performance brakes and it sports the carbon exterior splitter, vortex, spoiler blade and exhaust surround unique to the 360MR. The car also has the added benefit of the Ralliart 3-gauge central display.These Evo 9s are a truly epic drive and this particular example, having only covered 59,000 miles, remains pretty much as the factory intended, making it totally desirable for the purists amongst us. Guided very sensibly, this fabulous Evo is sure to generate good interest.SpecificationMake: MITSUBISHIModel: LANCER EVO IXYear: 2007Chassis Number: CT9A-0500765Registration Number: T900 CCCTransmission: Manual Drive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 59198 MilesClick here for more details and images
German - miniature 8-day timepiece wall clock in a walnut and ebonised case, with a gable pediment and finials, fully glazed door and ogee base, two-piece enamel dial with Roman numerals , minute track and steel spade hands, visible pendulum with an ebonised rod and brass bob.Dimensions: Height: 50cm Length/Width: 16cm Depth/Diameter: 10cm
German - Art Deco oak cased 8-day wall clock c 1930, with a moulded flat top and fully glazed door, deeply cut bevelled glass panels and visible pendulum, silvered dial with Art Deco design spandrels, Arabic numerals, minute track and spade hands, twin train movement striking the hours and half hours on four gong rods. With pendulum and key. Dimensions: Height: 67cm Length/Width: 31cm Depth/Diameter: 17cm
Early 20th century oak tantalus with silver plated mounts and handles, with two recesses, each containing a cut glass decanter, divided by a central compartment, the hinged mirrored door opening to reveal two glasses and a shelf, with cribbage board to a drawer below and presentation plaque to body, with key, H36cm W37cm
A Doll et Cie vertical live steam boiler comprising of cast iron red and green lined base with original burner and firebox door, with sight glass, manometer, weighted safety and whistle, powering a 3" spoked flywheel, free running example, marked DC to manometer, height including chimney 33cm
1925/6 Hornby No.1 tank loco 0-4-0 black, brass dome, detailed smoke box door, red lined cab windows, LMS 0-4-0 on tank sides, some corrosion to rods, some paintwork gives appearance of having been bubble wrapped at some time (VG) for age. In red box for a later version and with orange corrugated wrapper. (BG)
MATCHBOX Cars. A K-78 Superkings US Police car, a K-100 Ford Sierra XR4i a K-144 Land Rover, a K-28 Bedford Skip Truck with Man and Wheelbarrow, a Tonka fun Buggy, a Tonka Clutch Poppers, A Corgi James Bond Aston Martin, a Die cast Speedy Racers, a Lotus Elite and more. 10+Condition Report: Rear door broken and missing on Transit Van . Otherwise untested. Parts may be missing.
NO RESERVE Dell (Ethel M.) The Knave of Diamonds, 1913; The Rocks of Valpré, gift inscription to browned endpapers, 1914; The Keeper of the Door, 1915; Rosa Mundi and Other Stories, half-title spotted, 1921, first editions, original cloth, lightly faded, spine ends creased, corners bumped; and c.30 others by the same, 8vo (c.35)
A collection of Dinky Toys diecast emergency service, commercial and public transport vehicles to include 29b Streamline Bus in two tone green, 29c Double Deck Bus in green and cream, 25h Streamlined Fire Engine in red with black ridged hubs, with bell, 34b Royal Mail Van in red with black bonnet, roof and ridged hubs, 25v Bedford Refuse Wagon with tan body, green side slides and opening rear door, red ridged hubs, 30h Daimler Ambulance in cream with red crosses, 36g Austin Taxi in maroon with black roof and ridged hubs and 280 (Type 3) Delivery Van in blue with black ridged hubs (8)
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