EX-BMW PRESS CAR E38 M5 AND STUNNING E-TYPE LEAD ENTRIES FOR BARONS’ SUMMER CLASSIC SALE

EX-BMW PRESS CAR E38 M5 AND STUNNING E-TYPE LEAD ENTRIES FOR BARONS’ SUMMER CLASSIC SALE

Barons is bringing a really fine selection of classic and collectors’ cars to Sandown Park for its Summer Classic sale at the Surrey racecourse on July 16.

The entry list is headed by a very rare 1986 BMW E28 M5. This particular machine served as a BMW press car and was subsequently owned by a BMW Diagnostic Technician, and has a meticulously-maintained history file showing all the BMW OEM parts used both in its maintenance and in the incredibly detailed restoration carried out by the technician owner, for whom this was a real labour of love. It is one of only two RHD cars to leave the factory with both special individual paint and interior options and is the only one in this blue/black metallic colour combination. The interior is equally beautifully presented; when new, BMW Motorsport Gmbh trimmed all the door cards, centre console and dash in red leather and the roof lining in red suede. As part of its restoration, the interior was stripped, every leather part reconnolised and then painstakingly put back together. This remarkably impressive part of BMW’s history carries a guide price of £39,000-£46,000.

Sitting alongside the M5 at the head of the entry list is a stunning dark blue 1968 Jaguar E-type Series 1.5 2+2. It has led a very sheltered life, covering just 40,000 miles in 51 years, with only four owners from new. Offered complete with the registration number ‘536 BOY’, it has a guide price of £38,000-£45,000. 

An elegant piece of classic British motoring comes in the form of the sleek 1962 Bentley S2, in a sophisticated sage green over smoke green livery. This lovely motor car is in excellent condition and drives superbly (£26,000 - £30,000). And classic American automotive history is represented by the splendid 1930 Nash Ambassador 8 4-door sedan, in striking red and white livery. This head-turning automobile has a guide price of £25,000-£30,000.

The festival season is well and truly upon us, and the 1972 VW Type 2 Campervan on offer at Sandown Park is the perfect festival or holiday companion. In the last two years, it has been restored from a very sorry state to a very high standard by a VW specialist, retaining as many original parts as possible, including the engine, which has been retuned. The interior has been fully restored, with seats and trims reupholstered in white leather and new kitchen cabinetry and appliances installed. This lovely little campervan is just waiting to be snapped up and taken on adventures and has a guide price of £22,000-£27,000.

The 1975 Ford Granada Ghia Coupé going under the hammer on July 16 has been the subject of a 15-year nut-and-bolt restoration, with absolutely every component either reconditioned or replaced. This rare machine has only been driven on dry roads since the restoration was completed. Guide price: £9,000-£12,000.

Another immaculate motor car is the 1970 Rover 3.5-litre P5B. This handsome vehicle has been lovingly maintained throughout its life and has a comprehensive history file going back to when it was new, confirming the recorded mileage of 68,000. Guide price: £13,000-£16,000.

The 1973 Alfa Romeo GT Junior 1600 is perfect for road use and track days. It is fitted with an Alfa Romeo 2.0 litre Twin Spark engine and an Alfaholics fast road suspension set-up. In need of some cosmetic TLC, it has covered just 66,000 miles and has a guide price of £14,000-£18,000.

The charming 1961 Morris Mini Van in the sale is being sold by its only-ever owner and comes complete with documents including the order form for the van and the factory warranty. Amazingly it still has the original front and rear sub-frames and factory foam-filled sills. Guide price: £4,000-£6,000.

Early Volvo estates have a growing fanbase in the classic world, being both charismatic and hugely practical. The sale features a 1970 145 DL restoration project; with good examples now changing hands for more than £13,000 this is a great opportunity at a guide price of £1,000-£2,000.

Finally, the sale features two powerful Honda motorcycle combinations, both in very good condition and all being offered at realistic reserves. The 1982 Goldwing with Watsonian Sidecar has a guide price of £1,500-£3,000, while the1988 CB1000F combination is listed at £1,000-£2,000. Only being sold due to the recent passing of their owner, they are joined in a sale by a third Honda motorcycle from the same estate, a very good 1989 example of the VFR 750F, complete with original matching bright red panniers (£500-£1,500).

For more information, or to consign a vehicle to the sale, please visit www.barons-auctions.com.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME: RM SOTHEBY’S PRESENTS THE OLDEST CAR TO WEAR THE PORSCHE BADGE

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME:
RM SOTHEBY’S PRESENTS THE OLDEST CAR TO WEAR THE PORSCHE BADGE

1939 PORSCHE TYPE 64 BERLIN-ROME SET TO STAR AT MONTEREY AUCTION

THE PERSONAL CAR OF FERDINAND AND FERRY PORSCHE

• RM Sotheby’s to offer the oldest Porsche-badged motor car at record-setting Monterey sale, 15-17 August
• The only surviving example and the personal car of Ferdinand and Ferry Porsche, Type 64 is the direct ancestor of the Porsche 356
• RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale extends to three nights for 2019, kicking off with Evening of Aston Martin on 15 August
• Event information and updated list of entries for Monterey available at rmsothebys.com

 RM Sotheby’s is honoured to announce it has secured the oldest car to wear the Porsche badge for its record-setting Monterey sale—the only surviving 1939 Porsche Type 64 Berlin-Rome, No. 3.

RM Sotheby’s has sold some of the world’s most important Porsches at auction in recent years, including significant models across the marque’s seven decades of production history at the Porsche 70^th Anniversary Auction held at Porsche Cars North America headquarters in 2018. Type 64 predates the first production Porsche—what would become known as the 356.

A strive for technological advancement in motor car performance drove the motorsport industry in the 1920s and 1930s, resulting in some of the most iconic race cars of the period, which served as great sources of national pride. The advent of World War II saw Professor Ferdinand Porsche forced to shift focus to a car for the masses—the KdF-Wagen—however, he retained a vision to produce a lighter, faster version of the model that would showcase the nation’s technology and realize his sports car dreams.

It was a road race that never took place that would give birth to the Type 64. The 1,500-kilometer Berlin-Rome race was set for September 1939 and would be used to promote Germany’s autobahn system as well as celebrate the launch of the KdF-Wagen production car. In preparation for the race, the government-owned Volkswagen commissioned three special long-distance racing versions of the KdF-Wagen, known internally to Porsche and his engineers as the Type 64. Designed by the same engineers who would go on to create the 356, the cars were built at Reutter Works across the street from Zuffenhausen over 1939-1940, with lightweight aluminium bodies and the wheels fully covered in removable alloy panels. While the Type 64 shares the same drivetrain and suspension as the Type 1 Volkswagen, it is otherwise very different. The chassis and riveted alloy body utilize WWII aircraft technology, while the original air-cooled flat-four engine was tuned to 32 bhp. Just as the first of the three cars was finished, and weeks before the Berlin-Rome race was set to start, the war was officially declared and government interest turned to military vehicles, with the first Type 64 becoming property of the German labour front.

A young Ferry Porsche did not give up, and he moved forward with the two additional cars, which would serve as experimental test beds for Porsche as they developed their own production sports car, essentially making the Type 64 the missing link between Volkswagen and the Porsche 356. The second car was completed in December 1939 and the third, using the chassis of the first car, which had been damaged following an accident with the Managing Director of Volkswagen at the wheel, by June 1940. This third car will headline RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale, 15-17 August.

The third Type 64 was retained as a personal family car and driven extensively by Ferry and Ferdinand Porsche. When the company was forced to relocate headquarters to Gmünd, Austria from 1944-1948, it was kept alongside No. 2 at the family estate in the picturesque lakeside town of Zell-am-See. No. 3 was the only example to survive the war, and Ferry Porsche himself applied the raised letters spelling out ‘PORSCHE’ on the nose of the car when he had it registered in Austria under the new company name in 1946.

In 1947, restoration work was commissioned by Porsche and completed by a young Pinin Farina in Turin, Italy. Nearly one year later, Porsche demonstrated the Type 356 roadster, no. 1, on public roads in Innsbruck, with the Type 64 by its side. Austrian privateer driver Otto Mathé completed demo laps in Type 64 and fell in love, buying it from Porsche the following year. He enjoyed a successful racing career with the car in the 1950s—the very first to do so in a Porsche product—and kept it for 46 years until his death in 1995.

In 1997, the Type 64 changed hands for just the second time in six decades and appeared at a handful of vintage racing events with its third owner, Dr Thomas Gruber of Vienna, including Goodwood and the Austrian Ennstal Classic. Dr Gruber is the author of the renowned Carrera RS book and one of the most respected Porsche specialists worldwide. Delightfully patinated, the streamlined 1939 Porsche Type 64 is now offered in Monterey from the long-term care of just its fourth owner, who acquired the car more than a decade ago, and is accompanied by many original spare parts, as well as extensive period images and historical documentation. Perhaps the most significant surviving piece of Porsche engineering and design history, the Porsche Type 64 is estimated to bring in excess of $20,000,000 when it crosses RM Sotheby’s auction podium in Monterey.

“Without the Type 64, there would be no Porsche 356, no 550, no 911,” says Marcus Görig, Car Specialist, RM Sotheby’s. “This is Porsche’s origin story, the car that birthed the company’s legend, and it offers collectors what is likely an unrepeatable opportunity to sit in the seat of Ferdinand and Ferry Porsche. With this car, the new owner will not only be invited to the first row of every Porsche event worldwide—they will be the first row!”

Gord Duff, Global Head of Auctions, RM Sotheby’s, continues: “We’ve had the honour of presenting some of the most significant cars in the history of numerous top marques at Monterey, and Type 64 now stands among them. Type 64 helped define what a sports car is today, and it carries many of traits we’ve seen throughout seven decades of Porsche production and still see in some of the marque’s most sought-after contemporary models. We’re grateful to have been entrusted by the owner with this important piece of automotive, engineering, and world history and we look forward to sharing it with the collector car hobby this summer.”

Andy Prill, well-respected marque specialist who has recently inspected the Type 64, adds: “I’ve seen countless special Porsches in my career, but nothing like this. I was very careful in examining the authenticity of Type 64, no. 3 and its chassis. After spending many days with the car, I have found evidence that all key components of the cars are original as built in 1939/1940. This is the most historically significant of all Porsche cars and it is simply incredible to find the very first Porsche in this original condition.”

Held during the world-famous Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance motoring week, RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale (15-17 August) has been the pinnacle of collector car auctions for more than 30 years, leading the field and raising the bar with its consistent, record-setting results. Led by the Type 64, this year’s Monterey sale will once again present more than 120 of the world’s most important motor cars in the ultimate collector car destination, featuring a special third auction evening on 15 August. ‘An Evening of Aston Martin’ will feature more than 30 of the world’s most sought-after road-going and track-ready Aston Martin sports cars from across the marque’s illustrious history. 

For further information on RM Sotheby’s 2019 Monterey auction and to view a frequently updated list of entries, please visit rmsothebys.com. Interested consignors are invited to call RM Sotheby’s global headquarters at +1 519 352 4575 to speak with a car specialist about entering an important motor car in the Monterey sale. Consignments are invited through early July 2019.

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RM SOTHEBY’S ANNOUNCES WORKS MASERATI A6GCS FOR MONTEREY SALE

RM SOTHEBY’S ANNOUNCES WORKS MASERATI A6GCS FOR MONTEREY SALE

VIEW THE CAR IN MOTION

• RM Sotheby’s announces entries for Friday and Saturday auctions at annual Monterey sale (15-17 August)
• Early highlights led by 1954 Maserati A6GCS, campaigned by the Maserati works team to 3^rd overall at the Mille Miglia
• RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale extends to three nights for 2019, kicking off with Evening of Aston Martin on 15 August
• Additional information on the Monterey sale available at rmsothebys.com
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• Following the recent announcement of the first cars set for the company’s dedicated Evening of Aston Martin, RM Sotheby’s has released early entries for its Friday and Saturday evening auctions in Monterey. Early entries for the record-setting sale are led by a 1954 Maserati A6GCS, chassis no. 2078, offered fresh to the market following two decades of single enthusiast ownership.
  
  
  
  
  The A6GCS was campaigned by the Maserati factory team during the 1954 season, at the hands of famed Maserati and Ferrari works driver, Luigi Musso. The car saw numerous podium and first-in-class finishes with Maserati, including at the Targa Florio, Imola, and most notably achieving 3^rd overall at the 1954 Mille Miglia. Following the 1954 season, chassis no. 2078 was sold to Ricardo Grandio, a privateer in Argentina, who campaigned the car extensively in South America throughout the 1955 and 1956 seasons, finishing 3^rdoverall at the Buenos Aires 1000 KM. After passing through a series of South American owners, the Maserati made its way back to the Continent in the early 1980s, eventually landing with an Italian industrialist who entered the car in the Mille Miglia from 1987 to 1992, and once again in 1995. 

In 1998, the car was purchased by its current American owner, who has enjoyed driving and racing the it in vintage events over the last 20 years, including the Monterey Historics, the Mille Miglia, the Colorado Grand, and more. In 2013, the Maserati was carefully restored, after which it was shown at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, earning the Gran Turismo Award.

The Maserati A6GCS is offered at RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale in wonderful, turn-key condition alongside its original engine, ready and eligible for the world’s finest driving events (Est. $3,250,000 - $3,750,000).

“We’ve had the pleasure of offering some exceptional Maserati racers at auction over our 40-year history, and this A6GCS stands among the very finest,” says David Swig, Car Specialist, RM Sotheby’s. “Chassis no. 2078 offers a turn-key solution for today’s gentleman racer, combining exceptional period competition pedigree, a well-documented history from new, and single enthusiast ownership for the last two decades. An A6GCS is a rare sight at auction, and rarer still in such well-cared-for, fresh-to-market form.”

Additional early entries for RM Sotheby’s 2019 Monterey sale run the gamut of the market, from perhaps one of the world’s most iconic microcars, a very rare and highly original 1964 Peel Trident (Est. $80,000 - $100,000, offered without reserve) to a bespoke iteration of one of the 21^st century’s wildest hypercars, a 2014 Pagani Huayra Tempesta ‘Scozia’. Offered from single ownership since new, the Pagani is the 97^th of just 100 coupes built and is finished in stunning Ferrari Grigio Silverstone-like paintwork. Looking to celebrate his Scottish heritage, the owner had his family’s tartan used to upholster the seat inserts, contrasting beautifully with its tan and black leather interior featuring carbon fiber and brushed aluminum detailing. One of the most memorable and interesting Huayras built, the “Scozia” presents in virtually as-new condition, having travelled just 1,460 miles from new (Est. $1,900,000 - $2,400,000).

Held during the world-famous Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance motoring week, RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale (15-17 August) has been the pinnacle of collector car auctions for more than 30 years, leading the field and raising the bar with its consistent, record-setting results. This year’s Monterey sale will once again present more than 120 of the world’s most important motor cars in the ultimate collector car destination, featuring a special third auction evening on 15 August. ‘An Evening of Aston Martin’ will feature more than 30 of the world’s most sought-after road-going and track-ready Aston Martin sports cars from across the marque’s illustrious history. A very early 1964 Aston Martin DB5 offered from 40 years of ownership has already been announced for the single-marque night.

For further information on RM Sotheby’s 2019 Monterey auction and to view a frequently updated list of entries, please visit rmsothebys.com. Interested consignors are invited to call RM Sotheby’s global headquarters at +1 519 352 4575 to speak with a car specialist about entering an important motor car in the Monterey sale. Consignments are invited through early July 2019.

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