JAGUAR, MERCEDES AND FORD MAKE IT 1, 2, 3 AT BARONS, SANDOWN PARK

JAGUAR, MERCEDES AND FORD MAKE IT 1, 2, 3 AT BARONS, SANDOWN PARK

A beautiful 1965 Series 1 Jaguar E-type FHC was first past the finishing post at Barons’ Jaguar Heritage, Classic & Sports Car sale at Sandown Park racecourse last Friday, September 20th. The E-type, which has been the subject of a £60,000 restoration, sold for £71,500 and was followed by a stunning 1968 Mercedes-Benz W113 290SL Pagoda, an original UK RHD car, which achieved £66,000.

The third-highest price of the day was the £25,850 achieved for the sprightly 1936 Ford Model 68 with safari roof, which thoroughly exceeded its £17,000 top estimate. This motor car has a fine history in endurance rallying, having won the Spirit of the Rally trophy in the 2003 Safari Challenge, and subsequently completed the Circuit of Ireland, Africa’s Chipembele Rally and the Peking to Paris Rally. 

63 out of the 100 lots sold, with keen bidding seeing notable cars such as the very rare 1972 Citroen DS21 ‘Jubilee’ EFI Pallas exceeding its guide price to sell for £19,470. An original and rare factory manual supercharged 1995 straight six Jaguar XJR, one of just 105 built-in RHD, nearly doubled its estimate, selling for £4,840, while a fine future classic - a 2007 Jaguar S type XS Sport - performed equally well, selling for £4,510.

All 14 of the classic and future classic motorcycles, trikes, monkey bikes and quad bikes in the sale were snapped up by enthusiasts, with the 1969 Honda Z50A monkey bikes - perfect for the historic racing paddock and one signed by John Surtees and the other by Sir Stirling Moss - selling well, and the two Yamaha Banshees each exceeding top estimate.  

Barons’ next sale at Sandown Park is the Autumn Classic on October 26. Early entries include a handsome 1958 Austin-Healey 100/6 2+2, a 1966 Ford Mustang 289 Auto and a 1958 MG A Roadster 1500. For further information please visit www.barons-auctions.com.

RESULTS, BARONS AT SANDOWN PARK, SEPTEMBER 20TH 2019

MAKE	MODEL	Sold @ Inc
Jaguar	E-Type Series 1 FHC	£71,500
Mercedes	W113 SL Pagoda	£66,000
Ford	Model 68	£25,850
Bentley	S2	£22,000
Jaguar	S-Type 3.8	£22,000
Citroen	DS21 EFI Pallas	£19,470
Bentley	Arnage	£16,500
Bentley	MK6	£16,500
Triumph	TR6	£14,300
Rolls-Royce	Silver Shadow	£11,110
Volkswagen	T2 Devon Pop Up Camper Van	£10,780
Volkswagen	Golf GTi Sportline Convertible	£10,450
Challenger	E-Type Replica MKI	£10,340
Ducati	DM450 Scrambler	£9,350
Jaguar	XKR Carbon Edition	£9,350
Daimler	Double Six Series 3 HE	£8,800
Jaguar	XJS-C Cabriolet	£8,250
Rover	Mini Cooper	£8,250
MG	B 1800 Roadster	£7,480
Yamaha	Raptor	£7,370
Mercedes	CLK55 AMG Convertible	£5,775
Honda	Z50A Monkey Bike - John Surtees Tribute	£5,720
Ducati	DM450 Scrambler	£5,720
Mercedes	380SL	£5,060
Jaguar	XJR	£4,840
Jaguar	S-Type XS Sport	£4,510
Yamaha	Banshee 350	£4,400
Yamaha	Banshee	£4,400
Rolls-Royce	Silver Spirit	£4,400
MG	BGT Limited Edition	£4,290
Alfa Romeo	GTV Twin Spark 16 Valve	£4,180
Bentley	Mulsanne S	£4,070
Honda	Z50A Monkey Bike - Stirling Moss Tribute	£3,960
Daimler	DS420 Landaulette	£3,960
Ford	Transit MKI	£3,520
Audi	80 Convertible	£3,080
Mercedes	W124 E220 Coupe	£2,860
BMW	318i Lux	£2,860
Range Rover	P38 Vogue 4.6	£2,860
LTI	FX4 Fairway London Taxi	£2,750
Audi	TT Quattro	£2,750
BMW	320Ci 2.2 ltr Convertible	£2,750
Fiat	Coupe 20V Limited Edition	£2,750
Jaguar	XJ8 SWB 4.0 V8	£2,530
Jaguar	Mk IX	£2,500
Chevrolet	Camaro	£2,420
Yamaha	Z250	£2,310
Wolseley	6/80	£2,000
Jaguar	XJ12 V12 HE	£1,980
Jaguar	S-Type V6 Sport Special Order	£1,760
Jaguar	420 Automatic	£1,700
Honda	ATC 125M Trike	£1,650
Rover	75 Club SE CDTi Tourer	£1,500
Jaguar	S-Type 3.0 SE V6	£1,350
BMW	540i Touring	£1,150
Honda	1987 CBR 1000F Super Sport	£1,100
Mercedes	CL55 AMG	£1,050
Honda	ATC 185S	£990
Honda	ATC 90 Trike	£908
Audi	A6	£875
BMW	323ic	£800
Honda	70	£605
Honda	70	£605

ENTRIES INVITED FOR BARONS’ JAGUAR HERITAGE, CLASSIC AND SPORTS CARS SALE - SANDOWN PARK, SEPTEMBER 20th

ENTRIES INVITED FOR BARONS’ JAGUAR HERITAGE, CLASSIC AND SPORTS CARS SALE - SANDOWN PARK, SEPTEMBER 20th

Entries are invited for Barons’ annual Jaguar Heritage, Classic and Sports Cars sale, at Sandown Park racecourse on Friday, September 20.

Early Jaguar entries already consigned include an absolutely immaculate and hugely collectable Opalescent silver-grey 1965 E-type Series 1 FHC with Webasto sliding roof. It has been subject to a well-documented professional restoration costing some £60,000 and including a bare metal respray. This stunning example of the most iconic 1960s sports car carries a guide price of £80,000-£95,000.

Non-Jaguar entries include a beautiful 1933 Alvis Firefly. This elegant pre-War British classic was fully restored many years ago and has been lovingly cared for ever since. The guide price for this stylish motor car is £40,000-£50,000.

One unusual early submission - and possibly not one for Jaguar purists but certainly one for lovers of head-turning cars - is the 1959 Challenger E-type replica Mk 1. This unique machine is one of the first-ever Challenger E-types, having been built in Cornwall in 1995 by the Triple C Company before the company moved to the Scottish borders and changed its name to Challenger. So why the 1959 date attribution? That comes from the donor car - a 1959 Rover 90 - and has resulted in the car’s logbook showing it as registered as a 1959 Jaguar E-type, making it the oldest registered ‘E-type’ in the world! In bright red with white hardtop and whitewall tyres, it’s certainly a looker and, with a guide price of £8,000-£12,000, it offers E-type looks combined with a 3.5-litre Rover V8 engine for a decidedly un-E-type price!

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

CLASSIC MINI COOPER S WAVES THE FLAG AT BARONS’ BRITISH HERITAGE, CLASSIC & SPORTS CARS SALE JUNE 4, SANDOWN PARK

CLASSIC MINI COOPER S WAVES THE FLAG AT BARONS’ BRITISH HERITAGE, CLASSIC & SPORTS CARS SALE 

 JUNE 4, SANDOWN PARK

After consolidating its strong start to 2019 by selling 63% of the lots on offer in its April sale, Barons is now looking forward to its British Heritage, Classic & Sports Cars sale next Tuesday, June 4 at Sandown Park.

Appropriately, in the 60th anniversary year of one of the most famous British cars of all time, one of the featured lots is a charismatic 1966 1275cc Austin Mini Cooper S. This lovely little car has recently been re-commissioned, has a Heritage Certificate confirming its originality and has a guide price of £38,000-£45,000. The sale also includes a 1970 Morris Mini Cooper S complete with Union Jack roof. Comprehensively restored ten years ago and fitted with a Richard Longman fast road 1380cc engine with Omega pistons, built into a chemically cleaned and crack tested A+ block, the car has only covered around 6,000 miles since restoration and has been used mainly in the dry. It has a guide price of £18,000-£24,000.

One particularly notable British machine is the 1975 MG BGT V8. Powered by the 3,528 cc Rover V8 engine, this extremely rare factory MG BGT V8 has just been recommissioned and is in its original colour of Tundra Green. The last registered owner in the log book owned the car from 1982 and covered a genuine 79,000 miles in 44 years. Guide price: £16,000-£20,000.

The 2006 TVR Tuscan Mk 3 in the sale is the last Mk 3 to come out of the TVR gates before the factory closed its doors forever. Only 26 Mk3s were built. This very desirable British sports car has a guide price of £28,000-£34,000.

Other British entries include a 1967 Sunbeam Alpine Series V GT with a meticulously maintained history file documenting the car’s car by a small series of long-term owners (£9,000-£12,000) and, for those looking for a potential future classic, a 414bhp 2007 Vauxhall VXR8 (£11,000-£14,000).

Non-British cars going under the hammer on June 4 include a handsome and rare 1931 Nash Eight-90 series limousine in superb condition. It has resided in the UK since the 1940s and been owned by the same family ever since it was imported. It carries a guide price of £28,000-£34,000. Another rarity is the 1982 Bitter SC (£12,000-£15,000), one of only 29 made for the UK market, and the dealer demonstrator car for the then importer/distributor Woodhouse. Designed with the help of legendary designer Giovanni Michelotti and produced in Turin Italy, just 461 examples were built between 1979 and 1984.

The sale also features a stunning American ‘muscle car’. The rare 1973 454 (7.4 ltr) big block manual Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Targa is from the last year of factory chrome bumper models and has a guide price of £25,000-£29,000.

For more information, please visit www.barons-auctions.com.

Barons’ April 30 sale continues strong 2019 trend

British cars also fared well in Barons’ April Spring Classic sale, with a 1972 Jaguar E-type V12 convertible achieving the highest price of the day, exceeding estimate to sell for £46,200, and Land Rover, Aston Martin and MG all featuring in the top ten results.

Another notable Jaguar result was the 1973 XJ Series 2 pre-production coupé, chassis number 2, used by Jaguar’s then Chief Engineer Jim Randle as his company car and subsequently owned by Thoroughbred and Classic Cars magazine, where it featured many times. In need of full restoration and offered at no reserve, this ‘garden find’ sold for £5,830.

Other interesting lots sold in April included a remarkably original 1967 MG 1100 which has clocked up just 27,500 warranted miles and sold for £8,250 and a 1992 Rover Maestro whose owner has transformed it back to its original state; it was a police vehicle with the Lancashire Constabulary! This ‘arresting’ machine was taken into custody by its new owner when it sold for £3,850.

Barons’ Auction Manager Tim Gascoigne commented “We’ve been really pleased with our first two sales of the year, with good amounts of buyers attracted by a diverse selection of lots with broad appeal. We’re now looking forward to June 4 for our annual British Heritage, Classic & Sports Cars sale.”

Results, Barons April 30 2019

YEAR	MAKE	MODEL	Sold Inc
1972	Jaguar	E-Type V12 Convertible	£46,200
1997	Ferrari	348TS	£42,900
1963	Mercedes	230SL	£39,600
2009	Land Rover	Defender 90 SVX Soft Top	£33,550
2007	Aston Martin	DB9 Volante	£30,800
1970	MG	C GT	£22,000
2000	Aston Martin	DB7 Vantage	£20,900
1950	Ford	Pilot V8	£19,580
2001	Range Rover	Sport HSE Autobiography	£17,600
2005	Porsche	911 996 C4 S Tiptronic	£13,530
2007	Vauxhall	VXR8	£13,420
1961	Austin	Seven Mini	£9,350
1996	Mercedes	W124 E220 Convertible	£9,240
1967	MG	1100	£8,250
2015	Land Rover	Discovery TD5 ES	£8,250
1995	Renault	Clio Williams 2	£7,700
1990	Renault	5GT Turbo	£7,700
1975	MG	BGT	£6,930
1988	Mercedes	W124 E200 T Estate	£6,160
2005	Rover	75 4.6 V8 Connoisseur SE	£6,050
2001	Bentley	Brooklands	£5,830
1974	Jaguar	XJ Series 2 Coupe	£5,830
1992	Daimler	Double Six Series 3 V12 5.3	£5,720
1981	Reliant	Scimitar GTC	£5,500
1995	Jeep	Wrangler	£5,500
1997	Mercedes	280SL	£5,225
2001	Mercedes	CLK 320 Avantgarde Convertible	£4,620
1996	Jaguar	XK8	£3,850
1992	Rover	Maestro Police Car	£3,850
1991	Mercedes	W124 230E Saloon	£3,630
2000	Mercedes	E240 2.6 Elegance Estate	£3,575
2003	BMW	E46 318 2.0 M-Sport	£3,520
1954	Austin	A30 Seven	£3,410
2003	BMW	E39 520SE Estate Touring	£3,300
1987	Vauxhall	Cavalier Cabriolet	£3,080
1995	BMW	520i	£3,080
1998	Daimler	V8	£2,970
1999	BMW	Z3 Convertible	£2,860
1989	Nissan	Bluebird 2.0 GL Estate	£2,750
1989	Nissan	Sunny 1.4LS	£2,750
1972	MG	Midget	£2,420
2002	Peugeot	406 Coupe	£2,310
2000	Mercedes	SLK230	£2,310
1990	Mitsubishi	GTO Twin Turbo	£2,200
2004	Land Rover	Freelander TD4 S/W A	£2,200
2001	Volkswagen	Golf 2.0 Avantgarde Convertible	£1,760
1966	Triumph	Herald 12/50	£1,705
1991	Mitsubishi	GTO Twin Turbo	£1,650
1983	Volkswagen	Golf Avantgarde GE Cabriolet	£1,450
1996	Jaguar	Sovereign LWB	£1,000
2006	MG	TF	£950
	Jaguar	Brochures	£92
	Jaguar	Brochures	£86