1950 FRAZER NASH LE MANS REPLICA - BRIAN CLASSIC & CO Cheshire

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1950 FRAZER NASH LE MANS REPLICA

The 1950 Turin Motor Show Car.

This is one of three similar Le Mans Replicas built-in 1950 for public display and this car was used at the 1950 Turin Motor Show, as confirmed by Denis Jenkinson’s factory record and as shown in photographs in James Trigwell’s book.

After the show, the car was sold to Italian agents ‘Italcarco’ in Milan who eventually sold it to one Emilio Vincentini who had the car re-bodied by carrozzeria Rocco Motto in Turin and it was registered MI 250995. The body was a fixed head coupe typical of the Italian style at the time, along the lines of a Ferrari 166MM, Cisitalia and so on.

In 1976 the car was purchased in Italy by Colin Crabbe who brought it back to England and had the car restored, retaining the coupe body so that it could be used by his wife Fiona on the school run! He sold the car at the end of 1979 to David Penney who commissioned Crossthwaite & Gardner to return it to its original form. The coupe body was removed and a correct Le Mans Replica body was made by Peels of Surbiton. It was at this time that the car gained its current XOU3 registration. From 1982 the car was displayed at the Midland Motor Museum. The Motto body still exists as part of a special.

In July 1989 Sotheby’s sold the car to Michael Fisher who sold it in turn to Aston Martin chairman Victor Gauntlett and in November 1990 he sold it to Bill Clark in New Zealand.

Clark kept the car for 18 years, racing it extensively and having it maintained by the renowned Auto Restorations and Dave Silcock of Christchurch. He sold the car in 2008 to fellow racer and collector Peter Giddings in California who continued to race the car with success in the USA. The car is now in fabulous condition throughout, retaining a nice level of patina, and performs wonderfully on the road possessing all of the verve and sharp handling one would expect from one of the world’s most acclaimed collector’s cars.

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1970 MASERATI INDY 4200 - JULIEN SUMNER Fine Motor Cars Guildford, Surrey

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1970 MASERATI INDY 4200

The Maserati Indy was first shown, unnamed, at the 1968 Turin Salon and then made its official debut at Geneva a year later. Named as many have been before after significant racing victories, in this case, the Indianapolis in both 1939 and 1940....they would have made it three in a row in 1941 had it not been for spark plug problems and a subsequent retirement!

The Indy was the first new Maserati model to appear following its acquisition by Citroen in 1969 and who remained at the helm until its collapse in 1975 when Alejandro De Tamaso stepped in, but that's another story altogether!

The lovely sleek design of the Indy was penned by Alfredo Vignale, who at the time had already designed both the fabulous 3500GT Spyder and Sebring; his brief was simple, to create an elegant and very smooth 2 door coupe, with ample room for 4 adults together with luggage, something most GT's of this era failed to manage.

Both the Maserati Classiche Department in Modena and Maserati's UK Owners Club confirm that this car was dispatched from the factory on 21st June 1970 as a manual INDY 4200 finished in Azzurro Hyperion (Light Blue) with white leather and delivered to Mr Franco Maletti in Modena....pleasingly the Indy remains matching. 

There is little to be discovered of its early history but we understand it was exported to Australia during the late 1970s where it was registered firstly in NSW and then subsequently Queensland before it was restored between 1997 and 2003 by its then-owner Mr David Cobin. His meticulous attention given to detail is evidenced by the three A4 folders full of factory information sheets, handwritten entries of works completed, invoices, hand-drawn wiring diagrams and much more....the owner kept an accumulative cost tally, the final figure was AUS $68,675 something approaching £43,000 back in 2003.

The Indy was purchased and subsequently imported in 2015 by Foskers Ferrari here in the UK who in turn sold it to its current owner, a long-standing client of mine. Mileage has been minimal but certainly not it's upkeep with the majority of works been undertaken via Steve Moody of SMDG plus other Italian marque specialists. With a recent MOT all is now set now for Summer use!

It would be a pleasure to answer any further questions you might have. This lovely Maserati can be inspected at my Guildford showroom - please call me on 07788 865700. 

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2002 RONART LIGHTNING CONVERTIBLE - Panorama Bay Motor Company 36, Panorama Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, BH13 7RD

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2002 RONART LIGHTNING CONVERTIBLE

Finished in lightning blue with cream leather trim. This beautiful car is in the words of the Ronart Lightning Owners Club ‘designed for the discerning driver who loved the romance of motoring and wanted a distinctly exclusive car’…… and how right they are! This is one of only 6 cars produced and is a massively rare car.

The car has had one careful owner and has covered only 30,000 miles. It is fitted with the following: Hardtop (stores in the boot), 4.6 litre Mustang Cobra 99 engine, 320 bhp, V8 quad cam, 32-valve (425 bhp race-tuned option), 5 speed manual gearbox, Lightweight Carbon-fibre bodywork, full independent wishbone suspension front and rear, suspension and steering geometry designed by Harvey Bailey Engineering, hydrotrak differential, AP Racing designed braking system, Recaro Seats, cream leather interior, Clarion multimedia stereo, electric windows, remote locking, air conditioning, reversing camera and 18" OZ wheels fitted with Pirelli P Zero tyres. 

This is indeed a truly stunning sportscar £POA

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