2015 JAGUAR C-X75 'BOND CAR' - DUNCAN HAMILTON ROFGO

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2015 JAGUAR C-X75 'BOND CAR' 

ORIGINAL SPECTRE STUNT CAR - CHASSIS 007

ONE OF THE 5 STUNT CARS USED IN THE JAMES BOND FILM 'SPECTRE'

CHASSIS 007

"Built to be abused on the set of the Bond film Spectre, the Jaguar C-X75 stunt car is a seriously entertaining machine" -  Evo magazine December 2015

Considered by most as the car Jaguar should have put into production. Originally launched in 2010 as a concept hybrid car and developed in conjunction with Williams Advanced Engineering it was going to be put into production with a supercharged 1.6-litre four-cylinder car with an electric motor at each axle.

Built around a carbon fibre tub it was conceived to be a rival to McLaren P1 and Porsche 918, but Jaguar lost courage and in 2012 the project was pulled. However, the car was given a second life when cast as the villain's car in the 2015 James Bond film, Spectre.

Jaguar already had two hybrid prototypes and these were used for the static and low-speed shots but full working cars were required for the chase scenes. Williams Advanced Engineering and Jaguar, therefore, built five stunt cars. They were built around a spaceframe constructed to exceed GT3 regulations to ensure the safety of the stunt drivers. The cars used the same springs and dampers as the 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 tarmac rally cars. The cars are powered by the same thundering 5 litres supercharged V8 as the Jaguar Project 7, which is a bulletproof engine with sensational torque and power. This was mated to a Ricardo GT sequential gearbox, as used in the McLaren 650S GT3 car.

The road test in the December 2015 Evo magazine summarized the car:

“All too often these days performance cars are smothered by their own multitude of driver aids and drive modes, or the complexity of their drive-trains. The C-X75 is a wonderfully simple machine. Built to be tough, it’s happiest when being slung this way and that, when being hung right over the edge and thrashed to within an inch of its life.

It’s not intimidating or particularly tricky to drive hard. In fact, it delivers one of the year’s purest, most entertaining driving experiences. Stunt drivers have never had it so good.”

Chassis AEWJLRJB24007 is one of the 5 stunt cars used in Spectre. The car is presented in the same burnt orange as it appeared in the film, and carries the all-important and unique '007' in its chassis number.

Not only a Bond car but one of the all-time greatest looking concept cars - ultra-rare, usable and brutally fast.

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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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1972 BMW 3.0 CSL (RHD) - DD Classics West Cross Business Park, Unit 3 Shield Drive, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9EX.

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1972 BMW 3.0 CSL (RHD)

Colour: Talga Green Metallic

Transmission: Manual

Price £124.950

 Former Concours d’Elegance Winner For Sale In London ( RHD )

• Unique opportunity to acquire a Legendary original (Coupe Sport Leicht)
• 1 of just 500 RHD cars
• 426th RHD car
• Karmann coachwork
• Former Concours d’Elegance winner BMW car club
• Exquisite motoring magazine editorial feature
• Matching numbers
• Formerly part of a large private collection

The early 1970s were landmark years for BMW, for not only did the German manufacturer power Jean-Pierre Jarier to the European Formula 2 Championship, but it also captured the European Touring Car Championship using one of the most iconic racing ‘saloons’ of modern times: the 3.0 CSL, known popularly as the ‘Batmobile’.

BMW had returned to six-cylinder power for its range-topping models in 1968 with the launch of the 2500 and 2800 saloons. Also new was the 3.0 CSL’s forerunner, the 2800CS Coupe, though the latter’s running gear had more in common with the existing, four-cylinder 2000C/CS. The introduction of the similarly styled 3.0-liter CS in 1971 brought with it numerous improvements, including four-wheel ventilated disc brakes, and with 180bhp on tap, the model was good for around 130mph. For racing purposes, there was also the lightweight 3.0 CSL.

Visually indistinguishable from its more ‘run of the mill’ relations, (the CS and CSi) the 3.0 CSL (Coupe Sport Leicht) was creative homologation at its best. The BMW engineers’ solution to the marketing department’s requirements was to develop a limited production run ‘homologation special’ to meet the constrictive framework of the Group 2 racing class regulations. By removing the trim; using thinner steel for the main body-shell; aluminium alloy for the doors, bonnet and boot lid; and Perspex for the side windows, a valuable 300lbs (136kgs) in weight was saved – ‘Leicht’ indeed.

Homologated initially with a fractionally over-bored (3,003cc) engine (enabling it to compete in the over 3-litre class) the 3.0 CSL came with 206bhp for road use and well over 300 horsepower for the track. In 1973, the engine’s stroke was increased, upping capacity to 3,153cc (nominally 3.2 litres) and from mid-season onwards the racing CSLs used the so-called ‘Batmobile’ aerodynamic package, developed at Stuttgart University, which consisted of a front chin spoiler, large rear wing, and other various devices. Illegal for road use in Germany, the wings were left in the boot for final installation after purchase.

Thus equipped the Batmobile’s were able to defeat the previously all-conquering Ford Capri RS2600s.

Our very good friend, Toine Hezemans captured the 1973 European Touring Car Championship for BMW at the wheel of a 3.0 CSL and co-drove one to a class win at Le Mans that year with Dieter Quester. Ford bounced back in 1974 but from 1975 onwards the BMW ‘Batmobiles’ won five consecutive European Touring Car Championships, a quite unprecedented run of success.

Beautifully finished in Taiga Green metallic coachwork with contrasting Black original Scheel seats and a period Blaupunkt radio cassette. The car is 1 of a total of 1039 combined LHD & RHD cars manufactured by Karmann for BMW and is car number 426 of 500 RHD supplied new via Park Lane BMW London to Mr Dennis Spight of Kent. The car stayed in Mr Spight’s ownership for the next seven years.

Being one of the original ‘City package’ cars it has the factory fitted chrome bumpers, softer sports suspension, electric windows, radio cassette and Scheel sports seats. The car was later acquired by Mr C. Holliday, it was during his ownership the car underwent significant cosmetic and mechanical works. Once completed the CSL entered into the world of Concours where it won best in class at the 40th anniversary BMW Car Club held at Longleat House. The following year it was exquisitely featured in a motoring magazine with a four-page editorial.

Coming complete with a wealth of invoices spanning 40 years, the complete toolset, owners manuals, press cuttings, magazine editorials, together with details of awards and accolades awarded to the car. This is a special opportunity to buy a true icon of the ’70s.

Now available for viewing at the DD Classics Dealership in London, please call for more information.

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