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Rolling chassis, engine and gearbox Aluminium replica body Exciting and potentially most rewarding project The French marque's ultimate pre-war road car - the 4.0-litre Lago Special - produced 165bhp and was good for more than 160km/h (100mph). This successful series of cars was later renamed 'Talbot-Lago', after proprietor Tony Lago, and engin..

Aluminium replica body Assorted engine and other parts included Exciting and potentially most rewarding project Its Portello factory devastated by wartime bombing, Alfa Romeo did not resume car production until 1946 with, inevitably, a pre-war carry-over, the 6C 2500, which would form the basis of the Milanese marque's post-war recovery. Last o..

Extensive service history Recent £10k recommissioning by Bentley specialist 17 service stamps 49,125 miles from new Four previous keepers New Avon tyres Two keys & alarm fobs Bentley's 1980s resurgence had hitherto relied exclusively on models whose basic architecture was shared with other Rolls-Royce products, but on display at Geneva ..

Dating from the first year of Mini production Restored in the late 1980s Regularly attendee at car shows and rallies throughout the Southeast Substantial history file "The new Mini was as different from the British small car norm in 1959 as a space shuttle from a firework. It bristled with innovative ideas, it looked radically different from ..

The only long-wheelbase diesel prototype known to have been made Formerly used by Gordonstoun School Restoration completed in 1997 Excellent restored condition In the mid-1950s, the increasing use of diesel fuel by the agricultural sector, Land Rover's most important market, prompted Rover to develop its own diesel engine for the 'Landie' (sev..

Nothing much is known about this Series I Land Rover apart from our vendor being told it was originally supplied to the Fire Brigade and that the engine is not original and from a later model. The vendor has only driven the vehicle a handful of times, the last occasion being a couple of years ago when the only significant mechanical defect apparent..

Left-hand drive Present ownership since December 2018 An older restoration Engine rebuilt by Jim Stokes Workshops Limited in 2020/2021 Introduced at the Frankfurt Auto Show in April 1951, the Mercedes-Benz 220 was in effect a six-cylinder version of the 170 S on the same 2,845mm wheelbase chassis. The first of this line the four-cylinder, 1.7..

Although the Mulsanne Turbo's arrival in 1982 would revitalise Bentley's image, during the T2's time in production (1977-1980) the marque was almost totally eclipsed by Rolls-Royce, with the result that a mere 558 (plus 10 long-wheelbase) T2s were made compared to nearly 8,500 of the equivalent Silver Shadow! Independent once more (from Rolls-Royce..

Rover bosses the Wilks brothers saw the need for a tough, four-wheel-drive, utility vehicle to serve the needs of the agricultural community in the immediate post-war years but the Land Rover's runaway success took the company by surprise. The necessity of using corrosion resistant aluminium panels at a time of severe steel shortage turned into a p..

Automatic transmission Rare sunroof example A recent acquisition for the collection Extensive history file "In a very short time, however, it was easily seen that the pressed steel Bentley bodies were as elegantly proportioned, as highly finished and as comfortably furnished as anything the traditional coachbuilders of the past had done; with ..