https://www.youtube.com/embed/iicRoqfv5Ek It took slightly longer than I expected for something to go (reasonably) seriously wrong with the Curfew Jag, although to be fair, it was brought on by my mildly excessive use of the throttle off road. Having access to a field always made it inevitable that I was going to end up driving one …
I just thought I'd share an update on all the work the Jag has had in recent months. I'd booked for it to come off the road at the start of April to have all of its bushes replaced as there was some creaking and groaning over bumps and the car wasn't driving quite as …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdhgbICaNHk A walk around video from yesterday's auction preview at IWM Duxford. It feels like a long time since I've been to an H&H auction, or to IWM Duxford, as their auctions have all been online for the past year or so due to CV19. It was nice to be back, however, and I always …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbKEEUll4rQ A walk around video of the Bonhams MPH preview. Yesterday was a bit of a hectic day viewing both Silverstone Auctions (at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry), and Bonhams MPH (at Bicester Heritage), and meant a 300 mile round trip with plenty of traffic and rain). Bonhams MPH is always a bit of an odd …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDBHQpXEHiE Yesterday was a bit of a hectic day viewing both Silverstone Auctions (at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry), and Bonhams MPH (at Bicester Heritage), and meant a 300 mile round trip with plenty of traffic and rain). There is always a nice selection to see at Silverstone, though the hall was a lot less full …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBjt0qlpEWw A walk around video of the auction preview, which can give you a better look at some of the cars on this list. It only seems like last week that I was wandering around Ascot looking at the previous Historics sale, and in reality it wasn’t all that long ago due to COVID constraints. …
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https://youtu.be/Eiic9TGBXe4 A walk around video of the auction preview. I always like having a wander around at ACA’s classic auctions, as there is always a real mixture of cars - everything from rare and high priced genuine classics, all the way through to bottom of the barrel, scrapyard finds. Watching the prices they manage to …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y3Mx5Pwet8 A walk around video of the cars for sale this weekend. Tomorrow is Historic's first sale of the year at Ascot Racecourse. Initially planned for today, the auction has been moved to make way for the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral. As always, there are plenty of interesting cars on offer, and even a couple …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95G5AmAWMks You can watch the walk around video for this auction above. This post contains my picks from the second day of March 2021's Silverstone Auctions Race Retro Sale, which comprises of competition cars, classic cars and modern classic cars too. As with the auctions from both Silverstone Auctions and CCA over the last couple …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95G5AmAWMks A walk around video of the combined Silverstone Auctions and CCA sales, held over three days. This post includes the lots from day one of the Silverstone Auction’s weekend sale (and day two of the three day sale when combined with the CCA auctions from yesterday). This includes a mixture of competition cars, classic …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95G5AmAWMks Although I wanted to have a look at all of the cars at the conjoined CCA/Silverstone Auctions sales, the Warwickshire Collection pt. 3 contained most of the cars that I really wanted to see. This is the largest selection of Jaguar XJ/Daimler Sovereigns that I can remember seeing. All of the cars that have …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95G5AmAWMks A walk around video of the auction preview, also featuring the Warwickshire Collection Pt 3, and the Silverstone Auction Sales. My first pick from today's CCA auction is this rather lovely Series 1 Daimler Sovereign. Guided at £8,000 - £10,000 this 4.2 litre car looks to represent good value for money, even if you …
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