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A strange museum in Barcelona sells out

March 31, 2019

Auction

Auction house Stanislas Machoïr will be having a sale of an entire Spanish motor museum on May 16. The museum is the Retro Auto Moto Museum (RAMM) in Barcelona. And the collection consists of a wide variety of Western European and Eastern European vehicles.

The Retro Auto Moto Museo is located in the centre of

Barcelona, museum, Russia, Spain

This Jaguar XK 120 Coupe has been hiding for 25 years

May 22, 2018

Auction

What is it with Jaguar XK120’s that makes people forget about them? Here’s a barnfind Jaguar that spent the last 25 years in a garage, covered in junk.

This sad, neglected remainder of a car was once a proud, blue Jaguar XK120 Fixed Head Coupe.

It was delivered new in 1952 to some unknown person

barnfind, Bonhams, Jaguar

Classic Ford campervan available for the summer

May 21, 2018

Auction

This Ford Thames was turned into the famous Dormobile campervans in the 1960’s.

It was the British who created the first caravans in the early 1930’s.

They also have a history of creating campervans.

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In the 1960’s and 1970’s, it was a firm named Martin Walter Ltd of Folkestone that became famous fort

Dormobile, Ford, Mathewsons

An Australia barnfind: Jaguar XK120 roadster

May 20, 2018

Auction

The romantic concept of a barnfind is that it’s an old car, completely original, that was put away in a shed many decades ago and forgotten. But that is not always the case, as this Australia barnfind shows.

But that is really the case with here. This 1951 Jaguar XK120 has been in a barn

Australia, barnfind, Jaguar, Shannons

A million dollar Lancia… and another one

May 10, 2018

Auction

You don’t see many of these Lancia Aurelia Spider America’s. But this month, there are two of them to be sold at auction. Both are estimated at around 1 million euro.

It is the first time that the Italian auction house Aste Bolaffi in Milano has a sale of classic cars.

Until now they have

Aste Bolaffi, Italy, Lancia, Monaco, RM Sotheby's

Huh? It’s an Alfa Romeo? And a van? And… spanish??

May 7, 2018

Auction

Yes, yes and yes. This is quite a find. A fully original, Spanish built Alfa Romeo van from 1960.

Fadisa was a company in Spain that manufactured the Alfa Romeo vans under license in the 1960’s.

Production started in 1959, the first Fadisa/Alfa Romeo van had a two-stroke diesel-engine, but later on a Perkins engine

Alfa Romeo, Catawiki, Fadisa, Spain

Rare streamlined MG on sale in Monaco

May 6, 2018

Auction

Go on, google it. You won’t find many of these 1935 MG PB Airline Coupes. This very rare example is part of Coys’ Monaco sale on May 11.

In the 1930’s the auto-industry discovered that streamlined cars could also be very beautiful.

So in America, Chrysler built their Airflow and in France Figoni & Falaschi

Coys, MG

Get yourself a real Ferrari toolkit

May 5, 2018

Auction

It is old, it is battered and maybe one or two bits are missing. But this is your chance to own a piece of Ferrari history.

Mind you, it is not exactly brand new. Not even ‘as good as new’. It is about 60 years old. Clearly, it has been used several times. And

Ferrari, RM Sotheby's

April 2018: prices at auction went up

May 4, 2018

Auction, News

In April 2018, a few more classic cars were sold at auctions worldwide than in April last year. But they made a lot more money.

As always, April is the busiest month of the year when it comes to classic car auctions. During some weekends there were 5 or 6 auctions going on.

The 35

Auctions, Barrett-Jackson, Crosley, Leake, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, RM Sotheby's

Japanese hardtops are hot

April 24, 2018

Auction

Cars like this Nissan Skyline don’t come about very often. At least not in Europe. This 1986 R31 hardtop is probably the only one in the UK.

The Japanese brands have produced some great sports cars, but they also managed to build several really fast saloon cars.

This is one of them. This hardtop fourdoor

Nissan, SWVA, UK

California dreaming!

April 22, 2018

Auction

You don’t see many Mustangs like this. It’s a California Special, a limited edition version for the western USA-market, that was built only in 1968. Oh, and Shelby had something to do with it.

Sure, in 1964 the Ford Mustang was unique, it was one-of-a-kind. It even created a class of its own: the pony-cars.

California, Ford, Mustang, Shelby, USA, Wheeler Auctions

Decline in number of classic cars sold at auction

April 18, 2018

Auction, News

The number of classic cars sold in auction declined in Q1 of 2018. Most expensive was a Pininfarina’s personal Ferrari 275 GTB, at over 8 million dollar.

In the first quarter of 2018, the 35 major auction houses worldwide sold 6,344 classic cars in auctions.

The amount of cars sold at auction is much lower

Auctions, Austin, Bonhams, Brightwells, Ferrari, Gooding & Co, Marmon, RM Sotheby's

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A heroic failure: the Australian Leyland P76 V8

Posted: January 22, 2020

British Leyland was already in big trouble when they decided to design a full-size saloon car for the Australian market. And guess what? It was even a pretty good car. But still, production stopped within two years. In the 1960s and ‘70’s the Australian car market was dominated by the large cars, like the Ford […]

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Hitler’s Mercedes to be sold in Scottsdale

Posted: December 21, 2017

Next month, the annual classic car events in sunny Scottsdale have a very special guest. One that might send a shiver down the spine of visitors. It is the 1939 ‘Grosser Mercedes’ that transported Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini during a parade in Berlin in 1940. It is well known that Adolf Hitler, the so-called […]

Asbestos-law blocks import of classic cars in Australia

Posted: December 10, 2017

Australia wants no asbestos at all within its borders. But now this zero-tolerance policy is affecting the import of classic cars. Fifty of them were intercepted at the border this year, their owners face huge costs to make their cars comply with the regulations. Basically, this is about two problems. One is that the Australians […]

Daughter Tiffany takes over Dan Kruse’s auction house

Posted: September 4, 2019

A family take-over in Texas, USA: Tiffany Kruse starts her own auction house Republic Auctions. She more or less takes over from her dad, who has managed Dan Kruse Classics since 1972. San Antonio based Dan Kruse Classics has been one of the premier classic car auction houses, the business started as early as 1972. […]

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OldtimerDAILY

A strange museum in Barcelona sells out

This Jaguar XK 120 Coupe has been hiding for 25 years

Classic Ford campervan available for the summer

An Australia barnfind: Jaguar XK120 roadster

A million dollar Lancia… and another one

Huh? It’s an Alfa Romeo? And a van? And… spanish??

Rare streamlined MG on sale in Monaco

Get yourself a real Ferrari toolkit

April 2018: prices at auction went up

Japanese hardtops are hot

California dreaming!

Decline in number of classic cars sold at auction

A heroic failure: the Australian Leyland P76 V8

Hitler’s Mercedes to be sold in Scottsdale

Asbestos-law blocks import of classic cars in Australia

Daughter Tiffany takes over Dan Kruse’s auction house

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