On 19 March, Bonhams will be at Goodwood for its annual Member’s Meeting Sale. Amongst the sale highlights we pulled out the following:
The 1965 Lola T70 Mk1 Spyder (£200,000 -£300,000) offered is the second example ever built, and was delivered new to Suffolk to a Mr Yates for David Hobbs to drive. Hobbs enjoyed a 30-year career at the very pinnacle of international motor sport, with drives in F1, Indycar, Trans-Am and endurance racing, racking up two overall third places and two class wins at Le Mans. He raced ‘SL70/2’ very successfully throughout the 1965 season before selling the car in the US to Monte Shelton, another well-known racer. In 2007, the car achieved the fastest lap of the Goodwood Revival meeting and was awarded the Whitsun Trophy twice in addition to winning the Macau Grand Prix in 2003 and the Grand Prix Age d’Or in 2005. A superb and highly competitive example of an iconic sports car.
Another ‘ready to race’ sports car on offer is the 1968 Ford Escort Twin Cam Competition Saloon (£200,000 -£250,000), one of the six original Escorts that Ford loaned to the Alan Mann Racing Team in 1967 to compete in the British and European Touring Car Championships. Driven by Jackie Oliver, founder of the Arrows racing team, the car currently meets all FIA regulations and weighs just 878kg without driver. With many destroyed in active service and the majority of others in museums or private collections, works Ford competition cars rarely come to the market and almost never in such exceptional condition.
This faithful replica of DP214 ‘0195’ is the most accurate of the three DP214 re-creations. Chassis no. DB4/618/R 1961 Aston Martin DP214 Replica GT Competition Coupé. This highly competitive racer has been much documented in our recent Sebring and Daytona event reports and has successfully raced at all the major events; Spa 6 Six hr, Sebring 12hr Classic, Daytona Historic, Le Mans.
Expertly constructed with no expense spared by Chris Woodgate original drawings and photographs were sourced and various specialist researchers were employed to ensure no mistakes were made. Thus if you get up close and personal to this incredible machine you’ll find the switches come from a Lancaster bomber and the fuel tap from a Spitfire. The mechanicals are all original DB4, the owner resisted the temptation to bore out the engine to 4.2 or 4.5 litres given that the surviving DP214 (now retired from racing) has a 3,760cc unit, so the engine is built to the original specification with the permitted Le Mans overbore of 1mm for a capacity of approximately 3.8 litres and to meet FIA regulations the car has also been fitted with a roll cage, fire extinguishing system, electrical cut out, and a racing seat and harness. No replica will ever match this and with no chance of ever seeing the surviving model on a racetrack, the new owner will walk-away with a stunning head turning collection piece, one which is also ready to race at any of the most prestigious events. (£600,000 – £700,000 )
Sir Malcolm Campbell is best known for breaking some nine land speed records, and for being the first person to drive an automobile at over 300mph. He is also a previous owner of the 1913 Talbot 15HP Works hill-climber (£140,000 - £180,000) offered at the sale, the sole survivor of the ‘Invincible Talbot’ Works Team. It is presented in very good condition with the original engine and chassis. Very few pre-First World War Works racing cars survive, and fewer still are offered on the open market this Talbot represents a truly unique opportunity.
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