Full Chat #35

 

Specialist auctions for Modern, Popular and Historic motor cars

Full Chat, The MPH Club Newsletter

1963 PORSCHE 365C £70,000 - 80,000 *

With one week left before we send our 20 March catalogue to print, we have 100 cars consigned from multiple collections. We will be running an enhanced live-online auction, with footage of the cars driving through as they are going under the hammer! If government guidelines allow, we will be holding viewing appointments on Friday 19 March. If you wish to book an appointment, please call +44 (0)1869 229 477 to book or email mph@bonhams.com. If you are interested in selling your car or collection, please do get in touch! If you would like to register for the auction, please contact the bids team. Although there will be no bidders present at the auction, live bidding will still be available online, on the telephone, on the Bonhams App, as well as leaving an absentee bid.

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1973 MERCEDES-BENZ 450 SLC £16,000 - 18,000 * 1971 FIAT 500L £10,000 - 15,000 *

Closing date for entries is 22 February. Our Regional Representatives, as well as the MPH Specialists are on hand to advise you on selling your car. Please do get in touch, we look forward to hearing from you.

Head of Department Rob Hubbard T. 01869 229477‬ M. 07775 511825‬  Email Enquiries → Junior Specialist Tyger Tholstrup T. 01869 229478‬ M. 07407 853806‬‬  Email Enquiries → Junior Specialist Harry Fox-Edwards T. 01869 229478‬ M. 07407 853806 Email Enquiries →

Lincolnshire Rep Robert Hadfield T. 01778 426417  M. 07539 074242 Staffordshire Rep Chris Shenton T. 01782 643159  M. 07791 968517 Lancashire Rep Mark Garside T. 01457 872788 M. 07811 899905 Herefordshire, Shropshire and Wales Rep Jim Henshaw M. 07980 118215

Suffolk and Norfolk Rep John Polson M. 07493 897 975 Cornwall and Devon Rep Jonathan Vickers T. 01872 250 170 West Sussex and Hampshire Rep James Clay M. 07989 512135 Midlands and Peak District Rep Phil Ingle M. 07710 615868

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Meet The Rep: James Clay Our West Sussex & Hampshire Rep, James Clay, introduces himself.

“I really believe the classic car world definitely has a healthy “glass is half full” attitude to life!  After a disappointing summer of cancelled events and the loss of most opportunities to enjoy our cars, we are now in the middle of the dark months once more.  You’d have thought that we would all be disillusioned..  but no! If the number of classics being sold and prices are anything to go by, you would think that we were still enjoying the “old normal”. Demand is high and business is good, which is excellent news! I for one was very disappointed be denied my bi-annual boys’ trip to the Le Mans Classic, I was looking forward to rumbling over in my 1964 Dodge Polara; I had already put aside the gas money. My soft spot for American cars comes from going to a US Army school in Germany in the late 60s, early 70s.  The PX parking lots were much more exciting to me than the Safeway’s car park in Haywards Heath.  All rumbling V8s, funky colours and tinted glass.  My first American car was found in Exchange & Mart in 1994.  A 1970 Dodge Challenger, 383ci (6.2-litres) and a four speed, all for £1,800 from a bloke in Essex.  It was excellent fun, especially as I was working at Goodwood Circuit in the pre Revival days.  It used to throw its belts off after one lap and overheat.  A quick pitstop with a couple of bottles of water and an adjustable spanner and we were off again for anther lap with straight through exhausts… all pre noise limit I might add! I am delighted to have joined Bonhams MPH and look forward to getting out and bringing some automotive gems currently tucked away in Sussex and Hampshire to Bicester!” With one week left before we send our 20 March catalogue to print, The Challenger on track just near the startline at Goodwood just after I had bought it.  That’s me, in the driver’s seat, nearest camera. Note the background before the circuit had its Revival facelift.  No pitbuilding, no paddock buildings, just cherry trees.  The white building had its second floor replaced and is now Race Control.

News from our Auction Partners The Wriggly Monkey Brewery have joined us in Hangar 113 – at a distance – and have been putting together new Take Home Tap Room boxes, filled to the brim with the very best Wriggly Monkey offers! It contains an assortment of Wriggly Monkey beers, Cotswold Cider Company ‘No Brainer’ Cider, a bottle of wine, soft drinks, Chilli Artisan Beef Biltong and Snaffling Pig Pork Scratchings. The link can be found on their Instagram, @wrigglymonkeybrewery. Visit their website here https://www.wrigglymonkeybrewery.com

Vintage Tyres is open for business. Tyres can be ordered on 01590 612261 or at vintagetyres.com. They are currently shipping orders out three times a week.

Holden Vintage and Classic have had a very busy couple of months on their website Holden Vintage & Classic and they have continued to trade and are despatching orders daily. The last few weeks have seen a lot of NOS (New Old Stock) items get packaged and sent off to new owners all over the world. It seems that customers are using this time to browse through the many NOS items listed on their eBay shop. If you have not had a look you can CLICK HERE to start browsing.

MPH Calendar 2021 If you are looking towards next year, please get in touch if you are thinking of selling. Rob, Harry, Tyger and our regional representatives look forward to hearing from you to discuss selling your modern, popular or historic car - either by phone +44 (0)1869 229477, email mph@bonhams.com or click to complete an online entry form to Sell Your Car. Bonhams MPH charges are amongst the lowest in the industry, just 5% + VAT.

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