Anglia Classic Car Auction April 2014

[Youngsod]

The infamous Volvo:

 

 

 

A rather pretty little MG Metro:

 

 

 

Celica:

 

I couldn't decide if this Mercedes was awful or brilliant.

Especially when the interior...

 

 

...matches the exterior:

 

 

 

 

Sometimes I wish I was a middle manager in the late 70s:

 

 

 

Citroen Heaven:

 

Especially the Familiale. It almost made me want to pop out more carpet chimps to fill it.

 

 

[Youngsod]

And onto Mercedes Benz Heaven. I would cheerfully have sold the lot of you into slavery for the 1969 230 SL

 

 

 

 

[Skizzer]

Nice.  Especially loving the GSA X3, there must be hardly any of these left as they were like hens' teeth when new.

 

The Merc interior?  Awful.  Not even so-bad-it's-good.

[Youngsod]

I would cheerfully have sold the lot of you into slavery for the '69 230SL

 

 

 

I actually went to have a look at this 190D 2.5. The estimate was £1000-1500. True enough it was lovely and well worth a punt. Trouble is it went for £4515! 

 

 

[Youngsod]

Nice.  Especially loving the GSA X3, there must be hardly any of these left as they were like hens' teeth when new.

 

The Merc interior?  Awful.  Not even so-bad-it's-good.

 

The GSA was utterly, utterly lovely. Made me wonder what the hell my dad was doing buying Ford Cortinas in 1980 when he could have bought one of those.

[Youngsod]

An old Ford and a not quite as old Ford:

 

 

God knows how this still had compression:

 

 

 

Overfinch Range Rover, and lovely it was too:

 

 

 

How beige would sir like his interior?

 

 

 

 

A quite stunning P1800

 

 

and the first time I've ever seen a Clio V6 up close, and I have to say it looked damned good:

 

 

[Youngsod]

Last but certainly not least:

 

"1992 RENAULT 5 CAMPUS

 

LOT 170

 

Following the purchase of a property the vendor was surprised to find this Renault 5 Campus in the garage. It appears that the former resident, an elderly lady, had purchased the car new but disliked driving following a very minor accident in the vehicle so decided to park it in the garage when just a few weeks old where it remained until just a few weeks ago. The car has travelled just 202 miles from new. Offered as it emerged from storage. A new V5C will need to be applied for.

 

ESTIMATE: NO RESERVE

RESULT: £3,570 INC PREMIUM"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The damned thing even had a petrol receipt in in from 1992 for £5.

 

 

 

And I almost forgot this!

 

[Skizzer]

^ Gosh.  Turns out that's a replica of Paddy Hopkirk's London to Sydney CX - it has its own website.

 

Might have to scratch the CX itch one day.  Closest I've got is sitting in Wuvvum's gold Safari, and even that scared me a bit.  (And no, this is not an ideal opportunity for me to buy Scooters's GTI.)

 

Some rather choice motors there, several a pleasing change from the usual classic scene stuff.  This is why I don't go to auctions - I'd quickly become very poor and have a monstrous logistics problem.  Would have stopped waving my hand well short of £4.5k for a Merc 190D though, however shiny.

[Sigmund Fraud]

The picture with the CXs and GS and the 'Adult Warehouse' sign above says it all ! Pure filth !

 

On a slightly different note... Isn't it strange that cars sell for far more on auction that through classified ads or through ebay ?

[Ratdat]

Man, I need to flog my motors through that auction. They make crazy money!  I'd like a CX as well at some point but I think I'd probably go buy one in France rather than here.

[DVee8]

I could make room for that red Merc

[cort16]

Some crazy money there.When I went to classic car auction in Perth stuff was going for what you could buy it off ebay for, which to me makes the whole thing pointless.

[Twiggy]

That was excellent Youngsod - thank you !

[DSdriver]

Strooth so many CXs, I am glad I didn't know about the sale. The CX familiale Cmatic on the Kent registration would have been far too tempting.

[scooters]

I very nearly did a remote bid on a mint 15000 miles Yugo 45 until the storage charge and my wife's face made me not!

 

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[Tetleysmooth]

Yowser. Three and a half grand for the Renault 5 Campus.

 

And the Sunday Mirror predicted a few hundred quid.

[xtriple]

Blimey, some cracking motors there. I love the red interior of that Merc (to my shame!) and all the Citroens are gorgeous.

[trigger]

The results are on their page. http://www.angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/saturday-5th-april-2014.aspx

[hairnet]

niiiiice

pagoda 66 not 69 [pendant]

 

 

that rx7 looked a bit worn compared to rest

 

gs want now

[dollywobbler]

Have to say, the prices overall seem rooted in common sense. £3000 for a Bentley Eight though - that's a hell of a lot of car for the cash! BX did well at £1050 - represents current market value for a smart turbo diesel.

[hairnet]

anyone off here buy lot 73 (the cx20?)

 

or the haynes bus

 

or the 404?

[richardthestag]

 

 

 

1978 GMC ROYAL MOTORHOME LOT 88

Offered for restoration. Ex John Haynes Racing team and previously owned by the Haynes Motor Museum.

ESTIMATE:  NO RESERVE
RESULT:  £300 INC PREMIUM

 

That is a whole lot of shite win right there

[Ratdat]

Mega bargain. I'd love one of those GMC's but I suspect that one would be a world of pain, starting with transporting the bugger.

[messerschmitt owner]

just get the scrap man round to collect it direct from the auction!! You'd probably make £100 for the cost of a call.

[andy18s]

That Celica was a good buy at only £480 !

I had an A plate 2.0 XT but the headlights "flipped" the other way

Ended up PX'ing it against a MG Maestro 2.0i.....

[Junkman]

And onto Mercedes Benz Heaven. I would cheerfully have sold the lot of you into slavery for the 1969 230 SL

 

That wouldn't yield enough doh for a wing mirror of these.

[meggersdog]

That Celica was rattly/tappety and crunched going into gear.Bottoms of the doors were crusty but it looked honest enough.

I thought the prices of some were too high and whilst listening to shouty auctioneer man I thought about scanning through car and classic, buying one or two and putting them in the next auction.

[oldford]

The MK IV Cor Blimey made good money.

[meggersdog]

^^^ it was in the non runner/project section too so didn't even drive through.

[HMC]

That old 404 pug pickup looked great!

 

" Patrick Rugg" was offloading several tonnes of citroen, must be having a clear out.