Cheffins vintage sale viewing day. Signs, tat, cars, lorries, steam, tractors

[scruff]

Popped over to Sutton near Chatteris yesterday afternoon to look at the lots in Saturday's Cheffins vintage sale. It's always a good place to mooch about and today was no exception.

 

http://www.cheffins.co.uk/catalogue/vintage/cambridge-vintage-sale-340-1

 

Started off in the tent. Signs, brochures, odd spares galore, and lots of bikes. 

 

 

 

 

Keys anyone...?

 

 

 

Set of HS6s for a Sherpa.

 

 

These are cool...

 

 

[scruff]

Right, outside...

 

A proper Mini..

 

 

 

Spitfire and a Series 2A Landy... real painted lady that one... full of filler and grot.

 

 

Interesting seating solution.

 

 

This was superb. I am sure it was a rotbox but just look at it!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPLENDID

 

Perkins powered bus shite

 

 

[scruff]

Check this Roller out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Land Rover was a far better proposition. A pukka station wagon with original paint, trim etc. Covered in shite mind and unfortunate rear body damage. 100% PROPER though.

 

 

 

 

GR8 4 POWERCUTS

 

 

 

BMC chod wagon

 

 

AEC artic, great for your grandad telling you how you were king of t' road in one of these and how that windscreen took ages to get used to (repeat ad infintium) 

 

Ford 

 

 

An older AEC Mercury

 

 

Ace little Fordson

 

 

Not Topliner Globetrotter XXL

 

 

 

Unimog. Awesome

 

 

 

I've tried convincing my wife to cash in on the S1 boom so I can get one of these but the appeal of doing trans-euro adventures in here is lost on her.

 

 

 

 

[scruff]

A proper lorry. Cummins 250, Fuller 9 speed. Would love

 

 

 

Barn find Austin!!! Just wants a oily rag resto

 

 

 

 

Buggered Commer

 

 

Strumpshaw Museum are selling off three steam engines including these pair of Fowler ploughing engines. Deep pockets required to sort these out.

 

 

 

There's also a serious amount of tractors. Loads and loads

 

 

Great afternoon out all round really

[Timewaster]

This auction is right on my door step and yet I have never actually made it to one of the sales. Shame on me!

[Twiggy]

OOOH ! I do love auctions ! Thank you for all that scruff, it was fascinating - sadly a bit far from me.

[Pete-M]

That Rolls got a proper twitch from me.

 

Always wanted one just like that.

[Ratdat]

That Roller is lovely. I'd love to waft around in that.

[meggersdog]

Looks like some interesting lots there.Thank's for sharing.

[mouseflakes]

Chatteris seems like the shite hub of the UK - always seems to be more interesting old grot near there than anywhere else.

[panhard65]

I used to go regularly to their sales and some amazing stuff. The sheer number of tractors they sell is incredible. Most get cut up on site and shipped to the far east. There is a guy there full time preparing them for export. I nearly bought a monet goydon scooter last time I was there. Luckily I now live a couple of hundred miles away otherwise I would be getting the credit card out for that roller

[Angrydicky]

Wow, some amazing stuff there. I could get lost for hours wandering around that lot! Love the Hills For Sale plates, never seen any like that before. I'd love the Austin lorry or the Jag please, both are absolutely perfect. I wonder how many of the lots came from the same farm? Really interesting, I'd love to go to this one day.

[anonymous user]

I used to love going to auctions, but don't bother these days, lack of money being one factor, nowhere to put any junk purchased being another and the main one being that I don't like being crammed in with other people. So thank-you for putting the photos up to show me what I'm missing it saves me having to get off my backside and mix with humanity.

 

For the shitefest brigade, there is the Peter Francis "Classic Car" auction on just outside Carmarthen on Saturday 17th. I usually go to the viewing as you'd be surprised what obscurities come out of the woodwork in West Wales, but the prices can be a bit silly.

[scruff]

Must admit AN, that's why I went on the viewing day!! It usually gets proper busy on the sale day. I went to view some steam spares for our Fowlers but they were in typical Cheffins style completely not what they said they were. Next collective sale is October.

[scruff]

Mini unsold

Spitfire £1800

Daimler £3250

Vulcan bus £4300

RR Corniche £6800

Green LR £1100

Thames RAF wagon unsold

Morris tipper £2900

AEC artic unsold

AEC Mercury £7000

Fordson tipper £6000

Unimog unsold

ERF B series £3800

Austin tipper barn find £3700

Commer £420

Fowler ploughers £120,000 the pair

 

http://www.cheffins.co.uk/catalogue/vintage/cambridge-vintage-sale-340-0

[Split_Pin]

But of a bargain is that B Series ERF. These obviously haven't attracted the OSERF scene tax just yet, wont be long though. My old haulage company had a Rolls powered one and a Cummins L10 C series too, lovely motor.

[Wilko220]

I would LITERALLY spend all my time at shows like this (if I wasn't married). Great pics MrScruff - that Rolls in particular is a star spot.

[brickwall]

That Fordson Tipper....phwoooar!!!