Freddie Cunningham Auction

[Richard]

An RIP thread that is actually relevant to Autoshite.

 

Freddie Cunningham was a lifelong car enthusiast and collector. He died last year and his collection was auctioned off today. L. Hatred and I attended, along with a non-shiter.

 

http://www.svvc.co.uk/index.php?option= ... &Itemid=84

 

Leonard got loads of pictures but he's currently on a train so I'll start the ball rolling. Most of the cars are a bit old, but still shite.

 

IMAG0021.jpg by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

This thing made me think of the Anthill Mob for some reason.

 

DSC_4337 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

Quality rope work on this one. There were a lot of cars held together by rope.

 

DSC_4335 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

More to follow.

[pogweasel]

What is 100MMX? That looks class.

 

Interesting stuff, albeit under sad circumstances.

[Richard]

It's 100WMX but I'm afraid I don't know. Leonard had the foresight to turn up with more than £3.70 in his pocket therefore he has a brochure. Failing that I'm sure somebody will know. It's a shame Barratt is out of the loop at the moment.

 

There is a lot more to come over the next day or two. I have a self-imposed quota of five uploads a day to Flickr and I used two of today's up on a dead bridge and a condom machine.

[autofive]

wow what a collection

 

the man obviously had the autoshite passion really bad, did they fetch much?

 

i feel a hankering for a 1948 Jag 1.5 litre on a scimitar chassis

[Richard]

We left just before lunchtime, by which time they were on Lot 111. There were over 700 lots of assorted tat to get though before they got to the cars

 

I'm sure the results will appear in the local rag though, when they do I'll report back.

[seth]

Must have been an interesting day

 

100WMX looks like it was made by a firm that didn't survive long after the war. Lanchester came to mind but a Google hasn't thrown one of them up that looks similar.

 

Whats that '50s (? coupe look thing at the far left of the second photo?

[Timewaster]

I bet he fully intended to restore them all....... one day

[autofive]

busy day then

 

i look forward to the price update

 

about 10 years ago i went to similar auction, some old bod had died and his kids were selling off his collection - the highlight was a 1920's sentinel steam lorry which made stupid money from the crowd of enginemen who then left, taking their pajeros with them, leaving behind about 30 bidders and 50 more lots of mostly rotten morris minors, dead tractors and crawlers. 3rd to last lot was a marina van with a siezed motor which i thought i might get cheap, but some farmer had his eye on it and it ended at 450 quid

 

edit: just realised it was nearer to 15 years ago than 10 years ago

[wuvvum]

100WMX looks like it was made by a firm that didn't survive long after the war. Lanchester came to mind but a Google hasn't thrown one of them up that looks similar.

Don't think it's a Lanchester - the only post war Lanchester that sort of size that I can think of is the 14. It's annoying me though because I know I've seen a photo of one of those before, but I can't for the life of me remember what it is. I initially thought it might be a Delahaye or something similarly exotic, but it doesn't look right for one of those either.

[seth]

Found it. Its a Hotchkiss, as listed in the link RIchard posted.

 

[Justin Case]

I'd never heard of him, but it is always sad when a collection comes on the market for that reason

 

What is 100MMX? That looks class.

 

 

It's a Hotchkiss 2050, luxury French barge of the mid 50s. It looks quite restorable, I hope that it gets returned to its former glory.

 

Edit - 2050 is the model number, 'Anjou' is the style of bodywork

[wuvvum]

That's it! Delahaye wasn't as far off as I thought then - they're both luxury French marques that died out shortly after WW2.

[Richard]

It's nearly tomorrow so I've uploaded some more.

 

DSC_4332 by RichardB5, on Flickr

Overview of about half of the auction site.

 

DSC_4339 by RichardB5, on Flickr

Is this the one you were asking about, Seth?

 

DSC_4340 by RichardB5, on Flickr

Some more traditional shite. Left hooker and leather, is it an 8-32?

 

DSC_4342 by RichardB5, on Flickr

Half way there, it's a 4-16

 

DSC_4343 by RichardB5, on Flickr

Some cosmetic work required, starts and drives.

[Richard]

That is one wangly picture.

[seth]

Seth - '57 Auto Union.

 

Thanks. I'd also noticed it in the list from the auction when looking for the Hotchkiss. Crusty!

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

NSU Sport Prinz by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

This appealed to me but it is quite foosty

 

Fiat Spider by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Horsey Horseless by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Deutsch-Bonnet Panhard HRB-5 by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Mega obscure, one for barrett etc. It has a Panhard flat twin tuned to over 60bhp - they have an impressive racing pedigree, 1600 race victories.

 

BMW 502 by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

BMW 502 V8 engine by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

BMW 502 kidneys by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

OUTTA MY WAY

 

Panhard Dyna by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Cliche Dyna shot

 

Triumph Roadster interior by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

We were all admiring the interior of this Bergerac-mobile. It looks like something I could make myself.

 

R0010680 by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Now I have a compact camera again I've attempted some bo11ox-style sneaky people shots.

 

R0010687 by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

R0010630 by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

R0010626 by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

This doddery old fella was a class act, Rolls Royce badged cap and waistcoat!

 

Citroen BX tat hauler by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Car park spots

 

R0010694 by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Austin A35 by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

SAAB 900 by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Part of the 'car park' was an abandoned railway line.

 

Reliant Kitten by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

[Richard]

Rolls Royce hat and Lambert & Butler brolly

 

That bloke beside the Prinz looks well dodgy.

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

It's not apparent in the photo but I think he's quite young, about 16 and came across as an aspiring Mike Brewer.

[Cavcraft]

Mike Brewer?

 

He looks more like some sort of mutant result of the coming together of two Norfolk farming brothers. Or a junior PRE-68 IZ CUMMIN racer.

[retrogeezer]

where had these been kept? Out in the open in a field?

[Richard]

I think they were in various barns, farmyards and fields.

[pogweasel]

Hope Bickle's not watching, this would be like staring into the face of the ghost of christmas future.

[Richard]

A couple of news stories.

 

Local rag- http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Angus/ ... ntury.html

 

BBC, including some prices- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-t ... l-12946131

[ashmicro]

Some epic stuff there, I hope a lot of it gets restored.

 

Ref the Hotchkiss, my Book of Obscure Oul Shite lists that car as a "Anjou". The car was available as a 4 cyl (2.3 litre) or 6 banger (3.5 litre). Most were equipped with a Cotal Badermatic, while the manual cars had no syncro on first or second. As as heen said, they died off about 1950 as a car maker, and went into partnership with Delage and Delahaye making trucks and military vehicles.

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

Hotchkiss Anjou by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

The Hotchkiss is great, it has knobbly tyres at the back. Great for farm hack duties. It's a 2.3 4 cylinder according to the catalogue.

[Richard]

A few more.

 

DSC_4344 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

DSC_4346 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

DSC_4347 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

DSC_4352 by RichardB5, on Flickr

Local-ish plate on this one.

 

DSC_4356 by RichardB5, on Flickr

When Leonard lifted the BMW's bonnet a load of cameras appeared from nowhere.

 

My boss founded the local car club so he knew Mr Cunningham pretty well. Apparently his house was stuffed full of tat, he was into clocks too. He had about 12 cars under his house- I'm not quite sure how that works but I'll find the house and take a picture soon.

 

There is actually an equally large tat haul only a few miles away from this lot- a church and churchyard full of mostly commercial stuff. These pictures, taken on the street, are just a small sample.

 

Picture 006 by RichardB5, on Flickr

There are actually two more vehicles beyond the white Range Rover.

 

Picture 005 by RichardB5, on Flickr

The Convoy seems to be his daily.

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

It did please me greatly.

[Richard]

I passed the auction site today, there are still quite a few cars there.

 

IMAG0104 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

IMAG0105 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

This is where he lived.

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Hey some great pics here, nice one!!! Loving the people shots as well. I would have loved to check that auction out, good job I knew nowt about it!

[Richard]

The SVVC have posted up some prices on their website. http://www.svvc.co.uk/index.php?option= ... &Itemid=84

 

I found the SVVC's Facebook page and clicked on the auction photo album, hoping to see some new pictures of the day. Some of the photos looked rather familiar, in fact the majority are mine or Leonard's. I think I'll be sending them an email on the subject. I don't mind people using my photographs as long as they a) tell me they are using them and b)credit me.