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At the Rover P4 National in mid-May, I wasn’t the only one struck by the low numbers of 1952 and 1953 models in attendance. It’s a shame that these models don’t get more enthusiast attention, because they incorporated huge strides in the development of the P4 range. So I thought I’d remind...

Will likely go to this event tomorrow.

I think very special cars are still getting good money - hence the A124 did well for example. The A124 is such a low production car and the 320 is really appreciated by collectors, especially in a good colour like that. 6.9s have dropped in value as so much is NLA, most Benz buyers are...

Well, the results are in for the shannons auction. The results were pretty low. Two issues. Firstly the collector car market is very soft right. Softest since the GFC I would say. Secondly, shannons main website was down for most of the main part of the bidding for the auction. The...

yes all LHD. There was a rumour for years and years that there was a single RHD model in Japan, but if it exists I would assume it was converted and not a real RHD.

Can't really tell - but since they made so few, probably not.

Less than 24 hours to go, grab a bargain!

The Shannons auctions are wrapping up tomorrow night. I think many sellers still have covid level expectations as a lot of the reserve auctions had high starting bids, so they are yet to have a bid. A friend went to see the cars in Melbourne, he told me the 280S is better than it looks in the...

Starting installing a Becker in my 107. A few things. 1) Testing the radio: https://www.classicjalopy.com/2023/05/450slc-becker-mexico-cassette-install-part-1-preparing-the-radio/ 2) Upgrading the speakers...

As much as I like Bills car, I think its real market value is half that asking price. The cars the real collectors are willing to pay for are: - Australian delivered - Ultra low mileage (less than 100k on the clock) - Documented service history since day dot with detailed invoices from the...

its across the board. Market is really slow now. Last shannons auction most of the non reserve stuff did not sell. Interest rate rises have really hit the collector car market that is below 150k hard.

Posted some pics here. It seems this dealer is trying to pass it off as a real AMG: https://www.topklasse.org/forums/threads/car-of-the-week.6502/post-81785

Lloyds bidding results:

especially as in doing so they have not only spent copious amounts of money, but significantly devalued the car in the process.

Was trying to place where I had seen those headlights and tail lights. Then I went for a walk and saw a Nissan 370Z by the side of the road. That is where they came from:

WGB is back for sale. A lot more than was being asked before. The description makes me think they are trying to imply its a genuine AMG vs modified by WGB. That is the only way to explain the illogical price...

Bidding is now live! https://auctions.shannons.com.au/auction/lot/lot-221---1979-mercedes-benz-280se-sedan/?lot=459&so=0&st=mercedes&sto=0&au=12&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=48&pn=1&g=1

Some of the cars coming to Lloyds: Lot 430 - 190b: Looks like it has been retrimmed and isn't in too bad shape. Lot 432 - 300SE Coupe: American import with the ugly american front indicators. LHD. Badly retrimmed inside with the wrong pattern. A bit tatty but not in terrible shape...

When I saw this at the Lloyds auction, I thought it must be a kit car and didn't even click the link. Now seeing the photos here, it is based on a Series 2 E-Type. And the more valuable coupe (than the 2+2). I'm not sure why you would choose an E-Type coupe to modify - I guess it was...

I went again this year - more detail here: https://www.classicjalopy.com/2023/05/national-motoring-heritage-day-2023/ Was a good day overall. I'm sure Benz Boy would be keen to know that my 8 year old thought that a better name for the Spirit of Ecstasy is "The Human Bird"