Lamborghini

Miura

Usual

Equipment
 
Air conditioning system
 
Leather seats
 
manual transmission
 
 
Description
 
Chassis No. 4280
 
Engine No. 30633
 
Body No. 523
 
Documents UK V5
 
 
• An early Lamborghini Miura S specified with factory air conditioning
 
• Converted to “Jota” specification at a cost of more than €400,000
 
• Finished in Arancio Miura over a Nero leather interior; originally delivered in Rosso Corsa
 
Few would disagree that the Lamborghini Miura kick-started the supercar revolution. An early pioneer of mid-engine design with wild styling from the pen of Marcello Gandini and a chassis engineered by Gian Paolo Dallara, the futuristic machine set a new benchmark in performance and road presence. Blisteringly quick and fiendish to drive even in launch specification, the arrival of the ‘S’ variant in 1968 added a further 20 horsepower to the mix, with the 1971 Miura SV increasing output to 380 horsepower. But perhaps the most exciting Miura remained a one-off: the Jota.
 
 
Conceived to meet the FIA’s Appendix J regulations, the Jota was a pared-back track-focussed machine spearheaded by development driver Bob Wallace. Heavily altered, the car shed hundreds of kilograms from the kerb weight of the standard car, as well as boosting power output well beyond the 400-horsepower barrier thanks to a raft of engine modifications. Though the Jota sadly met with an untimely end in 1972, a handful of factory Miura SVJs paid homage to the original with varying degrees of fidelity—a path also followed by the occasional dedicated enthusiast.
 
 
Chassis 4280 left Sant’Agata on 23 October 1969 finished in ‘S’ specification, wearing Rosso Corsa paintwork over a Nero leather interior, and fitted with air conditioning. The car was delivered to first owner, cherry magnate Stefano Fabbri, via Italcar before being imported to Japan and sold through Mizwa Motors. It stayed in Japan for the next three decades, passing through the hands of owners in Kobe, Chiba, and Fukuoka before the search for greater performance led to the original S-specification engine being replaced with an SV engine, stamped 30633.
 
 
Sold in 1998 yet remaining in Japan, the Miura was further improved with conversion to “Jota” specification, with extensive bodywork modifications made between 2006 and 2013; invoices on file amount to more than ¥61 million &#40;approx. €430,000&#41;. The colour was changed to the striking Arancio Miura shade that it wears today. The car was sold at auction in 2014, spending time in Sweden before returning to the UK and entering the consigning owner’s private collection.
 
 
Most recently, the Miura received a full fluid service at Lamborghini Birmingham in November 2019 and an interim service at the same centre in November 2022, the total cost of which exceeded £7,500; supporting invoices and a video condition report from Lamborghini Birmingham are on file.
 
 
A no-expense-spared homage to the greatest ever Miura, this reimagined example captures much of the magic of the original, and would make an ideal companion on tours, rallies, and events.

Orange

Black

Mercedes-Benz

300 SL

Description
 
• One of only 59 delivered new to the UK
 
• Matching chassis, engine and registration numbers
 
• Ordered new with the desirable Rudge knock-off wheels option
 
• Restored by Daimler-Benz between 1989 and 1992
 
• Known ownership history and Scott Collection since 2011
 
• Recently recommissioned by Jim Stokes Workshops Ltd
 
 
"When it was first announced by Mercedes-Benz, the production 300 SL Coupé was a startling car built to the German concern's customarily startling standards, but above all what left the general public most open-mouthed about the new car was its upward-opening Gullwing doors...!" - Motors, 1963.
 
 
Post-war, Mercedes-Benz had returned to competition in 1952, fielding its new 300 SL &#40;W194&#41; sports cars configured in both open roadster and closed 'gullwing' form – the latter proving the more successful. In that year's Mille Miglia, a pair of gullwings finished a creditable 2nd and 4th overall and this promising start was followed up by victory in the gruelling Carrera Panamericana. For the Le Mans 24-Hour Race in June, a trio of gullwings were entered with a first and second overall sealing the car's world-beating credentials.
 
 
Launched in 1954, the production 300 SL retained the spaceframe chassis &#40;the feature that necessitated the gullwing door design&#41; and lightweight aluminium-alloy bodywork of the W194 racer while its mechanical underpinnings, like the latter's, owed much to the contemporary Mercedes-Benz 300 luxury saloon. A 2,996cc overhead-camshaft inline six, the 300 SL's engine was canted at 45 degrees to achieve a low bonnet line and developed to produce 215bhp &#40;DIN&#41; at 5,800rpm using Bosch mechanical fuel injection. A four-speed, all-synchromesh manual gearbox transmitted power to the hypoid bevel rear axle. Suspension was independent all round: by wishbones and coil springs at the front, with swing axles and coil springs at the rear.
 
 
A production 300 SL &#40;W198&#41; was tested by Road & Track magazine in 1955, accelerating from 0-60mph in 7.4 seconds on its way to a top speed of 140mph. Half expecting the long-awaited 300 SL to provide an anti-climax, R&T were delighted to find the new car, 'far beyond our wildest expectations. In fact, we can state unequivocally that in our opinion the 300 SL coupé is the ultimate in an all-round sportscar. It combines more desirable features in one streamlined package than we ever imagined or hoped would be possible. Performance? It accelerates from a dead start to 100mph in just over 17 seconds. Dual purpose? A production model 300 SL can make a very acceptable showing in any type of sportscar competition. Yet the car is extremely tractable and easy to drive in traffic. Comfort? The fully enclosed 300 SL is the most comfortable &#40;and safe&#41; high-speed 'cross-country' car built today.' High praise indeed and, as accolades go, it could not have been any better.
 
 
A 300 SL roadster featuring conventional doors followed and was first exhibited at the Geneva Salon in May 1957. Its racing parentage notwithstanding, the 300 SL remains a thoroughly practical car, as civilised in city traffic as it is exhilarating on the autostrada. By the time 300 SL Coupé production ceased in 1957, some 1,400 examples had found customers.
 
 
This magnificent Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing is one of only 59 delivered to the UK where they were eagerly snapped up by a veritable 'who's who' of the country's motoring elite such as Rob Walker &#40;F1 team owner&#41;, David Brown &#40;Aston Martin proprietor&#41;, Earl Howe &#40;BRDC president&#41;, King Hussein of Jordan &#40;studying in Britain at the time&#41;, R S Wilkins &#40;financier and Brooklands racing driver&#41;, Harry Hyams &#40;property magnate&#41; and Daniel de Ferranti &#40;entrepreneur and amateur racer&#41;.
 
 
Chassis '00152' was ordered by a Mr V D Yates and supplied in April 1955 with the registration '2 DMY'. It is not known how long Mr Yates kept his 300 SL but the car remained in England until the late 1980s when it was acquired by the next owner, a German doctor. At that time Gullwing values were rising rapidly and the owner decided to embark upon a no-expense-spared restoration. This was carried out between 1989 and 1992 at the Daimler-Benz works in Kassel. As an important client the owner was entitled to a special 'trade' reduction of 25% on the cost of these works, but even after this discount the total restoration bill amounted to a heady DM460,000. Copies of these invoices are available for inspection in a specially bound book.
 
 
Everything possible was replaced or refurbished including the interior, glass, bonnet and boot lids, brightwork, wings and instruments. The axles, engine, gearbox and other running gear were rebuilt at the Stuttgart works while the radiator, brakes, electrics and rubber seals were also renewed. The body received new silver paintwork, red leather upholstery and matching red carpets in the original material, plus new beige cloth headlining. Even the original loudspeakers were restored. The car's overall appearance is complimented by the optional &#40;and highly attractive&#41; Rudge knock-off wheels that were specified for 2 DMY as new.
 
 
The preceding owner purchased the 300 SL at the Bonhams & Brooks' Nürburgring Sale in August 2001 &#40;Lot 122&#41; and kept the car for the next ten years. Tom Scott Snr. then purchased the Mercedes at the Bonhams Monaco Sale in May 2011 &#40;Lot 138&#41;. At that time it was stated that the 300 SL showed virtually no signs of use, although being started and gently exercised regularly. The odometer had recorded a mere 850 kilometres since the Mercedes-Benz rebuild and is now reading just 865 kilometres.
 
 
The substantial history file contains copies of previous UK registration documents; copy factory build sheet; old German Fahrzeugbrief; expired MoTs; an original 300 SL Operating Manual &#40;in German&#41;; auction catalogue descriptions and much more besides.
 
 
This Gullwing was recently recommissioned by Jim Stokes Workshops Limited except for the fuel-injection pump that is presently being overhauled by a specialist contractor in Germany. It is hoped that the pump will have been installed by time of sale but, if not, the Gullwing will return to JSWL - at the previous owners expense - for these works. Once they are completed, the buyer can collect from JSWL or instruct JSWL to undertake any further works.

Silver

540K

Description
 
Color: red
 
Leather: cognac
 
Soft top material: beige
 
 
US import, EU duty paid
 
 
According to the Mercedes data archive, chassis number 408398 originally belonged to a Cabriolet A from the Don Williams Collection / Samsung Collection. 
 
 
According to Mercedes-Benz Historical data archives chassis no.408398 originally belonged to a Cabriolet A from the Don Williams collection / Samsung Collection.
 
 
Location: Wagner Automobil Restauration Gmbh CO. KG Siemensstraße 17, 84030 Landshut
 
 
The car is there for technical inspection & service.
Approximately 6,000 EUR recently invested in service work.

Brown

Aston Martin

Equipment
 
electric window left
 
electric window right
 
Air conditioning system
 
Sun visor
 
Radio
 
 
Description
 
The rarest series production Aston Martin convertible model ever made
 
A very desirable car indeed; even King Charles is known to have this very type of Aston Martin
 
One of only 37 examples of the coveted Short-Chassis “interim” built
 
One of only 19 examples delivered as left hand drive!
 
Delivered new to the USA; presented in left-hand drive
 
Enjoyed in the possession of the consigning owner for over 10 years
 
Powered by Aston Martin’s celebrated all-alloy, twin-cam straight-six, 330 horsepower, with 3 carburetors 
Matching Numbers
 
 
The last thirty-seven DB5 chassis were used in conjunction with some DB6 design cues to build the desirable Aston Martin Volante &#40;often called Short-Chassis Volante&#41;, completed between October 1965 and October 1966. This was indeed the first Aston Martin convertible to be called a ‘Volante’ – a derivation of the Italian word for ‘flying’.
 
 
Come late 1965, the arrival of the new DB6 left Aston Martin with a surplus of DB5 chassis built to a shorter wheelbase. Rather than simply putting those spares to one side, the Newport Pagnell factory conceived an “interim” convertible that combined the sporting proportions of the outgoing car with the latest styling flourishes adorning the DB6, including split bumpers and special chrome finishers for the taillights. They retained Touring’s patented Superleggera construction technique, which wrapped handcrafted alloy panels around a lattice of small-diameter steel tubing to create light but rigid coachwork.
 
 
Just 37 of these so-called DB Short-Chassis cars would be built to make it the rarest-ever series production Aston Martin droptop. New lettering on the boot lid also signified the marque’s first use of the “Volante” nomenclature that remains a fixture six decades later. In fact, however, the Volante convertibles of this type represent a mixture of DB5 and DB6. While the chassis, which is shorter than the DB6, still comes from the DB5, the drive train comes from its successor. The body is very similar to the DB6 convertible version, but the main differences are at the rear. While the DB6 has the typical lip on the trunk lid and integrated tail lights, the DB5 has the classic look, but no individual lights separate for this type.
 
 
The early example offered here is believed to have been delivered new to North America, constructed in October 1965 in an even rarer configuration, with only 11 Short-Chassis believed to have been finished in left-hand-drive form. The car is believed to have been built with an automatic transmission and, according to an accompanying British Motor Industry Heritage Trust certificate &#40;available to view on file&#41;, the Aston Martin left the factory finished in Goodwood Green with a Black interior and hood.
 
 
Understood to have been registered for the road in July 1966, the car’s earlier years in the United States are not documented. By 1996, the Aston Martin had been purchased by a German collector, who acquired the car from the esteemed enthusiast, Herr Hartmut Ibing, alongside a DB6 Shooting Brake. Shortly afterwards, the Aston Martin was sold to a French broker, at this point painted red and in need of restoration.
 
 
A purchase invoice &#40;available to view on file&#41; records that this example was later traded through London-based marque specialist Nicholas Mee and was then sold by the Autosport Designs exotic car dealership of Long Island, New York to the consigning German owner in January 2012. Thereafter, the car has been registered in Germany. Today, it is presented in red over cream hide and cream roof. The car has most recently been subjected to German roadworthiness tests in 2019 and 2021 before being issued with its latest TÜV certificate in March 2023. The car is accompanied by a Vehicle Heritage Certificate issued by Aston Martin Heritage Trust in July 2024, which confirms that the DB Short-Chassis retains its matching-numbers engine.
 
 
Near-mythically rare, beautifully designed, and with sporting character thanks to the DB5’s more agile underpinnings, this Short-Chassis would be equally suited to classic grand touring events as it would drawing the attention at concours gatherings

Gold

Description
 
Chassis No. 189391
 
Engine No. 189391
 
Body No. 842205
 
Documents - US Title
 
 
A gorgeous 540K with fascinating provenance, including past owners Sir Peter Ustinov and Road & Track founder John R. Bond. Pleasingly mellowed concours restoration, ideal for touring and road events.
 
 
• Supercharged 5.4-liter inline-eight
 
• Original engine and chassis stampings
 
• Delivered new in Paris to a British owner
 
• Striking Cabriolet A coachwork by Sindelfingen
 
• Well-preserved older concours restoration
 
 
The 1930s were a tumultuous time for many of the world’s premier automakers. Even as an economic depression swept over much of the global economy, Packard, Cadillac, Rolls-Royce, Duesenberg, and many others continued rolling out increasingly glamorous, sophisticated, and costly automobiles. Mercedes-Benz carried the pride of Germany with their magnificent eight-cylinder supercharged models, starting with the 380 of 1933. Nearly as soon as the 380 hit the market, engineers in Stuttgart set about developing a replacement, as they felt the 3.8-liter engine was not up to the performance standard they were after. They swiftly introduced the mighty 5-liter, 160-horsepower 500 K. The ultimate evolution of the series arrived in late 1936 with the 180-horsepower, 5.4-liter 540 K. The 500 K and 540 K are among the most coveted of all 30’s motor cars, offering an abundance of breathtaking performance, exquisite quality, and impeccable style. 
Customer demand for Mercedes’ flagship was sufficient to warrant 342 500 K chassis and another 419 540 Ks. While a handful of outside coachbuilders had a go at the Mercedes chassis, the vast majority of these cars were bodied at the Mercedes-owned Sindelfingen body works, a facility renowned for impeccable build quality and excellence in design. Sindelfingen’s catalogue offered a variety of body styles to suit a demanding and sophisticated clientele, and the experienced coachbuilder readily accommodated personal requests, ensuring exclusivity for their customers. 
 
 
Chassis 189391 is a desirable third-series car, fitted from new with Sindelfingen’s elegant and desirable Cabriolet A coachwork, originally delivered without side-mounted spares. According to the Daimler-Benz Kommission sheet, the order for this car came via the British Mercedes-Benz distributor in London. The original owner, Mr. Manson, appears to have taken delivery in Paris, though the car was registered in the UK as FLC 217, and it mercifully remained in England for the duration of the war, undoubtedly ensuring its survival. In 1951, the great British actor, writer, filmmaker, and raconteur Sir Peter Ustinov acquired 189391. Ustinov was an enthusiastic and discerning petrolhead, having owned many significant sporting automobiles throughout his career, including a Mercedes S36/220, a Hispano Suiza, and numerous post-war Astons, Lagondas, and Maseratis. Sir Peter kept this 540 K for only a short period, selling it in 1953, likely via the dealer Simmons of Mayfair, which advertised the car around this time in Motor Sport magazine. 
 
 
In July 1953, the 540 K came stateside via pioneering American collector Ralph Buckley of Absecon, New Jersey. Buckley was well known in the hobby as an expert on Mercer T-Head automobiles and was a friend of seminal motoring book author Ralph Stein. From Mr. Buckley, 189391 went to John R. Bond, beloved Road & Track magazine publisher and a prominent character in the American motoring press. John was a sharp-witted writer, and together with his business-savvy wife Elaine, the Bonds maintained a carefully selected collection of cars in their California home. In 1977, John Bond met Jim Wilson of Hermosa Beach, California, who, upon seeing the 540 K for the first time at Bond’s house, was instantly smitten. He soon arranged to buy it and later recalled it was a complete, highly original car showing no signs of a restoration aside from an earlier repaint. 
 
 
In Mr. Wilson’s care, the 540 K was treated to a comprehensive nut and bolt mechanical and cosmetic restoration to show-quality standards. After five years, the Wilsons exhibited the freshly restored 540 K at the 1983 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, taking a well-deserved 3rd in class. After a few years, the Wilsons sold the 540 K to Manfredo Lippmann of Guatemala, an avid collector of supercharged pre-war Mercedes-Benz automobiles. It eventually came to join a US-based collection, where it was displayed alongside several other significant Mercedes and classic-era cars. 
 
 
As offered today, 189391 is well-presented with a preserved restoration and pleasing overall character. Finished in a lovely shade of claret and accented with chrome wire wheels and a recently restored black canvas top, the restoration remains appealing and attractive, with a light patina. During its life, someone modified the original skirted front fenders to accommodate dual side-mounted spare wheels. The rounded tail gives the car a decidedly sporting appearance, befitting the powerful 5.4-liter supercharged eight under the long bonnet. Marque experts have noted that 189391 retains original details, such as the body number suffix “205” stamped into the bonnet hinge, and have stated that the chassis and engine number stampings are original and correspond with production records. It would undoubtedly make a most enjoyable and exciting 540 K to drive and enjoy following some servicing. 
 
 
The 540K stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the most coveted collectible automobiles in the world, and no prestigious collection is complete without a supercharged pre-war Mercedes-Benz. After many years in a private collection, this lovely example is now ready for a new custodian to carry on its fascinating legacy.

Maybach

SW-38

Description
 
1937 Maybach SW38 Special Roadster
 
Coachwork by in the style of german manfacturer from Ravensburg
 
Chassis no. 1834
 
Engine no. 11294 
 
- An exceptionally well-restored example, superbly proportioned and detailed
 
- Meticulously recreated coachwork inspired by german manfacturer from Ravensburg
 
- Original 3.8-litre engine and five-speed transmission
 
- One of few open Maybachs available 
 
- A grand German Classic
 
- german Papers
 
 
Maybach is known today as Mercedes-Benz's most up-market offering, which shows the immense respect that the legendary manufacturer from Stuttgart has for its long-defunct rival. The name once belonged to a marque all its own: the creation of brilliant engineer Wilhelm Maybach, whose engines powered Germany's revolutionary Zeppelin airships. Maybach automobiles were, in the 1920s and 1930s, considered Germany's finest, being built to a superior level of fit, finish, and engineering quality than their rivals.
 
 
This extended to the company's SW38, one of its smaller models, which was powered by a 3.8-litre six-cylinder overhead-camshaft engine and was the final Maybach introduced prior to World War II. Each was capable of 100mph, a performance benchmark for the era, with great flexibility provided by one of the company's innovative five-speed gearboxes. 
 
 
Like other great German cars of this era, the SW38 enjoyed commercial success, selling 620 chassis, but suffered from a high rate of attrition during World War II. It is believed that fewer than 150 remain in existence worldwide, many with heavy limousine bodies that were frequently specified by the firm's conservative clientele.
 
 
The SW38 offered here was acquired in Hungary years ago by a well-known German specialist. It was found complete, including its original 3.8-litre engine, but the original Pullman Limousine coachwork was in disrepair. It was decided that the chassis would be restored by Eastern European specialists with professionally crafted bodywork of a new design, based upon period styling drawings by the respected and constructed using traditional methods. While SW38 Special Roadsters were produced in period, few have this car's sense of balance and powerful proportions, created by subtle improvements to the original designs.
 
 
The body features a low 'V' windscreen and beautiful pontoon-style wings sweeping elegantly in a broad curve over the wheels, while the belt-line flows harmoniously from the bonnet through the doors and down over the rear deck. The deck itself is nearly flush apart from the low-mounted spare with its metal cover, reminiscent of similarly attractive designs on the Mercedes-Benz 540 K. However, the Special Roadster is even more flamboyant by virtue of its broad sweep of chrome trim along the doors, reminiscent of a trailing comet, complemented on this car by plated hubcaps and an up-swung chrome running board. The convertible hood is relatively low-slung to the body, even when raised, a feature strikingly different from many German cabriolets of this period. Most importantly the overall presentation remains crisp and as sensational today back as it was in 1937, and complete down to the fitted luggage.
 
 
Most importantly, thanks to the Maybach DS G 35 five-speed manual transmission, this is still a wonderful highway performer, able to challenge many of its more famous rivals on the Alpine passes. All Maybachs were grand and imposing, but few were truly beautiful and fewer still were downright sporting. Possessing both dash and grace, this is one of the latter: an impressive tribute to German craftsmanship and engineering from one of the greatest makes of its generation.
 
 
This Maybach with a long wheelbase was fitted with a Rolldach-Pullmann limousine body from Spohn. The first owner was Maschinenfabrik Esslingen GmbH. After the currency reform, the car was sold to Seesen, where it was supplied with original spare parts until 1951. Later this Maybach came to Mainz where it remained until 1972. At the beginning of the new millennium, he got a completely new roadster body in Mainz.

Blue

Beige

Maybach G 650 Landaulet

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Description
 
 
Arguably the ultimate expression of the classic Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen design
 
One of just 99 examples built of the first SUV from the Mercedes-Maybach division
 
Finished in Designo Mystic White over a two-tone beige and black Napa leather
 
Interior with complementing beige folding soft-top over the rear compartment
 
Powered by a twin-turbocharged, 5,980-cc V-12 from Mercedes-AMG
 
Factory rated at 621 horsepower to achieve a sub-six-second sprint to 100 km/h
 
Displays around 280 km 
 
 
The recipe for the G 650 Landaulet was fantastically extraordinary. Mercedes-Benz took its enduringly popular, boxy Geländewagen with a convertible rear compartment, stretched the wheelbase by over half a metre, then had performance division AMG instal a colossal 6-litre, biturbo V-12 borrowed from its flagship S 65 super saloon. That unit, which exhales through a side-exit exhaust system, was mated to a seven-speed automatic gearbox capable of handling all 621 horsepower. The platform was then raised on portal axles from the G 500 4x4² and given three locking differentials before being handed over to the ultra-luxury-centric Maybach to have reclining, memory, massaging rear seats fitted from an S 600 limousine.
 
 
German first delivery!
Delivered to its first owner on 26 March 2018, this example was specified in Designo Mystic White, while the exclusive Napa leather interior package was configured in two-tone beige and black to go with a beige soft-top. This car was further equipped with a Harman Kardon surround sound system, velour floor mats, the Mercedes-Maybach Chrome Package, AMG carbon trim details, plus 22-inch immersion-polished alloy wheels.
 
 
Registered on 30 August 2018, this G 650 Landaulet was subsequently acquired by the consigning owner in January 2021, later heading for a service that was carried out by Mercedes-Benz München in the December of that year. The odometer shows just 278 kilometres at the time of cataloguing and this car further benefits from its owner’s manual and other books. In August 2022, the car was treated with an application of paint-protection film around the front and lower sections of the vehicle by specialist XPEL. In July 2024, the G 650 was serviced by Mercedes-Benz Niederlassung München, with this and other work totalling €2,363.32 &#40;invoice available to view on file&#41;. The sale of this example presents an opportunity to acquire what is arguably the ultimate expression of the iconic G-Wagen.

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