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Saturday, March 7, 2020

Classic Cars and Coffee February 2020

It's taken me a while to post up these photos as I've been preoccupied with organizing the Shannon's Classic Car Show.

Tatraplan and coffee

Cobra

Datsun 240Z and a Jaguar D-Type replica

Richard's Tyrepower https://www.richardstyrepower.com.au

Gelare Citroen H van

The Patron Citroen H Van

Triumph TR4

1976 TVR

Wonderful 1961 Panhard PL17

Lamborghini pair

Yeah, yeah

Datsun 240Z

Porsche 356

Bentley passing the Renault row

Lambretta D Type

Maserati

International camper

Cam-Am and Citroen DS

Such an iconic beauty

NSU Prinz IV

Jaguar replica D-Type

Chevrolet's iconic Corvair. A significantly under-rated car.

Don't believe the b*llshit about the Corvair. It's an excellent handling car, under-rated and under-valued.

Corvair convertible

Interesting boot rack.

Facel-Vega

Chevrolet

Holden EK

Ford GT replica

Tatra and Bristol

The next Classic Cars and Coffee is Sunday 15th March 2020

Friday, February 28, 2020

Percy Markham car collection interview

Here is a copy of an interview I did on Kalamunda Community Radio KCR102.5FM on 22 February 2020 on Mike and Terry's "Around the Bend" program. The focus of this episode was the story of the Percy Markham car collection. I recount some of the stories that Percy's son, John Markham, told me about the origins of the collection and how it grew to become one of the most important car collections in the southern hemisphere. Sadly, a major part of the collection was sold off by a later government in a despicable act of profiteering, which led ultimately to the founding of the Motor Museum of Western Australia.

We also talk about the demise of Holden, the company's origins and a couple of 'what if' stories.

Enjoy!

For more information about the Percy Markham collection, go here:
https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2011/06/percy-markham-collection.html
https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2014/12/percy-markhams-antique-auto-museum.html
https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2013/10/percy-markham-collection-auction.html

Thursday, January 30, 2020

World Record Ferrari Automobilia auction

I am big collector of automobilia and I know that you can pay some serious money to get your hands on rare material. One of the European auction houses I subscribe to Ni-Cola Classics in Ladenburg, Germany. In their January 2020 automobilia auction one rare piece of Ferrari literature has set a world record. Their press release says it all:

"For three thrilling minutes the prices were climbing without limits, bidders in the room competed against bidders on the telephone, then the gavel went down: Last Saturday, at a spectacular price of 110.000 Euro (including premium: 127,600 Euro), auctioneer Tobias Friedrich was able to knock down a rare Ferrari brochure from early days. With a starting bid of 25,000 euros, the entry bid was already at a high level. The buyer, a collector from the USA, wants to stay anonymous.

"This automobile brochure is by far the most expensive that has ever been auctioned," says Automobilia expert and auctioneer Tobias Friedrich of Ni-Cola Classics about the achieved price: “This world record sets a new benchmark". The auction house Ni-Cola Classics is specialized in Automobilia.

The English brochure (lot 799) was published in 1954 and only comprises four pages. It features the Ferrari 250 Europa, one of the early successful models of the legendary sports car brand from Modena. Today Automobilia experts are aware of only three versions of these brochures. "It is said that Enzo Ferrari had stomped down the edition because he didn't like the brochures," explains Tobias Friedrich. At that time only a few copies had already been sent to interested parties - the reason for their rarity today.

Last time a brochure from this series appeared was in 2007 at a Ferrari specialised auction in Gstaad. At that time, the highest bid was 17,000 Euros, which was considered impressive. In the past 12 years, the value has increased by 650 percent."

I am very happy to recommend Ni-Cola Classics as I've been subscribed to them for years. They do obtain a lot of Ferrari and Porsche literature as well as other European marques. Check them out online and sign up for their newsletter here: https://auction.nicola-ac.de/

Monday, January 20, 2020

Classic Cars and Coffee January 2020

After the huge turnout for the December Classic Cars and Coffee, the January turn out is usually quite subdued, but not this January. The weather was beautiful and just right for taking the classic out for a spin.