Tempting buys

...from Messerschmitt bubble car to Mercedes-benz minibus via Jaguar Mk2 and Alfa Romeo Spider icons

1959 Messerschmitt Tg500

For sale at Bonhams, Bond St, London. December 7, bonhams.com/cars Why buy it? These four-wheel microcars rarely come up for sale and we’ve never seen one quite this good. The current owner found it 14 years ago in a dilapidated and bodged state and the subsequent restoration has been so thorough and detailed that it was only completed in 2019. Ready to use and show. Estimate £120,000-£160,000

1961 Jaguar Mk2 3.4

For sale at Bonhams MPH, Bicester, 26 Nov, bonhams.

com/cars Why buy it? At the price suggested it appears good value. A preferred manual model, it has a straight body with nice finish and is well detailed under the bonnet. Nice to see one in subtle grey with matching steel wheels too. Leather seats need a feed and colour, but otherwise look good. Estimate £20,000-£25,000

1964 Mercedes-benz 0319 Minibus

For sale at Brightwells, Leominster, 27 Nov,

brightwells.com Why buy it? Outgrown that VW Bus? This 13-seater Mercedes minibus has a gruffer-looking kind of Sixties cool and is right-hand drive too. Powered by a 2.0-litre diesel, it has been earning its keep in film, promo and wedding hire but is ripe for conversion into… well, wherever your imagination takes you. Estimate £45,000-£55,000

1975 Alfa Romeo Spider S2

For sale at Historics, Weybridge, Surrey, 23 Nov,

historics.co.uk Why buy it? Finely detailed and correct in all aspects right down to the 165 tyres and Alfa-logo’d rubber floor mats, this is one of the best of these we’ve seen offered for a while. It’s an original Uk-market rhd car too, which adds a little something, and has covered just 56,500 miles. Spot-on estimate. Estimate £18,000-£24,000