In with the old

Plentiful choice, particularly for pre-war buys, boosts Buxton sale

H&H Classics’ next sale includes cars that make its 1924 Ford Model T look positively modern.

The sale’s oldest cars are an 1899 Phebus 2 ¼-hp Forecar that was once in the Ward Brothers collection and has taken part in the London to Brighton Veteran car Run, while next up in the age stakes is a 1903 Autocar, again a former Brighton Run entrant.

Just a little younger is a 1922 Mercer Series 5 touring, one of around 120 or so survivors and an ideal entrant for not only VSCC events but longerdistance rallies thanks to its five-litre engine. Also in the generous pre-war segment is a 1925 Morris Cowley, 1929 Austin Sevens in saloon and Chummy guise respectively, a Riley Nine Monaco saloon extensively restored in the mid1970s and a 1935 BSA Scout Roadster. Brave souls might find a brace of Rollsroyces (1930 Phantom II dhc and 1937 Phantom II coupé) more to their liking.

Moving into the regular classics field H&H duly obliges with an original right-hand drive 1960 MGA 1500 Roadster, a 1960 MGA 1600 Roadster and a 1973 MGB GT V8 restored over three years and 500 man-hours.

There’s an EX-USA 1967 Jaguar E-type roadster fitted with a Mazda rotary engine, although for purists a correct-type XK 4.2-litre unit is supplied. It’s joined by a 1968 MGB GT that has been extensively restored over three years, and two Jaguars showing just under 61,000 miles each: a 1984 XJ-SC 3.6 manual and a 1989 XJ-S V12 convertible. Triumphs get a look-in, too, courtesy of a 1960 TR3A, a 1975 Stag and a V8-engined TR7 convertible.

And for those seeking a traditional special, a 1953 Riley RME chassis fitted with a Lincoln V12 engine and clothed in aluminum bodywork is definitely one not to be missed.

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