Cheshire collection needs new homes
It’s something we come across quite often in Barn Finds – a car enthusiast acquires plenty of storage space and has no particular need to sell anything. The decades go past, and what were once exciting runabouts become dusty discoveries. These three cars represent part of a collection in Cheshire, and will be sold by H&H at its Imperial War Museum sale at Duxford on 17 October.
The 1986 Jaguar XJ-SC has only been off the road a few years, and as a result is probably the easiest to return to regular use, despite its 5.3-litre V12 engine. The other two, a 1973 BMW 2002 and the 1983 MG Metro Turbo haven’t been out of the shed this century. The Metro is a two-owner car, bought by the vendor in 1985 and had only 49,000 miles on the clock when last taxed in 1990. It looks complete and intact, though the Hydragas has sagged at the rear. The BMW is also a two-owner car, off the road since 1999. ‘The owner is a life-long petrolhead and he had a fair number of cars,’ says H&H’S Damien Jones. ‘He tended to lay them up and keep them, though age has now caught up with him. These will be sold without reserve.’