Plane and simple

H&H wins hearts and minds at war museum

With the added attractions of classic aircraft and a good café, H&H’S Duxford sales make a grand day out. It all seems to put buyers in a good mood, too. Almost 60 per cent of the vehicles – about average – sold at the firm’s October 17 event. But a higher than usual number were above estimate.

However, one of the biggest surprises came from a car with no reserve – a dusty MG Metro Turbo project that’s been in storage for 16 years. Sagged rear suspension put no-one off this 49,000miler and it made £6469. That was the price for the best ones not so long ago.

Another riser is the VW Corrado VR6,

which has so far barely progressed from cult-following status. H&H offered a superb 63,500-mile ’95 Storm version (one of 500) that also boasted a glass-out, bare-metal repaint. It made a suitably top-quality £10,688.

Much older, and far less serious in outlook, was a 1962 ripplebonnet 2CV Michelin van. Used as such when new, it has now been through a body-off resto and retains such wonderful details as the roof-mounted illuminating Bibendum figure and rack of tyres in the back. Even at £16,313 this looked well bought.

ABOVE Repainted VW Corrado VR6 caused a Storm at £10,688.

LEFT No reserve MG Metro Turbo, £6469 with dust.

RIGHT Michelin van went for £16,313, but that did include Bibendum and a rack of tyres.