I purchased this approximately 5 years ago with the plan to restore it. Unfortunately I just don’t have the time and so it’s been in storage since.
Starts first time, a bit smoky. It hasn’t been run for a couple of years so fitted a new battery last week and she fired straight up. Brakes need attention. Tipping body works via a manual pump. Rear axle has a top frame fitted. Some damage to cab and door is missing but would be easy to make. Ideal to restore back to factory. v5 present”
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Some of the most interesting things we see at auctions are not cars at all. They are signs. Not necessarily famous Shell, Castrol, BP or Michelin signs either. Sometimes it is a brewery name nobody outside the local area remembers. An old car park notice. A railway warning. A shop sign. An industrial plate. Something [&...
Some old motoring names have disappeared almost completely. Pratt’s is different. Go to enough automobilia auctions, rummage through enough old garages or spend enough time looking at vintage enamel signs and sooner or later you are likely to encounter that name. PRATT’S. Usually in enormous lettering. Often against a bright yellow background. And ...
This Vanden Plas Princess auction result proves that first impressions don’t always tell the whole story. When this rather lovely 1968 Vanden Plas Princess 1300 was called into the auction room at Anglia Car Auctions, things didn’t quite go according to plan. Instead of driving in under its own power, it had to be pushed. [&...
