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We’ve found some unusual things in this collection, but this might be one of the hardest to explain at first glance. From the front, XDD 288 looks like a slightly careworn late-1950s Morris. Walk around the back and most of the Morris has disappeared. Where the rear body once continued, there’s now a shortened working […]
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If you’ve ever stood in a workshop holding a mystery nut or bolt and thought, “What bloody size is this?”, this is one of the most useful tools you can own. We use one of these simple nut and bolt thread checker boards, and it saves an enormous amount of messing around. No guessing. ...
It’s often the things that come with an old car that make buying it really interesting. Our recently purchased 1970 Triumph Spitfire Mk3 is a perfect example. We didn’t simply buy a little blue sports car. It came with a shed full of spares, old parts, literature and all the miscellaneous bits and pieces ...
This Ford Prefect auction result left me asking one very simple question. Why didn’t I bid on it? This charming 1958 Ford Prefect came to Anglia Car Auctions with no reserve after its late owner had spent an extraordinary 22 years restoring it. By the time the car finally returned to the road in 2024, […]
This Daihatsu Hi-Jet auction result genuinely surprised us. Not because we didn’t like it. Quite the opposite. We absolutely loved this tiny Japanese 4×4 when we spotted it at Anglia Car Auctions. But with a £9,000 to £11,000 estimate, we wondered whether its sheer quirkiness might make it a difficult thing to value. We were […]
We buy some strange things. Usually they have wheels. This one doesn’t. Today’s purchase is probably one of the more unusual motoring-related objects we’ve brought home: an enormous reproduction of the Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstasy. It stands around 77cm tall, sits on a marble plinth and weighs an absolute ton. Well, perhaps ...
Three of the garage-find classics we’ve been following went under the hammer at Reeman Dansie today — and one of the results surprised us more than the others. The 1963 Austin Mini Cooper 997cc, 1973 Renault 15 TS and 1981 Ford Cortina 2.3 GL V6 had all appeared on UK Barn Finds in the run-up […]
The Morris Marina has spent decades as one of Britain’s favourite automotive punchlines. But perhaps it’s time we gave it a break. This remarkably smart 1972 Morris Marina 1.3 SDL Coupé recently went under the hammer at Anglia Car Auctions, where plenty of online bidders seemed keen to take it home. Watching the bidding left [&...
This Citroën BX GTi 16V auction result is one for those who know just how special the quickest versions of the BX could be. To plenty of people, it’s simply an old Citroën. To others, those three little characters – 16V – make a very big difference. This beautifully presented 1990 Phase 2 example went […]
We’d barely arrived at Reeman Dansie when this turned up on a trailer. Dusty, rusty around the edges and looking as though it hadn’t seen daylight for a very long time, it immediately caught our attention. Then we spotted the badge on the boot. 2.3 GL. This isn’t just another tired old Cortina. ...