1957 Cooper-Climax T43

Chassis Number: F2-28-57

Cooper’s Mark II F2 chassis, designed around Coventry-Climax’s new 1475cc FPF twin-cam engine mated to a Citroën/ERSA transaxle, was a game-changer. Longer, wider and prettier than its predecessor, circa 30 were sold, this one to ambitious Sydney motor trader Alec Mildren.

Resplendent in his distinctive bright green, he drove it to a debut victory at the nearby Mount Druitt airfield circuit in November 1957. Two wins at Lowood, Queensland, the latter with a two-litre FPF, helped Mildren to second place in the 1958 Australian Drivers’ Championship.

Refinished in Rob Walker Racing livery, per Stirling Moss’s fabled 1958 Argentine GP winner, for Stirling to demo at the 1994 Australian GP. Very original continuous history, HGPCA, Goodwood and Monaco Historic GP contender, offered with two-litre engine, spares (including block) and HTP.

£165,000

1964 Cooper Monaco T61P Maserati

Chassis Number: 151-10

A product of two pioneering Formula 1 World Championship-winning marques, the ultimate Cooper Monaco sports racing car is beautiful and unique. 

Built by Tommy Atkins’ High Efficiency Motors for Roy Salvadori, the Cooper Monaco’s widened F1-derived chassis, five-litre 430bhp quad-cam Maserati V8 engine [from the 1962 Tipo 151 Le Mans GT project] and Colotti T37 transaxle, are shrouded in a stunning aluminium body.

Debuted unpainted in the BRDC’s International Trophy support race at Silverstone, Salvadori finished a class-winning second. A fortnight later, in Atkins’ glorious metallic green livery, they won Goodwood’s Whitsun Trophy.

Fully sorted, with rebuilt engine and current HTP, it is a passport to the world’s finest Historic racing and concours events. An unmissable opportunity for Maserati ‘tifosi’ to be its sixth custodian.

1967 Lola T70 MkIII

Chassis Number: SL73/108

The 1967 Lola T70 MkIII we are proud to offer boasts significant period and historic racing history. Sold via US agent John Mecom to privateer Lawrence ‘Woody’ Young’s Binghamton Automobile Racing Fraternity team for 1967, chassis SL73/108 was a podium finisher in the SCCA US Road Racing Championship, raced by rising talent Bill Eve. New owner Marvin Webster fielded Eve in five Can-Am races and ex-F1 racer Tony Settember in 1968.

Converted to MkIII coupe configuration - as many spyders were - early in its life and repatriated to Europe in 2013, the car was fully rebuilt in 2014-’5. Competitive in CER1 and Masters events since 2016, Plateau 5 victory in the 2022 Le Mans Classic, piloted by its current custodian, is the jewel in its crown. Meticulously prepared by Martin Stretton Racing, newly crack tested and freshly nickel plated, this magnificent machine is offered with HTP papers and a comprehensive spares package. A wonderful way to fly the Lola flag at the world’s most prestigious race events.

1971 Alpine-Renault A110 GR. IV Ex-Works - SOLD

Chassis Number: 17172

Few French competition cars are as aspirational as Jean Rédélé’s glorious Alpine-Renault A110 brainchild. Featuring sturdy steel backbone chassis and powerful rear-mounted aluminium Renault engines wrapped in gorgeous Michelotti-styled fibreglass berlinette shells, A110s won rallying’s 1971 International Championship for Manufacturers.

Factory Group 4 cars rarely come up for sale, and this full-history example - Monte Carlo and Acropolis history (Jean-Pierre Nicolas/Claude Roure); winner Lyon-Solitude-Charbonnières - is stunning.

Restored to its 1971 Monte-Carlo livery, with 1850cc engine [per period non-championship events] by Ferry, Monte Carlo gearset and big brakes, it drives superbly. Halda Tripmaster, retains prized Heuer MC timing equipment. Very comprehensive spares package. Magnifique!

Photo Copyright: Collection Flavien Marçais | Gabriel Yoshida

1904 CGV Type H 25HP Side-Entrance Phaeton - SOLD

French Panhard racers Fernand Charron, Leonce Girardot and Emile Voigt chose the acronym C.G.V. for their marque, founded in 1901. Automobiles Charron, Girardot & Voigt was synonymous with quality, manufacturing luxury cars at Puteaux in Paris’ western suburbs for the most affluent clientele.

Supplied to the Rothschild banking and champagne family in 1904, this magnificently detailed Type H four-cylinder 25hp model is equipped with four-speed (plus reverse) gearbox and twin chain drive. Its handsome side-entrance phaeton body, with hood, enables five people to be conveyed in comfort, with two extra folding seats.

UK Registered and available immediately after its annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. 

Photo Copyright: Tim Scott / Fluid Images

1977 Wolf-Cosworth WR1/2 - SOLD

The first series of Canadian-born Austrian Walter Wolf’s eponymous Formula 1 cars was iconic. For a brand new team to win on its Grand Prix debut was sensational, but hungry South African Jody Scheckter and Hesketh graduate Dr Harvey Postlethwaite’s stunning ‘WR1’ design was a strong combination for the 1977 season. The distinctive car wowed on its launch. Postlethwaite shrink-wrapped the wide-floored sheet aluminium monocoque, Ford Cosworth V8 engine and Hewland FG400 gearbox in a deliciously curvaceous body, accentuated by one of the greatest liveries of its era, and it proved ultra-reliable. 

Scheckter’s Argentinian victory was no flash in the pan, for he added Monaco - the DFV engine’s 100th win - and appropriately his patron’s Canadian round. Jody finished second in the World Championship to Ferrari’s Niki Lauda (who also triumphed thrice), single-car equipe Wolf fourth in the Constructors’ title race.

Automobiles Historiques is proud to offer chassis WR1/2, direct from long-term ownership. Scheckter drove it to second in the German GP at Hockenheim, where it also qualified on pole position, and third in Spain (photo above) and Holland. That a sister car, used for testing, graces his collection, says it all. Both WR1/2 and the spare Wolf have previously competed in the Monaco Historic Grand Prix and are eminently eligible for the 2024 edition. Both the Wolfs and a large number of spares are available as a unique opportunity to purchase as a package.

1955 Lotus-Bristol MK X Chassis No. 90 - SOLD

The third of six built by the Lotus Engineering Company Ltd, combining the genius of marque founder Colin Chapman’s lightweight chassis design and Frank Costin’s superb aerodynamics. Powered by the favoured 1971cc Bristol six-cylinder engine, the disc-braked beauty was bought by charismatic West London motor trader Cliff Davis and debuted at Brands Hatch on July 9, 1955. Class second in the final Goodwood Nine Hours (Davis/Reg Bicknell). Recommissioned for the 2019 Goodwood Members’ Meeting, this full history car – a movie star of the ’50s – is eligible for the most prestigious events, including the Goodwood Revival Meeting, GP Historique de Monaco, RAC Woodcote Trophy and GTSCC.

1970 Porsche 914/6 GT - SOLD

Chassis Number: 914.043.0181

The mid-engined 914/6GT enjoyed moments of glory, winning the 2-litre GT class at Le Mans and the Tour de France Automobile in 1970. The car offered - driven by Swiss privateers Ernst ‘Hunter’ Seiler and Peter Ettmüller of Scuderia Tartaruga - mirrored those feats, winning its class in the 1971 Monza 1000kms.

Boasting a continuous and well-documented history from new, 914.043.0181 was acquired in very original condition by a British enthusiast in 2007. Sympathetically restored over two years, in distinctive period livery with a strong 2-litre engine by Jaz Racing, it competed in the 2010 Tour de France Auto and 2012 Le Mans Classic. Used sparingly as part of a significant private French Porsche collection since 2014, it comes with some original spares and Seiler’s trophies from 1970-’71. Currently French registered with EU taxes paid.

1961 Jaguar E-Type “Semi-Lightweight” - SOLD

Chassis number: 850066 | Registration number: E 141
In the Jaguar E-type’s 60th anniversary year, the opportunity to acquire one of the earliest examples, with a wonderful period racing CV, is unmissable. Sir William Lyons’ marque’s most beautiful creation made its competition debut at Oulton Park on April 15, 1961, Graham Hill and Roy Salvadori finishing first and third (split by Innes Ireland’s Aston Martin DB4) in the Grand Touring race. Ferrari 250 GT Berlinettas finished fourth and fifth. Thus, the E-type’s reputation was established.

Chassis 850066 was a works demonstrator, distinctively road registered E 141, photographed outside Jaguar’s fabled Browns Lane, Coventry, factory in 1961. It remained on the fleet until sold via dealer Rose & Young to South London club racer Brian Spicer. Aided by technical guru Albert Betts’ development, Spicer enjoyed Redex Trophy successes in ’65. He sold it in ’71 to John Quick. Subsequently club raced by Bill de Selincourt and Reg Woodcock, it was retired in ’78. 

Fastidiously prepared and developed to homologated ‘semi-lightweight’ spec, this spectacular E-type from a leading Jaguar collection is a regular invitee to the Goodwood Revival’s blue riband Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy Celebration, Classic Le Mans and the GT & Sports Car Cup. It boasts a current UK HTP, thus will be welcome the world over.

2008 Ferrari F430 GT3 ‘Red Bull’ - SOLD

Number 50 of 54 F430s built to GT3 racing specification by Kessel Racing in Lugano, Switzerland, chassis 159160 was signed-off on April 30, 2008. Featuring upgraded aerodynamic package comprising nose splitter, carbon-fibre wing and revised bodywork, plus uprated front suspension, brakes, transmission, cooling and engine mapping, this 550bhp stallion was run by Team Delahaye Racing in Belgium.

Belcar Champion in 2008, driven by Fred Bouvy and Damien Coens, the car competed until 2010, starting three 24-Hour races (one at Spa-Francorchamps, two at Zolder). Maintained in immaculate condition, every kilometre is documented, supported by an archive of videos and 2500 photographs. Eligible for all events targeting GT3 cars of the era, plus Masters Endurance Legends, Ferrari Challenge GT Days and Le Club GT Competizione (Corse Clienti), it is a guaranteed showstopper.

1959 AC Aceca Bristol - SOLD

AC’s Aceca was a handsome alloy-bodied coupé version of its race-proven Ace, sharing the open car’s John Tojeiro-designed chassis and running gear. Tested by The Autocar in April 1960, this ultimate spec factory demonstrator is powered by the original two-litre Bristol D100 D2 engine – developing 125bhp and good for 115mph – and fitted with optional Girling disc brakes at the front. A superb matching numbers example, refinished in original Princess Blue (in 2014) with beautifully-patinated red leather upholstery, it is sold with a comprehensive history file and original tool kit. An unmissable opportunity to become only the fifth custodian of this rare British sportscar, cherished by its first owner for 40 years and ready to enjoy!

1963 Jaguar E-Type 3.8-litre FHC - SOLD

Fastidiously restored over five years without compromise and exceptional attention to detail with cockpit ergonomics demanded by a most discerning client, it is arguably the best of the best.