Classic
AmericanNewsHistorics at Brooklands
Brooklands, Surrey
July 13F
or the first time in several years there was
adecent selection of American cars and
trucks on offer at the Historics at Brooklands
auction held on July 13. Each year they migrate
between Brooklands, Royal Ascot and Mercedes
BenzWorld, but this time returned to their
spiritual home in the Brooklands Auto Museum.
As well as the half-dozen vehicles featured in the
preview published in the July 2019 issue, there
were several more, the majority of which found
new homes on the day.
The vehicles, fromaNorthamptonshire private
collection–previewedacouple of months
back–were all offered at ‘no reserve’. Of these,
the white 1959 Ford F100 pick-up sold for a
respectable £10,080, including buyer’sfees. The
1969 Lincoln Continental with oversized wheels
achievedareasonable £8830 and the star of
the collection,averypresentable 1972 metallic
red boat-tail Buick Riviera, managed an also
reasonable £16,240.
If you wantedaCadil lac, this was the day to
bid, as the clean gold coloured 1972 Eldorado
Coupe changed hands for £7075, the metallic
green four-door pillarless 1975 Sedan de
Ville went for an affordable £4760 and the
comparatively modern 1996 ‘triple black’
Fleetwood could only reach £3640.Alot of car
for the money.
There were many more Americans on offer,
including several oldies, all verypresentable, if of
arather specialist interest. The 1925 Ford Model
TNYC firetruck was offered without reserve,
yet sold for £10,080.Aremarkably similar 1922
Chevrolet Light 490 NewYork Police ‘paddy
wagon’ could only achieve £8500. Perhaps
unsu rprisingly,the enormously imposing 1922
Mack AC chain-driven fire truck, with an estimate
of between £13,000 and £18,000, failed to sell.
Also unsold that day was an exceptionally clean
and desirable 1932 Ford ModelBhot rod pick-
up.Immaculate throughout, tastefully painted in
mid-blue and powered byaBuick 401 ‘Nailhead’
V8,producingaclaimed 400bhp, it waspriced
realistically forahigh-end street rod, with an
estimate of £38,000 to £47,000. Sadly,this was
too steep for the bidders.AUCTION REPORT
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