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At the recent Morris Leslie auction in Scotland, there
were some intriguing Americans passing the block.Italian Suit,
American Muscle
At Silverstone Auctions' high-end sale at Blenheim
Palace's Salon Prive in early September, there were a
couple of interesting Italian-Americans.The obligatory Mustang was
there, of course, hammering
at £19,500, whilst a rather
handsome 2008 Crown Victoria
black’n’white cop car went for
just £6,950. A pleasant-looking
mid-sixties Ford F100 fleetside in
gold and cream with a 390-cube
FE went for £6,900, but some
of the most interesting of thebunch didn’t find buyers. An
older Crown Vic in Police livery
failed to sell, as did a rather
lovely bathtub Packard and, my
favourite, an Oldsmobile Starfire
just begging to be put on the strip
as a seventies Pro Stock rep...
Damn. Their next classic sale is
on November 21st, so see http://www.
morrisleslie.com for details.One of them was a stunning
1968 Iso Grifo, rare enough as
it is, but this one was the 1968
Earls Court Motor Show car, one
of just four ever built in right-
hand drive with the thumping
Chevy big-block. This one had a
Knight Racing-built 454 giving
490bhp and a Tremec TKO
five-speed manual, a great deal
of history, is achingly beautiful
and probably frighteningly
fast. Unfortunately, it didn't
reach its quarter-million pound
estimate. The other was a 1971De Tomaso Pantera 'Pulsante', a
rather evocative name, although
'pulsante' refers to the push-
button door handles. Not only
is it a beauty with its original
spec and mid-mounted 351-cube
Ford V8, it's also a star. The first
owner, a policeman in Hawaii,
lent it to another Hawaiian
policeman... Steve McGarrett.
Yes, it starred in one episode
of the fifth series of Hawaii
Five-0! It also didn't sell. See
http://www.silverstoneauctions.co.uk
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