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Picture of 1966 HUMBER SCEPTRE MARK II 1725cc - LOVELY, GREAT DRIVER! - SOLD

Here's my beautiful 1966 Humber Sceptre Mark II 1725cc. These up-market sports saloons were so typically Humber back in the 70s. Luxurious fitments, sporty engine, manual/ overdrive, sports interior and one of the best designed dashboards of the decade. Without a doubt.

That seven-clock dash just does it for me. Simply beautiful with all the switches arranged in perfect symmetry. ...

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Picture of 1961 MEGA-RARE HILLMAN MINX CONVERTIBLE - **DEPOSIT TAKEN!** - SOLD

Well, here's an extremely rare bird. A Hillman Minx convertible. It may seem strange to see a 2-door Minx but just how beautiful are those body lines when a 2-door model comes as a drop head. The Sunbeam Rapier maybe considered itself to be the top of the tree when it came to these "Audax" models, but this Minx 1500 is as pretty as any 4-seater 1960s drop head that you may come across. The baby ...

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Picture of 1966 SINGER GAZELLE VI - 1725cc, STUNNING LOOKS, GREAT DRIVE - SOLD

Here is a quite delectable Singer Gazelle Series VI which was the only model from the entire range to sport the punchy Rootes Group 1725cc engine! She looks resplendent in red with a light grey side flash and drives beautifully.

Her light grey interior is in totally excellent order, as is the wooden dashboard. The mileage reads 58, 000 and I would imagine that to be correct judging by ...

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Picture of 1973 TRIUMPH SPITFIRE MARK IV 1300 - STUNNING ALL ROUND! - SOLD

Here's my beautiful Triumph Spitfire Mark IV 1300 in magenta. Fully restored around four years ago with a full body off rebuild, she is in stunning order all round. Superb chassis as you would imagine and an outstanding rot and rust (all metal) body tub. Magnificent bulk head, sills, door checks, arches and so on. Indeed you can go round the car and inspect all the factory spot welds to such ...

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Picture of 1956 STANDARD SUPER TEN - 35K MILES, LOVELY, SO CUTE! - SOLD

What a little cutie this is! A low mileage (35k) Standard Super Ten in Salvador Blue, its original factory colour. I have always thought that these little Standard 10s were great value. Their 948cc ohv engine is absolutely fine for tootling along the country roads (it's the same Standard-Triumph engine that went into the early Heralds) and the cute, rotund and cheery looks simply add to that ...

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Picture of 1965 TRIUMPH HERALD 12/50 SKYLIGHT - STUNNING, LOW MILES! - SOLD

HERE we have an absolutely beautiful Triumph Herald 12/ 50 Skylight. And, in case you are not aware of the actual model, let me tell you a little about it. While the Herald 1200 was still in production, the 12/ 50 ran between 1963-67. The "50" was a nod towards the up-rated power as, while the basic Herald 1200 knocked out 39 bhp, the 12/ 50 kicked out a hugely improved 51 bhp. That gave the Herald ...

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Picture of 1960 MORRIS MINOR TRAVELLER -  - SOLD

Here is my 1960 Minor Traveller which was not registered until 1963. All numbers confirm she is a 1960 car as does the 948cc engine (correct for the year) and other early Minor features such as the light coloured speedo calibrated to just 80 mph, the "clap hands" wipers and the switch arrangement. She has an MoT until June 2018 and this morning I took her on a 30-mile trip around the Yorkshire Dales ...

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Picture of 1952 ARMSTRONG SIDDELY WHITLEY - DELIGHTFUL, UNMOLESTED! - SOLD

Named after the famous WWII aircraft, the Whitley was a luxuriously equipped, semi-razor edged saloon powered by an 18 hp, 2. 3 litre 6 cylinder engine.

When released, the Whitley competed with the other saloon available at that time from Armstrong Siddeley, the Lancaster. However these were very different cars despite being mechanically identical. The Whitley had a much larger boot ...

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Picture of 1952 TRIUMPH MAYFLOWER - QUIRKY, QUAINT, QUITE SUPERB! - SOLD

So rarely seen these days, the Triumph Mayflower was always something of an enigma. Launched at the 1949 Motor Show and discontinued in 1953, its razor edge styling was meant to give it the appearance of a smaller Triumph Renown 1800 and, to a degree, it did just that. Another brainchild of the Standard-Triumph supremo Sir John Black, the Mayflower was aimed at introducing luxury rather than post-war ...

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Picture of 1977 AUSTIN ALLEGRO VANDEN PLAS . JUST 2 OWNERS, 33K, LOVELY - SOLD

Here is my 1977 Allegro Vanden Plas - and she comes with an amazing past. She has had just two owners from new, covering a mere 33, 000 miles in the process. The original owner, based on The Isle of Man, kept her until 30 years ago when he sold it to a chap in Liverpool who was 65-years-old at the time. That same gentleman, now 95, owned it until last week when he decided to part with it. During his ...

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Picture of 1965 AUSTIN CAMBRIDGE - STUNNING, LOW MILES, GREAT DRIVER! - SOLD

An absolutely drop dead gorgeous Austin Cambridge A60 in Persian Blue with a Snowberry White side flash. She has covered a mere 51, 000 miles in 52 years having been dry stored for 24 of them! She is as nice as you are going to get with one of these lovely old Farinas unless you step up one final gear into concours (which I do not like in any case) but then you would have to spend too much time cleaning ...

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Picture of 1964 MORRIS MINOR TRAVELLER - BRAND NEW WOOD & PAINT! - SOLD

HERE is my 1964 Morris Minor Traveller. She looks stunning in her fresh paintwork and brand new wood all round. She has undergone restoration during the past six months and I was able to acquire her simply because the previous owner is losing his storage space.

She has been stripped down and put back together. The panels are excellent, as is the paintwork. And she has been painted properly ...

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Picture of 1996 CITROEN ZX REFLEX 1.4i ESTATE - AMAZING CONDITION! - SOLD

Here is my Citroen ZX Reflex 1. 4i estate and I will tell you what I know about it. I bought it around 18 months ago and it has been registered in my name since then. This is the first time I have even tried to sell it as I had a strange attraction to it and intended to use it as a "gofer" type vehicle. You know, handy to take the dog out in or handy for runs to the tip and so on. It never happened. ...

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Picture of 1963 HUMBER SCEPTRE MARK 1 - BEAUTIFUL. LAST OWNER 25 YEARS - SOLD

Here is my 1963 Humber Sceptre Mark 1 - and, as almost always, the originals remain the best. The Mark 1, with its Trans-Atlantic styling and its imposing twin headlights, is much preferred to the Mark 2 which did away with those twin headlights. So, it's a Mark 1 and I think it's beautiful!

The original Sceptre was launched as a replacement for the Sunbeam Rapier (typical of ...

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