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Robert Barrie Limited

Robert Barrie Limited Midhurst, West sussex

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Robert Barrie Limited

The Elan remains a design and driving benchmark. This 1965 S2 Roadster in Carmen red has had one owner for most of its life and retains a number of original features. It’s still on its original engine block and the knock-on skinny wheels and wing-top mirrors are nice period options. There is a detachable soft top with cant rails and cross-sticks plus a zip-up tonneau. We have re-trimmed the interior ...

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14 Jan 2021
London

The one-year only 911L combined the standard model’s drive train with the brakes, suspension and instrumentation otherwise found on the 911S. As with many examples, this tangerine sunroof-equipped car initially went to the US, where the 1968 911S was not sold, before more recently coming to the UK after a short interval in continental Europe.

While in Europe, the car went through a ...

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29 Dec 2020
London

The Elan is one of the great British sports cars and the Sprint was its ultimate iteration. This pretty FHC example was first supplied in London in late-1971 and went on to spend many happy years in the Scottish Highlands. It retains its striking single-colour Pistachio bodywork and, we strongly believe, its original engine and gearbox. The interior is similarly correct, with a Colin Chapman wheel, ...

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2 Oct 2020
London

A mainstay of club motorsport in the 1960s, the diminutive Elan was all but unbeatable in the smaller capacity sports car classes and often a contender for the overall classification. It's much the same today in contemporary historic racing.

A production-based car to pre-26R spec, this first series example has a lightweight narrow body, a strengthened standard chassis, a fresh Craig ...

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10 Aug 2020
London

Simplify, then add lightness: Chapman’s maxim was never better expressed than in the Lotus Seven. This example was extensively rebuilt and uprated some years ago by model specialists Mick Beveridge and Henry Tombs and is now presented in something akin to a period club racing spec. It features a tuned 1500cc Ford pre-crossflow engine on twin Webers, double front wishbone and independent rear suspension, ...

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14 Jun 2020
London

Introduced just over twenty years ago, the GT3 was the first high performance derivative of the new 996 series. The car was powered by a 360 bhp, 3. 6 litre engine that shared components with the GT1 race car. It quickly established itself as a driver’s favourite and was EVO magazine’s car of the year. One of the most exciting Porsches ever, in their words. The first series was built for two years ...

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6 Mar 2020
London

The Honda CB77 was a mid-1960s middleweight that matched the performance and styling of its larger and heavier British contemporaries and added modern features such as an electric start. Steve McQueen was seen with one and Robert Pirsig - author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - is believed also to have been an owner. A breakthrough bike.

As with so many bikes of the period, ...

10,000
21 Sep 2019
London

A lovely car and a seriously underrated model

A modern car built to the traditional prescription of putting a big engine in a small roadster body. The R171 SLK55 is powered by an AMG-built normally-aspirated 5. 5-litre V8 driving through a 7-speed gearbox with paddle shift and full auto modes. In its time, a lightly-modified version was quick enough to see service as the F1 Safety Car. ...

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24 Feb 2019
London

Early 911s are suitably rare in right hand drive. This UK-delivered 2. 4E was supplied in tangerine with a black sports seat interior and electric windows, electric sunroof, rear wiper and wheel-arch trims. As a 1972 model year car, it retains some of the bright work of the earlier cars as well as the one-year only oil filler on the offside rear quarter panel.

Earlier in its life, the ...

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2 Feb 2019
London

A good-looking and usable air-cooled 911.

The Carrera 3. 2 represents an appealing mid-point between the earliest 911s and some of the more modern variants. It combined the basic body shape of the outgoing SC with uprated mechanicals in the form of a larger engine and, from 1987, the stronger G50 gearbox. UK-supplied examples such as this one were typically fitted with a sport pack to ...

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10 Nov 2018
London

This car was comprehensively rebuilt a number of years ago around a new Crosthwaite and Gardner frame with aluminium panelling by Len Pritchard. It has more recently been prepared to a period competition spec similar to that of the factory-built cars with a Climax engine, straight cut close-ratio gearbox, de Dion rear axle, disc brakes and wobbly-web wheels. The car has done little serious work since ...

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24 Jun 2018
London

The modern classic hot hatch. The Renault Sport Clio 197 Cup had lower and stiffer suspension and weight-saving deletions. This is a completely standard and unmodified one-owner example in the launch spec of white paint, black speedline wheels, Recaro seats and air con plus the closer-ratio gearbox fitted to the initial series. The car has done a little over 55K miles and has a full main dealer service ...

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17 Jun 2018
London

Triumph’s mid-1950s small-capacity lightweight, the 150cc Terrier is an easy starter with ample power for gentle country lane and B-road rides. This matching numbers UK-supplied example is to original spec and in lovely restored condition. It retains its original registration number and green log-book and benefits from a comprehensive recent mechanical overhaul by the Classic Bike Workshop. A good-looking ...

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8 Jun 2018
London

The one-year only 911L combined the drive train of the standard short wheelbase model with the vented discs, anti-roll bars and full instrumentation otherwise found on the 911S. As with many of the cars, this example initially went to the US, where the 1968 911S was not available, before more recently coming to the UK. Fitted with a slightly larger 2. 4-litre engine on Webers while retaining its original ...

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30 Mar 2018
London

At the top of the R129 range, the SL600 was outstandingly well-built and engineered, and very expensive. As a result, it was also comparatively rare. This particular example – in grey – was specified and leased from new by former McLaren F1 supremo Ron Dennis. It has been lightly used throughout its life and currently shows less than 50K miles. Ideal for long and lazy journeys, the car has a surprising ...

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14 Aug 2017
London