Two microcars, an Edwardian V12 aero-powered monster and two of the smallest possible cars to find are among a historic collection going up for auction in NSW next month.
Auctioneer Donington Auction says bidding on their car collection is due to run from October 10-19.
The company says the microcars remained in the same family’s hands for 50 years.
Bought in London in the mid-1970s, the 1964 Peel P50 and the 1962 Messerschmitt KR200 came to Australia when the owner migrated to the Gold Coast.
Donington says the cars remained hidden from view ever since and were discovered in storage (AKA a ‘barn find’).
The company says both microcars come with plenty of documentation including their precious UK logbooks and are ripe for restoration.
The Messerschmitt is estimated to be worth $20,000-$25,000 and the Peel P50 at $50,000-$70,000.
Nicknamed the ‘Kabinenroller’, the Messerschmitt is powered by a Fichtel & Sachs single-cylinder engine mounted behind the tandem seats and has what is needed for its restoration to full operational condition, the auctioneer says.
The similarly unrestored Peel P50 is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest production car of all time with only 27 of the 49 built believed to survive.
APART FROM THE MICROCARS …
Also up for sale from the former Binalong Motor Museum in southern NSW is a 1908 M.A.B. powered by a 27-litre Liberty V12 aircraft engine.
This chain-driven vehicle was built 40 years ago in the style of aero-engined cars that ran more than 100 years ago and proved itself in the 1988 Australian Bicentennial World Rally, Targa Tasmania and other events.
It is estimated to be worth from $320,000-$360,000.
Also available is a restored 1921 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost that is expected to fetch a selling price $220,000-$260,000.
Also restored is a 1929 Packard Model 626 Speedster; a factory ‘hot rod’ with 130 horsepower and a top speed of 100 miles per hour.
It has never been shown or exhibited and is expected to fetch $200,000-$250,000 at auction.
Also on the sale card is a 1971 Aston Martin DBS V8 formerly owned by late actor Peter Sellers (of Pink Panther fame and thought to be worth $260,000-$280,000), a 1960 Elfin Streamliner (estimated at $70,000-80,000) and a 1987 Holden/HDT VL Commodore Group A Plus Pack (one of just 173 made).
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