FS: rare sales!

[McLaren]

Their warehouse is basically something out of GT/Forza. And they regularly get the cars out to racing events. Good article on them here.
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/art-revs-seventh-heaven-next-gen-historic-racer

 

[Ferraridriver27]

The chance to own not one, but 3 B.A.T. cars is here; certainly not for the most of us, but it's here.

 

[GranTurNismo]

A base-spec 1980 Volkswagen Golf GLD with only 738 original miles is up for auction:

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com.../cars/1980-volkswagen-golf-mk-1-gld-738-miles

 

[SuperSportX]

This was for sale last week give or take a few days but it recently just sold for around $3.5 million, the dealer confirmed the model is not a SuperSport but have not disclosed the chassis number at the new owners request:

https://www.mouse-motors.com/Cars/Sold/1999-Mercedes-Benz-CLK-GTR/36

 

[TheCracker]

A base-spec 1980 Volkswagen Golf GLD with only 738 original miles is up for auction:

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com.../cars/1980-volkswagen-golf-mk-1-gld-738-miles

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I can see this heading for a transport museum in it's near future.

Surprised it's a diesel. Although overly common for a Golf to be a diesel now, 40 years ago diesel cars (not vans) were really quiet uncommon. On British roads at least.

 

[McLaren]

This was for sale last week give or take a few days but it recently just sold for around $3.5 million, the dealer confirmed the model is not a SuperSport but have not disclosed the chassis number at the new owners request:

https://www.mouse-motors.com/Cars/Sold/1999-Mercedes-Benz-CLK-GTR/36

I believe she's chassis #5. I've only seen 2 examples have that cloth interior, 1 LHD & 1 RHD.

 

[Downhill Dino]

If you were able to figure it out (assuming you're certain) then why did the owner keep it a secret?

 

[McLaren]

If you were able to figure it out (assuming you're certain) then why did the owner keep it a secret?

The owner likely wants anonymity, so without such info out there, it becomes that much more difficult to track the car's history & whereabouts, thus leading to one potentially knowing more about the owner.

I am not 100% sure of my claim, but it's based on certain details/info attached to the car & the claim it was once auctioned. And because I have an obsessive habit of watching the auction market, I immediately backlogged through auction history & found the car matching the correlating info.

Most folks aren't this interested or invested, so most likely don't know where to look based on the same information I went off of which makes it easier for said anonymity.

 

[Volksauto]

1930 Rolls Royce Phantom II Shooting Brake.
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/...-rolls-royce-phantom-ii-shooting-brake/820870

 

[HoseHead]

How is it a shooting brake if it has 4 doors?
Besides that, it's a work of art

 

[Heldenzeit]

Saw that at a concourse awhile back. Neat car.

 

[Volksauto]

1951 Porsche 356 Pre-A Coupe by Reutter
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/...0034-1951-porsche-356-coupe-by-reutter/999024

 

[Roo]

https://www.vantagelegacycollection.com/

The last of the Aston Martin Vantages in GTE, GT3, and GT4 spec are being offered for sale with 0 miles as a trio.

 

[Volksauto]

1957 BMW 507 Series II chassis 70077.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1957-bmw-507-roadster/

 

[UltimateYosh]

That colour combo is just gorgeous.

 

[McLaren]

I've heard this car was sold a month back or so, but the listing is still up. Tommy-Kaira R34, listing around $260,000.

https://www.phoenixcars.jp/japanese-used-nissan-skyline-coupe_62654.html

 

[McLaren]

#003 of 7 original Pratt & Miller chassis' built for Chevrolet, this is the car you can see in the Art & Revs picture I shared. According to them, it is the only example released to privateer hands after retirement. She is the winning class car at Daytona & Sebring in 2015, and has 2 LeMans entrants. $950K.

https://www.fantasyjunction.com/inventory/2014-chevrolet-corvette-c7-r-gt-1/overview

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I'm not fully sure if this is a rare sale, but in Doral, Florida; you can now buy a Porsche 996 GT2 Clubsport. I honestly didn't know that there were 911 GT2s sold in the US prior to the 997, so this was a shock to me.
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/porsche/911gt2/2312129.html

 

[McLaren]

I'm not fully sure if this is a rare sale, but in Doral, Florida; you can now buy a Porsche 996 GT2 Clubsport. I honestly didn't know that there were 911 GT2s sold in the US prior to the 997, so this was a shock to me.
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/porsche/911gt2/2312129.html

TMK, roughly 300 made it to the states. I'm sure a number are gone, but Clubsports & other non-US cars have probably replaced them by now. Surprisingly, still not super collectable unless it's 1 of the 70 Clubsports. $100-125,000 is enough to pick one up.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

TMK, roughly 300 made it to the states. I'm sure a number are gone, but Clubsports & other non-US cars have probably replaced them by now. Surprisingly, still not super collectable unless it's 1 of the 70 Clubsports. $100-125,000 is enough to pick one up.

That's nice to hear, a car I could see myself saving up for...maybe.

 

[McLaren]

Auction season is soon to kick off, and if you've got lottery winnings or Nigerian Prince money waiting to be spent, 1 auction house is presenting a small collection of Group B icons.


-'86 Ford RS200 - 250,00€ - 400,000€
-'85 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Evo - 600,000€ - 800,000€
-'86 Lancia Delta S4 - 600,000€ - 800,000€
-'88 Audi Sport Quattro S1 - 1,000,000€ - 1,300,000€
-'85 MG Metro 6R4 - 280,000€ - 360,000€
-'85 Renault 5 Maxi Turbo - 400,000€ - 600,000€
-'85 Lancia 037 - 500,000€ - 800,000€

Or perhaps instead of splurging on all of these, you'd prefer to go for the star of the auction. The winner of the 1972 24 Hours of LeMans, a Matra MS 670, chassis 670-01. It was driven to victory by Henri Pescarolo & Graham Hill, the car contributing to Hill's still lone-accomplishment of The Triple Crown.

Est: 4,000,000€ - 7,500,000€

Cars are set for auction Paris, Feb. 5th.
https://www.artcurial.com/en/sale-4058-parisienne-2021-partnership-retromobile

 

[Darla Starch]

Auction's already over, but hey, $155k for a right-proper Jeff Gordon NASCAR ride

 

[Volksauto]

1955 Jaguar D-Type est. $5,750,000-$7,500,000
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/az21/arizona/lots/r0063-1955-jaguar-d-type/1019669#/expandGallery

 

[McLaren]

1955 Jaguar D-Type est. $5,750,000-$7,500,000
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/az21/arizona/lots/r0063-1955-jaguar-d-type/1019669#/expandGallery
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Sold for $6,000,000.

 

[Volksauto]

1910 Stanley Steamer Model 70 5-Passenger Touring
Price: $400,000
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/stanley-steamer/model-70/2456339.html

 

[SPhilli911]

I'm not fully sure if this is a rare sale, but in Doral, Florida; you can now buy a Porsche 996 GT2 Clubsport. I honestly didn't know that there were 911 GT2s sold in the US prior to the 997, so this was a shock to me.
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/porsche/911gt2/2312129.html

These GT2 Clubsport versions are extremely rare versions of an already extremely rare car, especially so in the U.S. 70 Clubsports made worldwide (as @McLaren mentioned already) of 1,287 996 GT2s. Any Porsche with the word Clubsport on it is going to be ridiculously rare.

Man, what a beauty, too, even in boring old silver. I think the 996 generation has aged so well. I hope people keep ignoring them so I can get one relatively cheap someday.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Man, what a beauty, too, even in boring old silver. I think the 996 generation has aged so well. I hope people keep ignoring them so I can get one relatively cheap someday.

Same here, I would like to save up for a 996 Turbo eventually.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Here I am posting another Porsche 911 GT2, now a 997.2 GT2 RS.
https://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/listing/2011/porsche/911--gt2--rs/2367488

I was looking at 997s for sale again and it jumped at me.

 

[McLaren]

She's been for sale a while at that price. It definitely has history behind it, but said history is just too obscure as far as Porsche Motorsports' library goes. It basically has 2 big lap records to its name, & considering both records are supposed to be production car feats, one could save themselves a ton of money & buy an example that could, in theory, be just as capable as that car.

For $750,000, you could buy a 997 RS & spend the remaining money on another big 911 GT/RS example to join it.

 

[SPhilli911]

She's been for sale a while at that price. It definitely has history behind it, but said history is just too obscure as far as Porsche Motorsports' library goes. It basically has 2 big lap records to its name, & considering both records are supposed to be production car feats, one could save themselves a ton of money & buy an example that could, in theory, be just as capable as that car.

For $750,000, you could buy a 997 RS & spend the remaining money on another big 911 GT/RS example to join it.

While I don't think it's worth the price, the history is still pretty neat even if it was probably just a marketing stunt to sell the cars. If I recall, Jeff Zwart drove the car quite a long ways to Pikes Peak and set the course record for a production car before driving home again with little to no prep for the car, except maybe tires? Been a while since I read up on the car.

I didn't actually know it was the same car to set the Nürburgring lap time, so that's pretty cool if you ask me. Still, maybe not $750k cool, though.