1966 TRIUMPH IRS ROADSTER - €38,950
On the 6th September 1966 Triumph UK was commissioned to build this TR4 IRS for its first owner a Mr. J.R. Davis who worked out of the U.S. Naval Research Lab in Washington D.C. The car was shipped out aboard the SS Lohengrin and arrived Stateside on the 13th November 1966. After 16 years he sold the car on to a Mr. Goldman in early 1980. Mr. Goldman only kept the car for a year when he sold it to a Mr. Tucker. The Triumph then stayed in longterm ownership of the Tucker family for 38 years. In 2017 invoices totalling $5,000 evidence major maintenance carried out to the Triumph. This TR4 IRS has only had 3 owners in 54 years. No less remarkable is the amount of documentation that comes with this car. The first bill of sale, the communication between the client and Triumph UK, the invoices, the brochure, the workshop manuals and a notebook with mileage and fuel use all form part of the extensive documentation. As if this is not enough, the car s
1970 DE TOMASO MANGUSTA - €279,500
Alejandro Detomaso was a racing driver and entrepreneur. Born in 1928 this Argentinian man dreamed of building a car. In 1959 he decided to set up Detomaso Automobili in Modena. In first instance he dedicated himself to building prototypes and race cars. He built Frank Williams first F1 car. It was a means to an end enabling him to achieve his ultimate goal of building his own sports car. In contrast to his town companion, Enzo Ferrari, Alejandro Detomaso built racing cars to fund his street cars. His first, the Vallelunga, came out in 1963 and was fitted with a small 4-cylinder engine. In 1966 the Mangusta followed. The Mangusta has the Ford 302 V8 5 litre engine attached to a manual dogleg ZT transaxle transmission. The Giorgetto Giugiaro was responsible for the Mangusta design. The aerodynamic design takes the Mangusta to a top speed of nearly 250 km/hr. Despite the good ties and support of the Ford Motor Company only 401 Mangusta s were bui
1964 PEUGEOT CABRIOLET - €82,500
Looking at the overall sales figures of the Peugeot 403 the proportion of 403 convertibles is minute. Between 1955 and 1965 Peugeot sold 1.2 million 403 s. Only 2,043 were of the 403 convertible. The 403 convertible was built by Pininfarina in Italy in contrast to most Peugeots at the time. Pininfarina not only designed the 403 convertible it was also allowed to build them. The 403 convertible was also the start of the very long relationship between the French car manufacturer and the Italian design house that would last up to the drop-dead gorgeous Peugeot 406 coup. The considerably higher ticket price was directly responsible for the relatively low number of sales for the convertible. You could almost buy two normal 403 s for the price of one convertible. In the 70s the 403 convertible s fame got a boost from featuring in the hit detective series Colombo. The popularity diminished in subsequent years meaning not many 403 convertibles have surv
It s for sale, but you might not want it.
The Acura NSX is a fantastic machine that can hold its own against traditional supercars and has become one of our favorites for daily driving duties. As much as we like the current car in all its hybrid excellence, the original NSX is the one that really gets us going. It s becoming rarer by the day and is only appreciating in value, but when the example in question is owned by a famous person and is a one-off of sorts, that value is potentially astronomical. In this case, the famous former owner is rapper Ice Cube, and his one-off machine is a convertible NSX - not a targa.