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Pendine

The Blast House, Bicester Heritage, Buckingham Road Oxfordshire

OX27 8AL

Pendine

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“An ultra-fast car which is close to perfection. The Jaguar XK150 S” John Bolster, the Autocar The swansong of the XK range, the XK150 was the most comfortable of all the XK’s, and the most suited to Grand Touring. The 3.8S XK150 engine, at only 10 bhp behind the E-Type (according to the factory!), was the ...

17 May 2024
Oxfordshire

For several decades every discerning collector with a significant collection has sought to add certain marques and models that are universally held to be iconic, such as the Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica, the original Mercedes Benz 300SL, and the Porsche 2.7 RS. Latterly that group has expanded to include a select few from ...

17 May 2024
Oxfordshire

It took Archie Scott-Brown’s devoted mother almost a decade to find a surgeon both willing and able to operate on her severely disabled son, yet when he walked into the The Rose pub in Cambridge to meet fellow members of the Cambridge University Auto Club, he did so with such swagger they all assumed he was a wartime ...

17 May 2024
Oxfordshire

This is a great fun, seriously fast AC Aceca. Several Aceca have seen their original engines replaced with a V8, but few if any have had this level of engineering, design, and professional execution applied to the process. Almost all such conversions focus on little beyond the engine transplant, often ignoring braking, ...

15 May 2024
Oxfordshire

This is a great fun, seriously fast AC Aceca. Several Aceca have seen their original engines replaced with a V8, but few if any have had this level of engineering, design, and professional execution applied to the process. Almost all such conversions focus on little beyond the engine transplant, often ignoring braking, ...

14 May 2024
Oxfordshire

Rightly regarded as one of the all-time great sports cars, the AC Cobra captures the hearts and imagination of any petrolhead. A true icon, recognisable to anyone. There have always been differing American and British views as to who should claim ownership of the Cobra; American’s tend to believe that AC?Cars, Ltd. ...

12 May 2024
Oxfordshire

The XK150, the final model in the XK range that spanned twelve years, was by far the most comfortable, and competent, touring sports Jaguar. This is one of only 44 RHD, 3.4S Roadsters built, making it one of the most desirable of the XK range. Built in August of 1959 for Major A Lazurus, it was supplied through Weybridge ...

26 Apr 2024
Oxfordshire

First registered February 1951, JTM 213 is an original home market XK120 Roadster that lived its early life as a standard road car until the late 1960s. At this time JTM 213 underwent a transformation for racing purposes, boasting an active competition career from the late 1960s through to the late 1970s. This was often ...

21 Apr 2024
Oxfordshire

In 1958 Triumph made the decision to return to Le Mans, the aim being to compete only one season later. The Competition department set out to create an entirely new car that externally resembled the production TR3. They were, however, fundamentally different cars; a 6inch longer wheel base, fibreglass panels, all-round ...

16 Apr 2024
Oxfordshire

This is a cool XK. Bought in 1973 by moustached legend David Beckett some 12 years after he won the East African Safari in a Mercedes-Benz 220SE, Becket was a delightful old school character. A respected period and contemporary amateur racer, he competed in everything from a Cooper 500 through to his Lister Chevrolet, ...

10 Apr 2024
Oxfordshire

Finished in Bright Metallic Blue with black upholstery, AE 49 was the 28th Ace to roll off the Thames Ditton production line, completed on the 18th May 1955. Registered just a few days later on the 26th May to the Fishponds Motor Company, Bristol with the registration number UHY 577,for use by Mr A Thompson. It changed ...

29 Mar 2024
Oxfordshire

For several decades every discerning collector with a significant collection has sought to add certain marques and models that are universally held to be iconic, such as the Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica, the original Mercedes Benz 300SL, and the Porsche 2.7 RS. Latterly that group has expanded to include a select few from ...

29 Mar 2024
Oxfordshire

. Driven by many of the great drivers of the period including Aaltonen, Hopkirk and Makinen, the Mini Cooper was a true game changer; its size was deceptive and the boys from Abingdon developed it into the most successful works rally car of the 1960s. From Hopkirk’s unexpected victory on the 1964 Monte, the Cooper ...

15 Aug 2017
Oxfordshire

Introduced in 1953, the Le Mans Coupe was the first closed production car from Frazer Nash.  In essence a Targa Florio with a hard top, the coupe used the new parallel-tube chassis frame, wrapped in a striking alloy body. Independent front suspension, rack-and-pinion steering and torsion bar rear suspension, the engine ...

2 Aug 2017
Oxfordshire