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The sale includes a series of outstanding lots, highlights of which include a 1901 Panhard-Levassor 2.4-litre Forward Control Cab Phaeton, the only one of its kind still in existence. The Cab is in exceptional condition and eight years ago was the second finisher in the annual London-Brighton Veteran Car Run, demonstrating that it still has good power. The guide price for this lot is £200,000-250,000. The 1896 Benz 5hp Victoria – from literally the dawn of motoring - is another important veteran, estimated at £140,000-180,000.

Another leading lot is the outstanding ex-Alf Briggs and Eric Houseley 1928 McEvoy-JAP motorcycle with a 980cc vee-twin engine. This exquisite motorcycle is estimated at between £120,000-150,000. The colourful 1899 Panhard-Levassor Wagonette is also worth highlighting, with the guide price similarly set at between £120,000-150,000.

Some of the cars in the sale have colourful histories, such as the 1911 RMC Seabrook 20hp Roadster. A top endurance racer – it won the Essex Motor Hill Climb in 1911 – the car was later donated to the War Department. Post-war, the car became a fixture at a boy’s prep school in Kent where it was adapted to roll the cricket pitches. It was from its position on the outfield that the car was spotted, in the 1960s, by a diplomat from the Foreign Office who acquired the vehicle for the princely sum of a pitch-roller and a jar of sweets for the pupils. He lovingly restored the car to its former glories and it is now expected to fetch between £25,000-35,000 at auction. Continue reading "The Ward Brothers Collection of Vintage Motor Cars for sale"]]> 41.3833 2.18333 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:36:47 +0100 ]]> 47.1667 27.6 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:28:20 +0200 and Show. Webster Westside Flea Market. Info: 352 - 793 - 9877; www.cyclemeet.com]]> 29.2106 -81.0231 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:25:51 +0200 -6.17444 106.829