Has anyone hinted you should reduce your car collection?

[johnh]

Well, something must have happened in Sydney. Check out http://www.bonhamsandgoodman.com.au/...php?auction=85

This is one man's collection of 163 cars of vastly different types and condition being auctioned on November 19. I'd like the BMW 2002 Tii - an excellent classic stablemate for a 901.

Have a look at the catalogue, and try not to swallow your chewing gum. It is almost beyond comprehension how one person could collect and store so many cars, of such variation.

Happy viewing!

Cheers

[NT911]

my fav is the early '80's magna...

[MrUpwey]

153 cars and not one early 911 for sale - the man either has no taste or he has one or two and is not selling it/them - in which case he is very sensible

[mj911e]

I want the Camira Executive!!

What a bizarre collection, there must be an interesting story behind it..

[Porsche]

I dibs the 2002 Tii too. I love those things. They were so cheap just a few years ago too.

[e72phil]

I used to love the 2002 Beemer. Finally drove one just recently and it turned me right off them. What a weird, uncomfortable driving position, or at last the example I drove was. It was for sale at around $5000 and I always thought they would make a great little lightweight rally car, but that steering wheel position ! Yikes !

Checking thru the catalogue, this guy had 2 Bitter's ! very rare cars.

Would be a great auction to attend.

[TonyC]

whats the story with the 2.6 litre Alfa?

Idint know they even made one

[johnh]

Hi Tony
I remember seeing a few (or couple of?) Alfa 2600s in the days when I would have killed for a GTV, even a 1750. My car in those days was a Fiat 1500 and the bank balance was about 1500 as well. So it was very much a dream in those days. The 2600 was a six, and styling was a little fussier than the rather pure lines of the old GTV. It was quite a bit larger as I recall, maybe wrongly. One good site for checking out specs of cars from various eras is carfolio.com. I haven't looked up the 2600, but will.
And Phil - maybe the 2002 had a strange driving position, but so too did the Cooper S I suppose. Both are fun to drive, maybe buy both?

Cheers

[TonyC]

thanks John - I am going to have a sticky tomorrow at this interesting collection. I know NOTHING about Alfas other than:

1. The GTVs have always pressed my buttons in the looks dept.
2. They corrode worse than early 911s, if thats possible.

[johnh]

Hi Tony

I wish i could have gone for a browse too. The results will probably be on the website in a few days or so. There's a good article in the current Weekend Australian on the collection, and they (rightly) say 'a lot of dross' present.The same article also talks about the mad prices for early Monaros. $220k at Shannons Sydney last week. The article will probably be on the Oz website until Monday's edition appears, not sure when they switch. Look under Business/Wealth and it is on Page 43. Later on I'll try digitising it if you are interested and you miss it. Let me know.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/

And yes, 1970ish Alfas rust badly. I had an '78 Alfetta 2000 which I saw a few years after I sold it and it then had fist sized holes beneath the rear window. I read somewhhere that for a few years Alfa had done a deal with an East European steel producer, and the resukt was very inferior bodies. Quite a shame, and it badly hurt a great marque.

Anyway it will be interesting to see how many of the 153 cars sell this weekend.

Regards

[johnh]

Just to finish his thread off - sorry guys, some lucky(?) buyers got the Camira Exec and Magna. Results are here, in the public domain,

http://www.bonhamsandgoodman.com.au/auctions_results_view.php?auction=85&year=2006

Interesting to see he had two Iso Rivoltas. two Bricklins, two Bitters etc etc. Makes one think that with such an unmanageable collection he had forgotten that he'd bought the first when he bought the second?

[Terminator]

Owned 1 series 2 1750 (1970) and 3 2000 GTV (1974 and 2 x 1975) cars before progressing to Porsches.

My 1750 (Pine Green) was an awesome car great to drive, awesome exhaust note and very very reliable but it rusted itself into the grave unfortunately.

The 2 litre cars became more plastic inside and lost that special fee in my opinion.

I restored 2 of them, one reasonably completely for my then and still now limited skills

[OBRUT]

interesting results for the cars that piqued my interest:

the 2002Tii went for Hammer Price: $5,750 Price IBP: $6,498

the Ford V6 Capri RS3100 3.1 litre V6 went for Hammer Price: $64,000 Price IBP: $72,320

and the rest'd 240Z was passed in