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KPU 386C – full, correct ‘works’ specification Lotus Cortina built by the Ford Competition Department. Tested by Jim Clark in preparation for the 1966 RAC Rally. Offered for sale in excellent, highly original condition.
Warwickshire-based Nick Whale Sports Cars Direct, is offering ‘KPU 386C’, one of the hugely desirable, original series of ‘works’ Lotus Cortinas manufactured by the Ford Competition Department at its Boreham facility.
The works series cars feature registration numbers KPU 380C through to KPU 397C, and this car, KPU 386C, was supplied direct to the famous Alan Mann Racing team in 1965 to help with the development of their race programme. The car features the full and correct ‘works’ specification, including an aluminium bonnet, boot and door panels, original short-ratio gearbox with alloy tail shaft and remote shift aluminium bell housing and differential, long range twin fuel tanks and 5.5inch steel wheels. Today the car features a fully rebuilt engine with evocative ‘BRM’ cam covers.
The comprehensive history file of KPU 386C features photographs taken from Autosport magazine (dated 18th November 1966) which shows none other than Lotus world champion, Jim Clark, testing the car at Bagshot in preparation for the forthcoming 1966 RAC Rally. There is also a black and white picture of Jim Clark and a very young future rally champion, Roger Clark, standing next to the car in period.
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Bonhams’ traditional end of season UK sale at Olympia in London drew the crowds on December, 1rst with the wide selection of collectors’ motor cars, motorcycles and automobilia attracting international interest.
Strong prices were achieved for cars as diverse as a Swedish supercar - the 2004 Koenigsegg - which sold for £172,000 and a 1913 Adler Kleinwagen Tourer which doubled the pre-sale estimate, fetching £24,150. Top price in the sale was £342,500 for a 1931 Bentley 8-litre Sedanca de Ville with coachwork by H J Mulliner.
The sale realised £2.9-million with 68% of all lots selling, reflecting sound selective bidding across the wide spectrum of cars on offer. James Knight, International Head of Bonhams Motoring Department and auctioneer at yesterday’s sale said:
“We had some excellent results throughout the sale demonstrating that while bidders are becoming more selective about what they buy, they are prepared to pay healthy – and on some occasions record - prices for the right car. Whatever the age or marque, if it ticks the all-important boxes of provenance, originality and condition, the interest remains strong.”
Camera crews jostled to shoot footage of the ex-James Bond 1976 Lotus Esprit, star of the movie ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’, which sold for £111,500 to a private US collector from Atlanta, Georgia, bidding by telephone. Speaking after the sale, he said he was delighted to have secured the car, describing himself as a Lotus car and James Bond aficionado.
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James Bond’s Lotus from The Spy Who Loved Me fetches £111,500 at London auction
With the 007 movie Quantum of Solace bringing James Bond back into the public eye, Bonhams today (1 December 2008) sold the 1976 Lotus Esprit, driven by Roger Moore in The Spy Who Loved Me, for £111,500.
The classic white sports car, which attracted worldwide attention at Bonhams’ annual motoring sale in Olympia, West London, was bought by a private US collector, who was bidding on the telephone against a number of people in the saleroom. Commenting after the sale, the car’s new owner, who described himself as both a Lotus and James Bond aficionado, said that the car would be going to Atlanta, Georgia in the USA.
The vehicle was one of two Lotus cars driven in the 1977 film by Roger Moore’s James Bond character. In the movie it turned into an amphibious car, driven both on land and underwater.
For further sale information, please go to www.bonhams.com/cars
Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The present company was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams Brooks and Phillips Son and Neale UK. In August 2002, the company acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast of America and in August 2003, Goodmans, a leading Australian fine art and antiques auctioneer with salerooms in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, joined the Bonhams Group of Companies. Today, Bonhams offers more sales than any of its rivals, through two major salerooms in London: New Bond Street, and Knightsbridge, and a further seven throughout the UK. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Boston in the USA; and Australia, Canada, Dubai, France, Hong Kong, Monaco and Switzerland . Bonhams has a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 25 countries offering sales advice and valuation services in 57 specialist areas. For a full listing of upcoming sales, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, go to www.bonhams.com
With the global release of the new movie Quantum of Solace putting Ian Fleming’s legendary British secret agent James Bond firmly back in the public eye, Bonhams is delighted to announce that it has one of 007’s classic sports cars for sale.
The white 1976 Lotus Esprit from the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me, starring Roger Moore and Barbara Bach, will be sold by the international auctioneers on 1 December at its annual motoring Sale at Olympia, in West London. The car is expected to fetch £100,000-120,000.
The vehicle is one of two Lotus cars driven in the film by Roger Moore’s James Bond character. It turns into an amphibious car for the movie, driven both on land and underwater.
Also for sale, is the registration number ‘AU1’, used in another James Bond film Goldfinger. The first registration issued in Nottingham in 1903, this number was fitted to the Rolls-Royce Phantom III used by arch villain Goldfinger in the legendary film of the same name, since AU is the chemical symbol for gold in the Periodic Table. It is expected to fetch in excess of £80,000.
For further sale information, please go to www.bonhams.com/cars.
For further press information and images, please contact: Josephine Olley on +44 (0)207 468 8229 or email: press@bonhams.com
Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The present company was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams Brooks and Phillips Son and Neale UK. In August 2002, the company acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast of America and in August 2003, Goodmans, a leading Australian fine art and antiques auctioneer with salerooms in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, joined the Bonhams Group of Companies. Today, Bonhams offers more sales than any of its rivals, through two major salerooms in London: New Bond Street, and Knightsbridge, and a further seven throughout the UK. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Boston in the USA; and Australia, Canada, Dubai, France, Hong Kong, Monaco and Switzerland . Bonhams has a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 25 countries offering sales advice and valuation services in 57 specialist areas. For a full listing of upcoming sales, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, go to www.bonhams.com
Every year, the Earl of March invites motorsport aficionados to the south of England for the Goodwood Revival, the most popular historic race meeting in the world. For many years BMW Mobile Tradition has counted among the regular guests at the Earl's country estate. BMW Classic is delighted to continue the tradition at the 2008 event, which takes place from 19 to 21 September and again brings to life motorsport's golden age of the 1940s to 60s. Cars and motorcycles amid the vintage racing ambience of those days, drivers and spectators in period costumes and an original circuit untouched by the modern era make this a truly unique occasion. For 2008, BMW Classic is dispatching three iconic models to the summit meeting of racing classics in the South Downs.
Lotus 23
The Lotus 23 developed by Colin Chapman made motoring history with its dazzling appearance in the 1,000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1962 with Jim Clark at the wheel. This last two-seater Lotus racer went on to celebrate triumphs in many more events. Its ultra-lightweight chassis, moreover, was ideally suited as a test bed for various racing engines. With assistance from the BMW factory, Toni Fischhaber had several Lotus 23 models fitted with 1.6 and 2-litre engines and entered them in numerous hillclimb events as well as several circuit races. At the 2008 Goodwood Revival, Marc Surer will be at the controls of a 1965 Lotus-BMW 23. The Swiss driver began his flourishing motor racing career in 1977 as part of the BMW Junior Team before advancing all the way to Formula One.
BMW R 5 SS (SuperSport)
In spring 1936, after a six-year gap, BMW unveiled another 500 cc sports bike at the Berlin Motor Show in the shape of the R 5. Its all-new engine with twin camshafts boasted output of 24 hp at 5,800 rpm and a top speed of 135 km/h. The newly designed, electrically welded tubular frame pointed the way forward for frame construction over the next three decades. On the basis of the R 5, a limited series of competition bikes was produced in 1937 for a select number of riders. This R 5 SS (SuperSport) delivered some 4 hp more than the production model and reached a top speed of 160 km/h.
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