Rarest Holden prepped for RACV Motorclassica auction
Unique Holden 48-215 prototype expected to bring $1 million at auctionThe only surviving Holden 48-215 prototype will go under the hammer at an exclusive cocktail party to be held during the 2013 RACV Motorclassica at Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building from October 25 to 27.
The unique Holden was the fourth 48-215 prototype to be hand-built in Australia by Holden and differs from the final production version in many of its details. Part of the famous Briggs collection since 1980, the Holden is tipped by auctioneers Theodore Bruce to bring as much as $1 million after bidding opens on Saturday evening, October 26.
More stylish, but nevertheless not as rare, a 1968 Lamborghini Miura P400 will also be offered at the auction with bidding expected to reach “somewhere north of $700,000.”
The very first Miura to be imported into Australia 45 years ago, this particular car has just gone through its second major restoration and appropriately celebrates the Italian car-maker’s 50th anniversary.
Pre-dating the Lamborghini by 55 years is a Hispano-Suiza Alfonso XIII Model T15 that was delivered new in Australia in 1913 and, also from 1913, a Nazzaro Tipo 2 of the same type raced to victory in the 1913 Targa Florio by marque founder Felice Nazzaro.
Also up for auction is the 1949 Hunt Special raced successfully by race car driver and car dealer Reg Hunt. The car, nicknamed the “Flying Bedstead” used two Vincent HRD engines and was particularly adept at hill climbing.
Then there is a 1963 Bentley Continental coupe with the slightly canted headlights that is expected to bring around $125,000 and $150,000 at auction, as well as a “more affordable” 1964 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud.
It doesn’t stop there: There’s a 1952 Tatraplan T600, a Rolls-Royce jet-engined land speed record car from 1972 that achieved 608km/h during testing, an Allard L-Type Tourer, a 1965 Mini Cooper with matching numbers, a 1990 Aston Martin Virage, “various” MGs, a 1921 American La France Speedster and a “couple of collectable Mercedes-Benz.”
The fourth annual RACV Motorclassica will feature more than 150 cars and motorcycles inside the 19th century venue, with another 300 cars and motorcycles on show in adjacent club displays.
For more information, go to the website www.motorclassica.com.au
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