A collection of rust bucket ‘classic’ cars is tipped to sell for over £200,000 after spending 50 years languishing in a garage.
The dilapidated motors were found stacked up on top of each other in the outbuilding in the back garden of a semi-detached house.
It contained three 1970 Jaguar E Types and three 1950s AC Ace Bristol cars piled up three-high. Next to them was a 1951 Land Rover Series which had sunk into mud.
The rust-covered vehicles had been in the barn since the early 1970s having been collected by the homeowner.
A yellow rust-covered 1969 Jaguar E-Type 4.2 SII Roadster is amongst the ‘classic’ cars that are tipped to sell for over £200,000
The dilapidated motors were found stacked up on top of each other in the outbuilding in the back garden of a semi-detached house
A 1951 Land Rover Series, which had sunk into mud, was one of the classic cars that took two days to carefully extract from the barn
Had the cars been in pristine condition, they would potentially be worth up to £800,000
It took two days to carefully extract the vehicles one by one from the barn using a forklift truck and digger.
All of the cars require major restoration but could still sell for a combined total of £200,000. Had they been in pristine condition, they would potentially be worth up to £800,000.
They are being sold without reserve prices at Anglia Car Auctions, of King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
Auctioneer Guy Snelling said: ‘It is amazing what you do find in this job but to get there and see these classic cars stacked three high was quite extraordinary.
All of the cars require major restoration but could still sell for a combined total of £200,000
A 1970 Jaguar E-Type 4.2 SII FHC has been in the barn since the early 1970s having been collected by the homeowner
This 1969 Jaguar E-Type 4.2 Roadster SII. Seven British classic cars have been found stacked up in a small barn
The rust-covered vehicles had been in the barn since the early 1970s having been collected by the homeowner
They are being sold without reserve prices at Anglia Car Auctions, of King’s Lynn, Norfolk (pictured: A 1955 AC Aceca found in the suburban garage)
A 1957 AC Ace Bristol is one of three that were found piled up three-high in the barn
A 1955 AC Aceca found in the garage was carefully removed from the barn using a forklift truck and digger
‘The cars have been there since the 1970s and it took us two days to carefully extract them using a forklift truck and digger.
‘It is very special to find three Jaguar E-Types and three ACs.
‘One of the AC Ace Bristols was owned by Betty Haig, a leading 1960s racing driver.
‘The cars don’t have reserves but I think the sale could make hundreds of thousands of pounds.
‘Had they been in nice condition, you would be looking at £700,000 to £800,000.’
The collection boasts two 1970 Jaguar E-Type roadsters, a 1970 Jaguar E-Type FHC S2, a 1955 AC Aceca, a 1957 AC Ace Bristol, a 1959 AC Ace and a 1951 Land Rover Series I 80 inch.
The sale takes place on August 19.
