A pair of cars that have spent decades obscured by greenery — one in a hedge and the other in the lee of a holly bush — will cross the block at H&H Classics’ October 12 sale at the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
The first, a 1966 Jaguar E-Type 4.2 Roadster (above), has only recently been disinterred from a Bedfordshire garden where it had lain immobile, protected by a tarpaulin and hidden from view by a holly bush that had to be cut down to liberate it. Despite that actuality, the Jaguar is surprisingly sound.
One of 863 RHD 4.2 Roadsters made prior to the introduction of the Series 1.5, the Jaguar comes with a factory hardtop as well as a standard soft top, and appears to be basically complete — the engine turns freely and the aged tires still hold air.
The second car is a red with black trim 1933 Singer 2-Litre Fox & Nicholl Team Car Evocation, that was discovered by the vendor in a hedge some 46 years ago as a rolling chassis, and has since been restored to resemble the Fox & Nicholl Team Car that took 7th overall during the 1934 24 Hours of Le Mans. It has been beautifully restored with “no expense spared,” and carries an MOT that expires in June 2017.
The seller of the Singer is a marque enthusiast who did much of the restoration work himself, although, he outsourced the specialist machining jobs such as overhauling the engine. For further information about these cars or any of the other offerings in the sale, please visit www.handh.co.uk
