Plenty to buy, with 11 cars offered with no reserve!
Looking for your next toy at tonight’s Shannons Sydney Winter classic auction?
There’s plenty to buy; with a diverse blend of classic Aussie metal, various European cruisers and even a few left-of-field Japanese toys up for grabs.
With 11 car lots offered with no reserve, there’s plenty of opportunity on the auction block, and with some luck, you may even snag a bargain to park in the shed.
Lot 7 was the first to catch our eye. It’s a one owner HZ Kingswood SL, with a factory 4.2lt V8 and a T-bar automatic. Finished in metallic Sage Green with matching cloth/vinyl interior, the car features air-conditioning and an original push-button radio. The car has significant maintenance and ownership history.
The car is on offer with no reserve, at a pre-auction estimate of $15,000 to $20,000.
Lot 9 also quickly jumped out at us, as a 1967 Holden HR Ute, similarly offered without reserve.
The estimate is set between $20,000 and $25,000, and was a one owner car until the early 1990s. With limited ownership and original books and service history, the car looks like a keen cruiser and a tidy turn-key package.
Lot 18 sees yet another car up for grabs under no reserve. A 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300CE-24 Coupe, commanding an estimate of $14,000 to $18,000, looks like a stylish and handsome grand touring luxury coupe.
A sought-after Australian-delivered 24 valve model, its silky smooth six and thoroughly 1980s styling would make a great classic you could feasibly use every day.
A fellow German rival is also up for grabs, in the form of the cult BMW E34 M5. Another luxury-laden sporting sedan from Germany, Lot 18 sees this 1991 M5 on offer with no reserve.
Sporting BMW’s iconic straight-six, in 3.5lt guise here, the E34 is steadily gaining collector attention, as what many deem one of the last true M-cars.
For the classic Roadster-lovers, Lot 20’s 1968 Honda S800 Roadster is one of our picks for this auction.
Powered by a lithe 791cc inline-four mated to a four-speed manual, this Australian-delivered S800 boasts an ownership history just three people deep. The car has been repainted, retrimmed and undergone significant mechanical work.
With an estimate between $25,000 to $35,000, this little Honda will be an absolute hoot to drive should it find a new home tonight.
At the top end of the estimates is a 1974 Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 sedan (Lot 55) up for grabs.
The LH Torana debuted in 1974, and continued Holden’s assault in the Australian Touring Car Championship. Boasting the rare L34 and SL/R 5000 packages, this rare Bathurst Homologation special is one of just 263 L34 SL/Rs built.
By the tags, the car was originally painted chrome yellow with black vinyl upholstery. The car now boasts a 308 with numbers indicating it came from a NSW police car.
While not completely original, the guiding range is set at $95,000 to $125,000 – and given the steam Aussie classics are fetching, we’ll be watching with keen eyes to see if this sweet LH reaches those estimates.
The final lot of the night is Lot 56, a 2002 Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R V-Spec II Nur.
We’ve already reported that the days of $40,000 R34 GT-Rs are long gone, and being a rare V-spec II (a sports-honed variant) matched with the rare Nurburging package (offering even more of a performance focus), the pre-auction estimate of $140,000 to $170,000 is pretty lineball for the market.
Just 1,003 Nurs were produced, 718 built from V-spec II specification, and the remaining 285 receiving the more luxurious M-spec package.
Apart from Nismo’s Z-tune (20 built) and the V-spec II N1 (18 built), this is the most hardcore sports-focused GT-R you can buy.
You can check out all of the available lots at the Shannons website, and let us know, what do you have your eye on?