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THE BEAULIEU AUTOJUMBLERS’ NEWSLETTER Spring 2019

Bidding excitement and bargains More than 34,000 enthusiasts enjoyed a festival-feel weekend packed with automotive bargains and exciting auction bidding at Beaulieu’s award-winning International Autojumble. Event-goers hunted for treasures across more than 2,000 stands at the event, while incredible historic vehicles went under the hammer at Bonhams auction.

Celebrate 25th Spring Autojumble

Would-be buyers battled over the 1903 Panhard et Levassor 7hp Type A that was once a star exhibit in the National Motor Museum’s forerunner, the Montagu Motor Museum, with lively competition before a telephone bidder bought the prestigious veteran car for £212,750 (including Bonhams premium). The Practical Classics team displayed two fascinating vehicles, with a Tofasç Serçe rarely-seen derivative of the Fiat 124 which was driven to the show from Turkey, plus a crowd-pleasing pre-war American La France – showing the contrast of vehicles covered by the magazine.

This year’s Spring Autojumble will be a special occasion as the event celebrates its 25th anniversary. With a silver theme and tribute to favourite memories, the landmark event will also mark the 60th birthday of the legendary Mini with a special display. Since it was launched in 1994 as the Beaulieu Spring Classic Autojumble, this much-loved event has gone from strength to strength, growing from 600 stands in its first year to almost double that today. Car club displays and an Automart have always been at the heart of the event, with Trunk Traders becoming a popular addition in 2006. We would love to hear your favourite memories and see pictures from Spring Autojumbles throughout the years. Please share them with us by emailing SAJ25@beaulieu.co.uk.

BITS & PIECES Spring 2019

nobody wanted to stop selling on the Saturday.”

The hammer also fell on a desirable 1959 Jaguar XK150 ‘S’ barn-find which had not been used for 40 years and sold for £66,125. A 1957 Heinkel Kabine bubble car sold for £13,800, while £40,250 was realised for a water-going 1911 racing hydroplane powered by a vintage Vauxhall engine. A rare 1908 Phoenix 10hp Sports smashed its £12,000-£15,000 reserve to sell for £25,300. Beaulieu Events Manager Judith Maddox said: “Glorious sunshine across the weekend gave an upbeat feel and spirits were high at the event. Trading was so strong that

PreWarCar.com embraced the spirit of the show by breathing life back into a 1930s Lancia Augusta, which they had only just acquired. Decades of inactivity for the unusual saloon didn’t slow the online magazine’s team as they battled to get its non-original MG engine running. Cheered on by show-goers, it finally roared into life on the Sunday afternoon. A colourful addition across the weekend was a display by the Morgan Sports Car Club, with examples of the V8-powered Plus 8 in amongst the line-up to celebrate 50 years of this legendary model. At Automart, one of the oldest cars on Continued overleaf...

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