From 26/2:

The Porsche 911 has been around for a long time. It is without doubt one of the most iconic sports cars ever. It has developed quite a bit over the years since its inception in the 1960s. In the 1980s that development culminated (for a while) in the Porsche 959. One of the fastest and most exclusive Porsches ever made.

Only 200 cars were ever made, and while loads of people were disappointed they didn’t manage to get on the waiting list, even when you had secured your order, it was another 2 years before cars were being delivered. We guess this is where a company like Gemballa saw a gap in the market. Porsche showed a prototype of the 959 at the 1983 Frankfurt motorshow. This is a 1985 car for sale. Based on a 1984 Carrera. But the real 959s weren’t delivered until 1987 …

Gemballa (and other companies like RUF, Rinspeed, TechArt, etc.) tune Porsche engines and add some “bling” to the bodywork. The real 959 specification of course differs a bit compared to this Gemballa Porsche for sale in France. The real 959 was a twin-turboed 2.85 litre delivering 400bhp, while this Gemballa has a 3.6 litre pumping out 275bhp. Of course the 959 was 4-wheel drive, while we somehow doubt this one is.

Nonetheless, these Gemballa cars went for loads of money in their day (and still do). ClassicCarHunter noticed it for sale for EUR30000 before it was put on ebay France. Bids are currently over EUR20k. The way the car looks from the pictures, it’s still in great shape! Get bidding …

From 19/2: 

For sale in Manchester in the UK is this lovely and pretty rare BMW 3200CS Coupe, designed by Bertone. This car was produced in between the legendary Type 503/507 and the 1960s 2800CS series. It was fitted with a V8 engine and capable of 125mph. Around 600 of these cars were produced.  It was based on the Type 503 chassis and is a very thin B-pillar, 2+2 coupe with an aluminium bonnet and bootlid.

This originally German car came to the UK in 1970 and was retired in 1974 with engine problems. The then owner bought all the parts for an engine rebuild but this never materialised. The car has been laid up in a garage since. As a result the body is in a not too bad state and can be easily restored. 

The blue interior looks pretty good still and the dash features the original Becker push button radio. The chrome bits are in an OK state except for the rear bumper which is badly corroded. The windscreen is chipped but a replacement can be sourced. It is a series 1 car. Series 2 cars had a chrome strip on the side of the body and no B-pillar at all.

In its day, this car was very expensive as it was mainly built by hand. It was never officially brought out in the UK. The side view of the car shows hints of the Alfa Romeo GT Junior by Bertone.  As mentioned, it is being auctioned on ebay UK. Reserve hasn’t been met with 4 days to go. Not a lot of bidders involved at first sight.

It’s been restored six years ago. Not sure how extensive the car has been restored underneath, so we would probably take it to a specialist to have it checked out. Sill repairs on these cars are quite serious money as they consist of three pieces per side. The pieces alone add up to GBP2000.  

One of the attractions of this car lies under the bonnet though. The standard output of these cars is about 180bhp. This particular one has been souped up with a turbocharger. Good for 300bhp. Nice! Mechanically, the car should be able to live with that amount of power, as all gear was used on the 635 a decade later. Saying that, the seller has flagged the brakes are pulling the car a bit to the left. Bushes that need replacing? Brake claw needs rebuilding maybe? Hopefully something superficial.

From what we can see on the pictures, the beige leather interior looks great. Sometimes it is so easy to get the seat size proportions wrong. Not sure what the deep dish alloys are but they complement the car very nicely. The car is for sale here out of Holland for a mere EUR7000. Bargain in our opinion.

From 9/1:

The auction for this mint looking Beemer has less than 24 hours to run, and with the price only a grand under the Buy-it-Now price there is still a bargain to be had. Even though this car has nearly 90000 miles under the belt, from the pictures it looks absolutely stunning. Like a true wolf in wolfs clothing.

As quite a few on the UK roads, this car was imported from Germany, in 1999 to be precise. All these cars were left hand drive, although about 70 cars were converted into right hand drive by a BMW dealer. They have weaker braking capabilities though, which is not recommendable really on this “ultimate road/track car”. 

The engine is a 2.3-litre 4-cylinder unit that uses the head architecture from the BMW M1 and later M6 6-cylinder engines.  They are pretty bullet proof but the timing chain needs replacing at around 100,000 miles and this costs about £2-2.5k to fix. They are cheaper to maintain than other M-cars though and running gear is pretty much all standard 3-series.

This particular car has done less than 2000 miles in the last 3 years and has been kept under cover in a garage. It does feature a little bit of blistering under a windscreen corner but this is normal for these cars. Also the sunroof should be checked for rust forming as it’s another common area to go. 

The car is for sale on ebay UK out of County Durham. You can find it here. GBP9000 is a pretty good price in our opinion and we’re a bit surprised why nobody has actioned the Buy-It-Now earlier.  Below a shoot-out with the Lancia Delta, that other motorsport powerhouse.

From 3/1:

This is an unfinished project. The seller, who has 20 years experience as a car painter, has to let go because of health problems. He also has more than 11 years of experience with extreme tuning projects, and by God … it shows. What a monster Group 5 Ford racer he’s created! Fantastic!

He took a 1974 Mk I Escort shell and pretty much changed every part that could be changed: wings, doors, scuttle panels, … All chrome parts and emblems were stripped off. Then the car was widened by about 5 centimeters. But the most impressive has to be the paint job. It is based on the Ford Capri 3100 driven by Jochen Maas. It is a Glasurit 2K-HS paint that’s been used: the blue is RAL 5005 signal blue and the white is the whitest white available. Whiter than white! And it shows, it’s really bright. But that’s not all, the car has been rust proofed. Every piece of steel’s edge has been treated with some stuff to stop it from rusting.

Every mechanical part has been changed with Motorsport-Technik parts. The screenwipers have been replaced by a one-arm system. The rear axle has been replaced with a Mk I Capri V6 unit, which is about 4.5cm wider. The rear diff has its own oil cooler. The tunnel has been widened for a 5-gear T9 gearbox. The wheels are 13″ BBS E30 Magnesium wheels, at the front 6.5″ deep and 8″ at the back.

Now you might have started wondering where the engine shots are. Well, the engine is the biggest part that still needs completion. The 2-litre OHC unit has been taken apart for coating and reassembly with all aluminium RS parts. It is fed by a four branch intake manifold with twin 40 Dellortos. Samco hoses have been provided as well. But as mentioned it still needs putting together and fitting into the car. A custom made Powersprint exhaust system also needs fitting. There is some small bits like an analogue clock and a display for the diff oil temperature that need fitting into the dash. But it’s pretty much there otherwise. 

The car is for sale here on German Ebay out of Dülmen, which is above Dortmund in the west of Germany. This is the nicest Escort we’ve seen. We are pretty sure it will draw a lot of attention, and not only on the internet …

First up is this red one, originally bought by an elder lady and then passed onto her son. They weren’t very musical, or should we say: they really REALLY liked the sound coming out of the engine bay as neither of them really bothered to have a radio fitted.

The car is in very near perfect condition except for a little rust spot near where the antenna sits and a little bump on the roof. The downside with red cars though is that the pigment fades in the sunlight and so probably this car could benefit from a respray to turn it into a mint example.

They say with these cars, that if you can find one with a mint interior, you have a good one, and the red Golf seems to have one of the best interiors, if not the best we have seen. The seller points out that the side of the driver’s side shows a little wear and tear although we can’t really make it out from the pictures.

The car has covered around 162k kilometres in all those years and is for sale on ebay out of Germany. It does seem a bit funny that the seller has searched for years for a pristine example and then sells it on. Nevermind …

On the Belgian ebay we discovered this golden example. This one hasn’t got the foglight option, and after seeing the two next to one another we can’t really make up our minds which version we prefer more. On the golden one, the front left wing has been replaced at some stage and the car has received a respray in 1992. It’s done nearly 180k kilometres.

Both cars have already reached the EUR5000 mark. With the devaluation of the Sterling, it does scare us a bit to see how much money these cars are fetching these days. We’re anxious to see how much they will eventually reach.

At first sight, the two cars look fairly identical. Then you start noticing little details on the outside like rear brake air vents, lug pattern. The Dutch car doesn’t give too much away what it looks like on the inside unfortunately. What both cars do have in common though, is that they have been put together from a couple of different cars to enable a correct-angled windscreen. They have also been shortened. 

The biggest difference is undernearth though. While the Dutch Audi features a recent 4.2-litre V8 from the S4 and running gear from the S2, its English cousin sports the 2.3 10v turbo engine, with the original 5-speed quattro transmission. It features a custom Autocraft exhaust and we think sound could be better on the Enlish car. 

The English car is for sale from a classic car restorer/tuner/dealer out of Telford, Shropshire UK and can be found here on ebay. Last thing to mention: one will be left hand drive, the other one right hand drive of course!

When the 2-litre Turbo made its appearance they were quick as lightning and only a Porsche was faster. Even the later E30 M3 was slower in the 0-60 sprint. They were all left hand drive due to space restrictions with the exhaust manifold. 

Some of the cars feature “2002 turbo” decals on the front. This originated from the press cars who all featured the decals on the front spoiler in reverse script. Lots of owners have since done a similar thing and we think it’s pretty safe to say there are now more cars with the script than without.

Which brings us to this very original 2002 for sale on ebay UK out of Omagh, Northern Ireland. It is an ex Concours d’Elegance winner that has passed some of its life in an air chamber. It is pretty rare to find good looking examples still with first paint and going by the photos, this one looks pretty decent. Loads of owners have swapped the standard steel wheels for something else and these wheels certainly do the business.

We have seen these cars advertised for anything up to GBP50k over the last couple of years. Most seem to be selling for around GBP25000. They do seem to be appreciating rather fast, it must be said. Don’t get caught out by the lower current bid!

It looks nice in black, and we like the fact the owner hasn’t decided to go for the ever so popular Alpine turbine wheels on this particular car. Although these cars have both a very sporty and very stylish appearance, it is obvious the style route had to be followed here. It has been achieved nicely with these BBS-style wheels. And no chromed wheel arches either here, thank goodness.

The car is for sale here on marktplaats.nl out of Holland. EUR25000 is not a low price by all means, so you want to be sure the wheel wells, rocker panels and the windscreen frames are in order as they are the most rust prone areas on the E9. 

The convertible hood design seems to be spot on and in line with the 4-seat coupe functionality of the original model. The interior looks very clean, but as on a lot of the cars we feature, we would change the steering wheel on this example for a CSL Petri one.

This nice red example is for sale out of Belgium where the car had already been imported from Holland. It is ready for homologation. There does seem to be an issue with the distributor which needs fixing. There are sparks but no ignition. Should be an easy fix but the seller is too busy with building works at the moment.

The engine is a turbo-charged 2.1-liter 5-cylinder that delivers 200bhp. It has only covered 85,000kms which is the major selling point with this car. It also features a speaking board computer and digital dash and airconditioning, next to loads of other options. 

The seller would like €12,000 for it. He says it is not a forced sale so he is likely to stick to his asking price, but who knows. This nice example is for sale on Kapaza out of Oosterzele, Belgium.