Page 1 of 1
Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:10 pm
by humbucker
This might be of interest to those members who attended the Eastern Region meet at Stondon Motor Museum a year or two ago.
http://www.thecomet.net/news/end_of_the ... _1_4008400
(You can view the pics of our trip by clicking this link:
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=12445&p=127369)
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 6:07 pm
by James McGrath
That's a shame. I really enjoyed that meet up.
We needs to plan some more for this year.
I was thinking of arranging one to go and see the HMS Cavalier at the Chatham historical dockyard.
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 6:44 pm
by Lowrider Dave
HMS Cavalier at the Chatham historical dockyard - would be cool to organise a photo shoot in front of it! The docks might be up for that.
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:27 pm
by James McGrath
Sounds like a plan to me!
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:53 am
by humbucker
I like the sound of that.
Incidentally, all cars from the Stondon collection are being sent to auction with no reserve. Bound to be some real bargains to be had.
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:17 pm
by iangsi
Who's going to buy their 4x4 cavalier then or the mk1 astra 1.6 SR ?
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:33 pm
by humbucker
iangsi wrote:Who's going to buy their 4x4 cavalier then or the mk1 astra 1.6 SR ?
Hahaha, I did mention the Mk1 SR to Mrs Humbucker, but she was less than impressed with the idea. They had a few Rollers at Stondon too. In fact, they're open this weekend for the final time. Perhaps we should catalogue everything in their stock, hehe!
They had an XJS iirc. I wouldn't mind that. Obviously, James McGrath has his heart set on the Lagonda.
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:47 pm
by iangsi
humbucker wrote:iangsi wrote:Who's going to buy their 4x4 cavalier then or the mk1 astra 1.6 SR ?
Hahaha, I did mention the Mk1 SR to Mrs Humbucker, but she was less than impressed with the idea. They had a few Rollers at Stondon too. In fact, they're open this weekend for the final time. Perhaps we should catalogue everything in their stock, hehe!
They had an XJS iirc. I wouldn't mind that. Obviously, James McGrath has his heart set on the Lagonda.
I've been told that I have too many cars already with no where to store them !
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 5:26 pm
by humbucker
iangsi wrote:humbucker wrote:iangsi wrote:Who's going to buy their 4x4 cavalier then or the mk1 astra 1.6 SR ?
Hahaha, I did mention the Mk1 SR to Mrs Humbucker, but she was less than impressed with the idea. They had a few Rollers at Stondon too. In fact, they're open this weekend for the final time. Perhaps we should catalogue everything in their stock, hehe!
They had an XJS iirc. I wouldn't mind that. Obviously, James McGrath has his heart set on the Lagonda.
I've been told that I have too many cars already with no where to store them !
Sounds familiar, lol
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:47 pm
by James McGrath
humbucker wrote:Obviously, James McGrath has his heart set on the Lagonda.
There are allot of cars in there I would like to bid on. The Lagonda being one of them.
There was a couple of Triumph stags, Rover P5, P6 and SD1, the Jaguar XJS you mentioned, a Ford Capri, Lancia Beta, BMW 2002, of course the Cavalier 4x4 and many others.
But I think the car I'd have my eye on was the Vauxhall Carlton GSi
humbucker wrote:iangsi wrote:I've been told that I have too many cars already with no where to store them !
Sounds familiar, lol
I know that feeling.
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:02 pm
by humbucker
James McGrath wrote:But I think the car I'd have my eye on was the Vauxhall Carlton GSi.
I bet it goes for peanuts. Most of those cars will have expired MOTs. The GSi3000 was parked up next to a Vauxhall Viceroy. Only seven of those left iirc. The first car I ever drove was a Viceroy. Cost my Dad £25 out of the scrapyard! Served us well for many years.
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:43 pm
by Lowrider Dave
Sad to hear the museum is closing, I only hope the cars are won by responsible bidders and live to be displayed or run again. If you know when the auction is going on, let me know!
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:55 pm
by Lowrider Dave
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 9:23 pm
by Super89
White Carlton GSI on ebay atm. Its on £6000
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:14 am
by humbucker
Super89 wrote:White Carlton GSI on ebay atm. Its on £6000
That's not the same car as the Stondon collection's example. I think the Stondon car is a white F-reg (probably a 12-valver).
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 10:38 am
by humbucker
Apparently, cars donated to the museum will be offered back to their owners before auction. All stock owned by the museum, however, will definitely be going to auction.
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:11 am
by N162CRO
Apparently, cars donated to the museum will be offered back to their owners before auction.
That's good to hear and the right thing to do.
Think the Carlton is a donated vehicle and I believe it's done about 200k miles so even, if it went to auction, might not be the best long-term buy.
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:44 pm
by humbucker
The auction was today. Some of the collection and hammer prices can be seen here:
http://www.brightwells.com/ClassicCarsM ... Part2.aspx
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:42 pm
by James McGrath
Most of those went far too cheaply.
Re: Stondon Motor Museum to close. Cars to be auctioned.
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 11:28 pm
by humbucker
James McGrath wrote:
Most of those went far too cheaply.
Yeah, there were some crackers there. When Maracus asked me if we should go down to check it out (I responded by telling him that was a terrible idea because I was bound to come back with something!) I did cast an eye over the Jensen Interceptor that was up for grabs. I think it fetched a decent wedge, although still half of what book price has a running/good example down as being worth.
Maracus was keen to spend "£100 on a Mk1 Fiesta", although I can't say that I remember one of those being in the catalogue!