Three classic cars that have emerged from a garage after a 22-year lay-up are going under the hammer in December.
The Daimler SP250 is one of three cars that its Nottingham-based owner started working on – but still hasn’t finished, 22 years later.
North Yorkshire-based Mathewsons Classic Car Auctions retrieved a 1965 Daimler 2.5 V8, a 1974 MGB GT V8 and a 1964 Daimler SP250 Series II from a garage in Nottingham.
The Thornton-le-Dale classic specialist is now planning to sell all three at its 12 December sale, but it will put them on display at its sale this Saturday (24 October) to gauge interest.
All three cars are unrestored, and the SP250 has some damage to the front valance sustained from a low- speed impact with a van. Mathewsons is offering the Daimler 2.5 V8 with a £2000-£3000 estimate, the SP250 for £10,000-£15,000 and the MG – a chrome-bumpered model – for £3000-£4000.
Auction spokesman Derek Mathewson said: ‘In all three cases the car has gone into the garage with the owner intending to do work on them. One thing after another happened and he never got around to doing it, and 22 years later, having sold the property, he now needs to clear them out.
‘All three need quite a bit of work but they’re all lovely old cars, and it’ll be great to see them as smashing classics once they’re finished.’