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AUCTION HAS SIZZLE

WELL PRESENTED: This Porsche 911 Turbo 3.0 sold for $74,000

CONSUMER confidence isback with a bang in the

classic vehicle auction market ifthe results from Shannons Mel-bourne Summer sale are anymeasure.

With more than 90 per cent ofall lots sold for a total result ofalmost $1 million, Monday’sauction delivered one of thebest regional auction outcomesof the year, promptingShannons national auction man-ager Christophe Boribon tolabel it ‘‘very positive’’.

‘‘We had a crowd of nearly600 people in attendance andthere were many keen bidders,with a number of vehiclesexceeding their estimates,’’ hesaid.

‘‘There was a feeling ofrenewed confidence in theroom.’’

Victoria black and white nu-merical number plates battledfor supremacy with cars allevening, with the top saleeventually going to the plate345, which brought $82,000,just eclipsing 309 ($81,000),18992 ($77,000) and 565($72,000).

The top-selling vehicle was awell-presented and originalAustralian-delivered 1977Porsche 911 Turbo 3.0, which

sold for $74,000, followed by an

ex-US 1973 Jaguar E-Type

Series 3 V12 with manual

transmission that made $67,000

— both excellent results for

these vehicles.

Other Victorian number

plates to do well at the auction

were the ‘‘lucky’’ 8.988

($33,000), the numerically inter-

esting 9.669 and 1.007 (both

$26,000), 5.999 ($23,000) and

2.477 ($19,000), while 88.000

punched well above its weight

for a five-digit plate when it sold

with no reserve for $21,000.

Among the outstanding ve-

hicle results was the $31,000

paid for a remarkably original

and unmolested Australian-

assembled 1965 Ford Galaxie

500 sedan with just 18,000

miles (believed genuine) on its

odometer.

A smart-looking tangerine

1973 Holden HQ Monaro GTS

5.0 sedan brought $33,000 and

a 1966 Jaguar E-Type Series I

2+2 coupe made a strong

$39,000.

Pre-War classics were in

strong demand, headed by a

beautiful green and white 1934Nash 1220 Sedan selling for$30,000 after a painstakingrestoration believed to havecost almost double its saleprice.

A lovely Chocolate andCream 1930 Essex Super 6Sedan sold for $12,500; a 1924Dodge Tourer ‘‘restorer’’ soldwith no reserve for $9250 and arefurbished 1934 Hillman‘‘Ruskin’’ sedan made $9,000.

Post-War British and Ameri-can cars also did well, with animposing dark blue right-handdrive 1948 Packard Series 22Sedan selling for $25,000, whilea restored 1949 Morris Minor‘‘Low Light’’ sedan made $9500— the same as a 1950 FordPrefect in stunning restoredcondition.

The 20 vehicles sold with noreserve in the auction alsoproduced strong figures, with aplain-looking white 1969 HoldenHK Kingswood sedan bringingapplause when it sold wellabove its high estimate for$17,000 — half as much againas the price achieved by animposing Burgundy 1970 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow saloonthat was snapped up for$12,500.

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