Can’t Get Enough of the London Concours

E Types on parade, starting with 77RW, the first production two seater, as famously driven by Norman Dewis overnight to Geneva to serve as one of the press demonstrators.

Where every young man or woman wanted to be in the 1960s, behind the wheel of an E Type Jag!

One of the stars in the E Type Celebration, the well-known 1963 Lindner Nocker Low Drag E Type Lightweight. Of the 12 Lightweights built 4868WK was the only example to be fitted with Malcolm Sayers Low Drag body at the Browns Lane factory.

HDU555N is the last E Type to be built. A Series 3 V12 OTS Constructed on the 12th June 1974 but not registered until the 5th February 1975. One of 50 celebration cars all painted black, bar the second from last example which was British racing green.

From the 200 mph club class and looking very much of its time, The XJS based 1990 Lister Le Mans. 482 bhp from 6.0 V12 engine, One of only 19 Coupes built, totally original, having covered only 3800 miles from new.

Juarez Fabrication created this 1950s style custom car from a stock 1950 Ford Sedan. He restored the bodywork and carried out various custom modifications including chopping the roof, removing the bright work trim, door handles, fuel filler flap and badges. The front and rear lights have also been Frenched into the bodywork. The car was then resprayed in its original hue and the look was completed with Foxcraft Fender Skirts, dummy Appleton Spot lights, Oldsmobile hub caps and a 1953 Ford Anniversary steering wheel.

Imported in stock form from California in 2014 this 1961 Ford Thunderbird has been customized in the style of legendary US custom painter and pinstriper, the late Larry Watson. The paint job, carried out by ‘The Paintbox’ in Essex, took over 575 man hours and uses House of Kolor shades. The blue side panels were sprayed using actual lace as a mask. As a final Cherry on the top the air filter carries the signature of Gene Winfield the famous US custom builder.

This 1968 Lamborghini 400GT 2+2 chassis 01342 is one of just nine examples converted to right hand drive, under license from the factory, by Hoopers.

A weekly driver, gradually restored over the past 15 years, this Lancia Flaminia 2.5 GT was constructed in 1961. The current owner purchased the car in Brescia in 2007 and it now shares garage space in the Eifel mountains with three Lancia Aurelias.

Winner of best in show, from the Great Marques Lotus class. Lotus Eleven LM150 chassis 11.332 was manufactured in 1957 and was a Team Lotus works car which was raced at Rouen and Reims by Herbert Mackay-Fraser. Known as Mac-Fraser he sadly became the first Lotus works driver to lose his life whilst racing. 11.332 was later sold to Carroll Shelby Sports Cars and was raced by Jim Hall in many events in the USA. Returned to the UK in the 1970s and restored in 2006, 11.332 continues to be raced in historic events winning the Madgewick Cup at the 2017 Goodwood Revival.

A fine pair of 1960s Lotus, a 1965 Seven S2 powered by the rare 1.5 Litre Cosworth Ford Pre Crossflow engine with twin Webers, and a 1961 Elite who’s first owner was the late Max Mosley.

This is ‘Planet Voodoo’, a 1950 Mercury Coupe built by the proprietor of London based specialist Romance of Rust. Built Using the running gear from a 1957 MK2 Continental with many subtle and not so subtle body mods including being chopped, nosed and decked to have all panel edges radiused and whilst I do not know exactly what all that means it certainly looks cool! it even has a gold tooth in its 1953 De Soto grill. The interior boasts leather upholstery in Gucci reptile print goat and Connolly hides (nope I have no idea what that means) A Cobra Skin/Connolly steering wheel, boa skin covered gauges and a custom painted dash created by Vince Ray.

Winner of the Italian Berlinettas class was this 1969 Maserati Ghibli. In 2017 the current owner commissioned a full restoration which took around 4 years and consumed about 2000 man hours. The results are plain to see.

From the great marques: Porsche class, this 1955 356 1500GS Carrera Coupe chassis 55161 was the first right hand drive Carrera built, and is one of just ten right hand drive examples constructed, of which it is believed only five survive.

The 356 Speedster with the hood up is a 1955 Pre A Speedster. The unofficial Pre A designation indicates that it is a pre 1956 example identified either by a split windscreen on the first examples, Or a single V shaped screen as seen on this example. The Speedster behind is a 1957 356A.

This 1965 911 Targa chassis 500.001 was the first example produced and carries several unique features not found on later versions including a removable soft rear window, wooden dash and a wheel centre emblem mounted on the roll bar. The orange vehicle behind is a 1970 914/6 GT, chassis 0137 one of only seven factory cars. US racing driver John Rulon-Miller bought 0137 from the factory and raced the car at Monza, Daytona, Le Mans and the Nurburgring.

On the right, 1972 Porsche 911 2.7 RS, number 243 of the original 500 built for homologation with thinner gauge steel and glass. To the left, one of just 23 UK spec 1975 911 930 Turbos.

From the Iconic British Designs class, A 1993 Light Car Company Rocket. Weighing in at 380 kg and powered by a Yamaha Bike engine, the Rocket was no-compromise-road car built for two. Designed by Gordon Murray and the racer Chris Craft, this example is an ex Light Car Company factory model that was rebuilt in 2006 and incorporates various upgrades by Chris Craft.

From the Lost Marques class, this 1966 MK2 Sunbeam Tiger, one of only 568 MK2s constructed, was exported to California in 1967 whereupon Hampton Motors in Burbank supplied it to the actor Roddy McDowall, as a gift from his then close friend Elizabeth Taylor.

From the Lost Marques class. This 1966 Unipower GT was one of the first built out of a total of 73 constructed by Universal Power Drives Ltd. Shown here in FIA HTP Historic form it was raced in period by Piers Weld-Forester, a British Army officer and Equerry to the Queen. Raced at circuits in the UK and across Europe, it was a factory entry in the Nurburgring 500km and the Barcelona 12 hours in 1969.