AUCTION REVIEW MANOR PARK CLASSICS, RUNCORN. 9 DECEMBER
Tourer heads home for £20k during Manor Park’s final 2023 – and Ford and Mercedes buys perform well
O ne of the undoubted stars of Manor Park’s final outing of 2023 – a 1949 Morris Minor convertible – was on display close to the sale’s entrance. In superb order throughout it went just above its £18-20k estimate to make a pleasing £20,700.
Meanwhile both of the auction’s Austin Sevens – a 1932 saloon and a 1934 Nippy – sold for £3795 (est: £3.5- 4.5) and £9200 (£9-11k) respectively. Staying on an Austin theme a 1960 Mini was off to pastures new at £12,650, having been estimated at a sensible £13-15k.
The sale featured two Lotuses of disparate eras and types – a 1969 Europa (£22-24k) went away at £21,850 while a 1990 Esprit (£16-18k) sold for £18,688.
Meanwhile, the 1970s volume coupé segment was represented by trio that clearly found favour with Runcorn punters – a 1971 Ford Capri 1600GT in reasonable order made £6210 while a very smart 1971 Triumph GT6 went
to a new home at £19,550. Not to be outpointed in the price stakes the tidy 1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2 was good enough to make £21,275 against its £18-20k estimate.
Hot hatches had a look-in, too, with a supremely tidy no-reserve 2003 Citroën Saxo VTR selling for £4715, a 1988 Peugeot 205 GTI for £12,075 and a 1983 Ford Escort RS1600i for £17,538. A 1982 Fiesta XR2 was also away for £14,088.
Manor Park watchers wouldn’t have been at all surprised by the generous number of Mercedes-Benz models that we were on offer and the best above-estimate performance came from a 1968 230S, which made a very solid £16,100 against its £10-12k pre-sale estimate.
Those seeking the best-value ’Benzes may have found a pair of later coupés more to their liking – a 1999 CL500 at £8625 and a 2009 CL500 for £8740.
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1949 MORRIS MINOR TOURER
Here was one of the sale’s stars, if not THE star, and rightly so because this Minor Tourer ha
