Classic Connection

Growing up in a village just outside Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire and going to school there in the seventies, I was always surrounded at drop off and pickup by amazing cars including a Lamborghini Miura, Ferrari Dino, Porsche 911 930 Turbo, Rolls Royce Corniche, Bentley Continental and many more including my Mum's Morris 1000. This is where my passion for classic and sports cars began. Like most of us my first car was a Mini which was hotted up to 1340cc, it was always in bits driving my Dad mad. Either I took it apart and he had to put it back together or simply bits just fell off including one day the door, unfortunately when I was stopped for speeding by the police and the constable opened it.

It just missed landing on his foot and he had hold of it by the handle, I sheepishly stepped out and said can I have my door back please, thank God he did see the funny side and he let me off with just a talking to. After sadly suddenly losing my Dad and also being a spoilt little sh1t my Mum bought me a brand new Escort RS Turbo in 1989. After having many jobs and cars, one day I was offered a company car. I decided to take the allowance instead, after waving goodbye to my Porsche 911 I bought my first Ferrari, a 308 GTB Qv and I used it as my daily car for four years.

After spending many years in I.T the passion took over full time in 2005 and I started selling cars from home and then shortly after that moved to a unit just up the road. After a couple of years we moved to an old car showroom in Ringwood with a small workshop at the back. As things grew we ran out of space so we moved into a 5000 Sq ft unit also in Ringwood, we remained there for four years until we heard that the ultimate original 40's garage was up for sale in Burley in the New Forest. After meeting the owners and discussing what plans I had for the place a deal was done. That was the easy bit the next was to raise the deposit and arrange a commercial mortgage.

On February 17th 2017 after over six months Dawson Engineering Ltd it's building and it's contents were ours. A dream come true to be able to add our touch to what was already an amazingly rare jewel. The plan was to keep a lot of things as they were and add the classic and sports car sales and restoration to it. We still serve the fuel and some customers still have petrol accounts. The stores upstairs carry parts some of which go back as far as the early forties. A lot of the existing Automobilia was actually purchased new to serve a purpose not as part of a collection. I love this fact and have just added my collection to it.

29 Vehicles for Sale

Vehicle types

Make

Model

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1981 | Porsche 924 Carrera GT

EUR 89,944 JPY 14,187,708 BGN 175,912 CZK 2,272,516 DKK 670,827 GBP 74,995 HUF 37,322,109 PLN 385,903 RON 447,649 SEK 1,036,780 CHF 83,791 ISK 13,122,776 NOK 1,048,653 HRK 677,860 RUB 10,541,483 TRY 3,280,892 AUD 145,808 BRL 569,550 CAD 132,649 CNY 687,358 HKD 735,316 IDR 1,502,402,206 ILS 343,630 INR 8,005,073 KRW 132,714,524 MXN 1,936,855 MYR 421,395 NZD 160,477 PHP 5,545,475 SGD 127,162 THB 3,256,589 ZAR 1,718,265

924

Coupe

154/210 kw/hp

75,000 mls

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1988 | Mercedes-Benz 420 SL

EUR 29,950 JPY 4,724,356 BGN 58,577 CZK 756,724 DKK 223,378 GBP 24,995 HUF 12,427,865 PLN 128,502 RON 149,062 SEK 345,237 CHF 27,902 ISK 4,369,744 NOK 349,190 HRK 225,720 RUB 3,510,202 TRY 1,092,502 AUD 48,552 BRL 189,654 CAD 44,171 CNY 228,883 HKD 244,852 IDR 500,283,919 ILS 114,425 INR 2,665,604 KRW 44,192,522 MXN 644,952 MYR 140,320 NZD 53,437 PHP 1,846,584 SGD 42,344 THB 1,084,409 ZAR 572,164

R 107

Convertible / Roadster

160/218 kw/hp

101,000 mls

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1949 | Land Rover 80

EUR 51,579 JPY 8,136,029 BGN 100,878 CZK 1,303,188 DKK 384,690 GBP 42,995 HUF 21,402,594 PLN 221,299 RON 256,707 SEK 594,548 CHF 48,051 ISK 7,525,337 NOK 601,356 HRK 388,723 RUB 6,045,079 TRY 1,881,448 AUD 83,614 BRL 326,612 CAD 76,068 CNY 394,170 HKD 421,672 IDR 861,561,822 ILS 197,057 INR 4,590,559 KRW 76,105,963 MXN 1,110,702 MYR 241,652 NZD 92,027 PHP 3,180,087 SGD 72,922 THB 1,867,511 ZAR 985,350

Serie I

4x4

37/50 kw/hp

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1989 | BMW Z1

EUR 47,956 JPY 7,564,523 BGN 93,792 CZK 1,211,647 DKK 357,668 GBP 39,995 HUF 19,899,193 PLN 205,754 RON 238,675 SEK 552,785 CHF 44,675 ISK 6,996,728 NOK 559,115 HRK 361,418 RUB 5,620,449 TRY 1,749,287 AUD 77,741 BRL 303,670 CAD 70,725 CNY 366,482 HKD 392,052 IDR 801,042,379 ILS 183,215 INR 4,268,100 KRW 70,759,985 MXN 1,032,682 MYR 224,677 NZD 85,562 PHP 2,956,705 SGD 67,800 THB 1,736,330 ZAR 916,135

E 30 (Z)

Convertible / Roadster

125/170 kw/hp

61,000 mls

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1973 | Alfa Romeo Giulia Super 1.6

EUR 35,728 JPY 5,635,785 BGN 69,877 CZK 902,712 DKK 266,473 GBP 29,995 HUF 14,825,466 PLN 153,292 RON 177,820 SEK 411,840 CHF 33,284 ISK 5,212,762 NOK 416,556 HRK 269,266 RUB 4,187,395 TRY 1,303,269 AUD 57,919 BRL 226,242 CAD 52,692 CNY 273,039 HKD 292,090 IDR 596,799,426 ILS 136,500 INR 3,179,856 KRW 52,718,208 MXN 769,377 MYR 167,391 NZD 63,746 PHP 2,202,830 SGD 50,513 THB 1,293,615 ZAR 682,547

Saloon / 4-doors

92/125 kw/hp

33,000 mls

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1972 | Jaguar E-Type V12

EUR 82,112 JPY 12,952,396 BGN 160,595 CZK 2,074,650 DKK 612,418 GBP 69,995 HUF 34,072,503 PLN 352,303 RON 408,673 SEK 946,509 CHF 76,496 ISK 11,980,186 NOK 957,347 HRK 618,839 RUB 9,623,645 TRY 2,995,227 AUD 133,112 BRL 519,960 CAD 121,099 CNY 627,510 HKD 671,293 IDR 1,371,589,246 ILS 313,710 INR 7,308,078 KRW 121,159,177 MXN 1,768,215 MYR 384,704 NZD 146,505 PHP 5,062,634 SGD 116,090 THB 2,973,040 ZAR 1,568,657

Serie III

Convertible / Roadster

234/318 kw/hp

51,000 mls