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.

32 Vehicles for Sale

Vehicle types

Make

Model

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1949 | Land Rover 80

EUR 51,579 JPY 8,544,532 BGN 100,878 CZK 1,308,656 DKK 384,715 GBP 42,995 HUF 20,901,249 PLN 224,264 RON 256,599 SEK 594,032 CHF 48,324 ISK 7,669,757 NOK 610,770 HRK 388,723 RUB 6,045,079 TRY 1,905,788 AUD 84,708 BRL 317,792 CAD 77,270 CNY 396,615 HKD 431,796 IDR 876,497,990 ILS 207,852 INR 4,671,486 KRW 77,182,412 MXN 1,112,651 MYR 243,307 NZD 93,234 PHP 3,242,084 SGD 73,691 THB 1,877,466 ZAR 985,479

Serie I

4x4

37/50 kw/hp

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1989 | BMW Z1

EUR 51,664 JPY 8,558,701 BGN 101,045 CZK 1,310,826 DKK 385,353 GBP 42,995 HUF 20,935,908 PLN 224,636 RON 257,025 SEK 595,017 CHF 48,404 ISK 7,682,475 NOK 611,782 HRK 389,368 RUB 6,055,103 TRY 1,908,948 AUD 84,848 BRL 318,319 CAD 77,398 CNY 397,272 HKD 432,513 IDR 877,951,436 ILS 208,197 INR 4,679,232 KRW 77,310,399 MXN 1,114,496 MYR 243,711 NZD 93,388 PHP 3,247,460 SGD 73,813 THB 1,880,579 ZAR 987,113

E 30 (Z)

Convertible / Roadster

125/170 kw/hp

61,000 mls

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1988 | Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

EUR 39,648 JPY 6,568,074 BGN 77,543 CZK 1,005,947 DKK 295,726 GBP 32,995 HUF 16,066,527 PLN 172,389 RON 197,244 SEK 456,625 CHF 37,146 ISK 5,895,646 NOK 469,491 HRK 298,807 RUB 4,646,776 TRY 1,464,955 AUD 65,114 BRL 244,283 CAD 59,397 CNY 304,873 HKD 331,917 IDR 673,752,964 ILS 159,773 INR 3,590,912 KRW 59,329,147 MXN 855,281 MYR 187,027 NZD 71,668 PHP 2,492,149 SGD 56,645 THB 1,443,184 ZAR 757,525

R 107

Convertible / Roadster

132/180 kw/hp

91,000 mls

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1973 | Alfa Romeo Giulia Super 1.6

EUR 35,728 JPY 5,918,753 BGN 69,877 CZK 906,499 DKK 266,490 GBP 29,995 HUF 14,478,187 PLN 155,347 RON 177,745 SEK 411,483 CHF 33,474 ISK 5,312,801 NOK 423,077 HRK 269,266 RUB 4,187,395 TRY 1,320,129 AUD 58,677 BRL 220,133 CAD 53,525 CNY 274,733 HKD 299,103 IDR 607,145,633 ILS 143,978 INR 3,235,914 KRW 53,463,858 MXN 770,728 MYR 168,538 NZD 64,583 PHP 2,245,775 SGD 51,045 THB 1,300,511 ZAR 682,636

Saloon / 4-doors

92/125 kw/hp

33,000 mls

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1972 | Jaguar E-Type V12

EUR 82,112 JPY 13,602,725 BGN 160,595 CZK 2,083,354 DKK 612,459 GBP 69,995 HUF 33,274,371 PLN 357,024 RON 408,501 SEK 945,687 CHF 76,931 ISK 12,210,100 NOK 972,333 HRK 618,839 RUB 9,623,645 TRY 3,033,976 AUD 134,853 BRL 505,919 CAD 123,012 CNY 631,403 HKD 687,411 IDR 1,395,367,329 ILS 330,896 INR 7,436,912 KRW 122,872,861 MXN 1,771,319 MYR 387,340 NZD 148,426 PHP 5,161,333 SGD 117,314 THB 2,988,888 ZAR 1,568,862

Serie III

Convertible / Roadster

234/318 kw/hp

51,000 mls

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1958 | Wolseley 1500

EUR 11,845 JPY 1,962,279 BGN 23,167 CZK 300,537 DKK 88,351 GBP 9,995 HUF 4,800,038 PLN 51,503 RON 58,929 SEK 136,421 CHF 11,098 ISK 1,761,384 NOK 140,265 HRK 89,272 RUB 1,388,272 TRY 437,670 AUD 19,453 BRL 72,982 CAD 17,745 CNY 91,084 HKD 99,163 IDR 201,290,562 ILS 47,734 INR 1,072,822 KRW 17,725,187 MXN 255,524 MYR 55,876 NZD 21,411 PHP 744,555 SGD 16,923 THB 431,166 ZAR 226,318

Saloon

39/53 kw/hp

30,000 mls