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.

30 Vehicles for Sale

Vehicle types

Make

Model

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1965 | Austin Mini Cooper S 1275

EUR 54,234 JPY 8,834,129 BGN 106,070 CZK 1,362,405 DKK 404,659 GBP 44,995 HUF 22,462,518 PLN 231,160 RON 269,878 SEK 622,386 CHF 50,421 ISK 7,847,618 NOK 643,673 HRK 408,732 RUB 6,356,245 TRY 1,982,481 AUD 90,429 BRL 342,611 CAD 81,058 CNY 411,260 HKD 437,964 IDR 914,546,848 ILS 206,414 INR 4,791,819 KRW 81,496,996 MXN 1,139,960 MYR 254,020 NZD 100,034 PHP 3,313,680 SGD 76,470 THB 1,939,235 ZAR 1,036,428

Mk I

Saloon / 2-doors

56/76 kw/hp

31,000 mls

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1981 | Porsche 924 Carrera GT

EUR 89,944 JPY 14,650,918 BGN 175,912 CZK 2,259,474 DKK 671,105 GBP 74,995 HUF 37,252,853 PLN 383,367 RON 447,577 SEK 1,032,193 CHF 83,621 ISK 13,014,843 NOK 1,067,496 HRK 677,860 RUB 10,541,483 TRY 3,287,835 AUD 149,972 BRL 568,201 CAD 134,430 CNY 682,052 HKD 726,340 IDR 1,516,725,729 ILS 342,325 INR 7,946,969 KRW 135,158,293 MXN 1,890,561 MYR 421,278 NZD 165,901 PHP 5,495,556 SGD 126,821 THB 3,216,114 ZAR 1,718,859

924

Coupe

154/210 kw/hp

75,000 mls

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1988 | Mercedes-Benz 420 SL

EUR 29,950 JPY 4,878,599 BGN 58,577 CZK 752,381 DKK 223,471 GBP 24,995 HUF 12,404,803 PLN 127,657 RON 149,039 SEK 343,709 CHF 27,845 ISK 4,333,804 NOK 355,465 HRK 225,720 RUB 3,510,202 TRY 1,094,814 AUD 49,939 BRL 189,205 CAD 44,764 CNY 227,116 HKD 241,863 IDR 505,053,500 ILS 113,991 INR 2,646,256 KRW 45,006,271 MXN 629,537 MYR 140,281 NZD 55,243 PHP 1,829,962 SGD 42,230 THB 1,070,932 ZAR 572,362

R 107

Convertible / Roadster

160/218 kw/hp

101,000 mls

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1949 | Land Rover 80

EUR 51,579 JPY 8,401,659 BGN 100,878 CZK 1,295,709 DKK 384,850 GBP 42,995 HUF 21,362,878 PLN 219,844 RON 256,666 SEK 591,918 CHF 47,953 ISK 7,463,442 NOK 612,162 HRK 388,723 RUB 6,045,079 TRY 1,885,430 AUD 86,002 BRL 325,838 CAD 77,090 CNY 391,127 HKD 416,524 IDR 869,775,734 ILS 196,309 INR 4,557,239 KRW 77,507,358 MXN 1,084,154 MYR 241,584 NZD 95,137 PHP 3,151,460 SGD 72,726 THB 1,844,301 ZAR 985,690

Serie I

4x4

37/50 kw/hp

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1989 | BMW Z1

EUR 47,956 JPY 7,811,494 BGN 93,792 CZK 1,204,694 DKK 357,816 GBP 39,995 HUF 19,862,267 PLN 204,401 RON 238,637 SEK 550,339 CHF 44,584 ISK 6,939,181 NOK 569,162 HRK 361,418 RUB 5,620,449 TRY 1,752,990 AUD 79,961 BRL 302,950 CAD 71,674 CNY 363,652 HKD 387,266 IDR 808,679,314 ILS 182,519 INR 4,237,121 KRW 72,062,940 MXN 1,007,999 MYR 224,615 NZD 88,454 PHP 2,930,090 SGD 67,617 THB 1,714,750 ZAR 916,451

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 5,819,786 BGN 69,877 CZK 897,531 DKK 266,583 GBP 29,995 HUF 14,797,956 PLN 152,285 RON 177,791 SEK 410,018 CHF 33,217 ISK 5,169,888 NOK 424,042 HRK 269,266 RUB 4,187,395 TRY 1,306,027 AUD 59,573 BRL 225,707 CAD 53,400 CNY 270,931 HKD 288,524 IDR 602,489,161 ILS 135,982 INR 3,156,776 KRW 53,688,946 MXN 750,988 MYR 167,344 NZD 65,901 PHP 2,183,000 SGD 50,377 THB 1,277,538 ZAR 682,782

Saloon / 4-doors

92/125 kw/hp

33,000 mls