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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1988 | Mercedes-Benz 420 SL

EUR 29,950 JPY 4,873,208 BGN 58,577 CZK 757,263 DKK 223,402 GBP 24,995 HUF 12,203,238 PLN 129,694 RON 149,060 SEK 346,944 CHF 27,941 ISK 4,351,774 NOK 349,205 HRK 225,720 RUB 3,510,202 TRY 1,094,856 AUD 48,711 BRL 183,332 CAD 44,425 CNY 229,353 HKD 246,596 IDR 501,952,149 ILS 118,636 INR 2,674,364 KRW 44,111,956 MXN 643,799 MYR 141,710 NZD 53,758 PHP 1,866,321 SGD 42,419 THB 1,093,814 ZAR 571,960

R 107

Convertible / Roadster

160/218 kw/hp

101,000 mls

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1949 | Land Rover 80

EUR 51,579 JPY 8,392,375 BGN 100,878 CZK 1,304,117 DKK 384,731 GBP 42,995 HUF 21,015,754 PLN 223,351 RON 256,702 SEK 597,488 CHF 48,118 ISK 7,494,389 NOK 601,382 HRK 388,723 RUB 6,045,079 TRY 1,885,502 AUD 83,888 BRL 315,724 CAD 76,507 CNY 394,980 HKD 424,673 IDR 864,434,757 ILS 204,309 INR 4,605,645 KRW 75,967,217 MXN 1,108,716 MYR 244,045 NZD 92,579 PHP 3,214,077 SGD 73,051 THB 1,883,707 ZAR 984,999

Serie I

4x4

37/50 kw/hp

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1989 | BMW Z1

EUR 51,664 JPY 8,406,292 BGN 101,045 CZK 1,306,279 DKK 385,369 GBP 42,995 HUF 21,050,603 PLN 223,722 RON 257,128 SEK 598,479 CHF 48,198 ISK 7,506,817 NOK 602,379 HRK 389,368 RUB 6,055,103 TRY 1,888,628 AUD 84,027 BRL 316,247 CAD 76,634 CNY 395,635 HKD 425,378 IDR 865,868,199 ILS 204,647 INR 4,613,283 KRW 76,093,189 MXN 1,110,554 MYR 244,449 NZD 92,732 PHP 3,219,407 SGD 73,172 THB 1,886,830 ZAR 986,632

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 5,813,355 BGN 69,877 CZK 903,355 DKK 266,501 GBP 29,995 HUF 14,557,504 PLN 154,714 RON 177,816 SEK 413,877 CHF 33,331 ISK 5,191,325 NOK 416,574 HRK 269,266 RUB 4,187,395 TRY 1,306,077 AUD 58,109 BRL 218,700 CAD 52,996 CNY 273,600 HKD 294,169 IDR 598,789,494 ILS 141,523 INR 3,190,307 KRW 52,622,099 MXN 768,002 MYR 169,049 NZD 64,129 PHP 2,226,375 SGD 50,602 THB 1,304,834 ZAR 682,304

Saloon / 4-doors

92/125 kw/hp

33,000 mls

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1972 | Jaguar E-Type V12

EUR 82,112 JPY 13,360,494 BGN 160,595 CZK 2,076,128 DKK 612,484 GBP 69,995 HUF 33,456,661 PLN 355,571 RON 408,665 SEK 951,189 CHF 76,603 ISK 11,930,919 NOK 957,388 HRK 618,839 RUB 9,623,645 TRY 3,001,681 AUD 133,547 BRL 502,626 CAD 121,797 CNY 628,800 HKD 676,072 IDR 1,376,162,902 ILS 325,255 INR 7,332,096 KRW 120,938,295 MXN 1,765,053 MYR 388,514 NZD 147,383 PHP 5,116,746 SGD 116,296 THB 2,998,824 ZAR 1,568,099

Serie III

Convertible / Roadster

234/318 kw/hp

51,000 mls

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1958 | Wolseley 1500

EUR 11,845 JPY 1,927,336 BGN 23,167 CZK 299,495 DKK 88,355 GBP 9,995 HUF 4,826,335 PLN 51,293 RON 58,952 SEK 137,215 CHF 11,050 ISK 1,721,110 NOK 138,109 HRK 89,272 RUB 1,388,272 TRY 433,011 AUD 19,265 BRL 72,507 CAD 17,570 CNY 90,708 HKD 97,528 IDR 198,520,201 ILS 46,920 INR 1,057,701 KRW 17,446,114 MXN 254,620 MYR 56,046 NZD 21,261 PHP 738,123 SGD 16,776 THB 432,599 ZAR 226,208

Saloon

39/53 kw/hp

30,000 mls