H&H, Europes largest specialist historic car auction house, is starting 2005 with a bang.  It is presenting an outstanding array of cars for its first sale of the year, at the International Historic Motorsport Show, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on February 26.

Entries include a barn find 1959 Jaguar XK150S Drophead Coupé with a fascinating and unique history.  The car which bears the entirely appropriate registration plate

S 150 was bought new by Esmond Searle, a friend of Jaguars Read More

COSTA MESA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2005) — NADA guides.com recently launched a collectible car buying and selling service at its Web site.

The new service offers car buyers the ability to search more than 65,000 different vehicles across the country by year, make, model, price and location, as well as giving car sellers the opportunity to post their specialty vehicles for sale.

The integrated program is a joint effort between NADA guides.com and CollectorCarTraderOnline.com.

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SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association, has announced that they will be exhibiting at the Chicago Auto Show in February, making it their first-ever formal consumer auto show exhibit. Taking up over 7,000 square feet of booth space, the exhibit focus will be on the winners of SEMA’s inaugural Vehicle Design Awards Program, a new initiative created to honor original equipment manufacturers that make vehicles with accessorization and personalization in mind.

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2004 saw H&H Classic Auctions consolidate its position as one of Europe’s leading automobilia auction houses. The appointment of automobilia specialist Matthew Kershaw allowed the company to develop the size and quality of its collectables sales, with a consequent significant growth in the prices achieved.

From regular 250-300 lot sales in 2003, entries grew to such an extent that H&H’s October 2004 sale featured over 600 lots, while, in the December auction, nearly 700 lots went under the hammer, achieving Read More

— “Sometimes, I feel like the cartoon character Wile E. Coyote when he suddenly runs off a cliff.” — “Mad Mike” Hughes in 2003

Las Vegas, NV – (December 17, 2004) – On Saturday, March 5, 2005, Michael “Mad Mike” Hughes will do something spectacular in Downtown Las Vegas – he’ll travel almost 400 feet off a 50-foot ramp to make the leap across Binion’s Horseshow Casino in his custom, turbo-powered Lincoln Stretch Limo.

Yes, in a L-I-M-O.

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Crewe, 18 December 2004…Bentley Motors is delighted to confirm that the unique Arnage Limousine concept, created by its Bentley Mulliner coachbuilding division for the 2004 Geneva International Salon is to be put into a limited production run. Such has been the demand following its unveiling, 20 individually numbered, bespoke Arnage Limousines will be commissioned for customers looking to own a truly luxurious car that provides extraordinary levels of comfort and craftsmanship as well as valuable privacy.

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