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.

27 Vehicles for Sale

Vehicle types

Make

Model

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1949 | Land Rover 80

EUR 52,663 JPY 8,679,865 BGN 102,998 CZK 1,329,944 DKK 392,948 GBP 44,995 HUF 20,745,413 PLN 227,792 RON 262,039 SEK 612,836 CHF 51,104 ISK 7,915,202 NOK 618,128 HRK 396,892 RUB 6,172,120 TRY 1,827,580 AUD 87,246 BRL 294,769 CAD 77,346 CNY 407,051 HKD 440,444 IDR 909,994,958 ILS 212,562 INR 4,696,880 KRW 77,277,758 MXN 952,879 MYR 269,017 NZD 94,861 PHP 3,219,112 SGD 76,466 THB 2,067,063 ZAR 1,071,480

Serie I

4x4

37/50 kw/hp

36,250 mls

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1958 | Austin-Healey 100/6 (BN4)

Convertible

86/117 kw/hp

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1973 | Mercedes-Benz 280 SL

EUR 175,556 JPY 28,935,132 BGN 343,352 CZK 4,433,490 DKK 1,309,928 GBP 149,995 HUF 69,156,755 PLN 759,367 RON 873,531 SEK 2,042,945 CHF 170,359 ISK 26,386,059 NOK 2,060,588 HRK 1,323,077 RUB 20,575,333 TRY 6,092,406 AUD 290,844 BRL 982,639 CAD 257,839 CNY 1,356,942 HKD 1,468,262 IDR 3,033,552,394 ILS 708,596 INR 15,657,484 KRW 257,612,557 MXN 3,176,509 MYR 896,792 NZD 316,229 PHP 10,731,209 SGD 254,907 THB 6,890,747 ZAR 3,571,879

R 107

Convertible / Roadster

130/177 kw/hp

96,727 mls

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1987 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth

EUR 79,375 JPY 13,082,586 BGN 155,242 CZK 2,004,536 DKK 592,264 GBP 67,995 HUF 31,268,190 PLN 343,337 RON 394,954 SEK 923,687 CHF 77,025 ISK 11,930,061 NOK 931,664 HRK 598,210 RUB 9,302,828 TRY 2,754,590 AUD 131,501 BRL 444,286 CAD 116,578 CNY 613,521 HKD 663,853 IDR 1,371,575,221 ILS 320,381 INR 7,079,297 KRW 116,475,654 MXN 1,436,211 MYR 405,471 NZD 142,978 PHP 4,851,955 SGD 115,252 THB 3,115,548 ZAR 1,614,971

Sierra '87 - Serie II

Saloon / 3-doors

150/204 kw/hp

89,000 mls

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1949 | MG TC

EUR 35,113 JPY 5,787,338 BGN 68,674 CZK 886,746 DKK 262,000 GBP 29,995 HUF 13,832,096 PLN 151,882 RON 174,716 SEK 408,611 CHF 34,074 ISK 5,277,496 NOK 412,140 HRK 264,630 RUB 4,115,288 TRY 1,218,547 AUD 58,172 BRL 196,538 CAD 51,571 CNY 271,403 HKD 293,668 IDR 606,743,137 ILS 141,727 INR 3,131,665 KRW 51,525,285 MXN 635,336 MYR 179,368 NZD 63,249 PHP 2,146,357 SGD 50,984 THB 1,378,224 ZAR 714,414

Convertible / Roadster

40/54 kw/hp

10,084 mls

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1983 | Maserati Merak SS

EUR 87,623 JPY 14,442,066 BGN 171,374 CZK 2,212,838 DKK 653,810 GBP 74,995 HUF 34,517,431 PLN 379,014 RON 435,996 SEK 1,019,672 CHF 85,030 ISK 13,169,776 NOK 1,028,478 HRK 660,373 RUB 10,269,534 TRY 3,040,834 AUD 145,165 BRL 490,454 CAD 128,692 CNY 677,275 HKD 732,837 IDR 1,514,102,770 ILS 353,674 INR 7,814,943 KRW 128,579,248 MXN 1,585,455 MYR 447,606 NZD 157,836 PHP 5,356,147 SGD 127,229 THB 3,439,301 ZAR 1,782,792

Tipo AM 122

Coupe

162/220 kw/hp

51,000 mls