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Post by RedMoon11 on Jan 16, 2015 18:41:48 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Jun 9, 2015 17:46:28 GMT
James is selling his 1984 Porsche 911 3.2-Litre Carrera Coupé  Registration no. A677 KLH Chassis no. WPOZZZ91ZES102350 Engine no. 63E04283 £28,000 - 34,000 US$ 43,000 - 52,000 Auction 22723: The Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale Collector's Motor Cars and Automobilia 26 Jun 2015 14:00 BST Chichester, Goodwood Lot Details The property of James May 1984 Porsche 911 3.2-Litre Carrera Coupé Registration no. A677 KLH Chassis no. WPOZZZ91ZES102350 Engine no. 63E04283 *Supplied new in the UK *Extensive service history *Only 55,000 miles from new *Television appearances Footnotes Porsche revived the Carrera name - previously used for the competition orientated versions of the preceding 356 model - for its luxuriously equipped, top-of-the-range 911 in 1973, applying the evocative title to all 911 variants, co-incidentally with the introduction of the 3.2-litre engine, from the start of the 1984 model year. Although it remained an air-cooled 'flat six', the '3.2' motor was 80% new and incorporated an effective cam chain tensioner and associated lubrication system that at last addressed a perennial 911 shortcoming. This enlarged and extensively revised new engine produced 231bhp, 27 horsepower up on its predecessor, endowing the Carrera with a level of performance approaching that of the original 911 Turbo of 1974, the bald statistics being a 0-60mph time of 5.3 seconds and a top speed of 152mph, with 100mph reachable in a breathtaking 13.6 seconds. Some 30 years on, Carrera 3.2s are now highly sort after and for very good reason, though finding one is not that easy. James May bought this Porsche 911 Carrera in 2007 during recording of the Radio 4 documentary 'Speed, Greed and the M25'. He visited Paul Devyea's workshop and showroom to borrow the car to record its engine sound, it being properly representative of the 'Thatcher's Britain' yuppies' favourite, the Porsche 911. The car was in excellent condition and for sale, so James bought it on the spot. It has appeared on screen too, notably in the 'Airfix' episode of 'James May's Toy Stories' and in the widely acclaimed Top-Gear online film, 'James drives to work'. Paul Devyea's sales invoice is on file together with detailed service history recording mileage totals.
James tells us that the 911 has only been used as a 'hobby' car, in good weather. The recorded mileage of 55,000 is almost certainly correct and the history file is comprehensive, to say the least. In 2011, 'A677 KLH' was displayed at Top Gear Live as part of the Autoglym concours competition. It won a runner-up prize: a pack of car-cleaning products.
'It was donated to my dad to use for the past four years, as he never owned a proper sports car,' James revealed. 'Recently he decided that he was getting on a bit to be seen in a retro stockbroker's car, and my mother hated it. 'As a 911, it's significant for being near the tail-end of the development of the original 1963 car. As a piece of social history, since it's Guards Red and has the sports pack, it stands as a monument to everything 1980s Britain was about. It's the 911 that Denis Thatcher would have driven, if he'd had one.' The car is currently fitted with a CD player but James has a broadly period radio/cassette to go with it, if wanted. 'It has the cassette storage rack fitted, after all,' says James. 'The ideal environment for listening to Duran Duran, etc.' Also included in the sale is a Haynes workshop manual; Porsche GB correspondence; service booklet; sundry service invoices; old and current V5 documents (the latter in James May's name); and quantity of expired tax discs and MoTs dating back to 1984. www.bonhams.com/auctions/22723/lot/349/
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Post by RedMoon11 on Jul 21, 2015 15:35:49 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Aug 11, 2015 17:08:36 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Sept 9, 2015 18:35:30 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Sept 18, 2015 6:51:01 GMT
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Post by dit on Sept 18, 2015 11:30:34 GMT
James in a red, open-top E-type.
Mmmmm......
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Post by thestig on Sept 18, 2015 11:53:19 GMT
James in a red, open-top E-type. Mmmmm...... So has he copied Hammond and bought an E Type or is he just filming it for cars of the people? |
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Post by RedMoon11 on Sept 18, 2015 23:04:26 GMT
I'm not sure if the 1966 E Type Jag is his or not. I posted it in here since I didn't see any recording equipment suction cupped to the windshield or a camera crew car, not that James hasn't been known to follow the wrong car  |
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Post by Vienna on Sept 20, 2015 20:57:48 GMT
The E Type isn't his, it's for COTP, he was driving it in July too, with Tom & a film crew.
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Post by RedMoon11 on Oct 15, 2015 7:49:35 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Oct 19, 2015 10:30:13 GMT
Now it's made the tabloids Top Gear May’s car prangedEXCLUSIVE: £200k Ferrari bumpedEX-TOP Gear host James May was fuming after a pensioner pranged his new £200,000 supercar. A witness told how a silver-haired Skoda driver reversed into May’s Ferrari 458 Speciale while attempting to park on a village high street. Video footage of the incident shows shows May, 52, leap out to inspect the front bumper of the orange Ferrari in Tisbury, Wilts. He then marches over to speak to the Skoda driver, who gets out of the car and crouches down alongside May to check the damage. The Ferrari is thought to have suffered minor paint damage.  Star with a fragile car . . . TV host May examines damage to new Ferrari May makes his BBC TV comeback in Building Cars Live this summer. (Is it really that hard to fact check a programme's correct air date?)In April he told how he bought the Ferrari after landing a lucrative three-year Top Gear deal — only for it to be scuppered when Jeremy Clarkson was sacked.  Strop Gear . . . May was left fuming following pensioner's prang www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6698272/James-Mays-car-pranged-by-pensioner.html |
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Post by bob on Oct 23, 2015 20:32:27 GMT
From the video he seems pretty calm talking to the bloke after, can you imagine if that was Clarkson?!
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Post by RedMoon11 on Dec 18, 2015 10:40:36 GMT
BMW i3  |
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Post by RedMoon11 on Feb 3, 2016 19:38:09 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Feb 8, 2016 7:46:15 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 23, 2016 8:45:51 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Aug 17, 2016 10:21:10 GMT
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Post by dit on Feb 7, 2017 23:18:10 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Feb 8, 2017 18:51:21 GMT
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Post by dit on May 16, 2017 17:15:30 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Aug 15, 2017 8:22:18 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Nov 15, 2017 8:31:06 GMT
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Post by dit on Nov 15, 2017 12:44:16 GMT
That's a cracker! Very shiny - though do I see a little bit of damage to the chrome on the bumper? It might just be a reflection, but if not it's a job to occupy James in his idle moments...
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Post by RedMoon11 on Jul 13, 2018 8:25:51 GMT
We spotted former Top Gear presenters Richard Hammond and James May, now pursuing the Grand Tour venture, going for a spin in James' Ferrari 458 Speciale. The car had just completed its MOT at Joe Macari and is finished in Rosso Dino, a special historic orange colour
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Post by RedMoon11 on Nov 20, 2018 14:19:50 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Feb 17, 2019 1:31:57 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Aug 30, 2019 4:38:02 GMT
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Post by dit on Aug 16, 2020 20:55:11 GMT
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Post by dit on Feb 15, 2023 0:05:18 GMT
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