Media Release
PETER BRIGGS FAMILY CAR COLLECTION DOWNSIZES
14 August 2008
One of Australia’s most prominent car collectors has decided to reduce his collection by one-third
following the closure of the Fremantle Motor Museum earlier this year.
Mr Briggs said that he has placed 40 cars from his 120 car collection onto the market. The combined
value of the cars at current international market estimates is $5 million.
He said that the move followed five years of frustration with the Western Australian Government
which refused to renew his lease over a heritage-listed quayside goods shed at Fremantle Harbour.
The collection was amassed over 30 years and includes many cars of national and international
significance, each with an often unique or unusual history.
“While many cars in the collection are very dear to my heart, I have always been strongly motivated to
exhibit the cars in a public setting so that other people can enjoy them as well. I take particular
pleasure from seeing young people delight in experiencing the old cars,” he said.
“However, Fremantle was a costly and ultimately disappointing experience and without two museums
to display the cars I would prefer to sell them rather than lock them away in storage under covers.”
Mr Briggs said that his other museum, the York Motor Museum, would remain open with a selection
of cars from both museums.
The sale of cars has already attracted substantial international interest from the United States and the
Middle East, and one car has already been sold to a European collector. Mr Briggs has offered several
of the cars to museums in Australia and hopes that most of the cars of Australian significance will stay
in Australia.
Highlights of the sale include the 1970 March 701 Formula One car which was driven by Jackie
Stewart to win the Spanish Grand Prix, a 1967 Vollstedt Indianapolis car which was raced by F1
champion Jim Clark and a rare Alfa Romeo RLS which was imported into Australia in 1923. (A full
list of cars follows)
The value of cars placed in the sale range from $1 million for the Alfa Romeo to $6,000 for a 1938
electric powered Carter invalid carriage.
Anyone interested in the cars for sale should contact Collection Curator Graeme Cocks on 08 9322
6955 or email gacocks@iinet.net.au
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Media Contact: Peter Briggs 08 9322 6955, 0412 105 374,
Graeme Cocks 08 9322 6955, 0438 980 859. Email gacocks@iinet.net.au for pictures of the cars
PETER BRIGGS FAMILY COLLECTION
CARS TO BE SOLD – 14 August 2008
1926 AC Royal Roadster 12/24
Classic English vintage roadster
1991 Albion Truck Replica
Prototype vintage truck replica on Mazda truck chassis
1923 Alfa Romeo RLS Tourer
Original Australian-bodied Alfa, one of only a handful worldwide
1952 Alta GP 1.5L Twin-supercharged
Awesome British race car competed in Europe and AGP in Australia, sole survivor
1933 Aston Martin 1.5l Sport Le Mans
Superb original Aston Martin, one of only a few extant
1964 Austin Princess Vanden Plas
Vice regal order Austin Princess owned by atom bomb scientist Sir Mark Oliphant. One of 18 made
1935 Bentley 3.5L Series E
Owned by Lord Casey, ex Australian Treasurer and later Governor General, custom body designed by Lord Casey and
built by Diskon and Molyneux of Sydney
Candy Tub
Tyrrell tub from Candy F1 car which somersaulted over Ste Devote at the first corner at Monaco -- and landed on team-
mate Depailler in the other Tyrrell!
1938 Carter Invalid Carriage
Electric-powered British-made invalid carriage. Fascinating history.
1922 Chevrolet Light Truck
Useable old workhorse with brewery tray back
1958 Chevrolet Corvette
A pink corvette with hardtop and high quality RHD conversion
1969 Cosworth GP F1 Four Wheel Driver race car
Experimental 4WD sans engine, welcome at any historic meeting in the world
1967 Ferrari 250LM Replica
Fibreglass body mould taken from an original 250LM, impressive regularity performer
1938 Fiat 500 Topolino
Rare pre-war Topolino with spare engine and transmission for restoration
1936 Cranston V8 Ford Vintage Racer
Original replica of fastest car at 1936 AGP created in Perth by race legend Clem Dwyer
and Max Gamble, CAMS log book
1951 Ford Prefect Utility
Original Australian-body Prefect ute with paintwork by local artist
1938 Hawker V8
Mid-engined Aussie prototype with Studebaker Avanti engine and distinctive looks
1956 Webster Holden FJ Repco Trial Car
Raced in the 1979 Repco Trial won by Peter Brock, the last of the round Australia trials.
Rare rally survivor.
1931 Horch Cabriolet Drophead Coupe
Extremely rare German car from the classic era, ready for Pebble Beach preparation
1933 Invicta 12/45 Tourer
Open four-seat tourer with six cylinder OHV Blackburn engine from the famous British marque
1968 Jaguar E-Type 4.2l
Attractive yellow convertible
1957 Lotus Eleven Series 1 “Le Mans 85”
Important two-seat race car with continuous race history
1968 M151A1 Jeep
US Army transport from the Vietnam War
1970 March 701 ex Jackie Stewart
Spanish Grand Prix winning March in the hands of one of the greats of motorsport
1966 Mercedes 230S Universal Station Wagon
Rare right hand drive, hand built wagon with impressive provenance
1985 Mercedes 500SEC Coupe
Top-of-the-range two door luxury coupe
1929 MG 14/40 Mk IV Super Sports
Collectible vintage MG with appealing roadster body – only of four left
1931 MG M1 Sports Midget
The car that made the MG Midget famous
1947 MG TC Sports
National concours winning TC – the best
1948 MG TC Special
Well known in WA vintage racing circles, highly-worked motor by John Hunting - the “Cream Cracker”
1910 Napier 15Hp Double Phaeton
Colonial model Napier with original patina, perfect for veteran rallies
1925 Rolls-Royce 20Hp Sedancalette
RR’s own London Trials car owned for many years by press baron Lord Cowdray (Financial Times, The Economist and
Penguin Books)
1967 Vollstedt Ford Indy Race Car
Raced by Jim Clark. Exciting ex-Indy racer with V8 power up the back
All enquiries regarding these cars should be made to Graeme Cocks, P + 61 8 9322 6955,
F +61 8 9322 6722, M 0439 980 859, E gacocks@iinet.net.au , PO Box 198, West Perth WA 6872 Australia.
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