Car & Classic Dealer

Peter Bradfield Ltd

8 Reece Mews London

SW7 3HE

Peter Bradfield Ltd

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Following three years of post-war racing with several international successes including overall victory in the 1952 Sebring 12 Hours, Frazer Nash introduced the Targa Florio incorporating many new design features including the lightweight '200' series chassis. The Targa Florio was designed to appeal to those who were ...

16 Feb 2024
London

‘Invicta Cars’ was founded and run by the wealthy businessman, Noel Macklin. He was born in 1886, educated at Eton and in the Great War served as a Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery. He was wounded and invalided out in 1915. He established the Invicta Company in buildings on his estate in Cobham, Surrey in 1925. ...

18 Sep 2023
London

If there is one car that defines the spirit of British motoring in the ‘Roaring Twenties’ it has to be the Bentley 4½ Litre. Having established its reputation for speed and reliability with success at the arduous Le Mans 24 hour race, it became a motoring icon recognised the world over. A good 4½ Litre is a great ...

16 Sep 2023
London

Rolls-Royce bought Bentley Motors in 1931 and before the War they built over 2,000 sporting Bentley cars to fit in with their existing more formal range. In the austere post war world Rolls-Royce were unsure how the market would receive their first new model with ‘in house’ coachwork. In 1946, rather than risk a failure ...

13 Sep 2023
London

Chassis no: 421/200/173 Following three years of post-war racing with several international successes including overall victory in the 1952 Sebring 12 Hours, Frazer Nash introduced the Targa Florio incorporating many new design features including the lightweight ‘200’ series chassis. The Targa Florio was designed ...

19 Dec 2021
London

Rolls-Royce bought Bentley Motors in 1931 and before the War they built over 2,000 sporting Bentley cars to fit in with their existing more formal range. In the austere post-war world Rolls-Royce were unsure how the market would receive their first new model with ‘in house’ coachwork. In 1946, rather than risk a failure ...

18 Mar 2021
London

If there is one car that defines the spirit of British motoring in the ‘Roaring Twenties’ it has to be the Bentley 4½ Litre. Having established its reputation for speed and reliability with success at the arduous Le Mans 24 hour race, it became a motoring icon and recognised the world over. Just as it was then, a ...

3 Mar 2021
London

BMW’s emergence as a manufacturer of fine sporting motor cars can be traced back to the annual Eifelrennen event held at the Nürburgring on 14th June 1936, when Ernst Henne beat a field that included 1½-litre monoposto racing cars driving the prototype of what would become one of the most iconic sports cars of all ...

12 Nov 2018
London

Background history: In 1933 Lagonda had announced a new 4½ litre model fitted with an engine built by the Meadows company. This was a robust unit, well tried and used by Invicta in their range of cars and Vickers in tanks. The new Lagonda Tourers were high quality cars and in direct competition with the new Bentleys being ...

12 Oct 2018
London

This is an exceptional early example of the rare ‘Flat-floor’ Roadster. The car was comprehensively rebuilt in 2010 to concours standards and enhanced by numerous upgrades that include a 5-speed Getrag gearbox, power steering, uprated four pot brakes, stainless steel exhaust, aluminium radiator and header tank coupled ...

12 May 2018
London

This DB4 GT Zagato recreation was born out of one man’s frustrated desire to own and race one of Aston Martin's greatest cars. The project was started in 2009 with the acquisition of a sound 1960 DB4 Series II, Chassis DB4/272/R. This was sent to Bodylines in Olney where the original structure was removed and the chassis ...

10 May 2018
London