Hopefully the Car Enthusiasts on here might find this a wee bit interesting...
Some of you may have noticed that the 8 vehicle Ecurie Ecosse collection, owned by Dick Skipworth was sold at Bonhams Auction on Sunday, Mr Skipworth made a tidy £8.8 Million in total, I watched the Auction live on Sunday, it was both lively and enjoyable, but fundamentally very sad that this fine collection was being split up and possibly going abroad.
Here in Scotland, Motorsport fans are very proud of our Heritage and especially the once Edinburgh based Racing Team Ecurie Ecosse, so through the Ecurie Ecosse Campaign Facebook Page we tried to save at least one Car, with the possibility of it being housed in The National Museum of Scotland. The Campaign Group had a petition running with the Scottish Government, they were featured in the Scottish TV News Bulletins and several times in Scottish Newspapers over a four or five week period running up to the Auction, it was always going to be a difficult task, partly due to the timescale and the way the Scottish National Museum funds it purchases, the Group even asked Sir Jackie Stewart to help out, unfortunately he declined, so in the end it was probably more about raising awareness, in the hope that something good may have come out of it.
On a more positive note, I did hear a rumour last night that the Transporter (£1.7 Million), C Type (£2.9 Million) and the D Type (£2.5 Million) although all purchased by an American, may actually be kept in the UK, I do hope that is true.
Here is a video of the Transporter making its (final) journey to Bonhams, if you can be bothered to watch it until the end you will find out who bought the Austin Healey Sprite.
Dick Skipworth and Transporter
A couple of pics I took in 2012 at the Weston Park JEC International Jaguar Day.
Doug.
Some of you may have noticed that the 8 vehicle Ecurie Ecosse collection, owned by Dick Skipworth was sold at Bonhams Auction on Sunday, Mr Skipworth made a tidy £8.8 Million in total, I watched the Auction live on Sunday, it was both lively and enjoyable, but fundamentally very sad that this fine collection was being split up and possibly going abroad.
Here in Scotland, Motorsport fans are very proud of our Heritage and especially the once Edinburgh based Racing Team Ecurie Ecosse, so through the Ecurie Ecosse Campaign Facebook Page we tried to save at least one Car, with the possibility of it being housed in The National Museum of Scotland. The Campaign Group had a petition running with the Scottish Government, they were featured in the Scottish TV News Bulletins and several times in Scottish Newspapers over a four or five week period running up to the Auction, it was always going to be a difficult task, partly due to the timescale and the way the Scottish National Museum funds it purchases, the Group even asked Sir Jackie Stewart to help out, unfortunately he declined, so in the end it was probably more about raising awareness, in the hope that something good may have come out of it.
On a more positive note, I did hear a rumour last night that the Transporter (£1.7 Million), C Type (£2.9 Million) and the D Type (£2.5 Million) although all purchased by an American, may actually be kept in the UK, I do hope that is true.
Here is a video of the Transporter making its (final) journey to Bonhams, if you can be bothered to watch it until the end you will find out who bought the Austin Healey Sprite.
Dick Skipworth and Transporter
A couple of pics I took in 2012 at the Weston Park JEC International Jaguar Day.
Doug.
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