A MOTORHEAD revealed he would be selling off a £1million fleet of abandoned motors dating back to the 1940s.
Freddie Fison, 35, facilitated the sale of 174 extraordinary motors in 2021 after they were collected by a businessman at a 45,000 sq ft warehouse in North London over the past decade.
The eye-catching collection had a variety of guide prices, ranging from £100 2000 Citroen Berlingo to a 1960 MG MGA which deep-pocketed buyers could nab for £25,000.
Other bank-breaking motors within the collection in Tottenham included a 1975 Mercedes 350SL for £18,000, a 1989 BMW 635CSI for £16,000 and five cars for £15,000 each – including a 1973 Porsche 911, a 1983 Mercedes 280SL and a 1981 380SL.
Freddie’s pal enlisted his help to sell off the fleet after the local council told him they needed the space.
“Essentially it’s a local businessman’s private collection,” he told MailOnline.
“Over the last ten years he decided to build his collection, I think starting off with a Mercedes SL, having seen the popularity with the Pagoda and how that raised in price, thought that would be a big investment and obviously a passion project.
“He loves his cars, and since then has been collecting more and more. They were stored in a council-owned warehouse and the council are now redeveloping the area and said we need the warehouse back – all 45,000 sq ft.
“Trying to find a new home for an indoor space in London for that size is not going to happen – times have changed in ten years.”
“Each [vehicle] is an individual negotiation, each an individual journey from wherever it’s from in the country to collect, drive back and park back.
“What it has meant is we’ve got this fantastically beautiful visual of old cars covered in dust and bird poo. It’s rather romantic really.’
For buyers with a moderate price threshold, 1971 Triumph Spitfire MK4, a 1973 MG MGB, a 1989 Nissan 300ZX and a 1986 Mercedes 300SE could all be scooped for £8,000 each.
On the lower end of the spectrum, tight-fisted motorists could grab the keys to a 2000 Citroen Berlingo which would only set them back £100.
The oldest car on the list was a beautiful 1948 MG.
However, bidders were warned that the creaky car was last taxed over thirty years ago and didn’t have a guide price.
Some of the cars were without number plates and others had no identifying documents, but all of them were reportedly functional and had a combined guide list total price of £942,700.
Asked about the huge response from people interested in the cars three years ago, Mr Fison said: “It’s been overwhelming, there’s such a broad range of cars and within each category there were collectors and enthusiasts, and say for every car there’s 50 people who are fascinated in its history and therefore it’s a huge amount of admin.
“Having collected and driven cars his whole life, I don’t think he had much of a collection before this. It’s just a matter of space.
“The owner has bought these individually and paid prices for them individually.
“However, the fundamentals are all the same, they’re running cars, he drove them all in there.
“Anybody who understands classic cars understands there is that risk to take.”
