Some old cars for sale.

[tyred]

From Bentleys to Beetles: Monaco prince's car collection up for auction (and there's something for all tastes... and budgets)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...co-s-car-collection-auction-earth-prices.html

This fantastic array of classic, sporty, unusual and downright down-to-earth cars offers millionaires and the common man alike a 'unique opportunity' to own a piece of motoring history.

They are being auctioned off tomorrow by the Prince of Monaco, whose late father Rainer III spent years assembling one of the most famous collections in the world.

The vehicles range from immaculate examples of a 1953 Cadillac and a 1950s Bentley S1 through to a number of bargain basement models such as a Fiat 500....

Have they fallen on hard times? Seems a strange thing to do...

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Yes, he once married Grace Kelly and he died in 2005 aged 81. WE GET IT!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I think Monaco is a small place and maybe he ran out of parking spaces

Or maybe they ran out of news, hence why they had to say he once Married Grace Kelly and he died in 2005 age 81 several times!

 

[mickle]

Porch 928. £312.000 ?

I don't think so...

 

[swee'pea99]

Wot, no Cortina?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Oh I didn't know that, do you mean that Prince Rainer married Grace Kelly and died in 2005 aged 81? Well knock me down with a feather

Yes, Prince Rainier III once married Grace Kelly and died in 2005 aged 81. I didn't know that either.

Did anyone?

 

[mickle]

Yes, Prince Rainier III once married Grace Kelly and died in 2005 aged 81. I didn't know that either.

Did anyone?

I did not know that.

 

[TheDoctor]

I think Grace Kelly was aware of it...
Mickle is notoriously ill-informed on these matters.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I did not know that.

What, you didn't know Prince Rainier III once married Grace Kelly and died in 2005 aged 81? Wow, I'm not alone then!

They mention either one or the other fact no less than 5 times

 

[tyred]

What age was Prince Rainier when he died?

Anyway, I've spotted a terrible omission in his collection. No Morris Marina

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

What age was Prince Rainier when he died?

82 I think.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Porch 928. £312.000 ?

I don't think so...

I agree sounds absolutely obscene for one of those.

I would much prefer this anyway if it went for as little as the £12,000 mentioned and save £300,000.

 

[asterix]

IIRC you aren't allowed into Monaco in a car older than 3 years. These cars have probably past that cut-off.

I haven't read the article, of course.

 

[tyred]

IIRC you aren't allowed into Monaco in a car older than 3 years. These cars have probably past that cut-off.

I haven't read the article, of course.

Really? Have to score Monaco of my list of places to visit as my car passed that point some time in the mid 1990s (and I'm too poor).

 

[ASC1951]

(and there's something for all tastes... and budgets)

Er, not quite. My cars are usually worth less than my bicycle - certainly at the moment.