Green Goddess up for Grabs at Charterhouse Classic Vehicle Auction

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A 1955 Bedford Self Propelled Pump, which is more affectionately known as a Green Goddess, is one of the more unusual lots in the Charterhouse classic vehicle auction on Sunday 3rd November.

“The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed after WWII as part of civil defence preparations against major incidents. It was originally thought they would be a reserve stock in the case of a nuclear attack resulting in widespread fires which the Fire Service might not be able to control.” Commented Matthew Whitney. “However, with a cruising speed of about 40-45mph, no power steering, not the greatest of cornering capabilities and a low fuel consumption of 8-10 miles per gallon, it is a relief we never had to use them!”

This particular Green Goddess remained in store with the Scottish Home & Health Department seeing light service including pumping water from a reservoir in the hot summer of 1969. It is also believed to have seen service during the fireman’s strike of 1978, along with a few non starring roles in films at Pinewood Studios.

The current owner acquired the vehicle in 2008 where upon he embarked on a full restoration programme. Painted in military green this classic commercial vehicle is now looking for a its next custodian. With the benefit of being not only tax exempt but also MOT exempt, there should be plenty of bidding on the day.

Viewing for this Charterhouse auction of classic cars and motorcycles at The Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet,  is on Saturday 2nd November 9.30 – 4, with the sale starting at 11.30 on Sunday 3rd. If you are unable to attend the auction, live internet bidding is available through www.i-bidder.com/charterhouse 

For full listings of the 60 vehicles and for further information, log on to www.charterhouse-auction.com or contact  Matthew Whitney, Associate Partner at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, Dorset 01935 812277 or via email on info@charterhouse-auctions.co.uk

The Charterhouse Green Goddess £3,000-5,000
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Mini’s Muster at Charterhouse Classic Car Auction

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The Charterhouse November classic car and motorcycle auction includes a group of Mini’s rarely seen on our roads today.

“The classic car market is particularly buoyant at present with high prices being achieved across the broad spectrum of vehicles.” Commented Matthew Whitney. “However, whilst cars such as Aston Martin and Jaguar E Types continue to produce bidding wars as demand outstrips supply, there are other winners such as the range of classic Mini’s. Once a common sight on our roads, their numbers are dwindling as they are more and more often being put into private collections.”

There are several star Mini’s in the Charterhouse auction, with some of them estimated higher than the price of a new Mini!

First up is an extremely rare 1961 Mini pick up. Being from the first year of pick up production, this is probably the earliest pick up currently available. One family owned from new, and with only 27,000 recorded miles, this Mini has spent the whole of its life in Dorset and Somerset. Now looking for a new owner, this marvellous little commercial vehicle is estimated at £11,000-13,000.


Estimated at £3,000 more is a 1969 Mini Cooper S from a client in Cornwall. Being a matching numbers car, in perhaps arguably the most desirable Cooper specification, this Mini has been garage stored since 1988.

Perhaps for the purist, is a 1960 Austin Se7en. Sporting just an 850cc engine, the first owner had the factory put in many boy racer extras such as numerous dials, toggles and even faux leopard seat covers, no doubt the height of fashion in its day! Now looking for a new garage, this early Mini is estimated at £10,000-15,000.

However, for the Mini owner who is looking for some fun in the sun, Charterhouse has a Mini Moke from a client in Wiltshire. Painted in a patriotic red, white and blue combination, this summer fun motor is estimated at £4,000-6,000

Charterhouse is now accepting late entries for this auction of classic cars and motorcycles on Sunday 3rd November at The Royal Bath & West Showground.

For further information regarding this auction, or to arrange a home visit, please contact Matthew Whitney, Associate Partner at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, Dorset 01935 812277 or via email on info@charterhouse-auctions.co.uk

Mini Moke £4,000-6,000
Mini Cooper S £14,000-18,000
Mini pick up £11,000-13,000
Original boy racer 850cc Austin Se7en Mini £10,000-15,000
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Flash for Cash Insurance Fraud Exposed

There exists a completely new motoring sham upon Britain's highways, a new twist about the previous "crash pertaining to cash" rip-off. Law enforcement officials are calling it "flash pertaining to cash", and it's really priced at insurance agencies hundreds of millions of fat on a yearly basis.

How might it perform? This sham is wonderfully simple genuinely, nevertheless really powerful. When you could have already been waiting around for a chaotic road junction for a long period, it's always a new reduction whenever a mannerly drivers retards in addition to flashes their particular headlights to be able to let you out and about. Besides, however, in which mannerly drivers is around to be able to random access memory people when ones car's nostril pokes out of your junction. Next they will guilt people pertaining to taking out of your junction before these individuals. And they will maintain thousands of pounds out of your insurance carrier, while denying they flashed their particular headlights to indicate you may pull out.

Let's say there is a observe towards headlight pulsating? They will just consider this Motorway Signal, which usually states that the only explanation to be able to flash ones headlights is always to produce one more drivers alert to ones existence. They will maintain that they flashed their particular signals as being a warning, significantly less an invite to be able to pull out.

It's a really credible sham, so that as it's mostly in instances of one personal concept towards another's, insurance agencies ordinarily have to be the research just before these individuals, which usually isn't within the victim's give preference to.

Crooks targeted weak drivers for instance ladies with young children within the car or truck, or maybe older drivers; patients that are not since prone to organize a disagreement on the world.

This revenue emanates from this promises presented with the bad guys towards victim's insurance carrier. Vastly higher repair costs thus to their own car is simply the tip from the iceberg. Claims pertaining to whiplash traumas (even pertaining to make believe people that were not within the car or truck on the time), car or truck healing costs, car or truck storage service fees, car or truck use in addition to decrease of cash flow promises are extremely perhaps the bundle.

This financial charge (fraud experts estimation it can be around £392 zillion a new year) is recouped by means of better insurance costs pertaining to customers -- an average of involving £50 in addition to £100 upon every single car insurance policy.

Yet there is a charge towards sufferer also, emotional in addition to doable physical, also. Virtually any road automobile accident is stunning in addition to distressing; to get deliberately crashed in to might impact a new driver's self-assurance, along with running the risk of problems for on their own.

Powerplant insurance companies in addition to law enforcement are featuring this prison activity within the trust in which drivers is not going to slip victim to it, nevertheless there're additionally warning drivers never to get pertaining to granted the very next time there're flashed for a road junction. It appears this meaning dietary fibre of society possesses sunk consequently reduced all of us are unable to possibly rely upon good etiquette anymore.

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