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Excitement rises over rare car parts find
An unusual find in the UK has uncovered boxes of very rare parts for some iconic vehicles
Finding a classic car hidden beneath junk in an old barn is always a special moment, especially if it is a rare model. But rarely do you hear about a barn find that contains rare car parts. In an amazing "container find" in the south of England, Coys international car auctioneers have uncovered an astonishing collection of rare classic car parts that are worth well over a million pounds. The treasure trove of parts includes many valuable spares and items from the great Italian marques such as Ferrari, Maserati and Abarth, including parts for rarer models such as the 250 SWB, 250 GTO, 275, Competition Daytona, F40 and 512LM, along with Maserati 250F and various other Italian competition cars. Amazingly, many of the parts are still in their original wooden packing cases dating from the 1960s, or in their original boxes wrapped in oiled paper. Chris Routledge, MD at the firm, who spent days hunting through the containers, said: "Something of this scale and with the importance and rarit...
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