1959 Ashley 1172
Registration No. EE 711 JT
I have known this Ashley for sometime, since the beginning of April 2012 when it was
for sale in the Netherlands.
BUT
at that time it looked a little different,
see the picture below.
I have known this Ashley for sometime, since the beginning of April 2012 when it was
for sale in the Netherlands.
BUT
at that time it looked a little different,
see the picture below.
The Ashley was for sale as shown below.
Through the www.carandclassic.co.uk details I managed to contact the owner Rene van Os in the Netherlands and emailed him for
more details and got this reply:
more details and got this reply:
I do not have any history information about this Ashley.
I bought it a few years ago in the UK and planned to restore it and use it as a classic historic track car.
Due to lack of time, I have decided to sell this car. But if I cannot sell it, I will consider to do a complete restoration.
I bought it a few years ago in the UK and planned to restore it and use it as a classic historic track car.
Due to lack of time, I have decided to sell this car. But if I cannot sell it, I will consider to do a complete restoration.
It appears that Rene had successfully sold his car and in
January 2013
I got in contact with the new owner Stefano Bissotto in Italy who sent
me photo's of the car when he had collected it and returned home.
January 2013
I got in contact with the new owner Stefano Bissotto in Italy who sent
me photo's of the car when he had collected it and returned home.
He sent details and asked for some details;
Ivor,
I bought the Ashley 1172 by Rene Van Os but unfortunately I haven't any registration no. or other documents. The car is original and has a 1172 ford side valve engine and a ford chassis, you can see something in the pictures that I attaching.
If you have some information of the history of this car I would be happy.
then I also have an original and unused body of Ashley 750 that probably I sell because I don't have time to restore.
I would like to restore Ashley 1172, however, I would like to put a MGA engine because I believe that the side valve is under-powered, of course do not know when I will start the restoration!
Regards Stefano
Ivor,
I bought the Ashley 1172 by Rene Van Os but unfortunately I haven't any registration no. or other documents. The car is original and has a 1172 ford side valve engine and a ford chassis, you can see something in the pictures that I attaching.
If you have some information of the history of this car I would be happy.
then I also have an original and unused body of Ashley 750 that probably I sell because I don't have time to restore.
I would like to restore Ashley 1172, however, I would like to put a MGA engine because I believe that the side valve is under-powered, of course do not know when I will start the restoration!
Regards Stefano
March 2014
After many emails between us I have just received an email from Stefano in Italy to tell me that he has sold the Ashley 1172 to
his good friend Francesco Floridetti,
as he has work and other commitments and cannot find the time to complete the restoration/rebuild.
He passed on my website and contact details so I hope to continue
to follow the Ashley's progress.
April 2014 - January 2015
During April 2014 I received an email from Francesco, informing me of his purchase and asking for information about the car and it's origins,
I supplied what I could and asked to be kept upto date
with his restoration.
Then in January 2015 Francesco sent me some photo's of the progress of his restoration, explaining that
he was a bit behind with the work but was
progressing well, but still had some way to go before completed.
(see below)
After many emails between us I have just received an email from Stefano in Italy to tell me that he has sold the Ashley 1172 to
his good friend Francesco Floridetti,
as he has work and other commitments and cannot find the time to complete the restoration/rebuild.
He passed on my website and contact details so I hope to continue
to follow the Ashley's progress.
April 2014 - January 2015
During April 2014 I received an email from Francesco, informing me of his purchase and asking for information about the car and it's origins,
I supplied what I could and asked to be kept upto date
with his restoration.
Then in January 2015 Francesco sent me some photo's of the progress of his restoration, explaining that
he was a bit behind with the work but was
progressing well, but still had some way to go before completed.
(see below)
I'm hoping to get more photo's as the restoration is completed and the Ashley is back on the road again, maybe with some scenes taken in the lovely Italian countryside.
Well it all didn't happen,
well not until July 2017 when I received
an email from www.carandclassic.co.uk with a 4 Sale Advert
and the photo's below:
Not to certain why the car has a different Registration No.
in the Beauty pageant parade!
I replied to say that I would like more photo's and details if possible,
in reply Francesco not only sent photo's but Video's also,
unfortunately in Italian but the engine sound is in English.
Towards the end of July I had another email from Geoffroi Baijot of
Aguttes Auction House, Italy, they also had the Ashley on
their books for Auction and he supplied me with more photo's
in exchange for my history of the car.
I never heard if it sold or not
but in April 2018 I had another email
from Joost Koevoets of the Netherlands, he had seen the results of the Auction in September 2017 when it was advertised as €20-30K but
it never made the set Reserve.
He had also seen it for Auction again and sent me the Advert
and pictures below.
Again I never heard if it sold or not
but in November 2018 I had another
email Alert contact which informed me of yet another Auction with
new photo's and the Aguttes Auction splurge as below.
but in November 2018 I had another
email Alert contact which informed me of yet another Auction with
new photo's and the Aguttes Auction splurge as below.
Since then I have not seen or heard anything about this car, did it sell or is it still owned by Francesco Floridetti in Italy.
If you know or have owned it in the UK before going to Rene van Os in the Netherlands or have any
other
information about this
Ashley 1172 car
Italian Registration No.
EE 711 JT
please email me 0n
[email protected]
or
use the contact page on this site to contact me,
so that I can update this page.