Our History
Cars and motorcycles are my lifelong passion, my first spoken word was ‘CAR!’ and I grew up amongst many of the weird and wonderful characters of the classic car and bike world, resulting in tremendous exposure to cars and bikes, all of which provided the essential ingredients that would empower my automotive passion to become my career
1987
Kempton Park – My twin sister Isobel and I on dads 1925 Brough Superior SS100 Cunliffe Sandracer on the Brough Club stand, this was the first SS100 to obtain a Gold Star at Brooklands and the only Brough ever painted in Mauve
1988
Brands Hatch Aston Martin Owners Club Race Meeting in May– Isobel and I using dads newly acquired V8 Volante as a climbing frame, this event was an annual family fixture and cemented my enthusiasm for Aston’s
1991
Shipbourne, Kent - Isobel and I enjoying some fresh air in the back of an Aston Martin International
1992
Ladywell, South London - The need for speed! 'Shaking down' this SS100 Pendine following its restoration by my father!
1993
Earls Court Motorshow – causing mischief on the AML stand in the newly launched DB7 with family friend Vic Bass
1993
Earls Court Motorshow– Stood on the Talacrest Stand in my favourite Popeye jumper, no sign of John Collins in this picture!
1994
Ladywell, South London- Dreaming of driving dads DB5 Convertible with water pistol and roll neck jumper doing my best 007 impression!
2005
Mottingham, South London - The freshly restored ex Burt Le Vack Works Brough Superior SS100 which dad restored for the National Motorcycle Museum
2006
Coys of Kensington – My first full time job in the classic car industry at the hallowed Mews showrooms, stood with a 1971 Ferrari 312PB
2006
The Coys team pose for a rarely seen group photo before the mandatory visit to the Queens Arms directly opposite, the relaxed body language of the team and lack of Douglas Jamieson confirms it must have been a Friday! Eagle eyed viewers will recognise some familiar albeit ‘youthful’ faces in the photo. The Dalek belonged to Roy Jacobsen and I was the only one who could fit inside it
2007
Coys go to Castlecombe! How many Coys staff does it take to start a W.O.Bentley? Nick Wiles deep in concentration as I offer ‘helpful’ starting advice while Gregor Wenner ties up his shoe laces
2008
Kuwait - Change of scenery as I relocated to Kuwait to look after a private collection of 40 cars that included this uber rare Porsche 959 Sport
2008
Kuwait – this iconic Aston Martin Vanquish S with delivery miles was a personal favourite
2009
Pebble Beach - My return to the UK and a new job selling dealer adverts in MotorSport magazine – I am grateful for my inaugural Pebble Beach experience with Motorsport, this picture was taken on our stand at The Quail with Jay Leno
2009
The legend Sir Stirling Moss
2010
I was invited to join the founding team at Historics Auctions – my friend Paul Campbell and I waft around the Brooklands circuit in a fuel injected V8 Zagato Volante with W.O Bentley legend Stanley Mann in the background
2010
Goodwood Revival 2010- Paul Campbell, Will Smith and I on a jolly day out at the Revival
2010
Historics At Brooklands – This DB5 Convertible was an early consignment of mine, sadly it didn’t sell during the auction but was later sold and restored by Goldsmith and Young
2010
Driving my father’s Daytona, the ex-Elton John car which stayed within our family collection for seventeen years
2011
RM Auctions – I joined the European team with RM and was very fortunate to work alongside my Canadian friends for many of the US sales, this picture was taken at the annual Arizona sale driving a Mercedes 300SL Gullwing across the block next to friend Shelby Myers
2011
Salon Prive 2011 – With friend and event co-owner Andrew Bagley announcing the ‘Lime Avenue’ award
2012
Feeling triumphant having consigned this super rare right hand drive 275 GTB/2 Long Nose Alloy, one of six cars
2012
Silverstone festival onboard a Giallo Lamborghini Diablo VT
2012
Piloting a Ferrari F50 consigned to the Villa D’Este auction at the workshops of Rosso Corsa SRL in Milan
2013
Fiskens – I joined the Fiskens team and my first assignment was to complete the Mille Miglia with chum Will Stone aboard Gregor’s Bentley 4.5L Short Chassis
2013
Rory, Elliot and I pose with two original Porsche 2.7 RS Touring models that I sourced and sold, the yellow car had just arrived that day from its long term owner in Athens, Greece
2013
This amazingly original 300SL Gullwing had been in the same family since 1965 and it was a privilege to handle the sale of it with my chum Anthony Godin
2013
Salon Prive - Mercedes Benz World Brooklands ‘Hustling’ the family DB5 Convertible, this car remains in our collection today and was purchased by my father in 1985
2014
Wilton Classic and Supercar event- Rory and I after a 6am Sunday ‘spirited’ start in the Fiskens Bugatti EB110SS
2014
Merry Christmas Fiskens Style! The team wrapping up a successful year with ex Works Aston Martin DB3S
February 2016
I joined the team at Autosport Designs in New York, as seen here with one of the four Sanction Two DB4GT Zagato models
2016
Smiles for Miles aboard the 1966 New York Auto Show DB6 Shooting Brake – original Roman Purple, LHD and one owner from new, sold to a European collector
2016
Copperstate 1000 Arizona – Giving my arms a workout in Tom Paps Daytona at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving during the Copperstate
2016
New England 1000 – chum Hugh Angle and I at high altitude in a 1978 AM Vantage ‘moulded flip tail’ LHD
2016
New England 1000 – Making friends with local state trooper during the rally in the moulded flip tail Vantage which seems to have developed a faulty speedometer!
2016
Lime Rock Concours ready with the DB5/6 combo
2016
Pebble Beach 2016 – The unique Frua bodied Rolls Royce Phantom V1 with me to give an idea of scale of its enormous proportions, the original ‘FAB 1’
2016
And now for something completely different – here I am in my dear friend Sam Lawrence’s showroom aboard one of three Agostini built Ferrari Testarossa children’s cars, purportedly the most expensive toy ever made at £34,680 in 1987 and sold exclusively at Harrods, I found it rather comfortable!
2017
JD Classics – I joined the team at the former JD Classics in Mayfair after returning from the US, seen here behind the wheel of the outstanding Aston Martin DB2/4 Bertone Spyder during a photo shoot in London with Classic Driver
2017
Without doubt the most important Jaguar XJ220 extant, I was fortunate to handle the sale of this Le Mans class winning XJ220C during my time at JD
2017
Tour Auto 2017– At the Le Grand Palais in Paris at the start of a fantastic Tour Auto with dear friend Geoffroy Peter
2017
Quick mountain pit stop
2017 - September
The start of DYLAN MILES Ltd at Salon Prive, Blenheim Palace