classic cars

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Now that's a fixer-upper! Wrecks of classic cars selling for MORE than new models as prices go through the (rusting) roof

These wrecked cars are the latest in a growing number of unrestored classics which have been selling for enormous prices around the world, despite needing thousands spent to restore them. A Jaguar XK120 Competition Roadster (top left), which was not in working condition, sold for £85,000. A 1953-55 Austin-Healey Special Test Car sold for £843,000 (top left) despite owners needing to spend thousands to restore it and a 1956 Mercedes 300 SL, which was left in a lockup for 30 years, sold for £1.15 million earlier this year (bottom middle).