- Bring a Trailer offers more than (sometimes unusual) used cars, and we’ve put together a few interesting examples of things you don’t actually need a trailer for. Perhaps.
- Non-working Ferrari display engines, a toy version of a 1958 Series II Land Rover and some classic Ferrari service manuals are all available on the site.
- There are also vehicles that will, at least under normal circumstances, defy trailers, like the old US military Unimog (pictured above), complete with hydraulic front loader.
Vehicle auction site Bring a Trailer sold more than 24,000 vehicles last year, but not everything on the site really needs a trailer. Sure, some of the vehicles for sale will need to be towed to a workshop before they can move, but there are articles on Bring a Trailer – which, how car and driver, is part of Hearst Autos – this would fit in your pocket. However, these are mostly items from the broader automotive world and we have selected some of our favorites currently available on BaT such as these non-cars currently up for auction.
We’ll start with some pocketable items: four printed ones Ferrari manuals and catalogs from the mid 1960s. These now-classic printed materials relate to the beloved Ferrari 275 Grand Tourer, specifically the one 275GTB, 275GTB4 and 275GTS versions. There is an operation and maintenance manual, two parts catalogs and a 275GTS sales brochure. These vintage manuals are printed in Italian, English and French and come with a fabric-covered pouch with the Prancing Horse logo and a leather closure tab for when you don’t really want to carry these pieces of automotive history in your pocket. The current bid is $275 with the auction remaining for seven days.
Moving on to larger items, we have a beautiful 3.6 liter F131 V-8 engineas used in another Ferrari, the 360 Modena. But this engine has not yet powered a car. It really can’t as it’s a display piece with no internal parts like Ferrari must have used at some sort of promotional event. The display engine is equipped with Ferrari-branded red intakes, a non-functioning intake manifold and cylinder heads and other components. This piece may require a tag depending on the size of your vehicle, but it comes with a pedestal-style display stand for when it comes time to display your new purchase. With one week left until the auction closes on January 15th, the bid is currently $1500.
Aside from the Italian things, we also found this miniature replica of a 1958 Series II Land Rover manufactured in 2020. The Toylander Series II Kart actually moves thanks to two 24-volt electric motors on the rear axle with direct-drive transmission. While commentators at BaT bemoan the lack of authentic details like an oil leak, the toy car comes with 8-inch steel wheels and working headlights, taillights, and turn signals. The fiberglass body is about 63 inches long and 29 inches wide, big enough for an adult and two children, the manufacturer said. The Toylander Series II has a top speed of only 8 km/h. The current bid is $1200, and while there is still room for higher bids, new Toylanders like this can be had for around $2000.
Finally, in our non-auto BaT roundup, we have something from the other end of the size spectrum: a Freightliner Unimog Workhorse with detachable, hydraulically operated front loader. Originally a US military vehicle – still painted in camouflage – this Unimog was overhauled in 2005 and underwent some maintenance in 2022, including the replacement of a hydraulic boom cylinder. Work tools, including a hydraulic chainsaw, hammer drill and pavement breaker, are located in storage compartments on the right side of the vehicle. We’ll see where this ends on January 15, though the current bid is $10,666.
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