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The Fox Classic Car Collection has just taken delivery of its most recent exhibit. It is the V12 Enzo Ferrari. The Enzo is the latest in the line of super cars built by Ferrari and closest road car to a Formula 1.

This car can go very fast reaching 0-100 kph in 3.62 sec. And for the petrol heads the V12 engine produces a thunderous top end of 660 bhp at 7800 rpm with a top speed of 350kph.

The car is special and so is the color – it is painted in Linfox colours. It is known to be the only Enzo produced with its unusual colour scheme of a yellow roof.

The Fox Classic Car Collection consists of approximately 130 vehicles. It is a remarkable Australian collection. Up to 80 vehicles are exhibited at any one time. The collection includes the Bentley, Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche, Mercedes Benz and Rolls Royce makes of car. The design, production details, engine features and specifications are of interest to all car enthusiasts.The collection includes cars like the 1937 Mercedes 540K Cabriolet B (featured in this frame) that was formerly owned by the German Ambassador to London prior to the outbreak of World War II.

Also in the collection is a Mercedes Cabriolet 300S reputed to have been owned by Bing Crosby.

Porsche 550/1500 RS Spyder 1955.

The 1955 Porsche 550/1500 RS Spyder is the only car of its series to come to Australia brand new.

Imported by Norman Hamilton it won the 1956 Ardmore Tourist Trophy in New Zealand driven by Sterling Moss. It gained first place in the 1500 cc class New Zealand Grand Prix driven by Frank Kleinig and was also successful in numerous Australian hillclimb championships.

The 550 will always be remembered as the car that James Dean was driving at the time of his death. This particular vehicle chassis is numbered 56. James Dean’s chassis was number 55.

The 1957 Porsche RSK Type 718 was part of the on-going evolution of the Le Mans racers.

It differed quite dramatically from the early Spyder incorporating a space frame chassis.

The car was third overall in the 1958 Le Mans 24 hours race.

 

The collection is housed in the Queen’s Warehouse located in the Melbourne Docklands precinct. The building itself has an interesting history being a former customs building and tenanted by the Department of Treasury.
  

The Sir Henry Royce Foundation Gallery is one of three in the world. Located in the Queen’s Warehouse it features some significant Rolls Royce and Bentley vehicles.

The 1957 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Roadster was developed from the famous 300 SL Gullwing. Although they shared many mechanical components they were very different. The 300 Roadster was a more versatile car as it was provided with a hard top and a soft top. 

Famous 300 SL owners were Fangio, Pablo Picasso, Elvis Presley, Clark Gable and Glen Ford.

1995 Domain Chandon Course winner in its class outright

The engine features a fuel injected six cylinder producing 215 BHP at 5800 RPM with a top speed of 270 Kl/m per hour.

This collection also houses 5 of the roadsters which is one less than the Mercedes Benz Museum.

 

The Fox Collection incorporates one of the largest Mercedes Benz car collections in the world. In fact outside the Benz Museum in Stuttgart, we have the largest collection of classic and rare Mercedes Benz Gullwing vehicles in the world (4). The Mercedes Benz Museum has 5 Gullwings.
The collection also includes a Ferrari F50 (pictured) and a Ferrari Testarossa.

In 1998 the Jaguar XJ220 was presented to the world at the Birmingham Motor Show. A total of 350 of this type of car was produced even though some 1400 orders were placed .

With a 3.5 litre V6 engine the car was capable of producing 500 BHP and a maximum speed of over 320 KMP.

This was purchased ex factory by Mr Lindsay Fox AO in 1992.

he collection also includes a Ferrari F50 (pictured) and a Ferrari Testarossa.