Jeremy Clarkson is auctioning a vintage car he drove in a special edition of The Grand Tour – complete with bagpipes in the boot.
The television presenter drove the 1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V through Scotland and he is selling it alongside two other cars from his days on the show – a 1983 Alfa Romeo GTV6 and a 1982 Lancia Montecarlo Spider.
He said he would reveal the reason for the sale in the next series of Clarkson’s Farm.
“I rarely get a chance these days to drive or enjoy these very special and quite famous cars so it’s probably for the best if they end up with someone who can,” he said.
Clarkson drove the 6.6-litre Lincoln Continental on the 2021 Lochdown special, filmed at the time the pandemic had led to global lockdowns, which is why he pulled a trailer to stay in as hotels were shut in Scotland.
During filming, it was modified with nitrous injection and it still retains this equipment, as well as a set of bagpipes in the boot, as well as a Cartier clock that caught Clarkson’s attention on screen.
Having admitted during filming that he wanted the car in his life, he added it to his collection.
The Lancia Montecarlo Spider is particularly significant for Clarkson, as it was the very last car he drove on The Grand Tour.
Finished in lotus blue, it was his choice for One for the Road, the final episode featuring Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.
The programme took the trio across Zimbabwe and into Botswana, where Clarkson was unexpectedly reunited with the Lancia Beta Coupé he had driven in the 2007 Top Gear Botswana Special.
The Montecarlo was modified for filming with Ferrari 308 rear lights and quad tailpipes, Lancia Delta Integrale wheels, headlights and grille, cloth seats and a simple Alcantara-covered race-style steering wheel.
Completing the collection is the 1983 Alfa Romeo GTV6 used by Clarkson in Well Aged Scotch, first broadcast in 2019.
He drove the car around Scotland’s North Coast 500 alongside Hammond’s Fiat X1/9 and May’s Lancia Gamma Coupé.
The cars will go on sale at the NEC Classic Motor Show, where vehicles can fetch hundreds of thousands of pounds, on Nov 14.
Harry Whale, at Iconic Auctioneers, said the cars would be “immediately familiar” to fans of the show.
He said: “These cars have a connection with Jeremy Clarkson that goes well beyond simply appearing on television. He chose each of them for The Grand Tour, then liked them enough to keep them afterwards.”
Clarkson, 66, created The Grand Tour with former Top Gear colleagues Hammond and May in 2016 for Amazon after an acrimonious split from the BBC.
He has since launched the Clarkson’s Farm series, which follows the running of Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire.