Nine reasons not to miss the Hagerty Owners’ Stories display at Wilton Legends

The Hagerty Owners’ Stories display at the inaugural Wilton Legends (June 19-21, 2026) champions the idea that the world’s most extraordinary cars are not always the rarest or most valuable, but the ones with the best stories to tell.

On each day of the event, an eclectic display of such machines – ranging from pre-war curiosities to 1990s supercars – will be accompanied by their owners, on hand to share their fascinating histories. These are just nine of the remarkable machines and stories you will discover across Wilton Legends weekend.

Friday June 19

1972 Ferrari Dino 246 GT

Although it never officially wore Prancing Horse badges, the Pininfarina-designed and Scaglietti-bodied Dino is widely regarded as one of Maranello’s most beautiful creations. The example appearing at Wilton House, registered CTO 508K, featured in Michelin advertising campaigns during the early 1970s and also appeared in various classic car books and magazines. Beneath the engine cover lies a 2.4-litre mid-mounted V6, producing 195bhp, 0-60mph in around seven seconds and a top speed nudging 150mph. 

1966 Iso Grifo GL350

Styled by a young Giorgetto Giugiaro at Bertone and engineered with input from former Ferrari chief engineer Giotto Bizzarrini, the GL350 was among the fastest GT cars of its era. Chassis 049/D was the fourth of only 31 right-hand-drive examples built, and was acquired by its current owner in 1986. A near-40-year restoration journey to return the car to its original specification followed. With the project finally complete, it won the Classic & Sports Car Editor’s Award at the 2024 London Concours. Wilton House marks its 60th birthday in style.

1966 Porsche 911

One of the first right-hand drive 911s imported to the UK, GVB 911D’s appearance at Wilton House falls on the 75th anniversary of Porsche’s presence in Britain. Arriving as a demonstrator for marque importer AFN and road tested in Motor magazine in 1966, it was loaned two months later to race and rally legend Vic Elford, who used it to win the very first rallycross event at Lydden Hill – sustaining damage considerable enough to render it useless as a demonstrator in the process.

AFN’s response was to allow Elford race it in the 1967 British Saloon Car Championship, where he won the 2.0-litre class against a field that included Graham Hill and an 18-year-old Jacky Ickx. GVB 911D has remained in the same family since 1982 and has since appeared at both the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Members’ Meeting.

Saturday June 20

1960 Abarth Allemano 2200 Spider

Displayed on Anthony Crook’s Bristol stand at the 1960 London Motor Show, this right-hand-drive spider wears Michelotti coachwork built by Allemano and is powered by a 2.2-litre Abarth-tuned Lampredi straight-six engine. Its first owner, Sir William Pigott-Brown, was a baronet, playboy and amateur jockey who was an associate of Dame Joanna Lumley, who recalls the car as being ‘very attractive’. 

Subsequent owners include Historic racer and journalist Roberto Giordanelli – who completed the car’s first restoration – as well as Formula 1 engineer Steve Smith. Acquired by the current owner in 2007, the car won the Auto Italia and Haynes Rare Breeds Concours and was commended at the 2022 London Concours. It also featured in Octane issue 191.

1969 Alfa Romeo GT1300 Junior

Ordered new from the factory by Ettore Foresti of Bergamo in 1969, this Pine Green GT1300 Junior is unusual as a right-hand-drive car built for an Italian owner with Italian-spec instruments. Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro during his time at Bertone, the Junior is powered by the marque’s legendary twin-cam four-cylinder engine, fed by twin Weber carburettors to produce 90bhp.

Presented in remarkably original condition, the car has never been welded or substantially restored, having spent decades in underground storage in Italy before being imported to the UK in 2021. The current owner acquired the car in 2025 and has shown it at the Wilton Wake-Up events, as well as this year’s Goodwood Breakfast Meeting 20th anniversary celebrations.

1963 Morris Mini Cooper Speedwell

Built in 1963 and registered locally in Salisbury, this Smoke Grey Mini Cooper is one of only a small number of cars upgraded by Speedwell – the performance and styling house that counted Stirling Moss among its clientele. 

Restored in 2014, the car has secured awards at numerous concours and has spent more than 20 years in single family ownership. It recently passed into the custodianship of its current 17-year-old female owner, who uses it for everything from concours appearances to the annual Rallye Père-Fille in southern France.

Sunday June 21

1968 Ferrari 330 GTC

Maranello built just 600 330 GTCs following the model’s debut at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show, and this particular car is one of just 21 right-hand-drive examples. It was purchased new from UK Ferrari importer Maranello Concessionaires in 1968 by a close friend of Scuderia Ferrari driver Mike Parkes, who had been personally involved in the car’s development. Parkes is said to have used this very car to commute to hospital in Dunstable after recovering from a serious accident at the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix.

The Ferrari was acquired by its current owner in 2004, following a restoration by marque specialist Steve Pilkington. It has since been used for touring in both Europe and the UK, and claimed class prizes at the Auto Italia Stanford Hall and Coys Blenheim Palace Concours.

1991 Ferrari F40

Designed by Pininfarina and the last model to be personally unveiled by Enzo Ferrari, the F40 is one of the most important road cars in Ferrari history. This 1991 example has remained in the same ownership for the past 25 years, during which time it has been a fixture of the motor show circuit. When being displayed at shows, the owner has invited children to sit in the car while their parents take photographs. The owner estimates more than 1000 people have sat in the car over the years.

A regular at Wilton House Breakfast Meetings, the F40 arrives at the inaugural Wilton Legends as a car that has been shared far more than most.

1959 Elva Courier

Despite being a domestic manufacturer, Elva is little known in the UK – perhaps because the Courier was the only meaningful road car the marque ever produced. The Courier was built primarily to fund Elva’s racing programme and was the model Indy 500 winner Mark Donohue used to secure back-to-back SCCA championships in 1960 and 1961. Of the 500 Couriers approximately produced, the vast majority were sold in the US and fewer than 60 survive in the UK today. 

This 1959 example was sold new in London and raced at club level by its first owner. In 2008 it was renovated to a fast road and race specification. The Elva Register subsequently recognised it as the finest Courier in the UK. Its current owner – a racing driver and Castle Combe commentator for the past 30 years – acquired it in 2020. In 2023 it appeared at CarFest, where it proved a memorably rapid taxi.