Queensland’s most famous motor racing family is auctioning a race-winning car and iconic licence plate.
Steve Johnson’s Tru Blu #17 Touring Car and his father, Dick’s, Q17 Heritage Plate will be sold during the Gold Coast 500 supercars weekend at the end of this month.
Lloyds Auctions Chief Operations Officer Lee Hames said there were not many names more famous than Johnson in Australian motorsport, with an icon of the Tru-Blu now being offered to the public.
“This iconic car has won three TCM races with the highlight being at Bathurst in 2021 with Steve Johnson behind the wheel,” Mr Hames said.
“This vehicle is ready for the next custodian to hit the track or keep it preserved as a centre piece in a collection.”
Mr Hames said also up for grabs was the rare Queensland Heritage Plate ‘Q17’ currently owned by former Australian Touring Car Champion Dick Johnson.
He said with online bidding for the plate already exceeding $85,000 the plate had increased in value over 1400 percent since last being sold in the Great QLD plate Auction in 1985.
“Off the back of Lloyds’ successful sale of heritage plates NSW1 for $11.5 million and Q1 for $5.6 million, we are expecting a great result for Q17.”
The auction closes Saturday, October 26.
