Wolves legend's cars could fetch £400k

Wolves legend Malcolm Finlayson is selling off part of his prized vintage motor collection, and is expected to make up to £400,000.

The former Molineux goalkeeping hero is parting company with some of his collection of classic cars, including a rare Ferrari and an Aston Martin, after a family tragedy.

The Scot, who was on just £20 a week in his playing days, made his fortune after leaving the game - and is set to make hundreds of thousands by auctioning five of his motors on June 9. The sale follows the death of his son, aged 39, last year.

Stuart Finlayson, a director in his father's steel-stock-holding company, had been due to inherit the cars.

Malcolm, now 79, said today: "I am selling the collection because my son has died. The reason I had kept them was to pass them on to him. Those circumstances have changed.

"I have always loved old cars. I bought my first sports car aged 19. In the RAF I was a driving instructor and was able to indulge my passion for motor vehicles.

"It's going to be such a shame to part with the collection but I will be holding on to quite a few including my Rolls Royce, which I bought new in 1977, My Mercedes Benz, my E-type

Jaguar V12 which I bought in 1974 and my Saab, which I have had for 20 years.

"These cars were never an investment. They have bought me a lot of joy over the years and now I just want them to go to a good home."

The cars going under the hammer are a 1963 Aston Martin DB4 convertible, expected to fetch up to £220,000, and a 1959 AC Ace Bristol, expected to sell for up to £120,000.

The pensioner's 1989 Ferrari 328 GTS is expected to sell for up to £40,000, while car lovers are expected to bid up to £6,500 each for his 1989 MG B LE Roadster and 1977 Triumph Stag.

It is exactly 50 years since the former stopper lifted the FA Cup at Wembley, a feat that followed back-to-back championship wins, under manager Stan Cullis.

After training Malcolm booked himself on a polytechnic business course enabling him to go into industry when he left in 1964.