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Big Healey 3000 MK111 Driven

Donald Healey was a racer winning the Monte Carlo Rally before the war and every car he produced there after followed the ethos of race [Read More]

Jaguar XK8 Convertible Driven

As prices for the still relatively new Jaguar XK8 Convertible begin to drop below those of the best original chrome bumper MGBs is it time [Read More]

Triumph TR6 PI Driven

They say you should never meet your heroes and certainly in the case of film stars who are better at delivering killer lines than holding [Read More]

Morgan 3 Wheeler (M3W) Driven

Morgan has always kept tradition high on its agenda, but in re-launching the Morgan 3 Wheeler the Malvern based niche sports car manufacturer has gone [Read More]

2013 Neil Garner TVR Car Club Open Day

Neil Garner once again hosted TVRCC’s (Wiltshire Region) annual event in what is rapidly becoming one of the biggest on the car club’s calendar. There [Read More]

Practical Classics Magazine – April 2013

If like me you passed your driving test in the late seventies, then the cover photo on this months Practical Classics instantly transports you back [Read More]

2013 Williams Morgan Racing 4/4 Sport Challenge Car

Williams Morgan are a very well established and highly regarded main dealer based in the Bristol (UK) region and with more space available at their [Read More]

Flywheel Memories of the Open Road

Flywheel Memories of the Open Road By Tom Swallow and Arthur H Pill Webb & Bower ISBN 0-86350-151-6 This is an absolutely fascinating book featuring [Read More]

Jaguar XKR Driven

Some cars propel you to sixty miles an hour like a scolded cat and then seem to run out of puff. The Jaguar XKR is [Read More]

2012 NEC Classic Motor Show

The annual Classic Motor Show at the NEC is clearly in a lot of people’s diaries because even on the Friday, a day normally more closely [Read More]

CarFest (South) Review

In 2012 BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans gave up bread for Lent and to help him through this challenging time decided to launch CarFest [Read More]

Daimler SP250 Dart Driven

It is estimated there are no more than 700 left in the UK and so quite remarkable that we got to drive Lorimer Burn’s superbly [Read More]

Ford Capri 280 Brooklands Driven

By 1986 the Capri had already outlived its expected lifetime by three years thanks to the Cologne powered 2.8i and so when Ford discovered a [Read More]

Jaguar XKR Driven

Some cars propel you to sixty miles an hour like a scolded cat and then seem to run out of puff. The Jaguar XKR is [Read More]

HMC Healey MKIV Driven

Park this HMC Healey MKIV in the centre of town and it will have most passers by fooled. Save for the GRP body, flared front arches and subtly [Read More]

Williams Automobiles Open Day – 30th March 2013

If you are a fan of Morgan or Lotus cars and find yourself in the Bristol area on Saturday 30th March then bring family and friends [Read More]

BMW Mini Cooper Driven

The team who created the modern day BMW Mini Cooper certainly exploited every possibly styling cue from the original. But did they also capture the essence of Mini [Read More]

Yellow Cabs – A fairy tale in New York

A recent visit across the pond, strictly non-car related you understand, provided a welcome pre-Xmas fairy tale in New York with, unlike the hapless couple [Read More]

Circuit des Remparts Racing Festival

Andy Laurence resisted all temptations to attend this year’s Goodwood Revival Meeting on 14th – 16th September and instead made his way to the Circuit [Read More]

2015 Autumn Classic

With queues stretching for miles in all directions around Goodwood these days is it time to look much closer to home and get a taste [Read More]

Silverstone Auctions 1972 Maserati Indy America

Silverstone Auctions 1972 Maserati Indy America goes on sale at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show on the 15th November 2013. The Maserati Indy America was [Read More]