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Le Mans Film Review

Le Mans. 1971 CBS DVD Runtime 104 minutes. As with most films featuring car racing as their central subject, Le Mans wasn`t a commercial success [Read More]

2012 Castle Combe Autumn Classic

No doubt encouraged by the success of the Goodwood Revival and Silverstone Classic this year Wiltshire (UK) based circuit Castle Combe held its own Autumn Classic. A day very well [Read More]

Jensen Interceptor Driven

Some cars look big on the outside, but are small inside, Jaguar XKR springs to mind. Whereas others are the polar opposite being more like [Read More]

Ford Mustang GT Driven

In 1964 Ford hit the jackpot, they had learnt in the past all about producing cars in volume, the Model A for instance, and latterly [Read More]

Classic & Sports Car – May 2013

Despite March being the coldest on record in the UK since mankind was living in caves, Spring is definitely just around the corner and Classic [Read More]

VW T2 Camper Van Driven

There is nothing cooler than a VW T2 Camper Van and so we borrowed one from classic-campervans.co.uk who operate out of Classic Car Club London’s N1 [Read More]

Bristol Classic Car Show

After many years of abscence, in 2013 I finally made it back down to the Bristol Classic Car Show which, slightly ironically and as a [Read More]

MGB GT (Chrome Bumper) Driven

Buying or hiring a classic car for the first time can be a truly daunting prospect. Perhaps not too surprising given the choice available and [Read More]

E-Type 4.2 Convertible Driven

The Series 1 E-Type opened the chapter on one of the most famous car stories of all time. Step forwards to Series 2 and things were [Read More]

2013 Guild of Motoring Writers – Big Day Out

Although everyone readily accepts the heritage of manufacturers such as Jaguar, Porsche and Alfa Romeo it is perhaps too easy to fail to recognise ‘newer’ brands such as Mitsubishi [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]