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Pirelli Classic Marathon (’89-’92)

In 2013 the Pirelli Classic Marathon celebrated its 25th anniversary and fittingly with the original sponsor providing the backing. To find out more we bought [Read More]

Williams Automobiles 2014 Great Western Sprint Driven

After all the preparations, changing the water pump, replacing hoses and quickly refilling the cooling system with tap water the night before just in case [Read More]

2014 Donington Historic Festival

Our tour of UK and European classic car events big and small continues and before we sail south to France and the La Sarthe region [Read More]

Earning an income from your classic

Earning an income from your classic may help if your car is beginning to feel more like a noose round your neck rather than a [Read More]

Classic Car Club Invitation Evening – 14th March 2013

The Classic Car Club (London) have an evening invitation event 7 to 9pm on Thursday 14th March at their new N1 6EY underground premises that boasts an [Read More]

Running Report: TVR 3000M water pump replaced

It was precisely 6½ days before our first sprint event of the season at Castle Circuit in Wiltshire (UK) when just prior to what I [Read More]

Alfa Romeo Sud Driven

Alfa Romeo cars pull hard on your heart strings all while your head tries to stem the desire of buying a classic Italian with all the inevitable [Read More]

Renault Megane 250RS Driven

Renault has really lifted its game with the Renault Megane 250RS bringing with it Audi levels of build quality combined with a chassis tuned for [Read More]

HSCC 70s Snetterton 2015

The forecast said that a thunderstorm would pass overnight to leave an overcast but dry Norfolk for the HSCC 70s Snetterton 2015 event. That only [Read More]

Triumph TR4A Driven

Triumph’s TR range evolved very gradually from the TR2 of the early 1950’s through to the TR6 of the mid 70’s. The cars also stayed in [Read More]