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@tony-wawryk, good man, LED’s just look all wrong in a classic. Kind of like wearing a pair of Adidas trainers with your best Italian tailored suit…

It’s probably just a biproduct of me being brought up on BMW’s, but I’m a massive fan of the deep red glow from a 1980’s BMW interior. I’m not sure which colour is best for your night vision – there seems to be […]

Whooooaar… patina – that’s a HUGE subject. And a complicated one at that.
There are just so many aspects and variations to the theme, and it’s not just black or white either. The two extremes of the subject […]

Looks like another excellent event with loads of eye candy on display!
Thx for including that rally Imp. Tony, you’re working hard to keep my lust for a return to Imp ownership alive and kicking… ;-) Mind […]

The suspense is already killing me… :-)

The best gearshift is a manual gearshift.

I could have really left it at that. But suppose it’s worth adding that more often than not, I actually agree with @banpei in that stock OEM gearshifts are usually […]

@mark-manasas, HaHaHa… well, in one blow you just revealed how little I paid attention during geometry lessons in school, and not least why I don’t write for one of the major classic car publications… :-D […]

@yrhmblhst, I’m glad you managed to get opening quarterlights for your Jeep. Whatever the cost, I’m sure it was worth it… ;-)
Though to be honest, the comment about swapping my SE6a for a SE5 Scimitar was a […]

@andrew-wilson, such a fabulous looking C3…!! It’s funny, because the C3 is probably the only car where I’m torn between preferring the design with the original slim bumpers and the later FMVSS 215 compliant […]

@suzie, interesting story about the 190SL. Reminds me of one of my colleagues telling me that his father had driven a M-B 190SL from the UK to Tehran and back during the sixties. Needless to say, it had been […]

Hehehe… @yrhmblhst, sit down my friend. Relax your shoulder muscles. Now take a deeeeeep breathe. Hold it – Hold it…. And now exhale. Is that better mate? ;-)

I’m certainly not a big believer in EV’s […]

Tony, I believe I might have said something very similar when you reported from last years Auto Italia, but I really must make an effort to attend this show next year. There’s just too much eye-candy on display […]

@yrhmblhst, so much truth in that.

Mmmmm… I so want a 2-stroke bullnose SAAB! Or if going for a V4, then I’ll make it a Sonett III please… ;-)

You and me both @yrhmblhst

Looks like a fab day out! After taking part in the Hagerty DiD myself the past two years, I’m gutted that I couldn’t be there this year…

Seeing Tuthill Porsche would have been interesting, but of course its […]

It is indeed a very interesting question, and one which is probably as difficult to answer with a precise definition as that other question: “What makes a classic car?”. I suspect you will have as many variations […]

@yrhmblhst, nice to have you back… ;-)
Mmmmmm… a bronze metallic 1970 Ford Galaxie 500 Fastback with a white vinyl roof and matching white vinyl interior. If only that could be my first American classic – […]