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Ah yes, the days before unnecessary regulation, central servicing and office hours rallying. In comparison to today the sprint events were like marathons and the actual marathons were unimaginably gruelling. Costs […]

E-Type meets 356 is a good description but I can also see a little bit of Jensen in the Rochdale Olympic design, in the flash coming from the front wheelarch. I think Sporting Motorist magazine describing it as a […]

Tony, on the contrary, I think it’s fair to say we’ve all learnt something about Slough today. That doesn’t happen every day.

Sensible use of a Sportsbeetle too. Not much opportunity to drive on the lakes around here but I really must arrange to do this. Minimal traction is my favourite kind. Maybe some of our readers have been there and done it?

There’s clearly some lovely stuff out there. What’s the rust situation like with all the sea air?

The 02 catches my eye (what are the odds, eh?), the stripy Celia is pretty special too and the convertible […]

The bodykit must stay, it’s ace, but it medically needs some wide alloys to fill the arches. Talking of arches… is there any metal left under those chrome trims? If you get this right it could be awesome though. […]

The Panhard almost seems like a concept car or a prop from a futuristic sci-fi film of the 1950s. It’s got all the appearance of an exotic space age car powered by nuclear fission, but in reality it’s just a […]

Yes, it was good to meet you there Tony, glad you took some entertainment from our largely useless and half remembered knowledge. I’m sure we missed a few cars as well as there are just so many to get around. […]

I knew about your Renault 5 so thought I’d bait you! I kind of agree with your basic premise but I’m not going to agree that single make series don’t count towards motorsport history because they’re vital in crea […]

Controversial stuff. Single make championships are great breeding grounds for top drivers as they have no real place to hide behind excuses that their car is outclassed. And for the manufacturers, well, their car […]

It was possible to buy a brand new Niva in the UK quite recently as there was a company down south importing them. The standard passenger model was £10k and a commercial van variant was even less than that. Fuel […]

Hi Tony, you probably know that there’s a summertime meeting at Stony in June as well when the weather may be a little kinder. I bet you had some fun in fleet sales, your list of cars there indicates how uneven […]

SHK14K was last taxed in 2010 and not declared SORN so it doesn’t look positive, and it wasn’t declared exported either… but it might just be out there somewhere. Maybe at least parts of it live on?

Yes Claus, there was enough to whet my appetite and pour myself into the new year.

The rear lights on the Vincent are indeed Opel, but from an early Manta. More about them here:

The Korean Cortina, aye, used to be the unlicenced minicab of choice round our way in the 90s. Ah, memories.

The Pony was merely the warm up act for the Stellar.

I like the fact it looks a little clumsy and almost apologetic, it’s a car with a face for sure. The GTi variant with quad headlamps and body kit looks a bit more purposeful. They’re such underdogs I can’t fail […]