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A considered response, Claus Ebberfeld, for which I thank you.

But surely you are missing the key revelation from my article; that our International Editor (who for the benefit of readers acts as Pictures […]

It must be a Spitfire engine then.

There’s always a limited market for cars like this, but someone will have it.

Ref the mystery engine… I don’t think 1249cc is a common capacity for a period correct engine, and that’s clearly not a modern unit. Based on narrowing down the likely candidates, plus the longitudinal […]

I went to Montrose about 20 years ago and my hazy recollection is that it was the kind of place where hope goes to die. Mind you, it was dark and I was drunk so my memory might not be 100% reliable. It’s too far […]

Hmmm… it just looks a bit clumsy to me. Good basis for commissioning a coachbuilder to rebody it into a three-box Fiat 125 though…?

Ah, so now the real reason for moving house becomes clear… :)

It looks fantastic. I trust you’ll bring it up to the Moorlands for some exercise sometime soon so I can press my nose up against the window and […]

Good rant. But wait until they all go electric, it just gets worse and worse…

Thanks to Niels V for the live stream link. I watched half an hour of the ITV4 highlights programme on television but I gave up […]

This week’s car looks good. I suspect that mileage is genuine as the MOT history checks out back to 2011 and it’s clearly very original looking, even down to the lack of external rear-view mirrors. That’s an […]

I’m surprised this failed to sell, as it looks like a well presented car. The auction results don’t seem to record where the bidding stalled.

I saw a red drophead out and about the other night so I’ve been […]

One of my favourite places, and so many nice cars in attendance. The Martini 911 RSR wears its stripes well, has there ever been a more eye-catching colour scheme for a competition car? That Ian Medcalf Fiat 500 […]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for reading, your club was well represented with some lovely cars. The paddock photographs are mine but the action shots accompanying this article were kindly supplied by Howard Fielding. You […]

The gearbox shouldn’t be too much of an issue. Yeah, the newly-fitted engine has more poke than the previous one. I bought it sight unseen from some foreign bloke who’d skipped the country. I must be mad.

That’s lovely but I can’t even begin to imagine where a hundred grand went?!

Looks very much like a Crayford Fiesta Fly to me. More info here, and links to a wide variety of other cars they took their hacksaw to:

A most enjoyable article.

Is that a Marina Coupe in Black Tulip, I spy? (yes, it is). I also see the merest glimpse of a police specification Triumph 2000 behind the red Audi GT Coupe. The Triumph looks to be a […]

A (any) pickup is the most useful thing you’ll ever own.

That El Camino seems cheap.

Good to hear from our stateside correspondent; yes, the Gilburn is pretty funky. Pub quiz fact – prior to Aston Martin setting up at St Athan recently, Gilburn were the only manufacturer ever to build cars in […]