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@yrhmblhst in which case, I suggest we take over different areas :). In my crowded corner of the South East of England, 98% (I know this to be true) of off-road vehicles never go further off-road than up the curb […]

All these huge 4×4’s and SUV’s are a blight on both the landscape and our roads; only farmers and others who actually need them will be allowed to buy one when I take over. They’ve long passed into fashion […]

I remember adverts for the Fuego making a great deal about its looks – “My Name is Fuego”, usually with a profile photo. I always thought its looks were somewhat over-rated – certainly by Renault themselves – and […]

This piece sent me scurrying back up to the loft to dig out my old Top Trumps cards again, as I was sure I’d seen this intriguing car before, many years ago, and lo and behold, there it was! I always thought it […]

As always, a ton of useful extra info (I find the internal badge engineering and annual model year changes simply baffling, though some might say the same of BL’s and Rootes’ badge engineering back in the ’50’s […]

@yrhmblhst – yes, I figured you would be able to fill some of the many gaps! While this was obviously a Canadian show, would this be representative of what you’d expect to see at US/North American shows in general?

The Nash Healey was the spot of the trip for me – only 162 made and I see one being driven around Kennebunkport! The Roadrunner and Camaro with the Stars and Stripes flag were parked outside the New York Public […]

@Claus I already told him if I find one, I’ll probably keep it anyway…😉

@anders, I must have explained myself very badly, as both the 504 and 130 being designed by Pininfarina = unreliability was not the point I was trying (unsuccessfully) to make at all. I was just wondering about […]

PS I see you mentioned the 130 briefly in your original piece (this is a looong thread now) but is it any more likely to rust away at this stage than the 504?

@anders if you’re prepared to consider a handsome but (probably) unreliable Pininfarina designed French coupe, what about an (equally probably) unreliable but utterly gorgeous Italian coupe also from the House of […]

An interesting and fair summary of the last decades of BL/ARG history.
I ran two Rovers post my time working there – an 820i while working and living in Germany in 1987/88, which drove well but suffered from […]

Having only owned two classics, and still in possession of the second one, most of my friends would probably remember me for my silver E9, or one of my 996’s. Give it another year or two though and with the […]

Welcome to the team, Zack, good to have you here, and especially someone who knows more about pre-war cars! I’ve been wanting to go to this show for a couple of years but not managed it (I have friends in Capel […]

@yrhmblhst you take the white MGB GT, I’ll take the yellow one :) (now there’s something I never thought I’d write!). Agree with you about the locations of some of these shows – we’re very lucky!