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I like these Alvises – few cars exude Englishness more, which in this case, is a good thing.

Wow, the origin of the species – what an incredible piece of motoring history! I hope the Porsche Museum gets its hands on it, then at least more people will have the chance to see it.

@anders-bilidt I’ve thought the same a couple of times recently – that Bitter CD and now this FIAT – two stone cold classics for less than £25k…

Just taken a look at the auction results – the FIAT didn’t sell, though the Alfa did, for £15,848, at the top end of its estimate.

The results as a whole though were not very inspiring – of the 174 […]

Well, I can’t say I’ve ever let a cartoon influence my car buying decisions, or indeed any other decisions, so I’m with @dave-leadbetter on that.
I have however owned two 996’s, after first establishing that I […]

@yrhmblhst – the Dodge was pretty near perfect as far as I could tell – as was the T-Bird, to be fair.
Re the Bugatti, I’m constantly amazed at what seems to turn up in barns, derelict lock-ups, back yards and, […]

@yrhmblhst and @anders-bilidt – it was a very tough choice; had the FIAT been yellow, it would have made my decision MUCH easier! :)

This is an interesting question, in the light of the seemingly ever-increasing number of classic car shows; surely they can’t ALL be successful? It also depends on what you mean by small and local – you mention […]

@anders-bilidt and @yrhmblhst – while the Goodwood Revival is indeed a fab event for historic motorsport fans, for me the Silverstone Classic is at least as good, less pretentious and more accessible – lucky me, […]

Yep, I got the shorter straw….Bromley was OK, but this….not one, but TWO Iso Grifo’s! You can have the gold one, Anders, I’ll take the maroon (?) one. A Bizzarini! Those Graber Alvises! A Manta A! All those […]

@anders-bilidt yes, that 400 Tourer doesn’t look bad at all, especially in profile. I had a short chat with the owner, and noticed that the wheel centre caps carried MG logos – he’d used them while searching, so […]

I’m slowly warming to the TR7/8, but only as a drophead, and preferably not in silver. TR8’s are pretty thin on the ground, as Claus points out, unlike the TR7 – but there’s a pretty long list of two-seaters I’d […]

Looks like a super event – seems that Shelsley got to you the same way Prescott did to me, Dave – I certainly intend to return to Prescott and fancy making the trip to Shelsley sooner rather than later, too.
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This classic car show junkie ( ;-) ) has to agree with Søren – unless the Boano really was a rusty wreck as @andrew suggests it might have been, then converting it to the GTZ is just wrong. Even if it was, why […]

I’ll throw in this example of French elegance that I saw at Prescott recently, on a Panhard 24CL – nicely integrated into the rear wing curves, slender and stylish.

I forgot to include the Toyota MR2 Mark1 to the Japanese classics I would consider.