LA Woman

s retirement age was approaching for Tony Silcock, the thought of getting back behind the wheel of a classic car was nagging at him. After all, it’d been a few years since he’d owned anything of interest, and he’d soon be having plenty of time up his sleeve to enjoy something a little special. But what to buy? This inevitable question was something that took plenty of research for Tony to find the answer to, although when he came across this particular 1963 Fairlane 500, he was hooked straight away. “I watched it for a couple of months — couldn’t figure out why it hadn’t sold,” he says. “So I rang the guy and talked about it with him over several calls and decided to progress it further.” Of course, we know that nothing in the classic car world is easy, and there was no way you’d be reading this if Tony simply bought the car and drove off happily. “I got a so-called expert appraiser to have a look at it and