Classics Monthly

Keep the wheels turning

Ivan Ostroff

Contributor

None of the cars in Ivan’s stable are in concours condition, but all of them are in proper mechanical order and in continual use. He believes in using classics in the way they were designed to be used: simply driven every day.

MY FLEET

1989 JAGUAR XJ6

OWNED SINCE: 2007

1988 JAGUAR XJ40

OWNED SINCE: 2015

1982 RMB GENTRY

OWNED SINCE: 2012

1965 DAIMLER V8

OWNED SINCE: 1978.

Leaving cars standing unused is never a good idea. No matter

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