Classics Monthly

BUILD QUALITY IS A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

TIPS, TRICKS AND NOSTALGIA FROM A LIFETIME IMMERSED IN OLD CARS ANDREW EVERETT

This year marks 50 years since my folks moved from Axminster in Devon to the ever-expanding town of Somerton in Somerset. I was three years old at the time, and I can sort of vaguely remember the Axminster house with its steeply sloping driveway. I can also just about remember dad’s Minis, firstly a Maroon 1965 Austin with the standard-fit 850 engine that was tweaked with a skim of the cylinder head to raise

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