Classic American

Texas ‘B’

Jerramy and Anna Topping have over the years developed a great penchant for English classic cars, notably Jaguars and Jensens; however, their 1955 Buick Century Riviera marks their first foray into American car ownership. The spark for American cars was first ignited when he was a child: “I remember my father had a win on the horses one day and after he had collected his winnings in town on a Saturday morning, we went into a toy shop and he treated me to a model of a Sixties Buick Riviera, complete with a boat and trailer in tow,” he recalls. “I still have that model in my collection today...

“I’d been looking for a Fifties Buick to purchase for a while, spending quite a bit of time on the internet. One day we took a trip

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