Classics Monthly

The ravages of time

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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

1988 JAGUAR SOVEREIGN 3.6 LITRE (STRAIGHT SIX) XJ40

OWNED SINCE: 2015

1989 JAGUAR XJ6 3.6 LITRE (STRAIGHT SIX) XJ40

OWNED SINCE: 2007

1982 RMB GENTRY 1.3 LITRE (TRIUMPH SPITFIRE STRAIGHT FOUR)

OWNED SINCE: 2012

1965 DAIMLER V8 2.5 LITRE SALOON

OWNED SINCE: 1978.

Not having checked the spark plugs on the 1988 XJ40 Sovereign for some time, I took them out recently to see

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