January 2021

Classic Car Mart

The UK's best selling monthly classic cars for sale magazine

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Classic Car Mart
Group Editor: Paul Wager Features Editor: Jeff Ruggles Production Editor: Aaron McKay ccm.ed@kelsey.co.uk Art Editor: Paul Sander paul@panda-media.co.uk Nigel Clark, Paul Guinness, Gerard Hughes, Jeff Ruggles, Sam Skelton, Matt Woods Managing Directo
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“Now We’re Metroing”
We all love to dream about E-Types and DB5s, but it’s a fair bet that most readers will have anecdotes surrounding the humble Metro… a car which has now been with us for almost exactly 40 years; it was officially launched on October 8, 1980 although
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THE £7.2bn OLD CAR BUSINESS
The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) used the recent virtual NEC Classic Motor Show as an opportunity to announce some of the standout results from its 2020 National Historic Vehicle Survey – and they make for very encouraging rea
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Classic Car Calendars
Looking for a stocking filler for a petrolhead this Christmas? The Kelsey Media online store features a whole host of great subscription offers, books and other gifts, including a selection of motoring calendars. Being A3 the calendars won’t actually
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The End For The 3 Wheeler
Production of the current Morgan 3 Wheeler is set to end next year after a 10-year run, as type approval for its V-twin engine expires. To mark its departure, the Malvern firm is building 33 special ‘P101 Edition’ cars – named in refence to the Proje
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Brighton Gets Green Light For 2021
A full programme of motoring events will take place on Brighton’s historic Madeira Drive despite a councillor describing rallies such as the London to Brighton Mini Run as “ridiculous”. Green councillor Sue Shanks was speaking during an online meetin
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Lucrative Restoration Projects Revealed
The classic cars most financially viable to restore have been outlined in a new Hagerty UK report. Using its Price Guide, which covers over 200 models, the insurer investigated the difference between ‘fair’ (Condition 4) and ‘concours’ (Condition 1)
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Classic Crossword 180
1 Celebrated Bentley R-Type variant (11) 8 Bugatti’s Type 41 models (7) 9 The Henry who forged a famous partnership with Charles Rolls (5) 10 The Singer Chamois was a spin-off of these Hillmans (4) 11 Matra-Simca car from the 1970s (8) 14 Intermeccan
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Corsa Causes A Stir
Lakeland Motor Museum reports that news of its latest acquisition, a humble five-door 1994 Corsa, reached a combined worldwide audience of nearly seven million. The museum’s Duty Manager Chris Williams says, “We knew it would get people talking, but
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Heritage Collection Heads North
Vauxhall’s 60-car Heritage Collection is to move north as the manufacturer’s Griffin House headquarters in Luton edges closer to sale. There are plans to develop a new public-facing permanent Heritage Centre in future, but in the meantime the collect
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London Show Moves Outdoors
The London Classic Car Show will be on the move again for spring 2021, with uncertainties surrounding the immediate future of large indoor gatherings prompting a move from Olympia to the more viable outdoor setting of Syon Park in West London. And in
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Rootes Archive Wins Fiva Award
The Rootes Archive Centre Trust has gained international recognition by winning a prestigious 2020 FIVA Culture Award. FIVA, or the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens to use its full title, launched the annual awards in 2018 to promote a
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Lucas Lamps Relaunched
Better Car Lighting has teamed up with a well regarded European headlamp manufacturer to produce a high-quality, Type Approved version of the iconic Lucas PL700 ‘Tripod’ headlight. The headlights come with or without pilot lights and to suit both lef
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ACA, Online, November ⅞
Quite a few eyebrows might have been raised at this November’s ACA auction thanks to a number of cars taking big money. Some of the top performers are pictured here, but in fact it seems that the strength of bidding ran through the whole event, with
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Mathewsons, Online, November 13-14
Although its sales are usually great social occasions, Mathewsons has transitioned to behind-closed-doors sales with flying colours. The huge momentum it’s built up carried on for its most recent sale on November 13-14, as once again it put the first
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Morris Leslie, Online, November 21
Morris Leslie’s November 21 sale saw a first for the Perth auctioneer, with the entries started up and driven though the hall rather than remaining static. The big crowds present at sales had previously prevented this, but with only staff and a film
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Air-cooled Vws
One of those brands which has developed an entire scene all of its own, the air-cooled VW market is a strange place. Owners of these cars are fiercely enthusiastic but that hasn’t translated into massive investment potential for the most part. Values
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Join The Club
Classic car confession time: I’ve never driven a classic Mini. It seems odd for someone who works almost exclusively with old cars and who loves small cars on principle, but I’ve never had the opportunity to sample a Mini. Even calling it a “classic
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Hatching A Plan
We may have first seen the GTI badge in the mid 1970s, but it’s generally associated with the decade of Tony Hadley and Simon Le Bon, and specifically with either the VW Golf or the Peugeot 205. Ironically, the go-faster Golf very nearly didn’t make
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Five Affordable Fixer-uppers
Heard the phrase ‘rolling restoration’? Well, to be honest, it pretty much sums up the majority of classics most of us love and drive on a regular basis. Just to be clear, these are the cars that are perfectly safe and usable but still have a list of
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S-express
For many, the Bentley S-Type launched in 1955 and its Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud cousin are cars at the end of an era. Last of the body-on-frame construction, they were the last of a design approach that allowed features like an uncompromisingly large
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Database: Metro 1980-1997
It’s impossible to discuss the Metro without at least mentioning the Mini and indeed the car was at one point referred to internally by BL as the ‘Mighty Mini’. History hasn’t been kind to the Metro: it got off to a bad start, was sent back to the dr
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Retro Cars
BUYING GUIDE: CALIBRA STAFF CLASSICS S2000 • TT • MR2 • MGF MARKET TRENDS LATE-MODEL ALFAS ENDANGERED SPECIES HOT MK5 ESCORTS LIVING WITH… THE BMW 330Ci ■
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Alfa Revival
Plenty of 147s remain in the UK after selling really rather well, such that it’s still a highly affordable way into Alfa Romeo ownership. It’s almost modern classic Alfa Romeo ownership, at least for the 2000-2004 preface-lift models. Much of its cur
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Top Shelf
Despite being a brand-new design for a new decade, Ford’s Mk5 Escort received a disastrous reception when launched in 1990. It was famously beaten by far older competition in its very first group road tests, with the carry-over CVH engines, loss of i
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Cavalier With Attitude
For those wanting to inject some style into their everyday motoring, the 1990s provided rich pickings when it came to coupes. From the mainstream to the premium, there was all manner of tempting choices and one of the most popular was the Vauxhall Ca
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Staff Classics
Paul Wager My last report was on our Honda CRX, the 2020 prize giveaway car which is now parked up awaiting its turn in the sun when car events hopefully get going again in 2021. What I didn’t expect was to be writing about another Honda in the staff
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Crazy Golfs
By 1997’s Mk4, the Golf was a truly premium product, incorporating interior trimmings from the larger Passat and premium Audis. Chrome door pulls, heated leather seats in higher trim levels and blue-backlit gauges with silver bezels gave the Golf a t
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Class Coupe
Another one of those cars which is still to be seen in daily use, BMW’s fourth-generation 3-Series is older than you might realise: brace yourself for a moment of feeling your age, but they first appeared in 1998. Yup, that’s 22 years ago. First laun
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IN THE FEBRUARY ISSUE OF Classic Car Mart
■ History file: Rover 75■ Endangered species: Alfa 156■ Markets: Triumph TRs and 21st century Jaguars■ Living with the VW T5■ 100s of cars for sale ■
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Tailgate On The Spanners
There’s a trope in the world of automotive journalism, one which every reader of this column will recognise to some degree or other. And it’s a simple one; the most recent era of classic car is the “last DIY-friendly” example of its kind. It’s nothin

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