Classic Car Buyer

Anyone planning a visit to Brighton this spring should make a point of calling in at Dockerills, a traditional ironmongers and locksmith located in Church Street. It’s the oldest shop in Brighton to still be in business, with a history dating back to

An unusual motorhome built from new around a Cortina-derived Ford P100 pick-up and thought to be one of just two still surviving is being offered for sale privately. Registered with the DVLA as a Ford Motor Caravan, the 1.6-litre Pinto-engined truck

Sign up to our newsletter at www.classicsworld.co.uk An estimated cut of almost £500m in local roads maintenance funding during the next financial year could mean 11.5 million potholes going unrepaired in England, according to the County Councils Net

Aston Martin is set to create more than 100 jobs at its St Athan site in Wales, following the launch of its new DBX707 model, claimed to be the world’s most powerful luxury SUV. Production of this new addition to the DBX range – for which Aston Marti

The first Classic Ford Track Evening of 2022 takes place at Cadwell Park on Wednesday, May 11, offering Ford owners an opportunity to hit the circuit and put their driving skills to the test – as well as seeing what their cars are capable of. The eve

The National Motor Museum is searching for talented storytellers with a passion for bringing history to life, as it looks to recruit new visitor engagement hosts for 2022. Each new recruit will be asked to “bring their playful, idiosyncratic style to

Historics gets its 2022 classic car auction programme under way at Ascot Racecourse on March 12, with a varied consignment of entries ranging from established favourites through to six-figure headliners. As ever, it will be a public-facing sale, with

Brightwells’ first classic motoring sale of the year came to a close on February 17, working to the firm’s now familiar timed online format. The sale offered a great mix of pre-war models, projects, traditional classics and gleaming rarities, with so

Morris Leslie began its 2022 calendar of classic auctions with a behind-closed-doors sale at its Perth base on February 19, putting a wide variety of classics under the hammer in front of a large YouTube and Facebook audience. The busy auction saw se

Nissan’s ‘Pike Factory’ was established in the mid-1980s as a special projects division with the primary aim of creating new models that would grab the public’s attention. And with classic British cars becoming increasingly popular in Japan at the ti

Innocenti Minis are widely recognised as the best-produced examples of their era. The Milan firm branched out into car assembly in 1960 with a licensed version of the Austin A40, and began building Minis at its Lambrate plant from late 1965. Sold at

A drive from London to Brighton is a must-do experience, something known the world over thanks to the annual veteran car run – a celebration of the ‘Light Locomotives on the Highway Act’ of 1896, which raised the speed limit and abolished the need fo

The traditional idea of a classic car day out may well be an open-topped ’60s roadster burbling through idyllic rural villages… but plenty of us out there get our enjoyment from altogether more modern classics which need more of a challenge to get th

It’s hard to imagine a more typically ’80s driving experience than a motorway blast in a bright red Escort XR3i, followed by fun on the kind of A- and B-roads where a well-sorted hot hatch can really come alive. And so our starting point happens to b

You could very easily create a spectacular road trip by throwing a dart at a map of Scotland and avoiding motorways on your way to that point; the concentration of both scenic and historical interest is such that it doesn’t really matter where you go

When it comes to classic tours, some of us are content seeking out the restorative nature of relaxed motoring, while others prefer to throw their flat caps to the wind and thrash their machinery up a hillclimb. Well, I’ve discovered the perfect place

A chance to experience the Peak District after being invited on a tour in our very own project Turbo R is something we’re hardly likely to turn down. And so, after a day cruising from Kent to Derbyshire, we find ourselves heading for Matlock Bath via

Look for the Black Country on a map and you probably won’t find it, even though this once heavily industrialised part of the West Midlands boasts its own flag and regional day of celebration. Make the mistake of referring to a true Black Countryman a

A cross-country journey with plenty of hills and no motorways is the perfect llustrationi that where old cars are concerned, the pleasure of driving is so often the enjoyment of the machinery rather than journey speeds or the last nuances of handling

Britain’s moorland areas provide some of the finest driving roads anywhere in the world, with the North York Moors National Park surely among the best. It’s little wonder the locals are fiercely proud of the area, which can provide a great balance be

With classic car enthusiasts and restoration fans soon to be heading once again to the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show at Birmingham’s NEC, show director Lee Masters has curated his own list of classic-friendly driving routes across

This street scene of Birmingham’s Ladywood district dates from late 1977, a time when many of the Victorian-era shops and houses could still be seen against a backdrop of high-rise flats – perceived as the ideal solution to Britain’s housing needs a

This Classic Rivals is arguably harder to call than others because both the Triumph Stag and the Reliant Scimitar GTC have much in common – literally, where the hood frame is concerned. Both were four-seater British convertibles, with the Scimitar pi

Few cars can lay claim to the British public’s heart more than the Ford Cortina. The much-loved Mini provoked passion with its revolutionary packaging and grasp of fashion; the original Land Rover transformed the way we traverse rough terrain; the Ja

There have been few automotive ranges quite like Mercedes-Benz’s W124-generation E-Class. Simple yet effective, appealing to taxi drivers and titans alike, it embodied everything a medium-sized saloon range should, without excess frippery or concessi

What the Mercedes offers in terms of solidity and sensibility, the Citroen XM counters with lateral thinking and individuality. There’s a smaller range of 2.0- to 3.0-litre engines, with four-pot and V6 options as well as a brace of torquey diesels.

Contact: TRGB Sycamore Industrial Estate, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3HJ Tel: 01487 842168 www.trgb.co.uk/ Once upon a time, it would’ve been a heated pub debate; which was the best of Britain’s great sports cars? Various marques got in on the

It started when I saw a Renault Modus going round the roundabout at the cemetery close to home. “There’s a car with a superb idea that quickly died,” I said to myself. The Idea? The Boot Shute, a clever bootlid-sized hatch within the main tailgate so