8/16/2023

Classic Car Buyer

Britain's leading weekly newspaper for classic car enthusiasts

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Welcome
Being a parent, it’s not often I get the chance to plan for a city break or a weekend abroad. Thankfully though, accommodating grandparents mean my wife and I are able to do just that for a weekend in early October. All was looking promising at first
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The Big Picture
Editor Jeff, spotted this immaculate-looking Morris Marina at a recent Haynes Breakfast Club meet, finished in what we believe is Vermillion. The Breakfast Club gatherings at Haynes take place on the first Sunday of each month, providing an opportuni
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$1m Downey Jr Giveaway
American actor, Robert Downey Jr, is giving away six classic cars from his personal collection with a combined value of more than one million dollars. The Iron Man star, who recently launched a new television program called Downey’s Dream Cars, annou
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Product Picks
Gaz now offers fully adjustable suspension kits for the Vauxhall Astra Mk1, 2 and 3 (Opel Kadett and Astra B/C). The kit can be ordered as part number GGA019. How much? £1379.29 Where? gazshocks.com / 01268 724585 This Lucas 0.8 Ohm resistance coil
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‘Pagoda’ Celebrated At Silverstone
The Mercedes-Benz Club will celebrate 60 years of the iconic W113 ‘Pagoda’ model as part of its activities at the Silverstone Festival on Friday August 25. With the official club now in its 71st year, it has become a tradition for it to commemorate i
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Marcos Marks Retirement
The longest serving Marcos specialist, Rory MacMath, has retired after a career spanning 55 years with the marque. Rory started working as an engineer for Marcos in 1968 at its Greenland Mills factory in Bradford-on-Avon, producing five to six wooden
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Unfair Dvla Demand Threatens Classics With Q Plates
SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER AT WWW.CLASSICSWORLD.CO.UK Owners of cars with inactive registrations are facing a new battle with the DVLA to keep their plates. For an application to be accepted, the DVLA is suddenly insisting cars have to have their orig
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Silverstone Auctions Becomes Iconic
After 12 years, well-known classic car auction house Silverstone Auctions has changed its name. From August 9, it rebranded to Iconic Auctioneers – a name it feels is now a better fit for the business. As part of the rebrand, Rob Hubbard has moved fr
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Hunt For Uk’s ‘Classic Capital’
Specialist classic vehicle insurance broker, Footman James, has launched a campaign to find Britain’s ‘Classic Capital’ – a location or venue that can lay claim to being the epicentre of activity for the nation’s classic car community. Enthusiasts fr
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Spider Heads To Auction
A 1965 Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider will provide a tantalising restoration opportunity when it’s offered with no reserve during Historics’ autumn auction at Bicester Heritage on September 23. A rare, right-hand drive model supplied with a much sought-after
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Covering Classics
Your club is important, not only to you and your members, but to the futureproofing of your car and the quality of the wider classic car community, which is why promoting your club far and wide is key. But with many ways to connect with people nowada
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Preview Anglia Car Auctions, August 19-20
The final Anglia Car Auctions (ACA) sale of the summer takes place this weekend (August 19-20), and its variety means that it is certain to garner plenty of interest. The catalogue includes the David Brown Collection comprising seven vehicles found i
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Load Luggers
Volvo’s 240 and (six-cylinder) 260 estates were known for their robust nature, safety and reliability, becoming dependable load luggers that earned themselves many diehard fans over a production run stretching across two decades. Based on the 145, th
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Back With A Boom
Fashions change, and if there was ever a sector of the automotive market to prove the point, it’s roadsters. Open two-seaters are rare beats in today’s market, but it’s not for the first time. Following their ’60s and ’70s heyday, the market for new
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Civic Duty
When initial waves of Datsuns, Toyotas, Mazdas and Hondas came onto British roads they began oxidising almost instantly, and five- or even three-year old Japanese cars with frilly wheel arches and a tidemark of body sealant along the sills were commo
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Class Act
When it comes to elegant British coupes there are few suggestions that could rival the grace and style of the Jaguar XJ-C. Jaguar had played around with the concept of a coupe prior to the launch of the XJ saloon in 1968, but it was well into the Ser
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Final Flourish
Speaking for myself, I’ve always thought that the final version of the Bentley S-type/Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud was one of the best-looking cars Crewe ever made. I know that many others dislike the mix of the modern quad headlamps and low-cut front wi
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Classic Scenes
Many of us who have made the short hop over to France will be familiar with Carrefour hypermarkets. However, once upon a time folk could shop in a Carrefour in the UK, as this 1972 scene one month after the opening of the maiden store in Caerphilly s
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Critically Acclaimed
Ever since the 5 Series launched half a century ago it’s become pretty much the default choice for those after classy executive transport, but the arrival of the E39 in 1995 really moved the game on. As impressive as its E34 predecessor was, the new
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Insurance Quote
Quotation supplied by Lancaster Insurance Web: lancasterinsurance.co.uk | Tel: 01480 809176 Example quote: £130 or £148 with Agreed Value. Quote based on a 45-year-old marketing manager, access to another car, no claims or convictions, club member, 3
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BMW E39 Timeline
1995/1996 - The new 5 Series is launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show, replacing the E34 which had been on sale since 1987. Buyers were offered a strong range of petrol and diesel engines, and the saloon was joined by the Touring estate in 1996. 1998
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Triumph TR7 ‘Grinnall’ Convertible
Most classic car enthusiasts will be familiar with the TR8, but not so many will have had the chance to drive or even get up close to one. That’s because most were sent across the Atlantic, and the subsequent plan to offer the TR8 to enthusiasts with
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Or Maybe…?
The obvious alternative here is the short-lived, factory built TR8 that inspired the Grinnall conversions. However, right-hand drive TR8s are very rare indeed and sell for hefty prices when they do. A car imported from the United States or Canada wil
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Rover Sd1 3500
With styling reminiscent of the Ferrari Daytona, the ‘Specialist Division 1’, or SD1 for short, was a major sea change for Rover in many regards, combining a futuristic exterior with simpler underpinnings than its P6 predecessor. The familiar Rover V
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Austin A40
The A40 Farina replaced the A35 in Austin’s model line-up, retaining the overhead-valve 948cc A-Series engine but clothed in a new two-box designed by Pinin Farina of Turin – hence the Farina suffix. The last model to carry the A40 nameplate, it was
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Classic Car Buyer
www.classicsworld.co.uk Kelsey Media The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent, ME18 6AL Tel: 01959 541444 ccb.ed@kelsey.co.uk GROUP EDITOR PAUL WAGER EDITOR JEFF RUGGLES DEPUTY EDITOR SIMON JACKSON DIGITAL CONTENT EDITOR JAMES HOWE SENIO
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Last Orders
Reader Mike Varey saw our recent letter regarding classic car brochures and sent us some fascinating scans of promotional material for the Prince Skyline – which became known as the Nissan Skyline after the two companies merged in 1967. “There’s no d
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Next Week
The XJ40-based XJ12 and Daimler Double Six were introduced in 1993. We celebrate three decades of Jaguar’s luxury saloon. The Ford Cortina Mk2, Vauxhall Viva HB and Hillman Hunter go head-to-head to see which is the most desirable saloon of the perio

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