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SPRING SPARKS ’80s BOOM Is Generation X fuelling a nostalgia-driven wave of modern classic enthusiasm?

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ith ’80s cars setting record results at auction and a growing interest in the more usable modern classics, we investigate the effects on the market of a new, younger generation joining the classic car scene.

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SPOTLIGHT ON JAGUAR XJS v BMW 6-SERIES The underrated RS2000 in rare and capable 4x4 form.

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Bristol Cars Reborn

The reborn Bristol Cars company looks to have revealed prices for its ‘remastered’ 2022 models, with fully electric versions of the 411 and Fighter set to be revealed later this year.

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n many respects working on car magazines is similar to any desk-based job in that it can often involve long periods staring at spreadsheets and computer monitors, but every so often you’re jolted into the realisation that it’s not your everyday office job.

This week started with just one of those moments when I found myself trying to keep up with a colleague across Coventry city centre en route to look at a potential project car. For various reasons, none of them at all sensible, I was piloting a Bentley Turbo R whereas said colleague was in a modern MINI Cooper S. The Bentley in theory has a 130bhp advantage over the modern Mini, although admittedly that’s blunted by an extra tonne in bulk, but I was expecting to be comfortably (that certainly being the appropriate word) on the pace.

As busy city centre roundabouts proved though, I was very much wrong, with the tyres howling in protest at being hurried in the slightest. From the outside it must have looked like some kind of low-budget remake of the Blues Brothers, but in truth it’s my own fault: stacked up in my garage awaiting fitting I had a set of the correct Avon tyres for the car and the Turbo was riding on the set of Pirelli Scorpions it was wearing when it was delivered. As many readers will know, these are knobbly 4x4 tyres best left on Mitsubishi pickups but when I collected the car the following day after having the correct rubber fitted I was astounded at the difference – not only in terms of grip, but in refinement and all-round confidence. We’ve often been told by specialists in cars like the Bentley and classic Jaguars that cheaping out by fitting van tyres and similar is a false economy and this experience proves the advice to be very much correct.

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4 NEWS We say goodbye to Johnny Dumfries but welcome the return of both the Festival of the Unexpected and Bristol cars.

8 AUCTION NEWS Reporting on sales from Mathewsons and Bonhams.

Mind you you, even the best tyres in the world wouldn’t have been any help just a few minutes later when I blindly followed the MINI down what turned out to be a dead end barely wider than the car itself. Cue an Austin Powers-style 38-point turn to extricate the 5.3m-long Bentley and as for the car we’d intended to view, suffice to say that nobody was surprised when a 20-year old Toyota Carina E fell below our admittedly low expectations. As for quite why we were looking at it in the first place, you’ll need to keep an eye on our Classics World YouTube channel, where you’ll also see more of the Turbo R.

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Visiting a Rolls-Royce and Bentley specialist for a photo feature recently we knew it was inevitable we’d trip over something interesting, but what we didn’t expect was this Renault 5. A charmingly original example of the late-model basic Prima edition, the K-plated Five was the daily driver for a customer checking up on the progress of his Silver Spirit. A perfect do-it-yourself carbon-offsetting scheme perhaps?

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10 MARKET TRENDS Tracking the values of car-derived small vans and the ‘Type Four’ cars from Saab, Alfa and Fiat.

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CLASSICS ON TOUR Faced with a staycation? Then we provide 10 driving routes to inspire you to get out and explore the bits of the UK you’d all but forgotten about.

34 CLASSIC RIVALS: BMW v JAGUAR The mighty XJ-S faces up to the equally costly 6-Series but which makes the better classic?

38 MG: THE ROVER YEARS From Maestro to Z-cars, we trace the rebirth of the MG brand from the ashes of BL into the Phoenix Four era.

44 BUYING THE ROOTES ARROWS Priced out of the Ford market?

Then the Hillman, Singer and Sunbeam badges can offer an intriguing alternative to a costly Cortina.

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JOHNNY DUMFRIES: 1958–2021 Brewer’s Coop

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ohnny Dumfries – otherwise known by his official title John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute – has passed away at the age of 62 following a short illness. Dumfries was most well-known for his stint in Formula 1 as Ayrton Senna’s teammate at Lotus in 1986.

Dumfries’ racing career began in earnest in FF1600 in 1980 but it was F3 where he first made big waves: having stepped up to F3, he won the British championship in 1984. A move to F3000 in 1985 precluded his eventual step up to F1 with Lotus in 1986.

During his time with

Lotus, Dumfries scored three championship points across the 15-race season behind the wheel of his Renault-powered Lotus

98T, with his top result being a fifth-place finish at the Hungarian GP. Dumfries’ greatest success came following a

move to sports car racing, where in 1988 he was part of the winning Silk Cut Jaguar team at the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans, alongside Jan Lammers and Andy Wallace in the iconic Jaguar XJR-9LM. In a statement, Dumfries’ family said: “The indomitable spirit and energy which Johnny brought to his life will be greatly missed, and the immense warmth and love with which he embraced his family.”

Dumfries will be fondly remembered as one of the best British racing drivers of his generation.

Our condolences go to Johnny’s friends, family and fans

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V star Mike Brewer’s 1964 Mini Cooper S will be revealed in all its glory in the May issue of our sister title, Mini Magazine.

The Wheeler Dealers presenter has always said a Mini Cooper S from his birth year of 1964 is a dream car. He subsequently found ‘Frankie’ at auction, with Mini Magazine breaking the story in its September 2019 issue.

Mike got specialist Mini builder and racer Andy Harrison at Acespeed in Shipley on board from day one, who’s managed and built the project using a new bodyshell from British Motor Heritage.

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brand new UKTV series featuring Brooklands Museum in Surrey has

hit our screens. Shown on the Yesterday channel and available on demand via UKTV Play, Secrets of

New TV show secrets of the Transport Museum goes behind the scenes at the Brooklands Museum.

the Transport Museum is a 10-part series set at the world-renowned venue.

As the home of the first ever purpose-built racing circuit and an

Modern-day racer Abbie Eaton with the V12 Delage.

extraordinary collection of aircraft spanning over 100 years, Brooklands Museum is home to some of the most important stories of motorsport and aviation history in the world. It’s the first time in the museum’s 30-year history that cameras have been allowed to film so much behind the scenes. The series follows the dedicated band of staff and volunteers who devote their time, skills and passion to maintaining the collection and preserving the site’s incredible legacies.

Viewers can expect to see a myriad of historic racing cars, vintage London buses, Edwardian planes and even Concorde.

In Tuesday’s first episode (March 30 and available via UVTV Play) we saw the museum’s director Tamalie Newbery drive ‘Daisy’, a 1904 Edwardian car that became the first car to go round the track in 1907 when it was driven by the circuit’s co-founder Ethel Locke King. In next Tuesday’s show, The Grand Tour’s test driver and

The May issue will show the finished car in detail, covering the improvements that have been incorporated to ensure this Cooper S is fighting fit for 2021, as well as getting both Mike and Andy’s take on the project and what advice they’d pass onto readers tackling a similar build. You can pre-order the May 2021 issue via shop.kelsey.co.uk/issue/ MMG.

Andy Harrison and Mike with ‘Frankie’, the rebuilt Cooper S

NEWS IN BRIEF

Production of the 2007-on Fiat 500 at the Stellantis plant in Tychy has now eclipsed 2.5m, breaking the Polish factory’s record for total single-model vehicle production ahead of the second-generation Panda (2,168,000 units) and the Fiat 126p (2,166,000 units).

modern-day racer Abbie Eaton drives a V12 Delage to relive the experience of the ‘Belles of Brooklands’, a group of pioneering women who raced on level terms with men in the 1920s.

Episodes air every Tuesday at 8pm on UKTV’s Yesterday channel.

FOTU to return this summer The 2021 Festival of the Unexceptional will take place on July 31.

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he popular Festival of the Unexceptional event will make a welcome return this summer, organiser Hagerty has announced.

Celebrating cars that

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were once a common sight but are now a rarity on UK roads, the unique ‘Concours de l’Ordinaire’ will take place for the seventh time on July 31, having taken a year off in 2020 due to the pandemic.

Since it was started in 2014, the unique event has showcased the oft-maligned and long forgotten ‘ordinary’ classic cars and commercial vehicles of the late 1960s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. It’s been a sell-out success on every occasion, so for 2021 there’s a new bigger venue – Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire. In addition to providing space for a greater number of unexceptional cars, Grimsthorpe also offers expansive grounds to enjoy with lakeside walks, formal gardens

and a children’s play area, ensuring the 2021 Festival of the Unexceptional can be a family day out.

This year’s show will also feature improved facilities, with a wide range of food and beverage outlets, increased interaction and entertainment, more display cars and comfortable seating areas, as well as entertaining judging and award ceremonies.

Once again, the annual Concours de l’Ordinaire will be free to attend and open to classic cars and light

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A 1977 Marina emerged as the Concours de l’Ordinaire winner in 2019.

commercial vehicles built between 1966 and 1996. In 2019, Micheal Carpenter’s gloriously original 1977 Morris Marina estate was judged as the overall winner, with a 1978 Vauxhall

Chevette saloon the runner up. Ticket information for the 2021, and details on entering a car for the concours, will be announced soon. For more information visit www.hagerty.co.uk.

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Spring sparks ’80s boom The vogue for modern classics sees prices soar suggest that interest in ’80s and ’90s cars is still growing,” said Hagerty’s Manager of Automotive Intelligence UK, John Mayhead. “In general, their values have increased while the rest of the market has fallen slightly. Those that have fallen tended to be those that gained value very quickly over the last few years, and probably rose to unrealistic levels.”

The biggest rises from Hagerty’s analysis are ’80s fast road ‘hero’ cars. The Ford Sierra RS Cosworth has risen by an average of £20,200, while the BMW E30 M3 is up by £17,050 and the Porsche 928 GTS up £13,350. Rally derived cars have performed well too, with the Audi Quattro Turbo Sport up £14,000 and the Lancia Delta HF Evoluzione II up £11,200.

It’s not all exotica though.

Recent auctions show exceptional results for more ‘everyman’ cars, with a 1981 Mk1 Fiesta 1.3 Supersport selling for £24,840 at ACA last month, while a 1989 Mini Thirty LE estimated at £5500-£6500 sold through Mathewsons last weekend for an astonishing £16,700.

“Hagerty is seeing the average age of the people we insure dropping each year,” added John. “As these new, younger buyers enter the market, we’re not surprised that they are interested in a new generation of classic cars.

The rise of online auctions is probably a factor, too.”

To further illustrate the trend, a red Peugeot 505

Estate offered for £6995

by Wayne Lamport at Stone Cold Classics last August was bought by a customer in Ireland, who sold it on for £20,250 via a Car and Classic auction just seven months later.

We subsequently spoke to Wayne, who explained that nostalgia and short supply Hero cars like the Sierra RS Cosworth have enjoyed big price are big factors behind this rises, but humbler models have also soared in value. trend. “Every era is doing well, but there’s no doubt he market for 1980s quickly selling their stock demand for the ’80s and and 1990s cars and scores of eye-watering ’90s cars is really strong,” seems to be enjoying prices achieved at auction. he told us. “It’s simply a significant purple patch, Indeed, the most recent because there are hardly with nostalgia, changing update to the UK Hagerty any left, and everyone who fashions and increased Price Guide shows that was young in the period is media coverage all potential over the last 12 months, the now aged 40-50 and has a bit of disposable income. factors in fuelling a average price across over substantial rise in demand 40,000 values monitored Anecdotally, everyone and values. has dropped by 3.8 per buying something tell me While exceptional cent, or £8961 per car. how it reminds them of classics are always likely However, cars first sold in the cars from their youth to do well regardless of the ’80s and ’90s appear to – it’s driven massively by era, anyone with a keen be substantially bucking that nostalgia, there’s no doubt eye on the market will have trend, having gained £5856 about it.” noticed strong prices for on average in the same Wayne also points to the good modern classics in period. change in lifestyle brought recent times, with dealers “The latest figures about by the pandemic.

Travel restrictions mean fewer opportunities to spend out on long-haul holidays, while folk have altered their day-to-day eiterating the buzz majority of other 190Es. behaviour too. “Often surrounding good Ordered new to people have a boring car condition ’80s Guernsey in late 1992, on the drive that they just and ’90s cars, a 1992 the car’s first and only use as an appliance, and Mercedes-Benz 190E owner brought it over to now they’re working from has achieved a world England and has kept it home it’s just doing nothing record auction result meticulously maintained. except depreciating,” for a standard model.

When not in use the car Wayne added. “A lot of Showing just 11,899 was kept in a warm, dry people with those cars miles, it was offered garage under a tailored are coming into me and

by Car & Classic on a cover. It’s ready to go with thinking they may as well seven-day online auction an MoT until February get something older like a and sold for £14,750 to 2022, but we’d wager hot hatchback that they can an international buyer this one will continue to enjoy, and keep their money – nearly 10 times the be cherished rather than safe.” average price for the used as a daily driver.

A further consideration is the way ’80s and ’90s cars drive – on the whole, they NEWS IN BRIEF are easier to live with than British Motor Heritage older classics, but retain (BMH) has reintroduced OEM a classic feel. “I think specification sills to fit Triumph they are the best era of TR4, TR4A, TR5, TR250 and TR6 models. They are perfect copies of cars; they have most of the originals, but are formed in heavier the safety equipment gauge steel for increased longevity. and yet are still a lot They cost £90 plus VAT each and of fun,” said Wayne. “If are available now via BMH’s international network of you get in something your stockists granddad had, or you dad This no-reserve Mercedes 190E has been auctioned for an had, or you had as a kid, it impressive £14,750. just makes you smile. And

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Cars from two or three decades ago have also been prevalent on the small screen, such as the current series of Top Gear.

at the moment, that’s really important.”

‘80s and ‘90s such as a Maestro, a Mercedes 200T estate and a Mk3 Golf Changing fashions Cabriolet among others.

It seems the mainstream Similarly, the dark comedymedia has also played an drama The End of the F***ing important part in this new World shown on Channel 4 wave of nostalgia. The first features a Mercedes W123, two episodes of the latest Top a burgundy 1983 Honda Gear series majored on ’80s Accord, a 1983 Opel Monza cars, particularly the dads’ and a Saab 900, while a 900 car feature in episode one. also featured in Channel 5’s In addition, an abundance of 2021 thriller, The Drowning. shows set in the ’80s such Our own Classics World as the Crown, It’s a Sin and YouTube content also proves Stranger Things have brought the fondness for the era, several cars from the period with our 1980s hot hatch to a large, small-screen shootout our most viewed audience. video yet having attracted Perhaps more curiously, more than 144,000 views. several shows are featuring How long this boom lasts cars from two or three for is anyone’s guess, but a decades ago as a stylistic new generation of classics choice. For example, the and owners coming onto target accidence for the prominence is reassuring Netflix show Sex Education given the challenges of probably isn’t 40-somethings, future legislation. Maserati nor is it set in the past, and or Montego estate, it pays to yet all the cars are from the have strength in numbers.

This Peugeot 505 GR Estate sold for over £20,000 earlier this year – nearly three times its price just seven months earlier.

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MW is reviving a famous name from its past, with models from 2025 set to use a new platform called New Class (Neue Klasse in German).

The Neue Klasse name was originally used for a line of saloons and coupes produced by the German automaker between 1962 and 1977. Beginning with the 1500 model, it was widely credited with saving BMW after its financial crisis of the 1950s.

The 2025 New Class platform is designed to be fully electric but will also underpin cars with combustion engines, including plug-in hybrids.

Rear wheel drive with the potential to expand to AWD, it will replace

BMW is reviving the Neue Klasse name for its new one-sizefits-all platform.

BMW’s current front-wheeldrive UKL platform used for compact cars and by the MINI, as well as the larger CLAR platform used by the rest of the BMW range.

Meanwhile, BMW CEO Oliver Zipse has confirmed

earlier reports that MINI will sell only batterypowered cars by the early 2030s. The last MINI with a combustion-engine variant will be released in 2025, he said, potentially ending a 66-year lineage.

MG builds Euro presence

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G Motor plans to increase its presence in mainland Europe by doubling the number of its dealerships in the region to more than 200 on the back of new electric model launches.

In an online presentation, MG Europe CEO Matt Lei said the brand will be selling its cars in 13 mainland European countries by the end of May, including Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Norway.

MG famously exported cars in huge numbers in its heyday, but the brand has not had a significant presence in mainland Europe since the demise of MG Rover in 2005. It

New Bristols set for release in 2022

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he reborn Bristol Cars company looks to have revealed prices for its ‘remastered’ 2022 models, with fully electric versions of

the 411 and Fighter set to be available alongside Chrysler V8-powered variants.

Following its liquidation last year, Essex-based

Both the remastered Bristol 411 and Fighter models are set to be available with Chrysler V8s or electric powertrains.

property developer and Bristol enthusiast Jason Wharton completed the purchase of the intellectual property rights needed to begin making improved versions of existing Bristol designs, along with equipment such as chassis jigs and body parts.

He plans to launch updated versions of the 411 four-seater and Fighter two-seater during 2022, and has placed adverts on Car and Classic for each model, both priced at £295,000 plus VAT. The listings claim eight new Bristol 411 Series 8 cars and eight Bristol Fighters will be built, with prototypes available for test drives in Q3

of 2021.

The Bristol 411 Series 8R is said to be a fully remastered version of the original Bristol 411 Series 6, fitted with the latest Chrysler 6.4-litre V8 engine and ZF eight-speed automatic transmission.

The 8E, meanwhile, will come with a bespoke BEV powertrain. The latter is said to still be undergoing design parameters development, but orders are being taken to enable final completion of homologation and testing.

Similarly, the Fighter is set to be available in R guise with the Chrysler V8, or as a battery-powered E version.

More details on the radical MG Cyberster concept are expected soon.

became part of China’s SAIC Motor in 2007 but didn’t begin expanding into continental Europe until 2019, starting with the Netherlands.

In the summer the company will start sales of the Marvel R full-electric compact SUV and plans to launch a comprehensively facelifted MG5 in

November. Both will be sold in left-hand-drive markets only.

The brand could be poised for a return to sports cars too, with new images of its radical Cyberster concept due to be unveiled as we went to press. However, it remains unclear if this will lead to a production model.

August date for BMC show

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he British Mini Club has taken the decision to postpone its British Mini Day at Himley Hall from its usual May slot until Sunday August 1, in the hope that the adult population will have been vaccinated and restrictions are lifted or at a minimum.

Set amongst 180 acres of ‘Capability Brown’ landscaped parkland in the West Midlands, the show

will feature all the usual attractions, including club and trade stands, a show and shine, autojumble and the first round of the club’s Premier Mini Concours.

There will also be a special display of Mini Coopers to mark the model’s 60th anniversary.

Advance tickets and bookings will be available soon via www. britishminiclub.co.uk.

No-reserve auction for Mitsubishi heritage cars

The fleet’s red Evolution VI Tommi Makinen Edition (centre) is expected to be the auction’s star.

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n our March 17 issues, we revealed that Mitsubishi would be auctioning off its UK heritage fleet. All 14 vehicles and a large

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selection of private number plates have subsequently been listed online, with interested parties having from tomorrow (April 1) until April 30 to place their bits.

The fleet is being sold via specialist platform Auto Auction, with a comprehensive array of images and videos to accompany each vehicle, plus introductory films by TV presenter and ex-Mitsubishi racer Tiff Needell.

Amongst the cars are two

of the earliest original UK Mitsubishis registered in the country, a Colt Lancer and a Colt Galant; both from 1974.

The brand’s flagship sports cars of the ’80s and ’90s are showcased by a Starion Turbo and a 3000GT, while its iconic 4x4 models are represented by a Mitsubishi Jeep and two Shoguns; a Mk1 and a Mk2.

Upping the pace are three Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions, all meticulously maintained and with low

mileage. Indeed, the star car is expected to be a stunning example of the highly soughtafter Evolution VI Tommi Makinen Edition, which we took to Wales for a Classics World video last year.

The brand’s rally heritage in the UK is represented by a Galant GTi rally replica built in the late ’80s to commemorate Pentti Airikkala’s Lombard RAC Rally victory in a Galant VR4, plus the Mitsubishi Evo IX driven to consecutive British

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All 14 cars from the Mitsubishi heritage fleet are offered without reserve.

Rally Championship victories

by Guy Wilkes in 2007 and 2008. The newest vehicles are a 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Mk1 and a 2017 Mitsubishi L200 ‘Desert Warrior’ built for the brand by journalist and TV presenter

Tom Ford.

Each vehicle is being offered with no reserve, with a staggered end to each lot throughout the final day. The catalogue can be viewed online at www.autoauction.co.uk.

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NEWS, REVIEWS AND LATEST PRICES FROM THE AUCTION HOUSES REVIEW: MATHEWSONS, ONLINE, MARCH 19-20

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athewsons’ most recent sale on March 19-20 proved to be another incredibly busy affair for the North Yorkshire auction house, with an astonishing 445 lots comprising classic cars, motorcycles and memorabilia going under the hammer. And despite the UK being in lockdown, the market once again proved it’s in rude health, with scores of estimate-beating sales.

The catalogue at Mathewsons is typically at the more affordable end of the scale, with this sale no exception as a host of classics changed hands for relatively modest fourfigure sums. However, there were a few notable exceptions, not least a stunning 1967 Aston Martin DB6, which soared to a best bid of £205,000, plus a lovely 1956 AC Aceca that commanded a top bid of £77,500. And to prove the ever increasing vogue for hot ‘80s cars, a stunning 1981 Lotus Esprit Turbo sold for £48,000 against a £30,000 estimate, with a 1989 Renault GTA V6 turbo almost doubling its presale prediction at £9750. Perhaps the biggest surprise was on Friday night though, when a 1989 Mini Thirty soared to a £16,700 hammer price.

Contemporary Fords were also very strong performers – most notably a 1991 Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth

showing a mere 15,000 miles, which attracted a winning bid of £62,500. In addition, a 1984 Capri 2.0S in need of TLC doubled its estimate at £8250, a 1991 Fiesta RS Turbo beat its upper estimate by £1500 to sell for £9500 and a 1990 Escort Cabriolet sold for £7250 against a £4000 prediction.

Continuing the theme, a 1983 Escort RS1600i commanded £17,000, with a Sierra 2.8 4x4 achieving a guide-beating £8200.

Away from the ’80s and ’90s entries, there were plenty more impressive results – particularly for rare or unusual cars. Examples include a 1972 Lancia Fulvia Berlina selling for £4000 over its estimate at £11,750, plus a Saab 96 that more than doubled expectations at £12,300.

So did that leave the more established classics out in the cold? Well, there were still bargains to be had, but several Morris Minors sold above guide, as did a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, an Austin A35 and various Jaguars. Austin Healey Sprites and MG Midgets also did well ahead of the summer, with three examples selling considerably above their estimates.

We’ve picked out some highlight below, but for the full entry, see www.mathewsons.co.uk

A rare example of a 1989 Mini Thirty LE in black, this 31,000mile example was still complete with its ‘Mini Thirty Years On’ book it was supplied with when new. Even so, a £16,700 top bid represented an astonishing result, especially against the £5500-£6500 estimate.

Fords didn’t have it all their own way. This 1989 Vauxhall Astra GTE Convertible showing a mere 18,901 miles beat its £10,000 estimate to reach a hammer price of £12,500.

The sale’s headliner was undoubtedly this stunning 1967 Aston Martin DB6. In superb condition with an extensive history file, it sold for a hammer price of £205,000.

After a selling a garage-find Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth in its February sale for £55,500, Mathewsons were at it again with this fellow 1991 Sapphire Cosworth. Showing 15,000 miles, it commanded a remarkable hammer price of £62,500.

This exceptional 1966 Mercedes-Benz 220 came with a full traceable history and oodles of paperwork. It was hammered away for £41,000 – not a bad return on the vendor’s £500 purchase in 1988, though there was the small matter of an extensive rebuild along the way!

Resplendent in Basilica Blue, this 1967 Austin Healey Sprite had been loving restored by the previous during his 18-year tenure and came with plenty of history. It smashed its £4500 estimate to sell for £8250.

Owned by the vendor since 2008 and subject to a full nutand-bolt restoration, this 1972 Lancia Fulvia Berlina came with plenty of paperwork including the original bill of sale and service history. It sold on the hammer for £11,750, well in excess of its £7750 estimate.

This last-of-the-line 2005 Rover 75 SE CDTi was barely used, showing only 3347 miles. Estimated at £5500-£7500, it went on to sell for an impressive £11,600.

In excellent, original condition and having covered just 50,000 miles, this 1977 Saab 96L represented a rare opportunity to pick up a quirky Swede. Clearly bidders didn’t want to miss out, as it doubled its £6000 guide price to sell for £12,300.

This very solid 1968 Triumph Vitesse had been unused for two years, but had been subject to much recent work and looked great on its wide TR6 steel wheels. It sold for a very reasonable £3100.

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NEWS, REVIEWS AND LATEST PRICES FROM THE AUCTION HOUSES REVIEW: BONHAMS MPH, ONLINE, MARCH 20

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he latest auction from Bonhams MPH didn’t disappoint those expecting the usual range of promising projects, top quality icons, or something more eccentric. A number of cars were offered from a collector and racing driver, adding a few more motorsports and engineering showcases than usual.

The first car to line up under the hammer was a superb 1936 Riley 12/4 Kestrel, which would also be the first of some other British pre-war classics including a 1928 Singer Junior, which sold for £9000, and a 1931 Standard 9hp for £14,062. Moving forward in years, we also saw a 1952 Lagonda 2.6 DHC sell for £76,000, while a couple of 1960s Triumphs, an Austin-Healey 3000, and even a 1969 Lotus Seven S3 all sold between £20,000 and £50,000.

The most remarkable was perhaps a 1952 Jaguar XK120 project which was in excellent condition if only in parts waiting to be put back together. This high-compression, ex-US car sold for £36,000.

We also saw seven classic Land-Rovers go under the hammer, topped most curiously by a 2013 110 example, while a variety of Rolls-Royces collected winning bids between £10,125 for a 1971 Silver Shadow and £25,875 for a 1975 Corniche. We were surprised to see a 1956 Bentley S1 dressed as a Silver Cloud go for as little as £15,750 while a 2000 Bentley Arnage Red Label went for

£16,875. At the other end of the scale, bidders snapped up a couple of 1950s Fords, two Vauxhall VX4/90s, and, perhaps the best bargain of all, a 1954 Morris Minor for £1687.

Something for more continental tastes might have been a rare right-hand-drive 1965 Alfa Giulia Spider that sold for £52,875, or a 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300D Adenauer for £54,000. A little further down the budget were a couple of project Lancia Aprilia Series 1 saloons that sold for £2250 and £2925, while the bargain of the group had to be a 1983 Matra Murena that, despite being in superb condition, sold for just £5175.

Perhaps appealing to a ULEZ-wary enthusiast or just a fan of the controversial E65 7-Series was a 17,173mile 2002 BMW 745Li that sold for an impressive £7312.

Still, it wasn’t quite able to meet the heights of the other modern classics on sale, like the 1990 Volkswagen Golf GTI 16-valve that, despite its 134,250 miles, attracted a £9000 bid. Further up there was a 1991 Porsche 944 S2 convertible, ever desirable and taking £21,375 here, while a 1995 Subaru Impreza Series McRae soared to £24,750.

There’s plenty more that we couldn’t cover, even a couple of American classics, so be sure to check out the full catalogue at www.bonhams.com where you’ll also be able to keep up with its latest auctions.

It’s good to see that top examples of the Lotus Esprit are selling for figures like the £47,250 obtained for this 1998 V8 GT. It was, after all, in excellent condition and with just 57,363 miles on the clock.

One of four Minis, selling for the most with a £20,250 winning bid, was this truly exceptional 1970 1275 GT. The new owner benefits from a painstaking restoration to detailed original specification, as well as a little pep under the bonnet courtesy of Peter Baldwin.

Topping the auction at a final hammer price of £146,250, this 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560SEC 6.0 AMG proved its worth as perhaps the most desirable AMG model of all time.

This 1973 Jaguar XJ-C is in fact a prototype, with records of it being loaned to the press in period. Shown in a primer coat as a solid base for a restoration, it sold for £16,875.

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This 1972 Datsun 1600SSS has been built into an evocation of the star of East-African Safari Rally car, compliant with 1970 FIA spec. After five years of sitting idle, it will hopefully come back into some use after a £11,250 winning bid took it.

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About as French as you can get and bursting with period charm, this restored 1958 Citroen 2CV Fourgonette rare ripplesided van sold for £15,750.

A rare example of the once unloved Datsun 280ZX, in very good condition and even in original right-hand-drive, we were glad to see appreciative bidders push it up to £14,625.

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MARKET TRENDS

CAR-DERIVED VANS

Among the best-selling car-derived vans of the 1970s was this trio from GM, Ford and British Leyland, rarities that were once an everyday sight on UK streets BEDFORD HA (1963-1983)

Who could have predicted when the Viva-based Bedford HA was launched in 1963 that it would remain in production for an amazing twenty years? The shortlived HA saloon disappeared in 1966 to make way for the Viva HB, but the van carried on right through to 1983. It was everything a car-derived van should be: simple, practical, roomy and very reliable, with most examples using Vauxhall’s dependable 1256cc engine.

Ten years ago, it was still possible to pick up a solid and usable HA for less than £2000. Values have increased significantly, although the Bedford still looks good value compared with some of its contemporaries.

You might be able to find a project vehicle for £1000-£2000, although at those prices you can expect a huge amount of work.

Increase your budget to around £3500-£4000 and you’ll find one that’s a runner but in need of cosmetic and probably some basic structural attention, while £6000-£7000 should be enough to buy a well-preserved example that’s ready to enjoy. Should you stumble across an HA in near-perfect condition, don’t be surprised to see an asking price of £9000 or more.

In July 2020, Matthewsons sold a 1971 HA that had been in dry storage and needed only very light restoration, achieving over £5200. A couple of years earlier, however, a low-mileage and very presentable example achieved

almost £7100 in a Matthewsons sale – a figure 40-50 per cent higher than you might have expected the same van to achieve a decade earlier.

FORD ESCORT MkI & MkII (1968-1980)

Prices of most MkI and MkII Escorts have soared in recent years and the vans are no exception. What were once cheap and cheerful commercials are now highly sought after, particularly among those fans who like to uprate their vehicles. You might find a scruffy van in need of major work for £3000 or less, but at that price you’ll have a major task ahead. If you double the budget, you should be able to find a MkII in particular that’s roadworthy but inevitably in need of some work, while around £8000 will be enough to buy a solid and presentable MkI or MkII requiring only minor cosmetic attention.

The best Escort vans can command asking prices of £12,000 or more, at which level you can expect a very impressive survivor or one that’s been restored to a high standard, although modified examples (superbly finished and perhaps with Zetec power) can easily achieve £15,000-plus. Over the last five years, we’ve seen at least a 25 per cent increase in Escort van values, while today’s prices

are more than 50 per cent up on where they were a decade ago, such is the demand for period Fords.

LEYLAND MARINA (1972-1984)

Although derived from the Morris Marina, the van versions were initially known simply as the 7cwt and 10cwt by Austin-Morris, with power courtesy of 1098cc and 1275cc A-series engines.

A facelift in 1978 saw the vans rebranded as the Morris 440 and 575 respectively, while 1982 saw them gaining the Ital-style grille for their last two years, along with a few extra creature comforts.

The Marina-based vans were hugely popular with major fleets (including BT) and usually led a hard life, hence today’s relatively poor survival rate. You might find a van needing serious attention for as little as £1500, but twice that amount will buy a slightly more realistic project – although the work required can still be extensive. Increase your budget to around £5000 though, and you should be able to find a Marina

van that’s sound, running well and is reasonably well-presented, while £7000-plus is likely to be the ballpark figure for an immaculate example.

One of the most interesting sales was five years ago, when a genuine RAC van (not a recreation) achieved just shy of £7200 in a Matthewsons sale – an exceptional result, at a time when regular Marina vans in super condition were selling for around £4000-£5000. Values of Marina commercials have been on the rise for some time, with today’s asking prices being almost double what they would have been eight to ten years ago.

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‘TYPE FOUR’ PROJECT A collaborative arrangement between Fiat Auto of Italy and Saab of Sweden saw a quartet of new cars launched, comprising the Lancia Thema and the executive trio featured here SAAB 9000 (1984-1998)

Giving Saab a useful flagship to sit above the long-running 900 models was the new 9000, eventually available in a choice of five-door hatch and four-door saloon body styles, numerous trim levels and with impressive performance thanks to Saab’s experience with turbocharging.

Like all cars from the ‘Type Four’ project, the 9000 came with frontwheel drive and offered decent handling.

The last five years have seen the 9000 move from ‘cheap transport’ to ‘modern classic’ status, with the best survivors rising in value. It’s still possible to pick up a down-at-heel 9000 for as little as £600-£800 but you can expect problems come MoT time. Around £1200-£1500 should be enough to secure a solid and presentable car that’s ready to enjoy and capable of many more years of use. One such example was a 136,000mile 9000 CS Turbo, a 1998 car estimated at £1500-£2000 in a Morris Leslie auction just over a year ago, but which eventually sold for a tempting sounding £1220. Similarly, a smart looking 1994 CDE Turbo with 107,000 miles under its wheels seemed a good buy at just over £1800 at an Historics sale.

The very best cars will fetch more though, particularly lowmileage examples that have been cherished – such as the 36,000-mile CS Turbo of 1994 vintage that fetched almost £4600 with Anglia Car Auctions last November. That’s significantly up on what the same car might have fetched five years ago, a sure sign that values of the best 9000s are steadily increasing.

ALFA ROMEO 164 (1987-1997)

Alfa sales were on the rise in Britain in the late ’80s, with some

excellent newcomers giving the previously struggling brand a boost. Among them was the 164 flagship, the most angular looking member of the ‘Type Four’ project and one of the most charismatic thanks to its use of Alfa’s famed Twin Spark and V6 engines. Top of the tree in Europe was the 4x4 Q4, not sold in the UK but any well-preserved 164 is seeing upward price movement.

The 164 was at one time seen as just another ageing secondhand Alfa Romeo, available in reasonable condition for as little as £1000. Even five years ago they were still close to the bottom of their depreciation curve, but these days it’s not unusual to see excellent survivors selling for £4000£5000 – or more in exceptional cases. Just over a year ago, an excellent looking 164 3.0 V6 Green Cloverleaf sold for over £4200 in an ACA sale, despite having covered 149,000 miles.

Had it been one of the handful of Q4s in the UK, it would have been valued at twice as much.

Cheaper 164s are available, of course, with tidy and roadworthy examples starting at around £2000-£2500, though they’re sure to need cosmetic attention at some point. Pay much less than that and you’re into project car territory, which shows the direction of travel value-wise. A tidy but not immaculate 164 that might have been £1500-£2000 in 2015 is more likely to be in the £3500-plus price bracket now.

FIAT CROMA (1985-1996)

Big Fiats have never been big sellers in the UK, and the fivedoor Croma hatchback was no exception. Popular in its native Italy, it was a fairly unusual sight here – and is positively scarce now. That’s a shame, as it’s a perfectly capable car with one of the most spacious interiors of

its time. And in its most sporting Turbo guise, it even offered some driver appeal.

Most of the Cromas we see for sale are (not surprisingly) based in Italy, where good examples can be found within the €2000€3000 price range, although you’ll obviously pay more for a low-mileage example in nearperfect condition. As for UKspec cars, surviving examples are few and far between, which makes things difficult when it comes to valuations. The Croma may be rare but it arguably only

appeals to Fiat aficionados and fans of ‘oddball’ classics thanks to its low profile here, and this inevitably affects values.

You’ll pay extra for the rarest but most desirable Turbo version, which we could see making £4000-£4500 for an immaculate car with a low mileage. But a regular normally-aspirated Croma in the same condition will probably struggle to make more than £2500, while a presentable car with around 100,000 on its odometer might achieve £1500 or so. Those prices aren’t much higher than what you’d have paid five years ago, and it’s unlikely

that the Croma will be ‘the next big thing’ price-wise. On the plus side, it offers an affordable way of owning a practical and genuinely rare family car.

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CLASSICS ON TOUR W round up some of the best We t touring routes throughout Great B Britain, so that you needn’t travel t far this summer to get the mostt too f from your classic car.

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ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW

North Norfolk Coast Distance: 100-120 miles Time: Day-trip minimum, long weekend ideal The Route...

This scenic cruise along the Norfolk coast takes us past flint-built houses, round-towered churches, small harbours, bird and seal-watching, long coastal walks, and a well-known royal retreat! Starting from King’s Lynn, there’s over 100 miles of relaxed and winding tarmac along the coast before meeting some lesser known but eminently charming seaside resorts at the end.

We suggest starting off with the A149 from King’s Lynn towards the seaside town of Hunstanton. On the way here you might pop in at the 12th century Castle Rising Castle, as well as the Royal residence of Sandringham which is, we should point out, home to a museum showcasing many well-known cars owned by royalty over the years. You might choose to stay and watch the sunset over the sea at Hunstanton before carrying on alongside Brancaster and Holkham Bays, with plenty of opportunities to park up and dip your feet in.

Through just one of the small traditional seaside towns, Sheringham, you’ll reach the larger one of Cromer, famous for its crabs and long pier.

Then why not take the inland route back, via the A148 and other charming villages such as Thursford and Melton Constable.

Be sure not to miss…

• Norfolk Lavender • Wreck of Steam Trawler Sheraton • Muckleburgh and Thursford collections

The car we’d pick…

As the first part of this route crosses ‘Royal West Norfolk’ it seemed appropriate to choose a somewhat regal means of transport.

I have driven many other Shadows over the years - some good, some definitely not, but whenever I sit in one I’m always reminded afresh of how much simple quality there is. All the locks, for example,

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are miniature Yale locks - smaller versions of what’s found on most front doors. Then there’s the clear labelling of most of the minor controls. For example there’s two main heater/ventilation controls - one for ‘top’ (ie screen), one for ‘bottom’. You turn them to vary the heat of the air. However another note tells you to ‘pull for quantity’ - in other words you pull the knob out to vary the amount of air entering - there’s a separate blower control elsewhere.

One thing that may surprise you though is the instrumentation - or, more accurately, lack of. On this 1972 car you’ve a speedometer, fuel gauge and ammeter, plus a clock in the centre of the dash, and that’s it! No rev counter, no temperature gauge and no oil pressure gauge - the last two functions were deleted earlier in the year and replaced by warning lights/buzzers.

The fuel gauge does, though, double as an oil level gauge by the flick of a switch.

In truth, the Shadow was probably the first Rolls-Royce for which great driverappeal was a major design consideration.

Previous models were designed with

chauffeur-driving in mind, and the owner’s handbooks frequently used the term ‘instruct your driver to…’ when it came to matters of care and attention. The Shadow, though, was a Rolls-Royce for the swinging sixties, when labour was getting more expensive and ‘servants’ definitely going out of fashion. It was also to be made in much bigger numbers than any previous Rolls-Royce car, and as such had to appeal to people who, though wealthy enough to

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buy a Rolls Royce, were probably not the sort who could/would justify employing a driver.

Frustratingly, the first minor control I needed - and one that owners will be using quite often - isn’t labelled. I’m referring to the release for the fuel filler flap, and that, it has to be said, did take a bit of finding. It’s actually though exactly where it should be, on the extreme righthand side of the dash. As you’d expect,

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these cars certainly like their juice - typical consumption is an ‘if you need to ask, you can’t afford it’ 12-14mpg. Accordingly, although we weren’t going far, I put £30 worth in - and used the whole lot!

As you’d expect, 6750cc makes for a lively-performing car when you want it to, even when the car in question weighs 2.1 tonnes! Some of the lanes hereabouts we took a look at the waterfront/historic quarter of King’s Lynn en route - are pretty narrow, but the Shadow’s dead-easy to drive in these conditions with all four corners easy to judge gaps for. The ride’s also smooth - as you’d expect - and cabin noise levels very low. Seat comfort too is superb; as already noted I’ve driven one or two decidedly shabby Shadows over the years, but one thing I’ve never come across is a severely sagged-out driver’s seat.

I haven’t talked about handling. There’s a good reason for that; I didn’t really test it! It just didn’t seem appropriate to either the car or the location to go squealing round corners. Performance

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was clearly ‘adequate’ - as Rolls Royce always described their cars’ power output - and I did get the car up to 70mph in a few places where such is appropriate/legal, and at these speeds the car was beautifully smooth and comfortable. Subjectively, it was also surprisingly ‘chuckable’ when it came to cornering and overtaking - exactly as you’d expect from a car designed and built to be the best possible and with minimal compromise.

And that is the overall impression that the Silver Shadow leaves you with. I’m sure, that sometime and somewhere in the design and build process someone said ‘if we did it this way it’ll be easier and cost less’. But if they did, there’s absolutely no sign whatsoever of that in the way in which the car looks drives or feels. Rather, everything about it seems to have been built in the best way possible.

It’s entirely arguable that by 1972 a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was no longer ‘the best car in the world’. Along the Norfolk coast, however, it’s difficult to think of much better.

Keeping a Silver Shadow in tip-top condition is the best way to ensure it’s ready to deliver when the sun is shining and you have miles of road ahead of you. The best way to do this is keeping in touch with a reputable marque specialist. One such is Flying Spares,which can supply a range of used, OEM-quality or manufacturerbranded parts for these cars depending on your budget and willingness to get your hands dirty. The firm also reconditions componentry in-house from suspension components to complete engines and there’s precious little they can’t supply to help out a Rolls-Royce owner. Something of an industry success story, after 25 years in business Flying Spares founders Ben and Lucy Handford have recently announced that ownership of the company has been transferred to an Employee Ownership Trust, a model famously employed to good effect by Richer Sounds among others.

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JAGUAR E-TYPE Cotswolds circular Distance: 80-100 miles Time: 1-2 days The Route...

Starting in Redditch, head south to the market town of Evesham then south-east on the A44 to the picture postcard village of Broadway. From here, take the B4632 towards Winchcombe and on over the hill to Cheltenham, before leaving on the A436 to Bourton-on-the-Water and then continuing on the A436 and turning left up the A429 towards Stow-on-the-Wold. From here back to the Midlands, the A429 is an excellent ‘driving’ road with interesting twists and turns but still suitable for ‘opening up’ a performance-type classic. The A429 from here to just past the A3400 turnoff to Stratford on Avon forms part of the Roman Fosse Way road which ran from Exeter to Lincoln, passing through Bath, Cirencester and Leicester.

Be sure not to miss…

• The impressively restored and still operating art deco Regal cinema in Evesham.

• The Cotswolds Motor Museum in Bourton on the Water.

• Moreton-in-Marsh’s Wellington Aviation Museum. A tiny but fascinating collection.

• Prescott Speed Hillclimb just north of Cheltenham. If there’s an event on, it’s the most civilised motorsport there is.

The car we’d pick…

Since Jaguar saw fit to offer a colour called Cotswolds Blue, the E-Type seems a very appropriate choice for this route, especially the most practical of the E-Types: the 2+2 coupe which with the 4.2-litre XK engine offers suitable grunt without the crushing

thirst of the Series 3.

Even the 2+2 is a bit of a squeeze but at least there’s plenty of luggage space behind you and like the Big Healey on page 20, it needs care to drive properly, with shift and clutch all needing more heft than the Morris.

It needs experience to judge the car’s

length, but it’s slender enough for those stonewalled Cotswold lanes and once you get up to speed on the faster roads, the magic of the E-Type reveals itself. At the legal limit the car is barely breaking a sweat, but remember it was designed before we even had a national speed limit. A properly presented E-Type is also a

comfortable car to cover distance in and even on the motorway they can be easy to live with. We managed around 17mpg too, which is way off the Moggy but a whole lot more palatable than any V12 Jaguar. The E-Type and Cotswolds combination makes it all worth the cost of hiring an E-Type for a weekend.

MORRIS TRAVELLER Bristol to Weymouth Distance: 95 miles via Bath Time: 1-2 days The Route...

This West of England route takes us across the West Country, starting in the city of Bristol and taking the A4 slightly east through Keynsham and visiting the city of Bath, a World Heritage Site since 1987 and inevitably busy with tourists.

Leaving Bath’s Victorian crescents, head south west on the A367 towards Radstock, once the centre of the coal industry in this area. From here, head south towards Shepton Mallet, past the Royal Bath and West Showground.

Finally branching away from the old Somerset and Dorset railway route, we head for Weymouth, through the village of Castle Cary and travelling south to join the A359 heading south west. Just before you reach the main A303, you’ll encounter the Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford and close by is the Fleet Air Arm museum at RNAS Yeovilton – half a day’s worth in itself.

From here, take B roads to the ancient Dorset town of Sherborne, unique in Britain for having two castles before taking the A352 south towards Dorchester, Dorset’s county town. About seven miles south of Sherborne, you’ll spot the Cerne Abbas giant and the final leg of the journey takes you from Dorchester to Weymouth, one of the very first ‘tourist destination’ resorts in Britain and ideal to access the Jurassic Coast.

Be sure not to miss…

• The SS Great Britain in Bristol, the world’s first iron-hulled steam ship.

• The chance to get into the cockpit of Concorde 002 at Yeovilton, the first British-built Concorde.

• The Haynes International Motor Museum, re-opening on May 17.

• Steam fans will want to visit the Somerset and Dorset heritage railway at Midsomer Norton.

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The car we’d pick…

An ambling cross-country route like this is ideal for the laid-back charm of the Morris Traveller.

A sidevalve-powered Lowlight might struggle with some of the inclines, but the eager 1098cc A-Series Morris 1000 will be keeping up with modern traffic for most of the way.

If you’re still running the original drums then concentration is the name of the game in the busy centres of Bath and Bristol, but we did this trip in a Moggy fitted with the popular servo conversion from Charles Ware’s Morris Minor Centre which transforms the car.

There’s also ample room inside the Morris

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for the paraphernalia of a summer day out, from chairs to hampers and even pets. And despite the Minor being a long way from anyone’s vision of a classic performance car, its combination of willing engine, rack-andpinion steering and light gearshift means a nicely set-up example is a pleasure to hustle along a B-road at 60mph.

Oh and the Moggy will shame many modern cars marketed heavily with green credentials: we used just over 5½ gallons of petrol on this trip, equating to 36mpg after photographic detours. Not bad for a 46-year old car.

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SAAB 900 TURBO AND MAZDA MX-5 The NC500

Distance: 500-600 miles Time: Three to four days minimum, ten days ideal The Route...

Taking you along some of the best driving roads in the world, let alone Britain, this northern Scottish Highlands loop is also an opportunity to see some spectacular mountain and coast scenery, plus the occasional stop off for great food and a tipple at a local distillery.

While the official NC500 route conjured up by the Scottish tourist board starts and ends at Inverness, we suggest that anyone coming up from the south simply starts on the west side. Head north from Glasgow up the A82, which winds through Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, to the convenient setting off point of Fort William. From here you have the option of spending an extra day visiting the Isle of Skye – well worth doing – or turning off the A87 onto the A890 to track the west coast.

The first NC500 landmark has to be the iconic Applecross Pass, which leads to the idyllic village of Applecross. We recommend retracing your steps back to the A896 rather than following the coast round here, your first warning not to underestimate the time that can be absorbed on small roads here. Also beware that fuel stops, and supplies of things like oil, can be few and far between – ask us how we know!

Turn left off the A896 onto the A832 and a little north you’ll hit Gairloch, and further on, unless you stop at one of the many waterfalls or beaches you’ll get to Lochinver in another two hours. Why not stop in at the excellent Lochinver Larder for a pie and mash good enough that they do UK-wide deliveries, then walk it off at nearby Achmelvich Beach a couple miles up the road.

You can continue up the B869, for which you’ll be rewarded with a beautiful but slow, single-laned drive, or go back along the A837 to join the A894 for a truly superb section for keen drivers. Either way, you’ll soon be over the famous Kylesku bridge and making your way into the most northerly part of the Scottish Highlands. After a couple more hours of driving you might well be ready for the kind of extravagant hot chocolate that Cocoa Mountain in Durness does so well. Another hour east and you’ll get to Thurso and, soon after, Dunnet Head, the most northerly point of Great Britain, plus Duncansby Head, the most northeasterly point. Both good places to drink in the view, and you might also fancy a real drink at a nearby distillery like Wick’s Pultenery Distillery, one that’s been this far north since 1826.

Most distilleries are further south, around Inverness, and the drive down there is much easier than progress made on the west coast. The A9 flows along the coastline and allows for very relaxed cruising at a steady 50-60mph. An hour or so down the road sits the Glen Morangie distillery, over the 892-meter long Dornoch Firth Bridge. The A9 continues through Inverness and conveniently into the beautiful Cairngorms National Park as a final treat before landing you on the edge of Edinburgh.

Be sure not to miss…

• An Teallach • Smoo Cave • Dunrobin Castle

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You can go two ways with this one, but whether that’s a sports car or plush GT you can’t just focus on one at the expense of the other. Remember, we’re talking about some incredible driving roads that would be a shame to leave unfelt underneath too much leather and springing, but at the same time you’ve got to endure over 500 miles of them, not to mention, for many, the drive up to Scotland in the first place.

The Mazda MX-5 is famous for giving us the lithe driving responses once forgotten to the golden era of the sports car. So you can steer along the Scottish roads with all the vigour and involvement of an MG Midget, or dare I say a Lotus Elan, and make the absolute most of them.

The MX-5’s trump card is a touring ability far less compromised than its forebears. There’s more of a boot, if still quite modest, a very much water-tight and even quiet roof, and we managed over 35mpg on this trip.

We have a back-to-basics 1.6-litre California edition car here, and although we certainly wouldn’t discourage you from getting a full-on facelifted 1.8-litre Sport model with a limited-slip diff, we still had an absolute riot with our relatively meagre 108bhp.

A Saab convertible might well be, by some measures, the ultimate holiday car.

We have the classic example of the breed here, a 900 Turbo. On the motorway it tracks arrow straight, letting the driver simply sit back, watch the miles tick by, with one to three passengers able to doze off. You can even just about fit their luggage in the generous boot, and sitting off boost at 70mph you’ll tip over 30mpg.

Then you arrive, put the roof down, and the Saab transforms into holiday mode. You can enjoy the vast expanses of scenery above and around you in a way a car with a fixed roof simply can’t, all from the luxurious leather seats that, if need be, are even heated. With just two people on board, the wind guard over the rear seats means the roof can stay down almost endlessly.

With turbocharged torque and power that ranges from 173lb.ft to 190lb.ft and 138bhp to 185bhp depending on the model, there’s plenty of performance on tap. Sharp, weighty steering and strong brakes give the 900 a direct sense of security that simply encourages faster driving. On the right road, which isn’t exactly difficult to find up here, it’s a whole lot of fun.

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CLASSIC MINI Devon Tour

Distance: 120 miles Time: one day minimum, two days ideal The Route...

This drive begins in Somerset and explores Devon’s national parks, great scenery and coastal routes.

We suggest starting in the West Somerset village of Dunster, joining the A39 ‘Atlantic Highway’ as it heads past Dunster Castle and Minehead into Exmoor. Here you’ll encounter Porlock Hill, which rises 400 feet in under two miles with a gradient of 1 in 4, though there’s a milder toll road too. Then it’s on to Lynmouth and Lynton, set amongst an area known as England’s Little Switzerland, where you can stop and explore the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway and the nearby Valley of Rocks.

From here it’s back on the twisty A39 to Barnstaple and Bideford, before getting on the equally twisty A386 as it follows the River Torridge.

Head past Okehampton and stay on the A386 through the picturesque market town of Tavistock, perhaps enjoying a stop, before continuing to Yelverton. Then it’s on to the B3212, which, though limited to 40mph, is an entertaining road with excellent views of the moors before its reaches its conclusion in Dunsford. If you’ve got time for a diversion, the Rugglestone Inn at Widecombe in the Moor does a great ham and cheese platter.

If you’re short of time, the A30 and the North Devon Link Road (A361) means both the Dartmoor and Exmoor routes can easily be done independently, too.

Be sure not to miss…

• The Valley of Rocks • Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway • Grimspound ancient ruins

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The car we’d pick…

When we last enjoyed this route, we knew we were in the right car – a classic Mini.

With many tourists likely to be present in areas like Lynton and Lynmouth, a Mini is ideal to park in tight spots as well as dart along the narrow countryside roads with its willing A-Series and go-kart like handling.

We’ve no doubt you’d enjoy any Mini on this journey, and those who haven’t driven a bog standard car in years will no doubt be pleasantly surprised by how good they can be. However, having a little extra power on tap makes negotiating the hills, tight bends and sweeping sections a lot more enjoyable, as does the reassuring presence of front disc brakes rather than drums.

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That said, you don’t need a racecar with rock-hard suspension and a peaky cam either. An original 76bhp 1275 Cooper S would be the Holy Grail, but a late Rover Cooper would do the job with almost as much pace and an added dose of refinement. Find one that’s been tweaked to give around 90bhp by John Cooper Garages or has benefitted from the attentions of the reborn Downton company in the 1990s like the example shown here, and you’ve surely got the ideal tool.

Being a Mini, it’s the also perfect complement to photogenic scenes, and will make plenty of people smile along the way.

The biggest grin, however, will surely be reserved for the driver.

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MGB

Lincolnshire circular Distance: 140-180 miles Time: One day minimum, two to five days ideal The Route...

This circular tour of Britain’s secondbiggest county starts and ends at the market town of Spalding, and in the intermediate miles finds a great diversity of time-warp villages set amongst an agricultural heartland, historic architecture, seaside attractions, and even the remnants of why Lincolnshire was once known as ‘Bomber County’.

We suggest taking a moment to visit Spalding’s charming centre, with the old wool merchants house Ayscoughfee Hall and a preserved blacksmith’s forge. Thereafter, you can take the A16 and travel north towards the coast. From Boston, you can take the A52 to Skegness where, amongst its simple seaside resort charms, there is an original 1930s ‘Hi-de-Hi!’ chalet preserved as a Grade 2 listed building.

Going north along the coast gives you two options, either on the A52 more inland or closer to the water on a narrower road. After a stop off at the smaller seaside town of Mablethorpe, we suggest going back inland towards Louth on the A157 and then through towards Lincoln. The best of Lincoln is to be enjoyed up ‘Steep Hill’ and around the famous Cathedral and adjacent castle.

Your return journey will take you down the A15, a great deal of which is based on ancient Roman roads.

Be sure not to miss…

• Maud Foster Tower Windmill • The Cheese Shop, in Louth

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The car we’d pick…

After just few miles into our tour, I started to really enjoy being behind the wheel of the MGB. The steering’s lovely and positive and while heavy in absolute terms, is totally right for a car of this kind. The gearchange, too, is superb and very sports car; just enough notchiness to make life interesting, but very efficient and with excellent syncho all-round.

This car has overdrive, and use of that changes the car’s character somewhat; around town you stick to non-overdrive; out of town you flick the switch down and third and fourth gears suddenly seem a lot more appropriate to those conditions. I probably wouldn’t fancy tackling a very long motorway journey in a B Roadster - though I know that many people do use them daily.

That, doesn’t, though, mean I wouldn’t want to tackle a long journey in one; I’d simply avoid motorways and use fast A roads instead. That way, the drive would be enjoyable, rather than a chore.

Other than that, the B seems to be a car that’s equally at home in all road/traffic conditions. Around town it’s pleasant. Out of town it’s rather exhilarating.

Given that we completed this tour in the chilly portion of the Spring, it was a boon that the the heater is extremely efficient. It’s enough to keep even an open-top cabin

reasonably toasty, and with the roof up it quickly has to be turned down even barelyabove-zero temperatures outside. The hood also does a pretty good job sealingwise, and all-round visibility is perfectly acceptable. There’s a big boot for luggage, and we managed an average of 26mpg on our tour.

Really though, this car is much better, and comes to life when driven as it was really intended to; i.e. with the hood down and without a care in the world. Then you’ve got that lovely exhaust burble, and because the cabin is no longer enclosed and any rattles in the frame disappear. Arm resting on the door and shades on, the MGB puts you in its element.

Overall impressions? Well after driving over 100 miles in one day, I certainly wasn’t tired of the B, and would happily have used it a little more. As a traditional, medium-sized sports car, the B is excellent, and it’s dead-easy to see why it has the mass-appeal that it does. If you are looking for a two-seater sports car, don’t dismiss the B because it’s too common. There are

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lots and lots of very good reasons for that popularity, chiefly that they’re really rather good.

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AUSTIN-HEALEY 3000 Lincolnshire - Leicestershire loop

Distance: 50 miles round trip Time: Half a leisurely day including lunch The Route...

Starting near Grantham, this route take advantage of the empty roads and big skies of a part of the UK which often gets overlooked by those further west, with a route winding into the rolling Leicestershire countryside and taking in picturesque local villages to end up at Belvoir Castle.

Starting near Grantham, head east on the A607 for a quick drive at the national speed limit down to Waltham on the Wolds. Taking a left turn off the A607 towards Stonesby, you’re close to the Waltham TV transmitting tower and the network of country lanes running along each side of the A607 provides a perfect playground to put your classic through its paces as you work your way back to Waltham on the Wolds and on through the hamlets and villages of Easton, Branston, Knipton and Harston towards Belvoir Castle.

If you get the chance, park in the Castle’s Engine Yard rather than the main car park, grabbing the chance for some nice shots of the car and watch the reaction of visitors as they walked past the Healey.

Refresh yourself at the Castle, then stick to the back roads, slowly working your way back over to Waltham on the Wolds before heading down the A607 and back to Grantham.

Back on the A607, you’ll be able to put a more powerful classic through its paces, swooping through the gentle bends before ending up back at your starting point in time for a civilised afternoon coffee and cake in Grantham itself.

Be sure not to miss…

• Waltham Towers • Belvoir Castle’s Fuel Room cafe

The car we’d pick…

We completed this trip back in 2019 using an Austin-Healey 3000, a 1965 Mk2 example which is probably one of the best Big Healeys on today’s show scene but which its owner David Furnival wasn’t afraid to use.

Proof of which was in the fitment of a gas-flowed head, stainless manifold and fast road cam to the car’s 2912cc straight-six, the results proving ideal both for the faster main roads and the country lanes alike, thanks to the Healey’s famously flexible big six.

Even in standard form the car is ideal for a day out like this, with its 145bhp

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maximum, backed up by 165lb.ft torque coming in at just 3500rpm, meaning the driver can be as furious or relaxed as the mood inspires.

The Healey is best enjoyed in this kind of use, short spells on open A-roads allowing you to explore its performance before diving off on to smaller roads before the noise and buffeting start to take the edge off the enjoyment. There are plenty of stone walls along the way too, so that you can enjoy the crisp sound of the characteristic Big Healey beat echoing back at you.

Considering the weight of the Healey’s straight six sitting directly on top of the

car’s independent front suspension setup, the handling is extremely predictable when powering through fast corners and the Healey proved a delight to drive. When it came time to shave off some speed before lining the car up to enter a fast, sweeping bend, a firm push on the centre pedal had the front discs slowing the car down at an impressive rate of knots.

Back on the A607, flicking the dashmounted overdrive switch in and out while swooping through the gentle bends saved dropping down a cog and corning hard when the conditions allowed certainly gave the car’s suspension a really good work-out.

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The Big Healey is a car you have to grab hold of and drive with commitment if you want to get the best from it – it’s no one-handed cruiser like for example a Jaguar XJ-S – but you don’t need to go mad to simply enjoy the thrill of mastering what can often be a tricky car to drive smoothly.

Once you’ve got it flowing along the swooping A-roads though, you’ll find out what all the fuss is about, even without driving hard enough to melt your shoes.

And yes, that really is what happened in competition to the drivers of the works rally cars thanks to the exhaust running close to the floor.

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From Shropshire to the Welsh coast Distance: 180-200 mile round trip Time: Three days minimum, five to six ideal The Route...

This one has a running theme of industrial and transport heritage, starting in the town of Ironbridge, a monument to the Industrial Revolution, following various stops of historic railway and finally landing us at the foot of the Snowdon mountains and, of course, the dramatic Welsh coastline.

From Ironbridge we suggest taking Thomas Teldford’s old LondonHolyhead road, otherwise known as the A5, which will take you past Shrewsbury and onto Oswestry.

Travelling west into Wales, we’d point our wheel a little south on the A494 towards Bala and past its picturesque lake, well worth a stop for a photo of the car. At the southern end of the A494 there’s the charming market town pitstop of Dolgellau, and the turning for our final road, the beautiful coastal A493. Past Cardigan Bay and alongside the Irish Sea, you’ll finally arrive at the seaside town of Tywyn. From here you might explore the surrounding mountains, the former quarry village of Aergynolwyn, or the remains of Castell-y-Bere.

Why not create a neat loop by taking the A489 back east towards Newtown and into the heart of the Shropshire Hills?

Be sure not to miss…

• Pontcysyllte Aquaduct • Llangollen Motor Museum • Talyllyn Railway

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The TR6 is in many ways the ultimate development of the original TR: six-cylinder fuel-injected engine - 150bhp in our case - plus independent rear suspension. The body was based on the previous TR4A/ TR5 models, but with front and rear ends squared off in a restyling exercise carried out by Karmann. The 150bhp TR6 tops out at 120mph, and achieves 0-60 in 8.2 seconds. Later UK-spec cars were detuned to 125bhp, and American-spec cars came with carburettors rather than fuel in njection, as the Lucas PI system couldn’t meet US emission standards. Th his reduc ced performance still further. Of 94,6 619 TR6s made between 1969 and 1976, only 8370 were sold on the home market.

All the remaining 86,249 were exported, with America as far and away the biggestt marke et.

The first thing that strikes you entering the TR6 is the lack of shoulder room. I guess that whether you will consider that an advantage or a drawback will depend on who your passenger is! Luggage space isn’t that generous either - there’s room for a couple of soft bags in the boot, but that’s about it. There’s a space behind the seats as well, but when the hood’s down - and as a general rule you want it to be down as often as possible - that’s occupied by the hood.

The TR6 is at its best when being driven fairly hard, something perfect for the Welsh route used for testting here. It seems to come to life at high her speeds and, more importantly, higher engine revs. The overdrive switch is almost like a ‘mode’ switch – overdrive-ou ut, it’s a sports car for going round twisty roa ads, slowing and accelerating, and exploitting the car’s

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handling characteristics to the full. With overdrive-in, it’s more of a touring car, for covering longer distances and/or on roads with a continuous higher cruising speed. Or, of course, for the higherspeed stretches between the twiddly bits.

So what about that handling? Well it’s good - very good in fact: lovely tight cornering, minimal roll, and a rear end that grips well indeed. And yes, we did get the chance to test that in the wet as well as the dry. The ride’ss typical sports car, meaning it’s definitelyy set up for grip and handling rath her than comfort, and apt to throw occupants aboutt a bit on rough surfaces. Brakess are smo ooth, progressive and very reassurring, bring ging the car to a stop in a dead sttraight line with no judder.

Fuel-wise, we e used about £50 for the Ironbridge to Tyw wyn tour as featured here.

By my callcullattions, that’ss about 2224mpg overall: re ealistic, I’’d say, especially given that the terrrain in th his area isn’t really supportive of eco onomy drriving. Nor, come to that, is the TR6’s chara acter; it really isn’t meant to be drive en in a way that squeezes every last yard out of everry last drop of petrol.

Overall, I was sad to ha and the TR6 back at the end of our tou ur. Yes, it’s a bit of a handful in many respects, yes it’s compact, and ye es, in abso olute terms it’s not a comfortable car. But those factors are precisely wha at makes the whole driving experienc ce so muc ch fun. It is a proper British sp ports car, it looks, sounds and drives like a proper British sports car, and if you’re at all interestted in cars, you’ll definitely find it a rewardin ng and fulfilling car to drive. I kno ow that I did!

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FORD CAPRI

Pennines and Peak District Distance: 60-70 Miles Time: One day

The Route...

This route offers hills, wide sweeping bends and massively spectacular scenery. Starting in the vibrant, modern city of Sheffield, head north up the A629 towards Chapeltown and then take the A616 past Stocksbridge above the steelworks before coming to Yorkshire Water’s Langsett Reservoir; over a mile long and a principal source of water for Sheffield and Barnsley.

After Langsett, the road becomes steeper then a lot more open and windswept. A few miles on from here, you’ll spot a narrow road leading off to the left and dropping down below the road into the valley below; it’s not signposted but it’s the only turn off in this direction so you shouldn’t miss it if you fancy a visit to the former Woodhead railway station and the famous Woodhead Tunnels which run for three miles under the Pennines here.

Back on the A628 and shortly after Woodhead, take the A6024 right – though this isn’t signposted to Holmfirth it will get you there and via a slightly more impressive and enjoyable ‘up and over’ route than the A616, through the Holme Valley with magnificent views. Pass through the small villages of Holme and Holmbridge before arriving at Pennine town of Holmfirth.

From Holmfirth, you can retrace your steps back up the A6024 and rejoin the A628 where you left it. Alternatively, if you enjoyed driving the first stretch or fancy sampling the other route out of Holmfirth, take the B6106 and then a right onto the A616 to rejoin the A628 just past the Langsett reservoirs.

Just 15 miles from Holmfirth you’ll come to another Pennine town that may be familiar from the small screen. To get there, you can either carry on down the A628 and take a right turn at Tintwhisle, or take a right just past the A6024/A628 junction and follow the B6105 which rakes you along the other side of the Longdendale reservoir chain. Either route will bring you to Hadfield, a small town on the edge of Glossop and the setting of Royston Vasey for the black TV comedy ‘The League of Gentlemen’.

From here, you head back towards Sheffield over the A57 Snake Pass which takes you right through the middle of the Peak District National Park. Here the attraction is the drive itself; a wonderful up and down route. From here it’s only about 20 miles back to Sheffield.

Be sure not to miss…

• Langsett Reservoir where you can drive across the dam.

• It’s worth popping into Hadfield, if only to say you’ve visited Royston Vasey and managed to leave!

• At the junction with the A6013 you can explore the Upper Derwent Reservoirs, managed by the National Trust.

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The car we’d pick…

When we last drove this route, the mixture of heavy industry, Last of the Summer Wine and League of Gentlemen somehow seemed to suit just one car: the Ford Capri.

Yes, there are more exotic classics to blast through the Peak District in, but these are all busy tourist spots and the Mk1 Capri’s handy size made it ideal for the narrower routes and villages as well as being perfectly happy in the city centre and on the motorway. In fact, all the attributes the European pony car was designed to provide.

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more delicate Mk1 both for its classic style and its easygoing nature.

Even in 1.6 form, the Capri is good for 68bhp and a top speed just tantalisingly shy of the ton at 98mph means it’s got no problem keeping up with modern traffic. The Capri is also a remarkably comfortable car – indeed, back in the day road testers judged the supposedly more sporting Capri to ride better than the workaday Escort.

On the winding Peak District climbs, the smaller Kent engine is also perhaps more engaging than the more powerful, but coarser Pinto... and if you fancy a few white-knuckle moments, everyone knows just how easy it is to provoke any Capri into tail-out antics.

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WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO SEE

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ith museums permitted to open from May 17, our favourite carthemed destinations should all be back in action by the time you’re thinking of enjoying any of the trips in this issue. Most of our favourite venues have also taken the time over the lockdown period to develop new attractions and exhibitions, so here are some suggestions as to side trips which will be well worth the effort.

British Motor Museum

Just a half an hour from the end of our Cotswold loop, the British Motor Museum is always worth a visit and if you haven’t seen the recently established Collections Centre, that’s worth the trip in itself.

Showcasing a fascinating collection of prototypes and one-offs from the history of the brands which made up British Leyland and then Rover, the Collections Centre is also home to the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust’s collection.

The BMM is currently running an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the iconic E-Type which includes the 1953 C-Type bought to race in the 1953 Mille Miglia, a 1956 D-Type that finished sixth at Le Mans, the 1960 E2A prototype and 77 RW, the roadster driven overnight to Switzerland by Norman Dewis for the launch. It also includes a 1963 FHC car and a 1966 4.2-litre Series 1 roadster, with a couple of very successful V12 race cars.

The exhibition is included in the normal Museum admission. www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk

Great British Car Journey

The opening of a brand new car attraction is cause for celebration, and on May 22 the Great British Car Journey is set to open its doors in Derbyshire complete with the unique ‘Drive Dad’s Car experience’ featuring more than 30 British designed and made cars produced between 1930 and 1990, which can be driven around a private on-site route.

In addition the Great British Car Journey features more than 150 classic British cars.

Visitors will be taken on an interactive journey through the golden years of British car design and manufacturing using a unique audio-visual device.

Drive Dad’s Cars cost from £49, with entry to Great British Car Journey included.

Booking is now available to book online ahead of the opening. www.greatbritishcarjourney.com

Haynes International Motor Museum

Thanks to the eclectic collecting policy of its founder, the late John Haynes of car manual fame – the museum was founded using his own personal cars – the Haynes museum offers a different take on car museums and is all the better for it. The ever-popular Breakfast Club is set to resume in May, with Future Classics car meets on the first of the month and Vintage and Classic meets on the second Sunday. Meanwhile, current exhibitions include Williams F1 and a tribute to Enzo Ferrari. www.haynesmotormuseum.com

Lakeland Motor Museum

Ever popular, the Lakeland museum has been quietly catering for everyman nostalgia for modern classics with acquisitions like its ’94 Corsa. Other new exhibits this year include a 1963 Austin A40 Farina and a 1991 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, while a complete building is devoted to the Campbell Bluebird exhibition covering the exploits of Malcolm and Donald on both land and water. www.lakelandmotormuseum.co.uk

Coventry Transport Museum

The famous venue in Surrey is planning to open in May and has already published a tentative calendar of events for 2021, including a tribute to Sir Stirling Moss and the Italian Car Day in July, a new Summer Classic gathering and Brooklands Relived in August to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the first GP held on the circuit. www.brooklandsmuseum.com

National Motor Museum

Just down the road from the British Motor Museum, the Coventry museum never fails to be a fascinating day out and differs from most other car museums by including a massive collection of bicycles, reflecting Coventry’s significant part in the cycling industry. Dubbed ‘Gearing Up: From Saddle to Spoke’ the temporary online exhibition should open physically when the museum itself reopens.

Visit on a weekend and there’s often a club meeting happening outside too, complete with interesting cars. www.transport-museum.com

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Brooklands Museum

The grounds of the Beaulieu venue will already be open by the time you read this, but the National Motor Museum won’t be reopening until July 4. When it does, you’ll be able to see the latest exhibition, entitled Motoring in Miniature, covering all those childhood car toys you wished you’d looked after better...

Meanwhile, the grounds will once again start hosting the range of ‘Simply’ events, kicking off with Simply Electric on May 23, followed by Simply Porsche on June 6. www.beaulieu.co.uk

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LEAVING LOCKDOWN Paul Wager Group Editor

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riting this on the day the UK marks the exact anniversary ‘lockdown’ first became an everyday phrase, it’s quite possible that many older cars may have been sitting idle for a full year.

Yes, I’m sure the majority of CCB readers are sufficiently clued-up to realise that leaving old cars inactive for long periods does more harm than good, but for some of us the cost saving from laying the car up at least for the winter months was too good to overlook.

Common sense will mean that many of us have at least warmed up the engine every month or so and even perhaps rolled the car up and down the drive to keep things working, but without a proper drive on the road, there’s only so much you can do to ensure everything is in working order.

All of which means that when you decide that 36% of the country innoculated means it’s safe enough to venture out again, it’s wise to give the car a few checks before heading out, Especially if pressures of time mean your classic hasn’t even turned a wheel since March 2020. Here then are our pointers.

HANDBRAKE

Even with enough charge in the battery you’re going nowhere if you left the handbrake jammed on all winter and the pads or shoes have stuck firmly. In general, if the car won’t roll, then suspect something’s up and prepare to investigate.

One trick we’ve used a few times is to pour a kettle full of boiling water over the caliper or drum, before yanking the handbrake lever a few times and rocking the car back and forth on the clutch. With drum brakes you can also use a metal drift to carefully jolt the outside of the drum.

If you’re lucky you’ll hear a ‘ping’ as the brakes free off, but if this doesn’t do the trick then you’re into dismantling... which is often a big job depending on the design of the system.

TYRES

Assuming you’ve got brakes, tyres are next on your list and it’s amazing how frequently they get overlooked. Even if the pressures were spot-on when you parked the car up, you’d be surprised how much air can disappear over 12 months – and how widely it can vary between corners too. Invest the few pounds a small pocket gauge costs – either a traditional plunger type or a digital one – since the supermarket and filling station pumps are notoriously inaccurate.

It goes without saying that you need to check the tyres for any crazing and sidewall bulges, too. How old are they? That set of tyres you think of as being ‘new’ may well have been bought 15 years ago...

BRAKES

BATTERY

Let’s start at the beginning: is it going to start? If you left the battery connected for 12 months then the chances are pretty much zero, but you might just be able to save the battery itself.

Rather than hooking up that 30-year old charger from the corner of the garage and leaving it on the ‘high’ setting to buzz away for 24 hours with the needle dancing merrily, take a more gentle approach.

Modern electronic battery chargers can regulate the charge more accurately and even some of the cheaper units have a facility to revive batteries which have been utterly exhausted.

We’ve had good results with the Lifeline B6001, a 6/12-volt unit which did everything the vastly more expensive brands of trickle charger claim, but at a fraction of the cost: you’re looking at £29.95 from www.powerspark.co.uk. The unit is waterproof to IP65 so you can use it on the driveway without worrying about the weather and it will also switch from charge to maintenance mode when it’s done its thing.

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At the other end of the scale, take it easy on your first trip round the block in case you have one or more seized calipers which don’t want to play ball. A car not pulling up straight is generally the clue, as is a burning smell from a pad rubbing on the disc when a piston isn’t retracting properly.

You might just be able to free it off with use or by removing the pads and levering the piston in and out, but in our experience it’s generally futile and the only permanent solution is an exchange caliper.

On drum-braked cars, inactivity does the seals in the wheel cylinders no good at all, so take a first exploratory trip round the block and then check inside the wheel for signs of fluid leakage – it’s not uncommon for a hard, perished seal to fail on the first hard braking.

FUEL

With pump fuels now containing up to five per cent ethanol and this set to rise to 10 per cent shortly, leaving fuel in the tank for long periods becomes more of an issue.

One issue around the ethanol is that it’s hygroscopic, meaning that it absorbs moisture to the point where it can cause problems with corrosion in fuel systems. You can’t do much about the fuel already in the fuel lines, carburettor or injectors, but by using an additive in the tank you can partly combat its effects.

Ideally you’d add it before storing the car... but you don’t want to hear that.

You’ll find a wide selection of additives at Classic Oils (www.classic-oils.net) and it goes without saying that checking fuel lines for leakage and perished pipework is a smart move when first firing the car up, especially injected engines which run higher fuel pressures.

FLUIDS

Check the fluids. If it was low on oil last time you drove the car, did you ever get round to topping it up? As for the coolant, even a tiny leak can see the level drop significantly over a year’s inactivity, without you even noticing a pool on the garage floor. Check the level and if you have a suitable tester, check its concentration.

While you’re at it, check the screenwash... there’s nothing more annoying than hitting the switch by mistake and watching the wiper blades judder across a dirty screen obscuring your vision.

WIRES

If you’re running wire wheels, give the spokes a tap with a piece of wood and listen for a ringing sound. A dull sound can mean a loose spoke but before fiddling with them, drive the car gently for a few miles to make the wheels ‘round’ again and equalise the stresses on each spoke then test them again.

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he humble filling station has long been a crucial part of Britain’s infrastructure, having evolved from simple fuel sales to full-service destinations filling the gaps left by small local shops squeezed out of business by supermarkets.

The fuel itself has become a hot topic recently, whether it’s the ethanol content or the longer-term prospect of replacing the pumps entirely by charging stations. All of which makes this forecourt from 1966 look like an increasingly distant past.

The site isn’t in Lincolnshire as you might expect, but in Ipswich: Gainsborough isn’t the location but a brand of petrol, the company eventually being taken over by Total in 1974.

At the time the photo was taken, just two cars

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were on the premises, but neither the Mk1 Mini or the HA Viva would have needed the fancy 98 octane Premium brew advertised... and certainly not the 101 octane rocket fuel dispensed from the right-hand pump. Mind you, any Wartburg Knight drivers needing fuel would have been pleased to see the offer of two-stroke mixture, although drivers of oil-burning A55s would have been unlucky: there’s not a single diesel pump.

We couldn’t work out whether the sheepskinjacketed Viva driver is simply so lazy that he’s made his wife hop out and fill up the Vauxhall, or if this is an attended-service forecourt. Either way, the kiosk certainly dates from before the era when you could happily do your family shop while filling up.

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CLASSIC RIVALS

LATE BLOOMERS The E24 BMW 6-Series and Jaguar XJ-S had slow starts, but did their time in the doldrums and emerged as desirable classics. Which should command your money today?

Andrew Everett Contributor

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ewind to a fairly pleasant evening in October 1989, and there I was buying a tatty but running and MoT’d 1978 Jaguar XJ-S V12 from Witney car auctions for £800. Vying for my £800 was something else though, a 1979 633CSi Auto, also tatty but MoT’d and in metallic Reseda Green metallic, a pale shade that used to fade and hence gained the nickname ‘Receding Green’. The XJ-S won and I ended up doing a comprehensive

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restoration job on it when new wings and panels were still inexpensive but it could have gone either way. But which car would have won out today?

The 5.3-litre 286bhp XJ-S was launched a year before the E24 633CSi, which was the replacement for the aged E9 3.0CS Coupe. Both the XJ-S and the 633CSi were bigger and heavier replacements for previous coupes, with both based on the saloon counterparts and both

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ENGINE: 3453cc POWER: 218bhp 0-60mph: 7.5secs TOP SPEED: 132mph BUY ONE FOR: £6000-£35,000 expensive. The Jaguar cost £9500 in September 1975 and £10,500 a year later, compared to a stonking £13,450 for the BMW. But what were they like as cars? The XJ-S was better car in many ways, with that incredible engine, 150mph performance and a superb ride allied to safe, predictable handling. Possessed with probably the most refinement of any production car, effective Delanair air conditioning and powerful brakes, the XJ-S was so good as a new car that you needed to spend a lot more money to better it.

Only two things blighted the Jaguar. Firstly, it did 12mpg on a good day, and secondly too many of them were just rubbish.

You can’t disregard how badly made these cars were; not the

actual assembly at Browns Lane because that was fine. No, it was the complete lack of rustproofing, the idiotic rust traps, the dire detail design under that elegant body and the unreliability of the thing. Launched just as Jaguar quality hit its nadir, it took six or seven years for the early ones to start sprouting rust in the usual places and just like all Jags of that era they seemed to get tatty quickly. My green one it transpired had received its first body restoration job in 1985 when it was just seven years old and the amount of filler we dug out showed that it was pretty rotten.

The 6-Series had a slow start, being too much money for a car with 200bhp. However, BMW had already set its course for success as the polar opposite of

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Jaguar, which had been seriously underpricing its cars for years and thus never had enough money to renew worn out factory tooling or buy their electrical equipment from Bosch. At over 13 grand, BMW was testing the market and seeing just what they could get away with. The answer was quite a lot.

Despite being slower than the XJ-S, the 633CSi was fast enough at 130mph and hit 60mph in eight seconds. It also averaged 20mpg with 27mpg on a run, would start on the button on the coldest mornings and, unlike the XJ-S or any of the Italian rivals, would do 12,000 miles a year without breaking down or bits dropping off.

By the time the 3.5 litre 635CSi arrived in late 1978 with 218bhp,

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TECH SPEC Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ BMW had moved production from Karmann in Osnabruck in house to the main Dingolfing plant, where efficient workers would build each car perfectly aided by a modern factory just six years on from a complete refit. Deep lustrous paint allied to decent underseal meant the 6-Series would last much longer than the Jag before rust finally appeared. By 1980 when the XJ-S was facing the chop due to disastrous sales, the 633CSi had gone and the smaller engined 628CSi had replaced it. However, the ‘proper’ 3.5-litre car now boasted Bosch Motronic engine management, an on-board check system and soaring sales thanks to the known quality, broad colour spectrum and a choice of three gearboxes – a close ratio manual, an overdrive manual and a threespeed automatic.

But then, the XJ-S started to make a comeback. Whilst the rubber bumpered cars are sought after now, the style and ambience of the interior and exterior just wasn’t chiming with buyers and neither was 12mpg. Spearheaded

by Sir John Egan’s quality drive, the mild tweaks that resulted in the HE model of late 1980 immediately piqued the interest of would-be buyers. It didn’t take much – new Starfish wheels, chrome bumper trims, smart coachlines and a new range of superb colours including Cobalt Blue, metallic Racing Green and bright Sebring Red to replace the tired old maroons, yellows and greens. Inside, a few nice chunks of wood veneer and the latest XJ steering wheel really livened up

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the interior and suddenly the XJ-S was a whole lot more attractive, especially combined with a newfound possibility of 20mpg thanks to the revised V12 with its new Fireball combustion chambers.

From here of course, the Jaguar really did find its second wind. The introduction of the sixcylinder 3.6-litre AJ6 engine with 225bhp in 1983 gave Jaguar a real rival to the 635CSi, yet despite its similar performance most road testers (in fact, all of them) preferred the BMW even if it did cost £7000 more – yep, you read that right.

But so too was the BMW facelifted, in 1982, in fact undergoing an even more extensive overhaul so much as to feature a new platform from the latest E28 5-Series.

On the outside there were new bumpers, this time with chrome deleted, plus big BBS metric cross spoke alloy wheels, ellipsoid headlights and an interior that featured leather everywhere after the first production run – including the entire facia. The latest version of the 3430cc engine from the new E32 735i went in along with the latest switchable four-speed automatic box option, revised suspension and a lower final drive. It gave the revised car much livelier performance, but even so it was still four seconds adrift of the cheaper V12 Jag by 120mph.

At £36,000 with standard air conditioning the BMW compared badly price wise with the £27,000 V12 Jaguar and especially the £21,500 3.6 car, but BMW were selling enough to make the sort of

JAGUAR XJ6 4.0

ENGINE: 3980cc POWER: 219bhp 0-60mph: 7.9secs TOP SPEED: 142mph BUY ONE FOR: £4000-£26,000 profits per car that both Bill Lyons and John Egan could only dream about.

Fast forward to 1989 and the 635CSi was being phased out and replaced by the illfated 850i, a fabulous car but one that was just too much money – the era when a V12 BMW cost twice as much as a V12 Jaguar and most buyers laughed. Whilst the 6-Series faded away, the XJ-S would of course live for another seven years. Though not everything Ford did for Jaguar took them in the right direction, the 1991 revamp really did improve the

XJS (now without the hyphen).

Quality really did improve further with the extensively redesigned body showing remarkably greater rust resistance compared to the original.

Today, these are still expensive cars, not just in the buying but the running. The BMW was a much

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better built car but most fell into the same black hole of neglect that 99 per cent of old BMW’s fall into, with the result that very few are actually ‘mint’ despite the showroom gloss and price tag. My rule of thumb has always been the same; assume the worst and be proved otherwise.

A tatty V12 XJ-S isn’ my idea of fun anymore to be honest.

Yes, I did own a couple including a rare manual, but that was 25-30 years ago and now they are just older and rustier like the BMW. If you can find a genuinely outstanding V12 that has been maintained regardless of cost then fine but, like the 635CSi Highline, the real value is in the last of the line where the cars are just better made and easier to fix. I love both cars, the 635CSi manual perhaps that bit more, but for the Jaguar an early 4.0-litre 1991/2 facelift coupe with the chrome topped impact bumpers and the manual box is the way to go – a fine mix of classic and modern.

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History repeating Au ustin Rover Group's relaunch of the MG brand in 1982 began a period that would lead to some of the marque's most popular models, but it couldn't end the e turmoil

Jeff Ruggles Features Editor

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ard-working, loyal workers don't always get what they deserve, and the closure of the Abingdon MG plant was a true case in point. Cruelly announced the day after the marque's 50th anniversary celebrations, it reneged on various assurances and had a massive impact on the local economy. What was the world’s biggest sports car producer at the turn of the 1970s had wound down to nothing in just 10 years – but it wouldn't be the last disappearance for the famous brand.

The octagon would appear on a series of sporting models over the following 23 years, with a strong enthusiast following for each. Here we chart the marque's highs and lows, from the beginnings of the Austin Rover era to the end of MG Rover.

THE M CARS – METRO, MAESTRO, MONTEGO

Despite closing Abingdon, BL decided not to sell the MG name to a consortium led by Aston Martin’s Alan Curtis.

It took just 17 months for BL (now renamed Austin Rover Group) to put it back to use, this time on the Longbridgebuilt MG Metro. More than just a makeover, the bangon-trend MG 1300 was launched in May 1982 and got smart pepper-pot alloy wheels, funky Herringbone trim, red seatbelts, bold graphics and a livelier A-Plus engine tweaked to produce 72bhp.

“It's nice to be back” read the brochure, though not everyone saw it that way. The pain of the Abingdon closure was still too raw for many MG enthusiasts, who wanted a sports car rather than a rebadged hatch. Badge engineering was nothing new for MG of course; Cecil Kimber began the company in the 1920s with tweaked versions of Morris cars, and the sharing would peak in the 1950s and '60s with the Magnette, Midget and MG 1100/1300 cars. Had the Abingdon plant still been churning out sports cars at the same time as the MG Metro's arrival, perceptions would probably have been very different. As it was, it left a bitter taste in the mouth for brand purists.

The press, on the other hand, widely praised it. Car magazine rated it above a Mk1 Fiesta XR2, despite the Ford having a bigger 1.6-litre engine. The public liked it too – as far as manufacturers and most buyers were concerned, open-top two-seaters were old hat.

The appeal would grow even more when the Turbo version was launched in October 1982. With its Garrett T3 blower, bigger wheels and bodykit, it looked the part and was good for 93bhp. Modestly, the MG models were expected to account for no more than 10 per cent of the Metro's sales, and yet were soon running in excess of a quarter. Over 140,000 MG Metros were made in total, with 21,968 of them Turbos.

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ARG was keen to build on the Metro's success with the bigger Cowley-built Maestro, launched in March 1983. Unlike the Metro though, there was an MG variant right from the start – albeit a rather rushed one. It was a roomy, practical hatch, and looked the part with its funky red detailing, smart alloys and extra spoilers as per the Metro. You also got a digital dash with its now infamous synthesised voice commands, but what you didn't get was a particularly good engine.

The proposed S-Series engine wasn't ready, so a stopgap was created by taking the Maxi's E-Series, resizing to 1.6-litres, modifying it for conventional end-on VW gearbox and fitting twin Webers to produce 103bhp. Sadly, with no gearbox underneath to strengthen the block it was prone to crank failure, while having the carbs above the manifold at the front of the engine led to carb icing and hot starting issues.

The S-Series moved the carbs to the back. It was better but still suffered from hot starting issues, so after just 2762 S-Series cars had been built, Austin Rover fitted a 2.0-litre injected O-Series engine with a Honda PG1-series gearbox.

With 115bhp, it transformed the MG Maestro and made it a very credible hatch indeed, though it never fully recovered its reputation despite being more than a match for the contemporary Golf GTI. There was no such messing about with the MG Montego. A sleeker design than the Maestro courtesy of late tidy up by Roy Axe, it arrived in April 1984 with the MG version already having the O-Series fitted some six months

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ahead of its smaller stablemate. It also had a nicer dash layout with a superior digital display, but the latter didn't last long before being canned.

The MG Montego was quick, well designed and contemporary. It also looked good with its deep front and boot-mounted spoilers, plus the familiar red detailing, but overall the big ideas weren't backed up by sufficient quality and fleet drivers tended to prefer their Cavalier SRIs and Ford Sierras.

As with the Metro, a boosted version was added to the range. Announced at the beginning of April 1985, the MG Montego Turbo was the fastest production MG to date, with 152bhp and a 0-60mph time of 7.3 seconds courtesy of its Garrett T3-equipped 2.0-litre motor. OK, early ones were laggy and suffered from torque steer, but so did most turbocharged cars of the period. However, the presence of a single SU carburettor rather spoiled any high-tech pretensions, despite very impressive performance.

The Montego was facelifted with a new radiator grille and smoother rear end treatment in 1988, with the MG Maestro getting colour-coded spoilers and 15-inch crosspoke wheels to match its bigger brother. The same year saw the Maestro finally get the turbo engine, with the 505 cars built adorned with distinctive Tickford bodykits.

With its lighter shell, the Maestro went like stink and could manage 0-60mph in just 6.7 seconds. It handled pretty well too, but the styling wasn't cool enough to sway many buyers away from 16-valve Golf GTIs or Astra GTEs. It's different now of course – find a good example and

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you'll pay five figures. Indeed, the entire MG-badged triple-M range now commands premium prices, proving that Austin Rover really did do a good job on a budget much smaller than rival firms.

Come the end of the decade though, things looked bleak again. In 1990 the MG Metro disappeared from showrooms in preparation for the reinvention of the Metro from Austin to Rover, and the following year the octagonbadged Maestro and Montego would also disappear as part of Rover’s drive upmarket under Graham Day – something that had seen lesser variants of the two ageing models sidelined without even a proper marque badge.

1990S REBIRTH – RV8

Once again, MG wouldn’t lie dormant for long, but this time it was another manufacturer that instigated its rebirth. The launch of the MX-5 in 1989 saw Mazda enjoy sustained success using a recipe that had served MG so

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well for so long; essentially combining an attractive twoseat sports car body with running gear plucked from the saloon range and marketed at an affordable price point.

That Mazda had stolen in on what was traditionally MG territory must have left the management at Longbridge redfaced. To make matters worse, they'd been working on an MG sports car since the mid-'80s – a neat front-engined, two-seater convertible designed by Gerry McGovern and called the MG F-16. Sadly it was not given management approval, but the MX-5 was a major factor in changing that stance.

With plenty of development work ahead and no MGs on the price list, Rover needed a means of keeping the famous badge alive until the new model was ready. To do this, a small team at Rover Special Products got to work on Project Adder, mating an MGB bodyshell with a Rover V8 just as Abingdon had done, but this time as a roadster using the recently reintroduced British Motor Heritage shell.

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A NEW ERA – MGF

Meanwhile, the all-new MG sports car was taking shape under the name Project Phoenix. Rover commissioned three outside contractors to produce designs, with each given an F-16 body to work with before coming up with very different results.

The first, ‘PR1’, was built by Motor Panels and based

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In 1984, the decision was taken to build an MG sports car prototype for display at the '85 Frankfurt Show to showcase Austin Rover's ambitious plans for the marque. With Roy Axe leading a design team that included Gordon Sked and Gerry McGovern, the aerodynamic MG EX-E was the result.

Comprising of a bonded aluminium skeleton clothed with plastic external panels, it used a mid-mounted MG Metro 6R4 engine in 250bhp guise and had all-wheel-drive, but never entered production. It would, however, inspire elements of the MGF design.

Of course, there was also an MG badge on the Metro 6R4 itself. As an out-and-out competition car developed for Group B rallying with a mid-mounted 3.0-litre V6, it only bore a cosmetic resemblance to the road-going Metro, enjoying moderate success before Group B was canned at the end of 1986. That didn't stop it becoming an icon though, and one of the MG greats.

The RV8, as it became known, was unveiled in autumn 1992.

Despite using most of the old MGB’s underlying structure, the RV8 was a clever piece of work, with numerous improvements to the old suspension and steering, better brakes and 190bhp on tap courtesy of the 3.9-litre V8. Outside, the restyled front and rear ends gave it a more modern look, while widened arches from Abbey Panels in Coventry were incorporated too. Inside, the striped 'deckchair' seats of the late MGBs were long gone in favour of plush leather items.

All told, the project had been completed on a budget of just £5m, which even by early ’90s standards was a slender amount. Rover claimed at the time that just five per cent of the car’s content was lifted straight from the MGB, with 20 per cent modified or retooled and 75 per cent brand new or taken from other Rover models. That couldn't belie the car's '60s origins, but it kept MG going and proved to be especially popular in Japan, with around 80 per cent of the 1983 cars built sold there.

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seats. Elsewhere, improvements were made to the head gasket and the Steptronic CVT automatic gearbox was also introduced for the 2000 model year.

However, the year 2000 was to bring bigger issues for MG and Rover when BMW finally threw in the towel and sold it to the Phoenix Consortium. The ‘Phoenix Four’ comprised John Towers, Nick Stephenson, Peter Beale and John Edwards, who acquired the car making business and Longbridge site for a nominal £10.

One of its early moves was to address the criticism that the MGF was less involving to drive than an MX-5. To this end, it launched the MGF Trophy 160 in 2001. An uprated version of the VVC car, it sported firmer suspension settings, redesigned bumpers and larger wheels, signalling an intent to give MG a harder image.

MG ROVER ERA – MG ZR/ZS/ZT, MG TF

on a shortened Maestro floorpan with a front-mounted 2.0-litre M16 engine and front-wheel drive. Concept ‘PR2’, meanwhile, was developed by Reliant and used a lengthened version of the Scimitar chassis with a frontmounted 3.9-litre Rover V8 and again, modified Maestro front suspension.

The third option, ‘PR3’ was produced by ADC in Luton. Smaller than the other two, it used a mid-mounted transverse engine. To create a running prototype, ADC had simply taken a Rover Metro front subframe with its K-Series engine, turned it round and stuck it in the rear.

At the front, a second Metro subframe was fitted minus running gear. It might sound a bit Heath Robinson, but ultimately would prove to be surprisingly close to the production reality. It also alleviated any doubts over whether the public would accept a front-wheel drive MG as a 'proper' sports car.

The PR3 concept was developed and tested by Rover Special Products, which commissioned three companies to come up with styling proposals. The chosen design was by MGA Developments, with McGovern softening the angular design once the project had been moved inhouse.

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In terms of power, the existing K-Series was stretched to 1.8-litres. Power outputs in this form were 120bhp for the regular engine and 145bhp with the variable valve timing control developed by Rover under the tag VVC. For the gearbox, it was back to dependable Honda PG1, converted to operate with a cable linkage.

The suspension retained the interconnected Hydragas set-up of the Rover Metro, meaning a ride quality far more refined than other sports cars in its class yet still with plenty of grip. Indeed, the ride sufficiently impressed BMW's test drivers for the BMW management to approve the MGF for production after the Bavarian giant took the reins at Rover in 1994.

The MGF was duly launched at the Geneva Motorshow in 1995 before going on sale in the autumn. The press loved it – even Jeremy Clarkson – and MG was welcomed back into the realms of mainstream sports cars. Here was a car traditional enough to link to the past, but advanced enough to take the brand forwards into a new era.

Easier to drive and more user-friendly than the MX-5, the MGF became the UK's best-selling sports car. It continued largely without alternation until 1999, when a minor facelift took place that included smoked indicators and revised

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Indeed, the change of ownership would mark a rather unexpected resurgence for the MG marque. Phoenix had acquired ownership of the MG trademark but was only granted the right to use the Rover marque under licence, so it naturally sought to raise the prominence of MG. This strategy was implemented remarkably quickly, with octagon-badged versions of all three of its current models released during 2001 to be sold alongside the MGF: the ZR, based on the Rover 25, the 45-based ZS and the ZT developed from the Rover 75.

All were developed at minimal cost, featuring more sporting engine options and chassis tuning with styling details that cleverly avoided the expense of major alterations to the sheet metal. It meant several firsts for the brand – the first diesels (all three models had such an option), the first estate in the shape of the ZT Tourer and, later, the first production van in the ZR Express. In 2003, there was also the first V8 MG for 27 years, with the flawed but fantastic 155mph ZT 260 incorporating a rear-wheel-drive layout and the 4.6-litre motor from the Ford Mustang.

But it was the ZR that was the biggest seller for MG, and for a period, the whole company. Keenly priced and with subsidised insurance to entice younger drivers, it took over the boy racer mantle from the Saxo VTR. Part of the appeal was no matter which one you went for, from the entry level 1.4 105 model to 1.8 VVC 160, they all looked pretty much the same. There was also a massive range of colours, especially later on.

Alongside, the MGF was now the only car to use the Hydragas suspension, which was too costly to manufacture for a low-volume sports car. The solution was to re-engineer the MGF to take conventional coil springs, involving a substantial bodyshell redesign. Peter Stevens was called in to give the exterior style a more aggressive appearance and the car gained a new name: TF, last seen in the 1950s.

Launched in 2002, the TF was a world away from the saloon-car ride of the original MGF, creating something of an Elise-lite. At the same time, the K-Series engine was uprated with different manifolding to produce 135bhp

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in its basic form, with the 115bhp and 160bhp options remaining. In 2005, criticisms of the TF's uncompromising ride were answered with the introduction of a comfort option offering slightly softer settings, while the roof gained a glass heated rear window.

By this point, the ZR/ZS/ZT range had also been revised with a Peter Stevens facelift across the board. It's the early cars that have aged better, but it was an effective restyle at the time with the ZS 180 particularly attractive as it gained an MG XPower SV inspired bodykit as standard.

The cost-cutting associated with MG Rover's Project Drive meant the downgrading of some of the quality and features, but the firm was hardly alone in doing this.

Sadly, time would soon be up. A new car codenamed RDX60 proved problematic, and through trading loses had been stemmed, negative publicity about the Phoenix Four's 'pension pot' saw a reversal in fortunes. No deals could be done to save the business, and in April 2005, MG Rover collapsed in spectacular style with all production ending. Until that point, the TF had remained the best-

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selling car in its class in the UK. These days, the MGF and the later MG Rover era cars remain excellent value, though prices will inevitably rise as only the best examples survive.

Incredibly, the MG brand refused to die. Following the firm’s acquisition by the Chinese Nanjing Automobile Group and subsequent merger with SAIC Motor, 2008 saw TFs assembled at Longbridge from CKD kits, though production did finally end in 2010, taking MG's last sports car with it.

The new MG6 launched in 2011 was successfully campaigned in the BTCC, but under Chinese ownership MG has become better known for its SUVs and reinvention as a leading EV brand. It's one of the few manufacturers to have increased its sales during the pandemic, but will we look back on this period as another high point, or merely keeping the brand warm?

Only time will tell.

XPOWER SV

The demise of MG Rover can't be pinned on the Xpower SV, but it did illustrate the madness of the period. It was based on the platform of the Italian-made Qvale Mangusta, which started life as the De Tomaso Bigua concept car in 1996 and was powered

by Ford's 4.6-litre V8. MG Rover subsequently bought Qvale and gave the car a much-needed Peter Stevens restyle.

The ingredients behind it were good, but the production process required each car to visit six different companies, one of which was in Italy. Only around 80 were made, with the base model eventually costing £65,000 and the 5.0-litre XPower SVR £83,000. It was fabulous, but frivolous at a time when MG Rover needed bread and butter models, not a supercar.

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THE POINT IS… The compact and charismatic Rootes Arrow range can be great alternatives to the likes of the Ford Cortina, and for a lot less outlay

Peter Simpson Contributor

W

hen the Rootes Group launched the ‘Arrow’ Hillman Hunter family in 1966, the car was right up to the minute – albeit in a somewhat conventional sense.

Four years earlier, Ford had basically turned this market-sector upside down with the new Cortina. Rootes was the first of its rivals to produce a competitor: work started on it as soon as the Cortina was known and four years later it appeared – at the same motor show as Ford launched its ‘new’ Mk2 Cortina!

It didn’t take a degree in automotive engineering to see what this particular Arrow was targeting, either. Like the Cortina, it was a three-box saloon with Macpherson Strut front suspension, a live rear axle carried on leaf springs and a conventional engine-gearbox-rear axle mechanical layout. One interesting point is that the engines, though essentially reworked and much-improved versions of the existing Rootes 1.5/1.7 powerplant, were angled over 15 degrees from vertical, thus taking advantage of the wider engine bay that MacPherson struts allowed, in turn producing a lower and more swooping bonnet-line.

The cabin design was also light and airy with, as was the trend, greater areas of glass and through-flow ventilation.

There was also, though, traditional Rootesness aplenty. Like Ford, Rootes was a sales and marketing-led organisation. Unlike Ford however, whose policy had always been one of pile high and sell cheap, Rootes maintained an air of slightly more upmarket quality, which allowed its cars to sell for slightly more. This applied to all four car brands – Hillman might be the mass-market Rootes marque, but it still had a slightly posher feel than Ford.

Thus, Arrow had to be seen to be a step above Ford - even if that was who it was targeting. The new cars had to offer something slightly different – and offer more – so that potential Ford buyers might consider the Rootes alternative. It also had to feel a slightly higher-quality product, and by and large it did.

A decent range of options was also needed because the new car would be replacing both the Minx/Gazelle/Rapier family and the slightly larger Super Minx/ Vogue/Sceptre. The Super Minx was designed as the new Minx, but at the last minute it was decided – by Lord Rootes himself it’s been suggested - that as the old Minx family was still selling

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well and selling profitably it should stay in production, be updated, and the new car should instead run alongside it as a separate model line.

HUNTER AND VOGUE FIRST The Hillman Hunter and Singer Vogue were the first Arrows out, being launched in October 1966. Hunter was, of course, a resurrection of the name used on the last pre-Rootes Singer saloon. As part of the ‘offering more’ philosophy, the mechanical specification included an alloy cylinder head – rare then even on sports cars. The new car also looked crisp and modern, and both were nicely trimmed inside, though the Vogue was obviously more upmarket with a wood facia among the internal improvements. Automatic transmission was an option.

In January 1967 the entry-level Minx model, with a 1500cc iron head engine joined the line-up, along with a 1500cc version of the Singer Vogue which became

the new Singer Gazelle. However, Minx and Gazelle automatics came with an iron-head 1725cc engine; feeding the 1.5’s 54bhp through a Borg-Warner 35 would have left the Minx auto hopelessly underpowered.

Estate car versions of all four arrived in April 1967 – though curiously the first few Vogue estate cars (until October) had the iron-head 1725cc engine – done, it’s been claimed, to get the list price under £1000.

The same year a range-topping Humber Sceptre was launched with four-headlights and even plusher interior, but there was no Sceptre estate until October 1974, two years before the model was discontinued.

Ford’s ‘new’ Mk2 Cortina was also a crisp, modern design from the outside, though under that new exterior the underpinnings were unchanged. Likewise the mechanical spec, apart from the entrylevel engine going from 1.2 to 1.3. But Ford was Ford, and the Mk2 Cortina became a massive seller; Dagenham’s best to date in fact.

But let’s for a moment roll forwards

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to 1971, and stand the MK2 Cortina alongside the then-new HC Viva and Morris Marina. Objectively, the Ford looks a bit dumpy and old-fashioned by comparison. Now try the same with a Hillman Hunter. It still looks right. Of course, given what happened to Ford and Rootes/Chrysler UK between 1966 and 1976 it’s a good job the Hunter’s looks lasted longer than the Ford’s, but we’ll come back to that.

ALPINES AND RAPIERS First, we need to look at the new Rapier.

The original Sunbeam Rapier had been a massive success story – success in rallying led to success in the showroom.

The original plan had been that when what became the Super Minx replaced the Minx, the car that eventually became the Humber Sceptre would be the new Rapier – hence the original Sceptre’s Rapier-like face and use of the same powertrain.

However, a key weakness of this plan

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was that ‘Super Minx’ worked only as a four-door, and while there were many successful four-door sports saloons, the two-door pillarless coupe style, where with the side windows down there was an uninterrupted gap from front to back, had become something of a Rapier trademark.

The good news, though, was that this, however, lent itself to the then-current trend for fastback sporting saloons, and

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w when the new Rapier emerged in late 1967 it was very definitely a fastback, and 1 an extremely impressive and distinctivelooking one at that! To give the fastback full effect, the (slightly longer at the back) Hunter estate floorpan was used, though the Rapier sharing the Hunter estate’s rear lights are just about the only giveaway.

It’s been claimed that the styling was influenced by the contemporary Plymouth Barracuda, and given that Chrysler are known to have become involved in the styling side of Rootes pretty-much

straightaway after buying into the business in June 1964 this certainly seems credible.

It’s also nothing to be ashamed of, as the second-generation Barracuda fastback was a good-looking car that sold well. However, Roy Axe, who is credited with styling the Rapier, always denied any connection!

The Fastback Rapier was made alongside the rest of the Arrow range until 1976 with, in classic Rootes style, three versions to suit three different types of buyer, and each of them distinctively different. First up was the Alpine which matched the Rapier bodyshell with the standard 1725cc saloon mechanicals, optional overdrive and instantly identifiable as the base model by not having vinyl trim on its rear pillars. Next came the Rapier, with upgraded 88bhp engine and standard overdrive on third and top. Finally, from 1968, there was a higher-performance H120 Rapier, featuring a Holbay-tuned 105bhp engine under the bonnet (and no automatic option) plus Rostyle wheels, distinctive side stripes and a bootlid spoiler as external identification.

In the spring of 1972 published power outputs across the range increased marginally and the foot-operated headlamp dipper was replaced by the combined column-mounted dipswitch/direction indicator that most rivals were using. The Alpine was discontinued in 1975 and the Rapiers the following year when the

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whole Arrow range ceased mainstream production.

A new, smaller, saloon for which Chrysler had huge plans was also under costly development. This car – the Avenger – was to be built at the Ryton (Coventry) factory, so to make room, Arrow production moved up to Linwood in Scotland in 1969 where, with Imp sales having never met expectations, there was spare capacity.

A new model was also added to the range in October 1969; the Hillman GT. Now the rarest and most collectable Arrow of all, this high-performance car was based closely on the Hillman Hunter which won the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon. Some, though, felt the relative lack of interior comforts aped the rallywinner a little too closely, and the Hillman Hunter GT, which replaced it from August 1970 retained most of the GT’s grunt but packaged a little more softly.

In October 1970, as Ford replaced the Mk2 Cortina with the all-new Mk3, the Arrow range was rebranded. The Singer brand was dropped - some of the final Vogues were badged as Sunbeams - along with the Minx name which had been part of the Hillman/Rootes scene since 1932. From now on all apart from the fastbacks and the Humber Sceptre became Hunters, with the range comprising De-luxe, Super, GL and the

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GT. At the same time there were some changes to frontal styling and a few interior tweaks.

A bigger facelift came in 1972. This included a new all-plastic dashboard with deeply hooded round dials, new steering wheel, plastic instead of metal air cleaner, reshaped squarer headlamps in a new grille and some engine tuning changes. At the same time, a new range-topping GLS model was introduced. This was a real wolf in sheep’s clothing; a saloon with the same Holbay-modified engine as the Rapier H120 and thus capable of 100mph.

For 1975, bumpers were enlarged and the tail-lights were enclosed in a full-width anodised aluminium trim piece.

Then, in 1976, the Arrow range was discontinued – well sort of! Mainstream production ended. However a reduced range of two – Deluxe or Super – 1725cc UK-spec Hunters remained available until 1979. These were assembled in Santry, Ireland, from CKD kits, all had the fourheadlight front end previously used on the Humber Sceptre and from 1977 were badged as Chryslers.

These were not, though, mainstream market cars – that baton had passed to the Chrysler Alpine. Rather, as the CKD kits were still being made for export for local assembly overseas – most famously in Iran – it made sense to also build a few for UK buyers like the police, MoD and taxi operators plus a few private motorists who wanted a cheap, no-frills four door saloon.

No-one seems to know how many Hunters were assembled in Santry or when the last UK-spec car was made there.

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TECH

BUYING ONE These are now rare cars – rarer than Minxes and Super Minxes – though early Arrows seem slightly more plentiful than post-1972 examples.

The GTs are the rarest of all - we’re definitely talking single-figure survivors!

The GLS is sought-after as enthusiasts recognise its performance, and Sceptres have clear appeal as traditional Humber trim within a relatively economical car is always going to be popular. Singers also have this appeal, and the marque in general now has a strong following

SPEC

Hillman Hunter

Hillman Minx

Hillman Hunter GLS

Engine

1725cc

1496cc

1725cc

Max power

74bhp

60bhp

93bhp

Top Speed

90mph

84mph

103mph

0-60 mph

14.6secs

17.8secs

10.8secs

Economy

28mpg

30mpg

30mpg

Gearbox

4-spd manual

4-spd manual

5-spd manual

Length

4267mm

4267mm

4267mm

Width

1613mm

1613mm

1613mm

.

BODY AND CHASSIS Rot’s the main issue of course, and it’s all the usual suspects; sills (inner and outer), front floorpans, rear chassis legs over the back axle and around the rear spring mounts; are the original square jacking points still poking out rearwards don’t use them now though! Front wings rot in the usual places too, and the rear wheelarches, door bottoms and rear wing lower edges also succumb, along with the boot floor – usually due to a leaking rear screen rubber. Look too at the front panel, especially around the front wing joins and underneath the front bumper.

MacPherson strut ‘top plate’ rot, though not unknown now, is less prevalent here than on contemporary Fords. However, the rear shock absorber mounts at the top of the rear wheelarch do often rot out; look inside the boot.

Panel availability is patchy at best;

you’ll find sills and underbody stuff, but anything else is likely to be tricky; the days of tripping over Arrow panels at every autojumble have, I’m afraid, gone.

ENGINE AND GEARBOX Mechanically, the weak spot is the alloy head; it’s not inherently unreliable in the same way as, say, an original Triumph Stag is/was, but it does need normal cooling system maintenance such ass use of good anti-freeze all year round. Wa atch out for signs of head gasket leaks, previous overheating or, just as impo ortantly, an engine that seems to run co ooler than it should; the thermostat mayy have been removed d to mask an overh heating fault.

Replacement heads – Hollbay-type in particular – are very scarc ce. In fact,

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anything Holbay-specific is rare, though most other mechanical stuff is available if you know where to look – Speedy Spares in Brighton (01273 417889) and Macs Factors in King’s Lynn (01553 841252) are the usual first ports of call, along with relevant clubs. If, incidentally, you can’t find an external bonnet release, feel under the front bumper at the nearside.

Gearboxes should be good and it’s a lovely change. Overdrive – if fitted and working – is also a defi fin nite plus.

Finally, for som me strange reason, Rootes cars ma ade in the late sixties and early 1970s had d an odd paint treatment inside the petro ol tanks which tends to flake away with h age, leading to fuel system blocka ages. If the system contains black bits, the en chances are the tank needs flushin ng out.

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Ford Escort RS2000 4x4

H

idden in the shadows of a dark era for hot hatches and, let’s face it, dynamic Fords, the Escort RS2000 was a vital breath of life yet in the legacy of fast Fords. This was no bodykit and spotlights XR3i, this was a true motorsport homologation special, and particularly in the case of the 4x4. Engineered beyond any normal marketing rationale, the 4x4 featured a 34/66 front to rear torque split, a limited-slip rear differential and even a new independent rear suspension mounted to an aluminium subframe.

The power came from the DOHC engine already seen in the Sierra, here with a 16-valve head and four-branch exhaust

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manifold delivering 148bhp and 140lb. ft. These numbers against a 1240kg kerb weight stuck the RS2000 4x4 with a label of not quite fast enough compared to the mighty Cosworth. That, however, was then.

Today, winding through the local lanes of Essex, this RS2000 4x4 is alive in full fast Ford colour. The DOHC engine is a peach, racing up to the redline with more vigour and smoothness than even the later Zetec.

The gearchange is crisp and clean, too. It begs to be driven, hard, and when you do the 4x4 system has its own game to offer, trading understeer for oversteer if you nail the trail-braking. The Recaros keep you well sited while you line up the exit and watch another burst of energy scrambling its way

onto the road. An 8.4 second 0-60 doesn’t even figure. The car just feels perfectly calibrated for a proper B-road blast.

Of course of the 500 RS2000 4x4s made, few exist in such good condition to deliver the driving experience quite as original as this. Many made their way into motorsport and others were simply neglected, and now there’s only one other left on UK roads. This example has done just over 70,000 miles with its first owner who, based in London, usually kept it on the French Riviera, which explains partly how it has survived so well.

The healthy stack of service history, including service book and various invoices, and the fact it’s had a high-quality respray goes further to support the car. In case you

were choosy, you can rest assured that this one even has the optional air-conditioning and upgraded audio system so it’s a fully loaded car too.

As a fast Ford with pedigree providing a driving experience that stands up today, it’s no wonder these are quickly rising as modern classic stars. We just wish there were more of them!

TECH SPEC

ENGINE: POWER: TOP SPEED: 0-60MPH: ECONOMY: GEARBOX:

1998cc 148bhp 129mph 8.4secs 30mpg 5-spd man

OR MAYBE..?

Peugeot 306 GTI

A similar recipe, though with front-wheel-drive, this was the hot-hatch to have at the time and remains a top consideration for keen drivers.

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Lancia Delta Integrale

This rally legend turbocharges its way into a different category, both in performance, with 182bhp and up, and values, of £20,000 and up.

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Ford Focus RS

The symbol of Ford’s return to the top of the hot hatch game, the Mk1 Focus RS is very lively and very blue. It’s also very expensive.

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Paul Wager Group Editor

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Alfa Romeo GTV

N

o doubt many readers have been inspired by the recent Top Gear episode to go out looking for a 105-Series Alfa GTV... and swiftly discovered that these cars are rare in right-hand drive and possibly rarer still in standard spec.

You don’t need to be an Alfa buff to know all about the marque’s ’70s cars dissolving in the British climate and this ’74 example has survived purely because the original owner

ONE TO BUY: Year: 1974 Price: £49,995

took it off the road in the early ’80s. CSCC reports that it was neglected during this period but it did at least avoid the winter road salt and in 2015 it was purchased and extensively restored.

The bodywork received a full bare-metal resurrection including new sills and inner wings while retaining as much of the original metal as possible and the running gear, although showing only 52,000 miles, was checked and rebuilt too. It currently sits on a set of replica Momo Vega rims giving it the perfect period look and it’s still showing just 54,000 miles.

As you might expect from the attention it

has received, CSCC reckons it drives superbly and anyone who has experienced a nicely set-up 105 GTV will agree that this one will probably give you just as much enjoyment on the road as the Alfaholics car you watched Chris Harris thrashing on track... and all for some £275,000 less, too.

TECH SPEC

ENGINE: POWER: TOP SPEED: 0-60MPH: ECONOMY: GEARBOX:

1962cc 131bhp 121mph 8.9secs 30mpg 5-spd man

OR MAYBE..?

Lancia Fulvia

Just as rare as the Alfa and just as enjoyable too with its characterful V4 motor and front-wheel drive.

Porsche 911

OR MAYBE..?

Y

ou don’t need to be a market expert to know that the ‘proper’ air-cooled Porsche 911 has been hot property in recent times and it’s the post-’74 impact-bumper cars which have shown the biggest gains. As a result, demand has meant that there are many European imports and former US-market cars running around in the UK which may

ONE TO BUY: Year: 1978 Price: £54,995

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not all be as rot-free as they’re claimed to be.

Which in a nutshell explains the appeal of this example, which although LHD was sold in right-hand drive Japan in 1978 and came to the UK in 2014. Showing 145,000km (that’s 90,045 miles), it’s never seen road salt and CSCC reports that the factory underseal is all still present.

The original spec included Recaro seats and lightweight interior, while the car currently sits on a set of very rare Speedline-made wheels from RUF, the famed Porsche tuner.

Mechanically, it’s very much on the button having been treated to new oil cooler, seals, cam cover gaskets and other parts. The one non-standard part is a pair of stainless heat exchangers – effectively a free-flowing exhaust – which sound superb and add a useful power boost over the 3-litre SC’s standard 185bhp.

Personally I’d lose the round spot lamps, but otherwise this must be as good as it gets in terms of original ‘never taken apart’ 911s and it’s likely to be a very easy car to own.

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Ferrari 308

This kind of budget is enough to get you into a Ferrari of the same vintage, but don’t for a moment expect it to be as easy to live with...

ENGINE: POWER: TOP SPEED: 0-60MPH: ECONOMY: GEARBOX:

TECH SPEC

2994cc 185bhp 140mph 7.0secs 30mpg 5-spd man

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1997, 103000 miles, £10,995. A Stunning 1997 Brooklands Swb Light Pressure TURBO 300 bhp finished in the rare and elegant colour combination of Black Emerald Metallic with excellent soft Tan Leather Interior. 102,800 Miles with Full Bentley History from new. £5,000 spent 2018. Maintained regardless of cost by the previous owners. Previously supplied by me thrice when almost new. Kenwood Radio/ CD , Satellite Navigation ,DVD player.

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1996, 42000 miles, £1,500. 1.0 Dimension.

Beautiful prize winning example. Two former keepers. MoT 17/07/21, no advisories. 23 service invoice. Have original wheel trims, original registration stays on. Please call 01159 328913, East Midlands.

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32900 miles, £41,995.

Factory specifications include:- 6-speed manual transmission, metallic paint, electric glass sunroof, leather seats with electrical adjustment and driver memory, lumbar support, professional communications package, telephone, hifi speaker system, climate control, electric windows, electrically adjustable folding mirrors, servotronic power steering, brushed aluminium interior trim, individual sunshade glazing, xenon headlamps, remote alarm and central locking, and more. Please call 02083485151, Greater London.

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106670

1960, 71000 miles, £29,995. A Stunning Bentley S2 Finished in the original Black Pearl over Shell Grey Metallic with Silver Grey leather interior. Owned from 1982 by the present owners uncle who inherited the car and recommissioned it after 10 years of storage. MOT in 2018 with no advisories.

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(T) 106692

153100 miles, £57,995. SPECIFICATION INCLUDES :- 5-speed manual gearbox, leather interior, electric front seat adjustment, limited slip differential, air conditioning, electric sunroof, electric windows, central locking, bmw 2-piece cross-spoke alloys with michelin trx tyres, tinted glass, blaupunkt new york sqr 205 stereo, electric aerial. Please call 02083485151, Greater London.

BMW Z3 2001, 42000 miles, £6,900. Roadster.

2.2ltr, 6-cylinder, manual. Silver with black hood and leather. Full BMW and specialist service record, prev MoTs. Two previous keepers, extras, superb genuine condition, owned for five years. Please call 07719 587995, North East.

BMW Z3

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DAIMLER 1995, 161000 miles, £4,000. Six LWB. In stunning British Racing Green. MoT July 2021.

Some history. Drives superb. Please call 07896 569976, South West.

106671

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The overwhelming majority of car sellers and buyers are honest.

However as with everything else in life, there’s a tiny percentage that aren’t. However it’s dead-easy to protect yourself from fraudsters by using a bit of common-sense...

ADVICE FOR SELLERS ● Stay safe! Don’t give a buyer your address until you know they are definitely coming to view. Better still, give them the general location only at first and ask them to phone for the full address once they are close. ● Always arrange a specific time for viewings – don’t accept vague ‘I may come sometime today’ type arrangements. ● Serious buyers will want to examine the car fully – that’s fine and you should be prepared to answer fully and honestly any questions a buyer may have about the car. Be wary though if they try to steer the conversation towards more general matters concerning you and your family. Similarly, while a genuine enthusiast will probably be interested in your other cars, so will a would-be burglar. ● Test drives need to be handled with care – on the one hand it’s perfectly reasonable for a serious buyer to want to drive a car before buying, but you need to remain in control. Make sure they are insured to drive your car too, bearing in mind that ‘driving other cars’ clauses on insurance policies normally cover only third-party risks, not damage to your car.

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1999, 125575 miles, £395. HDI 2.0 diesel.

Good, reliable economical car. My daily driver for 15 years. ABS will need sorting for MoT. On SORN. Please call 07837 577272, East Midlands.

● Ensure you drive your car first to demonstrate controls (etc.) and then, once you are at a suitable place for the buyer to drive, get out, taking the keys with you, and hand them back only once you are back in the car. ● Do not accept a personal cheque from someone you do not know; there is no longer any guaranteed clearance time, and a cheque can now ‘bounce’ at any time – even weeks after it’s been banked – if it’s discovered to be forged. ● Don’t get involved in any complex arrangements involving giving ‘change’ for a payment that’s more than your asking price, especially involving overseas buyers or transfers using methods such as Western Union – these are almost always fraudulent. ● Be very wary indeed of anyone calling and trying to sell your advertisement in another publication. Such publications don’t always exist, and claimed distribution figures will often be vastly exaggerated. Calls are also often recorded as ‘evidence’ of a binding contract.

1998, 36000 miles, £11,995. 2.8 Z3 ROADSTER 2DR. Please call 0161 476 5915, North West.

● Above all, trust your instincts! If something seems dodgy or not quite right to you, then there’s a good chance you’re right.

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28700 miles, £3,995. Escort 1.6L si model petrol metallic red. Sold with a years MOT. New clutch/cam belt. New Dunlop tyres with refurbished alloys. Loads and loads of new parts fitted. Totally immaculate. Please call 07770 672965 , East of England.

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FORD ESCORT

FORD KA

1972, 48500 miles, £19,000. Very solid original car that I was in the process of upgrading to a sports model but just don’t have the time or ability to upgrade engine or change wings to Mexico wings. Had top plates replaced and p/s floor pan!

Interior finished! Converted to 6 dial dash!

Converted to Alternator! New suspension front and rear shocks and springs and more.

Can be used for many years as is or just finish the job yourself! I will not take an offer as genuine honest cars are hard to come by and are only going up in value! If I don’t sell I will just shelf for a year or so!. , South West.

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MERCEDES-BENZ 200

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1999, 52700 miles, £1,250. Ford Ka 3. S registration. 12 months MoT, just had a Full Service, 2 new tyres and Alloys refurbished.

Bodywork is good, a few minor scabs and marks in places. Interior is excellent. Great starter, classic and will appreciate in value. , South East.

106698

FORD MODEL A 1989, £10,995. service history, one previous owner. MOT until oct 2021. heritage certificate. og service book. Please call 01992 677906, East of England.

106388

JAGUAR XJS 1926, £11,575. Ford Model T Doctors Coupe - Fully restored and ready to show. Had full service, upgrade to 12 volt system, water pump, new starter motor, alternator. Good tyres all round. Please note this is a Model T not a Model A. For more information and to view please contact Tim 07837830403. , South East.

1990, 62000 miles, £2,000. White xjs V12. Lattice wheels, good tyres, seats and veneer. 2 keys. not moved from garage since 2013. good sound project with manuals.

Please call 07572 506797, South West.

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1991, 148000 miles, £895. 200E. MoT Nov 2021. Good sound car, well looked after.

Needs TLC. Ideal running restoration. Loads of new parts and spares. Drive away. Please call 07772 052925, West Midlands.

106607

MERCEDES-BENZ 230 1989, 130000 miles, £2,750. 230E Auto.

Last owner 28 years, good service history, excellent driver, lovely inside and out.

Metallic black, MoT May 2021. Please call 07970490687, North West.

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MERCEDES-BENZ 230

JAGUAR XJS

106695

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However as with everything else in life, there’s a tiny percentage that aren’t. However it’s dead-easy to protect yourself from fraudsters by using a bit of common-sense...

FREELANDER SOFT TOP

1999, £1,550. 230 SLK Kompressor.

Automatic, AMG spec black convertible.

MoT. Very good condition. Please call 07940481795, South East.

ADVICE FOR BUYERS ● Start by asking ‘is the car for sale?’ If the seller is a trader pretending to sell privately, they will need to ask you ‘which one?’ ● Be suspicious of a car that seems cheaper than it should be; if something seems too good to be true then it probably is. ● Be wary of sellers who can only be contacted via a mobile phone or an easy to obtain email address such as hotmail or gmail. They may ‘disappear’ once they have your money.

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MERCEDES-BENZ 280 £5,450. 50th Anniversary collectors edition.

1998 , 57k , service history , hard and soft top , immaculate for year. Please call 07803042618, North West.

106396

ITALIAN CREW CAB

● Ask lots of specific questions about specific model weaknesses such as “is there any rust around the headlights”, and listen carefully to the answers; do they actually have the car?

1990, 45000 miles, £9,995. new headlining, always garaged. just serviced, raised bonnet. upgraded brakes. paint silver blue, some rust. engine and gearbox fantastic. Please call 01746 783562, West Midlands.

9, West Midlands.

1981, 150000 miles, £14,500. Mercedes 280 SLC. White with Creme Velour Interior.

PAS. ESR. EW. Mot August 2021. Lots of History. Owned for 12 years. In Concours Condition. Rare as only 18 registered on the road. 01932 787178. , South East.

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY

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● Never, ever send anyone money for a car that you have not seen. Crooks sometimes advertise cars that don’t exist solely to collect deposits from would-be buyers. ● If you’re suspicious that someone is trying to ‘sell’ a car they do not own, ask them to email or send you a photograph of a specific parts that they will not be able to provide without having access to the car. This isn’t 100 per cent foolproof – a fraudster may have access to a car he doesn’t own – but it can help. ● Always view the car at the seller’s home address. If they want to meet you in a car park or bring the car to you they may be trying to prevent you finding them again.

1977, £4,000. Mk1 Italian Crew-cab.

Timewarp condition, never restored, in regular use. Classic Van My Story article Oct 2010.

Fitted with 2.7d Mk2 engine and 5sp gearbox.

All old parts retained and useable. Bids over £4,000. Please call 07803 253299 , South West.

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JAGUAR E-TYPE

£750. Repair project over covid. 3.9 v8 petrol with gas conversion. Cream leather. , Yorkshire and the Humber.

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LOMAX 223

● Does the name and address on the V5C match the sellers name and address? If not, why not?

1971, 48900 miles, £42,995. The most stylish original RHD 300 SEL 3.5 automatic Saloon 109 series. Finished in unmarked Dark Blue with Dark Blue Leather Interior.

One well known Merchant Bank owner for the first 38 years. Massive file with Detailed Service History including original Service book. Invoices for a £40,000 rebuild in the late 80's by the original owner. Been in two Collectors hands since. Air Conditioning.

Electric Tinted glass. New tyres. Only 48,900 miles recorded from new. Perfect chrome. TAX/ULEZ, MOT FREE. Probably the finest original RHD Low Mileage example in existence. Unrepeatable. Please call 07860 707222, Greater London. (T) 106693

● Always check the chassis number/Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the registration document matches that on the car. A proper data check is also essential to avoid buying a car that’s stolen or an undisclosed insurance write-off. ● No registration document? Don’t accept excuses, don’t buy the car!

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KEEP IN TOUCH! 1969, £59,000. Black with red interior. LHD, imported from USA in 1996 when it underwent full restoration. Has been in my ownership since 2005. Excellent condition, no issues.

Matching numbers and heritage certificate.

Please call 07747 006475, South East.

2000, 18000 miles, £3,500. Lomax 223.

A lot of money spent, tax and mot exempt, engine rebuilt by Pemberton racing. Fast and reliable. Please call 07594650202, North West.

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MERCEDES-BENZ 350

1977, 110000 miles, £12,995. A stunning 1977 S Reg 350 SL Automatic 107 Series finished in Gleaming Mercedes Red with Black Half Leather interior. This car has a detailed History with all the important jobs carried out. The bulkhead is good and it remarkably corrosion free. Mexican Hat Alloys. Rear seat.

Excellent Hard Top. Good Black Mohair Hood.

Good chrome work. Electric windows. MOT, Ulez and Tax Free. Low mileage 111,000 miles.

Extended Warranty and delivery at extra cost.

Please call 07860 707222, Greater London.

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01480 400 810 MG MGB

MINI MK III

1979, 89380 miles, £23,750. LE/USA, LHD, V8 Conversion (14K miles), 3.5L, 5-Spd, Dark BRG, Owned 30yrs both in US and UK, ‘98 Full Restoration, Proven Touring Car, Ideal for EU travel, 07984 391035. , Scotland.

106093

MG MGB GT

1981, 84000 miles, £5,000. Mini Pickup requires full restoration. Bought with the intention of restoring but never found the time so reluctantly decided it's time to move it on. Please contact me for further info. Would consider swap/part-ex for Rover Cooper / Cooper Sport. Please call 07767150986, Yorkshire and the Humber.

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MINI

MORRIS MINOR

1966, 73356 miles, £9,500. Genuine MAT Minor Convertible, in great condition, 1098 engine and gearbox, runs and changes gear perfectly, no welding required, servo brakes, alternator, Newton seats, poly bushes all round, very good interior. Please call 07985 109502, South East.

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PEUGEOT 205

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ROLLS-ROYCE CORNICHE

1982, 74000 miles, £59,995. A stunning Corniche II 5000 Series Convertible, finished in Unmarked Athenium Blue Metallic with excellent soft Beige Leather interior. 74,000 Miles with history from new. Last owner 25 years. Perfect Dark Blue Mohair Electric Hood with excellent headlining. Perfect heavy figured Burr walnut trim. Sparkling chrome and unmarked Wilton carpets. Original working Blaupunkt Stereo Radio and Pioneer Cassette. All handbooks, Tools and expired MOT'S to verify mileage. Surely one of the finest examples of this beautiful car on offer.

Ready for sale having just had a bare metal repaint. HPi clear. Delivery and extended warranty at extra cost. Very special. Please call 07860 707222, Greater London. (T) 106682

ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER CLOUD

1973, 95380 miles, £17,450. 350 SL. Hard and soft top in light blue and dark blue. With headrests, brand new hood and water pump.

In very good condition all round. Please call 01514267709, North West.

106529

MERCEDES-BENZ 500 1995, 48000 miles, £12,000. SL. MOT history, immaculate condition. just serviced. hard and soft tops, MOT aug 21.

Please call 07970 490687, North West.

106458

£2,500. Stored in barn ten years was running when stored. Away make good covid project £2500 parts with car. , Yorkshire and the Humber.

106086

MG MGF 1999, 69000 miles, £1,075. MoT till January 2022, no advisories. All usual MG problems sorted. Fitted with hardtop and good soft top. Very good condition throughout with no known problems. Please call 01234 825845, East of England.

106601

1999, 25000 miles, £19,500. 1.3i Sportspack. ’99 Sportspack in rare Old English White, with full leather interior in pale blue, walnut interior trim, 13” wheels, spotlights and factory-installed electric sunroof. Recently restored including new wings, new rear subframe and full respray.

Owned by same family from new. Sold with original purchase receipts, catalogue and service histor. Please call 07971 256498, South West.

106379

MINI SIDEWALK

MINI MAYFAIR

MG MGB

1957, 103000 miles, £55,000. St James Red Hide 42 years in South Africa. A wonderful and very original example in exceptional condition.

Please call 01732 886002, South East.

1995, £1,800. Low mileage. 1769cc diesel in shiny Rosso red. This very rare little 3-door car is bodily and mechanically excellent. All new tyres for MoT until Feb 2022. Two previous lady owners with loads of history. All Inca specs, seats and carpet in good condition. Returns up to 60mpg on a run. ideal first classic. Please call 07951 361719, West Midlands.

106416

ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER CLOUD

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PORSCHE 356

1976, 64700 miles, £5,000. Unrestored, sound, reliable, good runner in Flame Orange with overdrive and MOT, I’ve owned 15 years. Body work solid, paint a bit tired. Tonneau covers included. Please call 07756877990, South West.

106397

MG MGB

£6,995. Black Mini Mayfair 1275. Excellent condition, new suspension, new star mag alloys, new discs and pads, new black leather interior. Great classic, first to see will buy. Please call 07746921761, East Midlands.

106652

MINI MAYFAIR

1996, 62578 miles, £5,500. 1275 SPi engine. Just MoT'd with no advisories.

Loads of paperwork and receipts included.

Runs and drives like a Mini should - no smoke, no apparent oil leaks. Genuinely a great little Mini. Please call 07411 443570, South West.

106656

MITSUBISHI L 200

1975, 4225 miles, £9,500. A delightful Harvest Gold MGB Roadster complemented with a contrasting black leather interior.

Registered February 1975, but built before September 1974, so last of the original chrome bumper models.Well maintained with solid body work and good paint finish. 4 speed gearbox with overdrive. Stored in a garage and has a protective cover. A comprehensive list of work and service history along with extensive receipts. Tax exempt and has very low insurance costs.Only 2 previous owners both very careful and hands on with the car. Well stored. Comes with full tonneau cover, wind break and a new DAB radio system. As well as many others including new gear nob, seatbelts etc. Other additional improvements include: New exhaust, batteries, clutch assembly and electronic ignition. Contact: 07794876111. , South East.

106320

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1987, 71000 miles, £6,995. Black 1987 mini Mayfair. Same owner since 1994.

Mini lites, refurbished interior. Mary quant decals and wheel. Veteran of many L-B and MITP. Comes with unleaded head which we never got to fit. He has lived in the garage for 20 years, last used in summer 2016 but run regularly. Very sad reluctant sale due to me no longer being able to drive or even get in him. No cut n shut merchants please, he needs to go to a good home who will keep him standard. He never let me down, always started and never broken down. , Greater London.

106696

£4,595. Fitted with a Toyota 1UZ 4.0 V8. Auto. 15" Deep dish wheels. New removable load cover. Newly trimmed seats etc.. Needs work, finishing off, cosmetics.

Please call 01980 259064, South West.

106431

1963, 1236 miles, £75,000. Totally rebuilt 2008. Extensive restoration carried out bodily and mechanically. Full details on request. Lack of use dictates sale. Please call 01236 823210, Scotland.

106627

ROLLS-ROYCE 20HP

1929, £55,000. Arthur Mulliner Limousine body Rolls Royce 20HP. Six seater with glass division. Masons black and ivory Grey cloth to rear. Engine rebuild. Dry stored, owned vehicle for 30 years - part of private collection. Vehicle history. Excellent throughout. Reg. No. PN3895 Chassis No. GEN 1. Rolls Royce club member, previous owner was Hong Kong Ambassador in America. Contact Ian Cargill T: 01382 816805 M 07831 801669. , Scotland.

106674

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1964, 60000 miles, £39,995. The RollsRoyce Silver Cloud is the most beautiful example of a classic car, and this used car for sale is finished in unmarked Caribbean Blue Metallic with light Blue Leather Piped Dark Blue. Long term Ownership For 25 years and maintained by in house mechanic.

New over rugs. Electric windows. Original Radio. Good chrome and wood work.

Electric windows. New White Wall tyres.

The car drives very well and sits up well.

Been in the UK since new. RR Build sheets.

ULEZ/ MOT and Tax Exempt. Extended warranty and delivery at extra cost. Please call 07860 707222, Greater London. (T) 106688

ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SERAPH

1999, 79102 miles, £44,000. Silver pearl over graphite. Portland hide with navy piping. Picnic tables. Part of my collection owned for 17 years. Part history. New engine fitted at Bentley Glasgow 2009. Very reliable. Any inspection. Contact: Ian Cargill T: 01382 816805. , Scotland.

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1983, 52000 miles, £12,750. St James Red Hide. Just 4 former keepers. Known to us since 1986. Exceptional and very original condition throughout. Please call 01732 886002, South East.

106414

ROLLS-ROYCE SHADOW

1977, 79000 miles, £32,000. Black Hide piped Magnolia. Just 3 former keepers.

Super main angent service history. A truly stunning example. Please call 01732 886002, South East.

106415

ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW

1958, 9133 miles, £5,250. A little gem.

Totally original and rock solid. An absolute pleasure to drive. Please call 01745 857667, Wales.

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STANDARD 8

1972, 48000 miles, £4,500. Hard top runs good with overdrive. mot this December no advisories. driven regularly. Please call 07484 829470, Wales.

BMW 1 SERIES

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VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1971, £6,500. Nice car service history going back to the 70s engine gearbox and brakes all refurb need welding drives side runs nice timing is off. , North West.

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VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1980, 110000 miles, £10,000. This car has been garaged for the past five years.

Driven every week. New gearbox fitted, good bodywork and good Parkview velvet interior. Price negotiable. Please call 07518 909009, Ireland.

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ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW

1977, 28000 miles, £42,000. an Parkertex Savoy Velvet. 37 years on Jersey. 2 former keepers. Outstanding low mileage original example. Please call 01732 886002, South East.

106412

ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SPIRIT II

2013, 31700 miles, £13,495. 125I SPORT PLUS EDITION 2DR AUTOMATIC. Please call 0161 476 5915, North West.

106427

1958, 9300 miles, £5,250. Delightful solid original car. Literally ready to drive anywhere. Please phone me for further details. Please call 01745 857667. , Wales.

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STANDARD VANGUARD SALOON

1971, £3,995. One piece windows, slightly lowered, cloth front seats. Headrests.

Historic MoT/tax. Welding completed.

Rustproofed. Dry stored for years. Radiant red. Please call 07806 791555, East of England.

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MODERN CARS FOR SALE 2003, £3,995. BMW 330i M-Sport convertible auto with hard top 90000 miles with history. Please call 01652678417 , East of England.

ALFA ROMEO 147 1976, 40900 miles, £16,495. A Most elegant Flared Arch Silver Shadow 1.5 finished in unmarked Oxford Blue with Beige interior. 4 owners total with Full detailed History from new. Last owner since '99 maintained by his local Oxfordshire Classic Garage. Detailed invoices going back to 1982 from P and A Wood and as a used Warranted car, S.P Broughton. Still has H.A Fox rear sticker. Ice cold Air Conditioning.

Total Mileage 140,000. This is a most beautiful original car with 2 wheel arches just replaced and a new quarter bumper at the rear. Original working Pioneer 8 track plus separate Radio. New whitewall tyres and door caps refurbed. All handbooks, tools and every invoice and old Log books.

This has not been laid up in a barn for 20 years and unused. Not a wedding car. Tax , Ulez and MOT Free. Do not confuse with the usual inferior examples, in fact my own personal car. Warranty and delivery at extra cost. Being prepared. Please call 07860 707222, Greater London. (T) 106690 ai161426780817_MG alfa A5 FEB 2021.pdf

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1992, 50000 miles, £20,000. Magnolia piped Blue. Full service history with ,main agents and specialists. Known to us.

Exceptional condition. Please call 01732 886002, South East.

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BMW 525I

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ROVER P6

1953, £9,750. , colour grey .restored 7 years ago to a very high standard. Nice to drive. Any inspection welcome. Please call 07902 874470, North West.

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TOYOTA HILUX 1974, 86000 miles, £7,500. Recently refurbished 4 speed gear box, new clutch, new braking system. New MOT, although MOT and tax exept. Almond body colour and brown vinyl roof. New fitted rear seat belts.

Please call 07970 732682, South West.

1980, £9,995. Fitted with the original 12R 1600cc petrol engine. 4 Speed column change gears. Just had top end engine overhaul. New Carb. New alternator. Rewired. JDM wheels diamond cut refurbished with Good Year tyres. Original steel whees with tyres and hub caps included in the sale. Front bumper re-chromed. Recently trimmed interior with new removable load cover. Rust coated. Please call 01980 259064, South West.

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2001, 178000 miles, £2,500. E39 525ise.

MOT 6/2021. owned 10 years, manual, many new parts, many old mots plus set of spare wheels. Please call 07814 958077, West Midlands.

BENTLEY ARNAGE

BMW M4

2000, 59800 miles, £16,495. A stunning genuine 59,400 mile example finished in gleaming Sapphire Amethyst Blue Metallic with Magnolia hide Piped dark Blue. Full history and just serviced with new rear suspension spheres. Stunning unmarked Burr Walnut. This is a genuine Red Label 400BHP Mdl. 19' Arnage T Alloys. Climate control. Power fold mirrors. Parking sensors front and rear. Original Alpine Satellite Navigation. Full size spare. 2 keys. Hpi clear.

Extended warranty and delivery at extra cost. Not to be confused with the usual high mileage inferior examples. Plate not included on a W PLATE. Please call 07860 707222, Greater London. (T)

870 miles, £109,995. Specification includes:- m-twin clutch transmission, m-carbon ceramic brakes, carbon fibre bonnet, bucket seats, roof, rear spoiler and instrument panel, navigation system professional with connected drive, online entertainment, dab, heads up display, bmw organic light, blue shadow accent high gloss, park distance control, adaptive led headlights, m drivers package, light package, rain sensor, cruise control with brake function, bmw 666m alloys in fern grey, and more. Please call 02083485151, Greater London.

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2007, 109000 miles, £1,495. Hatchback Special Edition 1.6 TS. Black with tan leather interior. Air conditioning, alloy wheels, electric windows, full service history, MoT, remote locking. Immaculate condition. Lovely rare Alfa. Please call 07527446242, Wales.

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FORD FOCUS

2008, £4,695. 2.7 turbo diesel luxury saloon metallic black / black leather Auto A/C sat nav etc in absolutely superb condition throughout 102K FSH totally unmarked paintwork interior and alloys.

Please call 01652678417 , East Midlands.

106660

LAND ROVER DEFENDER

2008, 79784 miles, £4,400. 300C. Beautiful black car with black leather interior. New battery, well maintained, service history, four previous owners, large spacious boot, diesel. Please call 07769 046693, Ireland.

106648

2002, 37965 miles, £13,999. LANDROVER 90 DEFENDER YEAR 2002 ONE OWNER FROM NEW DONE ONLY 37965 MILES POWER STEERING ELECTRIC WINDOWS 5 SPEED MOTED VERY GENUINE. Please call 01249 740377, West Midlands.

2001, 100025 miles, £450. For spares or repair, mot 10/21. runs well. Please call 07744 419824, North East.

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FIAT PANDA

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FORD FOCUS

2014, 48000 miles, £5,995. FINISHED IN STUNNING DEEP IMPACT BLUE METALLIC, ACCLAIMED ECOBOOST ENGINE WITH LOW RUNNING COSTS,PLEASE READ SPECIFCATION SECTION FOR FULL LIST OF FEATURES, 2 REMOTE LOCKING KEYS, BOOKPACK WITH SERVICE BOOK, and more. Please call 01604713599, West Midlands. (T) 2019, 5500 miles, £54,995. Stunning All New A45 AMG S PLUS Finished In Sun Yellow With Black AMG Exclusive Nappa Leather Interior. Please call 01484543728, North West. (T)

ISUZU D-MAX

2017, 17500 miles, £25,495. RECARO SHELL SEATS, LUXURY PACK, SAT NAV, REVERSE CAMERA, UPGRADE SONY SOUND SYSTEM, REAR PARKING SENSORS, PRIVACY GLASS, ELECTRIC FOLDING WING MIRRORS, 19" UPGRADE ALLOYS. Please call 01484543728, Yorkshire and the Humber. (T)

FORD FOCUS

2003, 66000 miles, £2,750. Estate. Air conditioning, recent new brake discs and pads. Radio/CD interchanger. Full history from new, MoT, electric windows, central locking, five alloy wheels, good tyres, drives well. Please call 01303 489642, South East.

106600

MINI COOPER COUPE

2009, 70000 miles, £7,550. Toyota Estima 2009 model. 2400cc. Freshly imported from Japan- 0 UK owners. Electric sliding doors.

Xenon headlamps. Keyless entry. Push button start. 2 keys. Bluetooth. 7 Seater.

Central locking. Unmarked Alloys. Great Body Work. 2 keys. Excellent condition all round. Recently serviced. 12 Months MOT. , Greater London.

106681

VAUXHALL

MERCEDES-BENZ A

106408

106333

TOYOTA PREVIA

MG ZT-T

106407

FORD FIESTA

106433

106403

2009, 94000 miles, £2,695. 1.6 ZETEC, VERY POPULAR, ROBUST FAMILY HATCHBACK FINISHED IN PANTHER BLACK WITH CHARCOAL/GREY CLOTH INTERIOR. Please call 01604713599, East Midlands. (T)

CITROËN BERLINGO

2013, 68000 miles, £3,000. Fiat Panda 1.2 pop 2013 model in red, only had two owners, mot till February 2022, serviced in January 2021 by Fiat main dealer, the car comes with FSH . £30 per year for road tax. , East of England.

2015, £3,500. MG3 Style. Little used MG 5 door 5 seat hatch.White.Service history.

Opportunity to buy very low mileage car.

Any inspection. Please call 07714137009 , South East.

2002, £12,995. Fitted with a 1JZ GTE VVTi. Single 66mm turbo conversion.

Manual Gearbox. 18" 9.5/10.5j Wheels. Air Conditioning. Electric leather and alcantara high back seats. Please call 01980 259064, South West.

106334

MERCEDES-BENZ E

2011, 55407 miles, £6,250. I am looking to sell my 2011 my Mini Cooper SD coupe with Chilli pack and JCW sports pack. It was first registered at the Mini dealership at Buchanan on the Isle of Man where the first owner had all the upgraded bodywork added to it. , East of England.

106602

ROVER 75

2013, £4,695. Corsa 1.2 i Energy 3dr. lovely condition Corsa great colour, well specc'd with bluetooth air con and lots of other goodies. Full service history last done by ourselves 5 miles ago. Finance available part exchange a pleasure., 6 months warranty, Next MOT due 02/09/2021, Last serviced on 17/08/2020 at 31,775 miles, Full service history, Excellent bodywork, Black Cloth interior - Excellent Condition, Tyre condition Excellent, 5 seats, Green, 3 owners, Upgrades - Two-Coat Metallic Paint​ . Please call 01590 612999 , South East.

(T) 106326

VAUXHALL

2006, £9,495. 1JZ GTE Manual. Please call 01980 259064, South West.

106432

JAGUAR TYPE S

2000, £1,395. Ford focus 1.6 ghia manual, (booted model) . Year 2000 on a w reg, silver,101000 miles, Receipt for cam belt ,17 service stamps, And old MOT'S Clean and tidy car,alloys,rcl, electric windows/driver seat,spare key, MOT to march 2022. Please call 07770 672965 , South East.

106369

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2003, £1,500. Jaguar S-Type V6 SE auto,seafrost,ivory leather,89000 miles,FSH,MOT One Year,excellent condition. Please call 01333 312016 , Scotland.

106372

2003, 159000 miles, £1,695. 7 seater e 320 cdi Estate diesel motd till January 2022 new battery new turbo two tone leather interior metallic blue exterior lovely car.

Please call 07904 429655 , South East.

106392

2003, 134000 miles, £1,475. Rover 75 connoisseur 1900 diesel 2003 model mot till February 2022 black leather interior very good condition. Please call 07904 429655 , South East.

2015, 48000 miles, £5,995. A STUNNING CORSA LIMITED EDITION FINISHED IN FLAME RED WITH THE CONTRASTING BLACK ROOF, WHEELS AND MIRRORS. EXCEPTIONALLY WELL LOOKED AFTER

BY ITS PREVIOUS LADY OWNER SINCE THE CAR WAS 6 MONTHS OLD. Please call 01604713599, East of England. (T)

106391

106406

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VOLKSWAGEN BAY CAMPERVAN

01480 400 810 FORDSON PICKUP

SCAMMEL 36D

31/10/2018 15:11

£2,500. foot tandem axle flat in VGC Please call 07759473380, East Midlands.

106614

SCANIA 500

£14,950. 12 months mot ,good order ,full leather interior ,lockers ,fridge etc retearder good tyres. Please call 07711 630043, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106390

2007, 117000 miles, £950. Vauxhall Zafira Life 1600cc petrol. 7 seats. runs well, MOT Nov 2021. Good interior. Please call 01604644089, East Midlands.

106477

VOLKSWAGEN AAC

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

2015, 38000 miles, £21,995. Beautiful Reef Blue Metallic 2015 Touareg with matching Titan Cricket Black Leather Interior. Covered only 38k from new complete with all paperwork present.

Please call 02879633011, Ireland.

1955, £7,995. Good condition, runs well.

Lots of money spent on it. Please call 07733 032245, South East.

106578

106545

COMMER

£14. Gipsy workshop manual, also servive parts list for austin fx3. 7 each. Please call 01909721464, East Midlands.

106528

IVECO TRAKKER

VANS FOR SALE

AUSTIN MANUAL

ASSORTED BROCHURES

£13,950. Very good condition - recent respray - regularly serviced and wax oiled.

Tax and MOT Exempt. 1800cc - with Weber twin carb . 78000kms. 3/4 reupholstered bed. Internal heater. Twin hob and sink.

Awning, Sun Canopy and 2 Bike rack.

Please call 07702 119461, South East.

106395

VOLKSWAGEN TYPE 2 CAMPER 2018, 22900 miles, POA. Stunning 2018 3.0 V6 Volkswagen Amarok Dark Label finished in Carbon Steel Grey with matching Alcantara Seats. Covered a low 23k from new and just serviced by ourselves. Please call 02879633011, Ireland.

106546

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF

2018, 28000 miles, £27,995. Finished In Lapis Blue. Great Specification to Include Stage 1 Remap Producing 370HP with Dyno Graph, Panoramic Glass Sunroof, Vienna Leather Interior, 19in Gloss Black Pretoria Alloys, Dynamic Chassis Control DCC, Adaptive Cruise Control with Anti Collision Warning System, Reverse Camera, 90% Rear Tinted Glass, Signature Metallic Paint, DAB Radio, Bluetooth with Audio Streaming, Electric Folding Mirrors, Plus Loads More!.

Please call 01924 471 251 , Yorkshire and the Humber.

1958, 38000 miles, £475. Commer COB van with side windows, five new tyres and stainless steel exhaust. Very nice drive, wonderful engine. Everything works as it should. Please call 07931 235391, South East.

POA. Iveco Tector 75E16 fitted new build recovery body, electric winch and trailer fittings. New MOT. Please call 07825 013196, Scotland.

106405

LEYLAND 10.09

106561

POA. For Bedfords. Please donnielarkey@yahoo.co.uk

VOLKSWAGEN BAY CAMPERVAN

1976, 3000 miles, £17,500. 1976 built, 3000 miles, £17,500 ono. RHD. UK registered 1979. MOT and Tax exempt.

New (recon) engine was fitted August 2017.

Much work carried out by VW mechanics.

Runs well. New wheels and tyres also, new Propex gas heater fitted. The van is kept garaged in Ayr. (Price reduced due to "buyer " letting me down). Call 07904343406.

Glasgow, Scotland. , Scotland.

106089

email

BONNET BADGES

1979, £15,750. 'Moonraker'. Right Hand Drive, 4 Berth, Original interior. M.O.T'd until November 2021. Vintage Vehicle Road Tax exempt. New (reconditioned) 1600cc engine fitted October 2017, all mechanical work undertaken by VW specialist. Paperwork for all work undertaken. Chassis and outrigger great, runs really well. Rock 'n' roll double lower bed, double bed in roof space. Hob, Grill, fridge and sink with water pump.

Some rust in sills and cab steps, will need looking at in time but not significant. A tidy and beautiful camper, great condition, runs really soundly. Please call 07946 421989, South West.

106214

1990, £1,000. LEYLAND RoadRunner 1990 Cummins 300 engine- non turbo, cab and chassis starts and drives. Please call 07732 054918 , North East.

106378

SCAMMELL HANDYMAN

106469

TRUCKS/LORRIES FOR SALE

VOLKSWAGEN SPLITSCREEN CAMPER

DODGE

1966, £6,796. Perfect running condition.

New recon engine/complete refurb including brand new recon gearbox with only five miles on it. Fully fitted interior and rock n roll bed, disc brakes, 4" adjustable narrow beam, 15" Empi 5-spoke wheels, towel rail front bumper, steering box guard, Safari front windows, Kenwood CD player, JBL speakers, wood flooring, cream and brown vinyl door cards, barn doors, curtains throughout, two sets of keys. Please call 07740 016338, South East.

£14,500. DODGE Flat Lorry 1946 Restored to working conditions. Petrol engine.

Drives well. No rot. All good tyres. Always garaged. Will rally. Please call 07889 652651, East of England.

£100. 4 enamel jag bonnet badges. 2 inch diam. Please call 07968659967, South East.

BMC MINIS - PERIOD MAGAZINE ARTICLES

106543

VOLKSWAGEN POLO

2015, 93000 miles, £6,995. Mayan Blue Volkswagen Polo 1.4 Diesel SEL with contrasting dark interior. Please call 02879633011, Ireland.

106544

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106672

106335

FORD 400E 1965, £7,000. Pick-up with Perkins 499 diesel engine. Please call 07759473380, East Midlands.

106614

1972, POA. Leyland 680 engine, Scammell 6-speed gearbox, Michelotti fibreglass cheese grater cab, 32 ton. Good running and driving, requires foot brake valve. Two NS lower cab corners good. Two OS LWR cab corners require attention. Believed to have operated for Bass Charington Hull.

Please call 07779 712148, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106654

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1991, £4. Magazines featuring classic Minis. 'Classic and Sportscar' - 1275 Cooper S and Paddy Hopkirk Works Replica minis article; 'Thoroughbred and Classic Cars' - Minis run by Ken Tyrrell in European Saloon Car Championship, plus 1959-1980 Mini Buying Guide (two articles); ' Classic and Sportscar' - 8-page Cooper S article including motorsports exploits. £4.00 each. Other magazines featuring Minis, plus stickers, also available. Contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

106551

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CAR BADGE

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CITROËN AFRICAR BOOK

01480 400 810 DINKY CORGI COLLECTION

31/10/2018 EGYPTIAN HEAD MASCOT

15:11

£35. Singer car badge. 1951-2001 bar fixing. Please call 07968659967, South East.

106467

CAR AND BIKE AUTOJUMBLE £150. Medium van load, 1930s to 1990, bargain,. Please call 07534 111818, North West.

106366

CITROËN DYANE 6 £40. In bronze finish. Height 3.5 inches.

Free postage. Please call 07968659967, South East.

1996, £7.99. 2 x Cars and Car Conversions magazines, 1996. First includes article on road replica of KAD 16v race winning Mini driven by Bill Sollis in the 1994 Silverstone 'Fastest Mini In The World Race'. Second features a comparison of two Mini Miglia race cars by drivers Bill Sollis and Chris Lewis. Good reads. Contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

106559

FORD ESCORT MANUAL

1987, £12. 'AFRICAR, The Development Of A Car For Africa', book by Anthony Howarth, 1987. Interesting read about how they met this challenging brief (design uses Citroen leading/trailing arm suspension, plywood bodywork). Hardback, 211 pages, very good condition. Contact Dave 07795 121845.

Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

106435

BULBS

106434

1979, £20. Citroen Owner's Manual for Dyane 6 model, published July 1979.

Excellent condition throughout. A nice publication from the days when cars were simpler. Contact Dave 07795 121845.

Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

DIE-CAST "SILVER CARS" CHROMED MODEL

£700. Over 75 in cabinet. Sorry to part with.

Can be viewed. Just one of two. Please call 07790 375591, South East.

106553

DYMO SWITCH LABELLING GOLD EMBOSSING TAPE

£18. 1100/1100 Super GTL/XL Esport 6 and 8 CWT Van. Good condition. Please call 01636 822042, East of England.

106663

FORD AIRFIX FORD FIESTA RS WRC 1/32 PLASTIC KIT

106429

POA. New old stock bulbs car/commercial 12 v 50/40 w H460/55W 12 V 5W screw in ind /dash too many to list. Please call 01636 822042, East Midlands.

CITROËN TAMIYA 2CV 1/24 SCALE PLASTIC KIT £14. Auburn Roadster in 1/43 scale on wooden base. Only taken out of original box to photograph. Please call 01366728030, East of England.

106667

CLASSIC CAR ROVER 75 RADIO CD PLAYER

2013, £16. AIRFIX Ford Fiesta RS WRC 1/32 scale plastic kit No. A03413 07/12.

Box unopened (still factory taped) and in excellent condition. Castrol EDGE livery decals and full instructions included to build this Ford/M-Sport WRC campaigner.

Contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

106404

DAF DRIVERS HANDBOOKS £10. DAF 95-500 Series drivers handbook, £10. Proximity Mirror DAF 95, £10. Please call 01423709175, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106684

106566

£45. RDS/traffic/RDM’FM/MW etc. Din fitting. Code free: Drop down front for CD loading. Looks like a traditional old classic car radio (2 knob look) yet without the drawbacks. Excellent condition from low mileage car. Please call 075306 49224, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106399

2011, £24. TAMIYA 2CV 1/24 plastic kit No. 89654-2500. All parts still on sprue frames in unopened bags. Built size 156 x 65mm. Great engine detail. Features actual working centre-coil sprung leading/ trailing arm suspension like the real thing!

Roof parts supplied to build either an open or closed top version. Rubber tyres. Decals and Instructions included. Box very good.

Great little kit. Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

FORD FAST FORDS - CAR MAGAZINE SEPT 2008 FEATURE ISSUE

DE TOMASO ITEMS

1971, £4.50. DYMO cartridge, containing 12 feet of gold coloured, quarter-inch wide embossing tape. For labelling dash panel toggle switches and suchlike, for that period rally car look! Does not include the labelmaking embossing machine (tape cartridge only). Please contact Dave 07795 121845.

Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

106683

106662

EAGLE MASCOT

We Will Buy YOUR Classic!

www.ClassicCarsAndCampers.co.uk

FREEPHONE 0800 246 1800

POA. Mangusta electric model.pantera parts,driver man Workshop man ,Deauville driver man,De Tomaso factory lapel name badge,ceramic trophy,Guara, sales brochure, stickers pamphlets books,Mangusta origional manual,models,toys Framed brochures,large pantera print. Please call 07737174200, West Midlands.

106380

DINKY TOYS £55. Motorway police set 297. Ford Transit with police sign. Mini Cooper 'S' in excellent condition. Ford Zodiac. Has been restored to very good standard. Please call 07504 327299, South West.

106606

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£40. On plastic base. Postage free. Please call 07780 123683, South East.

106642

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2008, £7.95. Car Magazine Sept 2008 10-page article on development of the MK2 Focus RS, featuring Jost Capito, Ford's skunkworks 'Team RS' director. 13-pages of Buying Guides to Escort MK1 RS2000, MK2 RS1800, MK3 RS Turbo, Sierra RS Cosworth and Focus MK1 RS. 3-pages of illustrations/commentary on historic fast Fords including RS1700T, RS200, Supervan 2. Contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

106685

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1996, £6.50. Ford Engines Tuning supplement, published 1996 by Cars and Car Conversions magazine. 31 pages, covering Crossflow, Pinto, V6 Essex/ Cologne, Cosworth 24-valve, CVH including Turbo, RS2000 16-valve, YB Turbo, Zetec Yamaha. Also early BDA, Warrior heads etc. Very informative and nice colour photos. Contains list of tuning companies of the period. Contact Dave 07795 121845.

Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

JAGUAR XK150 REPRODUCTION ADVERTISING POSTER (A3 SIZE, COLOUR)

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY - MODEL INTRODUCTION AND RIVALS COMPARISON TEST, AUTOCAR AND MOTOR MAGAZINE 1989

31/10/2018 15:11 MECCANO RADIO CONTROLLED 2-IN-1 CAR KIT

MAGAZINES

106583

FRANCIS BARNETT LAPWING

£5. Four Issues of THE AUTOMOBILE. Please call 01366728030, East of England.

106400

MG MGB ROADSTER REPRODUCTION ADVERTISING POSTER (A3 SIZE, COLOUR)

1933, £1,995. 148cc, dry stored many years, mostly complete, for renovation/ recommissioning, V5 document, ono, may swap for kit car. Please call 07534 111818, North West.

106367

HORN RING

1993, £7.95. Vintage Ad Gallery re-print of a period Jaguar XK150 advert. Mint condition, still in unopened cellophane. Size A3 ( 16 1/2" x 11 3/4" ). Please contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

106675

JAGUAR SERVICE MANUALS £75. Two Jaguar factory service manuals.

One Jaguar 3.4 3.8 S Type. One Jaguar E-Type. Please call 07860 328609, West Midlands.

106558

JUMBLE/ CAR BOOT £25. Woleseley farina. Please call 01636 822042, East Midlands.

106666

JAGUAR SALES BROCHURES

£150. Citroen parts a sectional stall. 8x4 with full cover. Please call 07470 066544, East of England.

106475

LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER CLASSIC - PERIOD MAGAZINE ARTICLES

1989, £4.95. 'Autocar and Motor' magazine 15 Nov 1989 issue, featuring - 3-page introduction to the then brand new Discovery model. 7-page comparison test of the Discovery TDi with its main Shogun and Trooper rivals (includes specification tables and dimensioned drawings of the Discovery). Interesting 2-page article on Conran Design, detailing the challenges in developing Discovery's interior/ergonomics.

Similar Discovery features magazines also available, also stickers. Contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

£11. Meccano 2-in-1 Radio Controlled Car Construction kit (#866950), suitable for ages 8+. Used, all parts and instructions present. Very good condition. Please note batteries will be required (3 x AA, 1 x PP3).

Please contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

106581

MORRIS 1100 TRAVELLER, 1800, SPEEDWELL, MERC 230 SALOON, E-TYPE 2+2, 2000TC - AUTOCAR 1966 MAGAZINE

106697

LITERATURE £10. d century by lord montagu. Please call 07534342021, South East.

106455

LITERATURE POA. History motor car 1979. classic cars 1972-80. 1933 3 vol. - modern motor cars.

1952 5 vol.- modern motor engineer. Please call 01989 564932, South East.

106459

LITERATURE

1993, £7.95. Vintage Ad Gallery re-print of a period MGB Roadster advert. Mint condition, still in unopened cellophane. Size A3 ( 16 1/2" X 11 3/4" ). Please contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

106676

MINI ESSEX SPEED CENTRE MINI, AUTOCAR 1966 MAGAZINE

£60. 2.4, 3.4, 3.8, S type 420. Please call 07968659967, South East.

106480

JAGUAR MASCOT

£55. MK2 Jaguar mascot. Original number on underside of mascot. On stand. Postage free. Please call 02083997541, South East.

106573

JAGUAR CALENDARS £50. Official Jaguar calendars, 1990 and 1991. Beautiful photographs, six in each.

S-Type, Sovereign, XJR-11, SS Airline, XJ6 MK IX, XK 120, etc. In original package. £30 each or £50 pair plus postage. Please call 01473 710353, East of England.

106616

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1988, £4. Magazines featuring classic Range Rover articles. 'Classic and Sportscar' - Range Rover Definitive Buying Guide; 'Motor' - Range Rover Vogue and Overfinch 570S Road Tests (two articles); plus 'Classic and Sportscar' - Range Rover versus G-Wagen. £4.00 each. Other Range Rover features (including modern) and stickers also available. Contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

106548

1966, £7. Autocar magazine, 11 March 1966 issue, featuring new Morris 1800 saloon and 1100 Traveller, Mercedes 230 Auto saloon (W111) Road Test, new E-type 2+2, Rover 2000TC, Speedwell tuning products (for VW, EMPI), plus 1966 Motorcaravans review. Good condition for age. Other motor magazines also available.

Please contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

£15. OLD MOTOR magazines.

Three issues, June, July and October, 1966.

Slight discolouring due to age, otherwise no creasing, no curling, no pencil or pen marking and no rusty staples. Please call 0113 2570371 , Yorkshire and the Humber.

106263

MISCELLANEOUS POA. books, mags, posters, brouchures,etc. usa trucks, cars, guns, mustang, gt40, limo/hearse, caddy, lincoln, jag, mg,l otus, etc.,vincent, mv, classic and race bikes, sell/ swap4 anything lambo and car mags books, any language. Please call 01277200530, South East.

106421

106686

1996, £7.95. Autocar 4 March 1966 magazine, good condition. Featuring Essex Speed Centre Mini tuning conversion Test, MGB GT Road Test, Transit Freedom Motorhome, Olds Toronado, Imp Station Wagon, Fraser-Rootes racing Imp. Great ads including Cosmic, Humber, Lotus, Hillman, Simca, Alfa Romeo, Dormobile, VW, Skoda.

Please contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

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1974, £4,950. Nice original moped. Please call 07743 370641, East of England.

VOLKSWAGEN CAMPER VANS BOOK

106643

PRIVATE REGISTRATION £10,000. 60 1AN (60 IAN) on retention cert.

Assignment fee paid. Please call 07867 806888, East of England.

106623

POA. Wanted drivers door glass for a 5dr hatch back. also any new or sh parts.

Please call 01872 273786, South West.

ROLLS-ROYCE MAGAZINES

106401

ORIGINAL MANUALS AND DRIVER HANDBOOKS

106536

NEWARK WINDMILL £40. Six tin signs. Michelin Tyre Services, Castrol, Dunlop, Spark Plug, Champion.

Please call 02083997541, South East.

106604

TRIUMPH REPAIR MANUALS

£45. No 150, 1959-1964. Two tone grey body suspension. Excellent condition. No damage. Please call 02083997541, South East.

106557

ROLLS-ROYCE BOOK

£20. Triumph 2000-2500 Intereurope repair manual from 1963 and Triumph 2000 MK2 handbook. Price includes postage.

Please call 07585 439603, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106615

THREE WHEELERS A TO Z £12. Three wheeled vehicles, 1940 to date.

Please call 01423 709175, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106621

VINTAGE TRUCK AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LOG BOOKS POA.prints/ photos. Ferarri, Lamborghi , porsche, TR, MG, 97619 Aston martin, also some classic Lambo parts,40 yrs of collecting. Please call 07737 174200, West Midlands.

2009, £8.75. 'The Little Book of Camper Van' by Morgan and Fowler, published 2009. Nice, informative book with lovely colour, period photos. Charts the T1 to T5 types' histories, including Westfalia, Devon and other conversions.. Also covers camper culture. Hardback, 126 pages. Excellent condition. VW stickers also available.

Contact Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

106547

VOLKSWAGEN WORKSHOP MANUALS £15. Volkswagen Type 1 official Bentley and Clymer workshop manuals, as new, very collectable. Covers 1966-1969, 1970-1978 and 1961-1977. Please call 01582 601467, South East.

106393

PETROL CAN

106552

£45. Rolls Royce in America by John Webb De Campi. 1975 with dust cover. 255 pages.

Please call 02083997541, South East.

106605

£10. Old grey plastic fuel can with filler tube age. Please call 01636 822042, East Midlands.

Wanted. Looking for a fully arched and skirted G6 2800i, RWD MK3/4 Escort. Fully working car or needing work, non-runner, engine blown or missing, etc. Please call 07564 882407, East Midlands.

NISSAN CHERRY N12

106534

£4.50. too much good info to waste. Please call 01366728030, East of England.

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106647

£100. 50 rr quest magazines, collection of rr and bentley brochures. Please call 01270216621, North East.

ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER WRAITH DINKY TOY

FORD ESCORT

SILVERSTONE BADGE

£450. 87 vintage truck and commercial vehicle log books for sale 450 for the lot, over 20 diferent makes. Please call 07826 316408, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106374

VAUXHALL MOTORIST MAGAZINE

106665

PARKING LIGHT

Wanted. Any parts for restoration of Newark 8ft diameter water pumping farm windmill.

Would consider complete machine, any condition. Please call 01472 815988, East Midlands.

106613

RELIANT SCIMITAR I am looking for a Scimitar GTE SE6/6A 1976- 80 prefer manual, no sunroof, runner / non runner, needing some tlc .

Am based west of Chester but will travel for right car. Email details;- brogdentom@aol. com. all considered and answered Thanks . , Wales.

106059

WANTED

SCAMMELL PIONEER

250 / 125 2 STROKE MOTORCYCLE

Wanted. 1940s Scammel Pioneer. Ex-army lorry or similar with or without crane. Please call 07704 018229, East of England.

POA. Wanted 250 / 125 2 stroke motorcycle, RG or TZR or similar. Do not have the budget for a show winner. Please email retrodubber@gmail.com , everything considered. Please call 01534 822082, Channel Islands.

106375

CITROËN DS Wanted. DS23 estate auto, or VOLVO 245/65 auto estate, P1800ES,ford LTD estate 70`s,ford BRONCO 1986 auto, lincoln 60/70`s. or sim. swap4 merc 230te estate auto, 70,000mls, 2nd owner,many extras and new parts ie: alloys, towbar,tyres,brakes, batt,rad, g/box, exhaust,etc. also pentax camera collection and pro items inc. new cammo cloths ideal 4 wildlife etc. Please call 01277200530, South East.

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SUNBEAM ALPINE Wanted. Hard top stainless trims and hood bins or bits to build up a set. Please call 01704 893251, North West.

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SUZUKI ALTO FX POA. Wanted any nos or good sh spares, literature, inc genuine workshop manual sales - brochures etc. Please call 01872 273786, South West.

106535

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CLASSIC CAR 1970, POA. Wanted classic car or van. dont mind if light restoration has been done. reasonable prices please. Please call 07734 412062, West Midlands.

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FORD CONSUL £25. Parking light, side windows 50/60s, unopened. Please call 01636 822042, East Midlands.

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£150. MNF by J R Gaunt London. Badge bar fixing, excellent condition. Please call 07780 123683, South East.

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1933, POA. Bound volume of Vauxhall Motorist magazine from October 1933 to September 1934 offers invited. Please call 07919 147773 , Yorkshire and the Humber.

Wanted. Consul Capri for restoration.

Any condition considered. Location not important. Please call 07931 388283, North West.

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PARTS COUNTER PARTS COUNTER PARTS COUNTER PARTS COUNTER PARTS COUNTER AUSTIN K4

DAIMLER V8 PARTS

£300. 'Su' Carburettors, original twin. Factory carbs. included is original from sp 250 car. choke linkages, polished piston covers, all bult up and ready to fit. Please call 07840400569, South West.

JAGUAR V12

AUSTIN MG METRO

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ERF LORRY/ TRAILER ALUMINIUM SIDEBOARDS

£50. V12/ZF Manual Bellhousing.

Please call 07742 522371, North East.

106484

KING PIN SET

POA. LWB. Chassis cab. Complete engine and chassis No. with documents. Reg No. CRX 500.

Condition very poor. Collection from Wigan. Please call 07810 501423, North West.

PARTS WANTED WANTED. New or good scuttle panel wheel arches for GTI and roof spoiler. Fibreglass tailgate and fibreglass or kevlar doors. Please call 01206564872, South East.

106619

BEDFORD O TYPE CHASSIS

HILLMAN MINX REAR WINDSCREEN

WANTED. Rear windscreen for 1967 MK5 Hillman Minx, also carb-manifold and air filter box for 1725cc. Please call 01744808200, North West.

106634

£100. Complete with radiator. To fit Austin Loadstar, was running when taken out of wagon 25 years ago.

Please call 01772 616850, North West.

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AUSTIN HEALEY PARTS

POA. Full length under chassis unused, in primer to suit mk 1-3000 to mk2a models. Please call 07840 400569, South West.

106550

BEDFORD ROOF LINING

106505

FORD MONDEO MK2 15" ALLOYS WHEELS

£30. Quinton Hazell king pin set qp676tc w3 wc dodge karrier k400/500 1967/73 Bantam fa/vc 67--73 Boxed. Please call 01636 822042, North East.

106664

LAND ROVER TDI ES

1990, £400. Seats and interior. 7 seats and whole interior trim. soft leather. drivers seat little repair to do. Please call 07840400569, South West.

106620

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HONDA ACCORD

SCANIA PARTS

£130. Bedford J type new black roof lining, may fit A and D types.

COMES WITH THE METAL RIB. Please call 07749 586757, South East.

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BEDFORD O MODEL CHROME STRIPS

£80. MKIII Mini Boot Lid, very good. Please call 07979 406536, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106490

MINI COOPER

106452

£550. set of Hydrolastic Displacers.

Please call 07979 406536, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106491

MINI MK1 WINDOWS

1973, £50. Cummins 220 radiator with frame. Needs re-core.

Collection only. Please call 07970 696510, East Midlands.

106555

STANDARD VANGUARD PHASE I/II

£380. Radiator rebuilt by Lincs Rads to high standard. Collection or carriage at cost. Please call 07960 476648, East Midlands.

£60. MK1 Cooper pair of rear side piano hinge type windows. Please call 07979 406536, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106492

MINI MK1 AUSTIN COOPER GRILLE, £50. Mini Exacton Light weight alloy wheels, 4 x 5 x 10,. Please call 07979 406536, Yorkshire and the Humber.

MINI MK1

106591

BENTLEY TI AND SHADOW 1 REAR SILENCER

£58. Used good condition, needs sleeve and bell mouth welded on.

Two bell mouths FOC used. Please call 07803502821, Scotland.

106554

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JAGUAR ALLOY WHEELS X 5.

POA. Bonnet, new suspension arms, gaskets, filters, handbrake cables, ignition parts, mirrors, etc. Open to offers. Please call 01779719944, South West.

VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE

£100. Four 825x15 split rim wheels, 8 stud. With four good tyres. Off of low-loader trailer. Please call 07880 600805, South West.

106590

TOYOTA MAYSTAR STEREO ADAPTOR LEAD WITH ISO PLUG (PX687)

£100. Mini Bonnet, very good condition. Please call 07979 406536, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106488

1952, POA. new cam shaft, rec part no a/15334. Please call 01782 514132, West Midlands.

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MINI MK1

PRIVATE REGISTRATION

£699. G2 OMG - on retention.

Offers invited. Please call 07760 585439, South West.

106565

ROVER 1.3 SPI MINI COOPER

CORSAIR/ CAPRI AND MORE

£395. Alloys in perfection condition.

From a 2005 XJ6. 235/55/ZR17.

If you need a spare set for winter driving, or a project car you may be restoring. Please call 07876 468801, East of England.

£150. Mini Passenger Door, very good condition with glass. Please call 07979 406536, Yorkshire and the Humber.

1996, POA. Breaking due to serious illness. Was going to be the donor into a heritage shell. Will consider selling full vehicle. Shell is rusty beyond repair. Please call 07855 786988, North West.

106539

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£5.00 BEING BROKEN FOR SPARES AS PANS ETC TOO BADLY RUSTED, BOOHOO. Please email waldowaldo1947@gmail.com

VOLVO AMAZON PARTS

1985, £8.50. TOYOTA / LEXUS / DAIHATSU Car Stereo electrical harness adaptor lead with ISO Plug (MAYSTAR part PX687). Unused, so untested. Sold complete, as pictured. Please see photos for compatible vehicle models/years (some from 1985 on) or phone Dave 07795 121845. Please call 07795121845, Greater London.

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VAUXHALL CAVALIER MK2 SPARES

SPLIT RIM WHEELS

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106531

Complete, out of a BMC with Threepenny bit cab. also suit Nuffield tractor. call 01772 616850, North

POA. V4 rocker cover gas kits, victor fd 1.6 2 ltr bake cable. peugot anti roll bar linkage etc. Please call 01268 976701, East of England.

106541

106586

£50. as new, very good condition.

Please call 07979 406536, Yorkshire and the Humber. £500. two wings bonnet front end door windows and mechanisms. front and rear bumpers radiator good cond. Please call 074699 262203, Yorkshire and the Humber.

BMC 3 POINT 8 DIESEL ENGINE £100.

Wagon Would Please West.

VAUXHALL CAVALIER

MKII PARTS POA. including bonnet suspension gasket filters and ignition etc.

Please call 01179719944, South West.

106618

MINI MAYFAIR PARTS

£50. Starfish alloy wheel, excellent condition and tyre with good tread.

Two rear hubs/bearing carriers, very good condition. Cam locking tool, 2 piece, very good condition.

Please call 01744 637052, North West.

106538

MINI ALLOY WHEELS

106487

POA. Chrome strips for Bedford O and M models. New. Please call 07740 391193, Wales.

VAUXHALL VIVA

£10. POA. brake cylinder, rear cylinder, hillmans avenger front cylinder. Please call 01268 976701, East of England.

106537

£35-£125. Ford Zephyr/Zodiac MK1 and 2. N.O.S Ford/Borg/ Warner, overdrive main shaft with sliding first gear wheel, £125.

Consul/Zephyr MK1 new front steering ball joints, £35 pair. Please call 01978 820517, Wales.

JAGUAR XJS SPARES

£300. Scania 8 litre (82m) intake (with turbo funnel) and exhaust manifold, new gaskets with intake manifold. Hairline crack on first section of exhaust flange but still intact. Please call 07779 712148, Yorkshire and the Humber.

SEDDON ATKINSON BORDERER RADIATOR

POA. Brand new, genuine MG rover black leather and red alcantra with anniversary logo. Very rare. Please call 02086758321, Greater London.

FORD ZEPHYR/ZODIAC PARTS

106563

VARIOUS PARTS

106622

106657

MG TF 135 SEAT COVERS

POA. Ford mondeo mk2 , 15" alloys wheels wanted, complete with centre caps. Four stud. 4 required as per photo. Please call 07770 672965 , East of England.

106617

£170. BOC Argon large gas bottle, half full, £50. 3.5 V8 Rover early timing chain cover, £100. 3500 V8S engine mounting steel with rubbers, £20. Please call 07742 522371, South West.

LEYLAND VARIOUS TRUCK PARTS

106587

ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER LADY

WANTED. Silver Lady for RR Silver Spirit, 1987 spring type. Also want Silver Cloud, any condition. Please call 01760 756189, East of England.

106465

POA. Leyland Freighter body panels and doors. Leyland Sherpa MK12 body panels, engine parts, vac pumps, radiators Clysdale Freighter air valves, gearbox parts. Maestro van doors. Please call 07773 753026, Wales.

106297

1979, POA. Chrome rear view door mirrors. original. Please call 07903 404249, Scotland.

MINI MKIII BOOT LID

£350. Fantastic Vintage Classic Set Of ERF Lorry/ Trailer Aluminium Sideboards. Condition is "Used".

Set of aluminium sideboards to fit a 16ft x 7ft trailer/lorry body 19 inches deep Complete with corner/ centre posts, hooks, hinges etc all in good condition despite its age Very well made great for ERF restoration. Please call 07971 027381, South East.

WANTED. CAP for a 1947 morris commercial LC3 2050cc engine.

Please call 01302722492 , Yorkshire and the Humber.

WANTED. For restoration. SWB V5 if possible. O-Type wheels also wanted. Please call 07941 414504, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106453

AUSTIN 6 CYLINDER PETROL ENGINE AND GEARBOX

MORRIS ENGINE CAP

£550. Four door rear end, good inner and outer wings, rear panel boot floor holed, £250. Front crossmember disc brakes, £150.

Rear axle, £150. Can deliver at cost. Please call 07860 791451, South West.

106598

VOLVO CYLINDER HEAD 144 MODEL

VARIOUS LUCAS CONDENSORS

£VARIOIUS. Lucas condensors, 410/444 Ford Granada Cotarm EDR78, £2-£3. Vauxhall Astra thermostat housing, £5. Ford Motorcraft spark plugs, £5. AE3 Austin Metro sub-frame mount, £5.

Please call 01268 976701, South East.

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VARIOUS PARTS

£24. Austin/BMC rad hose GRH 310, new, £4,00. Ford Cortina ball joint, 3145, 70-82, £5. Vauxhall HB/HC brake flange with adjusters.

Jaguar wishbone rubbers, CAC9295, £5.00. Please call 01268 976701, South East.

1990, £45. Off a Volvo Estate. 144 model complete with valves and intake manifold. Please call 07836 794083, Yorkshire and the Humber.

106631

WARTBURG PARTS

£30. Two NDS rear wheel cylinders. Nine assorted new and good used rear brake shoes, some with handbrake levers. Also wiper motors, horns, armrests, door mirror, etc. New festoon bulbs.

Please call 01909721464, East Midlands.

106599

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BACK BOX Rob Hawkins speculates on a future classic that may have readers laughing their socks off, but he has his reasons Rob Hawkins Contributor

W

hen my niece called me last summer to ask what to do with her 2009 Ford Ka Studio 1.2 that had been in her family since new but was probably about to fail the next, imminent MoT test, I volunteered to look over it and see whether I could fix anything to ensure it would last another year.

However, she didn’t need the car anymore, so I also offered to sell it for her. This was during the Covid pandemic, so the car was delivered to me and I set about servicing it, including replacing the timing belt, rustproofing the underside, getting it through the MoT and even painting the plastic wheel trims.

I have to admit that I wasn’t looking forward to the prospect of reviving a then 11-year-old Ford Ka. The first generation of the Ka was in my opinion, an utter disaster. It looks quirky, but you could almost hear the rust crunching its way through the sills. Many of these early cars have rotted to pieces and those that have survived are starting to appreciate in value.

To my surprise, the Mk2 is much better – I couldn’t find any traces of structural corrosion – which came as a huge shock because it’s associated with Fiat (it shares many components with the 500 including its 1242cc petrol engine), a company that is also known for once producing rot-boxes.

It wasn’t all plain sailing with this Mk2 Ka, but nothing too uncommon for these models.

The brakes (discs at the front, drums at the rear) dragged until I’d cleaned them up. There was water inside some of the chassis legs, which I drained and dried before rustproofing the underside. The rear beam and suspension was covered in surface corrosion, but only needed cleaning and painting. The wheel trims had all faded, but I revived them with a vinyl/plastic paint. The plastic thermostat housing cracked open and leaked all its coolant on the way to the MoT test, but only cost £30 for a new one.

After getting to grips with this Mk2 Ka, it got me thinking about emerging classics. The

Mk1 Ka will definitely become as collectible as a Mk1 Fiesta, but would I want one?

Not a chance if I had to constantly fear the threat of rust. The Mk2 Ka may not be as popular in future classic car circles, but it will undoubtedly be accepted and this one with its green (now faded to yellow) exterior paintwork is hard to miss. What appealed the most about it was how simple it was to maintain.

There was a time when Ford fans scoffed at Mk1 and Mk2 Fiestas, exclaiming that anything front-wheel drive wasn’t worthy of classic car status. Now, this is all many of us can afford.

The Ford Ka will head in the same direction, so maybe now is the time to buy one and either put it away or simply use and look after it. In my opinion, a Mk2 would be less hassle.

Unfortunately, I decided to sell this Mk2 Ka for £1500 because I didn’t need another car on my driveway. I reckon that in another decade or two I’ll be kicking myself when their values have quadrupled.

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