Buying
Recognise a real one avoid the fakes We drive the new car, original prototype. Stradale Safari and the only Turbo Exceptional Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia Bonhams is delighted to announce its inaugural auction sale at the Grand Palais, to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the first motor show at this magical venue. We will offer exceptional motor cars, motorcycles and automobilia. Amongst a host of entries already in the sale are two exceptional pre-war competition cars. 1933...
The Peter Sellers Mini
It is generally acknowledged that the trend for luxuriously specified Minis was started by comic legend Peter Sellers, when he asked dealership HR Owen to convert his new Mini-Cooper into something more exclusive. HR Owen commissioned Hooper Motor Servicesl Ltd -the spares and servicing arm of the former coachbuitding firm - to undertake the work. The bill for the resulting car, completed early in 1963, came to C2600 as against 679 for a standard Cooper at the timel, and was accounted for by...
Classics
Chassis No. 0158R. Now Left hand drive Currently undergoing total restoration Can be completed to your own specification Chassis No. 37221R Right Hand Drive Just completed restoration in stunning Black Pearl with Red Hide 1970 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 3.S Cabriolet Silver with original Blue Hide. Good history 1958 Jaguar XKI 50 3.4 Roadster OTS Matching numbers, Restored, only 73,423m. PAS 1992 AC Cobra Mk IV Lightweight 7 Litre 1966 Jaguar E Type 4.2 Series I Coupe The only fully factory built...
Info Cjc
BC82LBY - 1961 ftentley S-2 Continental Paric Ward DHC. One of 61 left drives built. Brewster Green. Tan top and Connolly hides. Exceptionally strong, unrusted performer, part of a So. California collection for many yean. Warranty available. If the acquisition of an uncompromised source of pleasure, or the refurbishment of your present motorcar Is on your agenda, we'd appreciate the opportunity to serve you. Throughout our more than three decades as one of the leading completely self contained...
Octane 1
Chassis repair amp replacement bespoke re-trim amp paintwork performance upgrades The on site workshop facilities here at Hilton amp Moss are fully equipped to cater for ail your servicing requirements, from routine maintenance and MOTs through to a full restoration of concours standards. Our fully qualified and factory trained technicians are able to look after both classic and modern vehicles and are always on hand to discuss your individual requirements on a personal level to ensure that...
Eclectic Expands
New hands on deck ECLECTIC CARS has expanded, with new staff and a photo studio plus workshops at Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire. Sid Smith joins, and Richard Percival shares buying with Stuart Kilvington, while the fully commissioned studio keeps up its reputation for clear photography it's for hire too . Oh, and they still sell cars. Visit www.eclecticcars. co.uk for more information. Top money asked for Dino ANTHONY P0SNER is rightly proud of the latest offering at his north London...
July16th 17th
shire and the CotswoJds from our base hotel near Oxford. Visits include Buscot This long awaited 1 43rd scale miniature of John Watson's Austrian Grand Prix winner has been expertly crafted by Formula Models, one of the UK's finest makers of hand made miniatures and is available as a kit or fully finished hand built model. Kit 61.70 - Hand Built 202.50 GPM Exclusive edition of 10 pieces Contact us for more details of these and thousands of other fine scale model cars and for a free sample of...
Chrono
There's nothing subtle about a Franck Muller watch. On the contrary, he was the first to create watches that really get noticed character in a business that's populated by spreadsheet jockeys and MBA-clones, and that's a rare and valuable commodity. And one day he'll be recognised as one of the great watchmakers of the late 20th century. Franck M ller invented horological bling - at least in the modern sense of the term. Long before the dustbin lid-sized Jacobs, he was creating watches that got...
February 2011 Lgx
Period shot shows number 9 after scrutineering for the 1926 Le Mans 24 Hours no driver's door because the gearlcver is in the way. Bentley was already preparing two works 3 Litres and was happy to help Thistlethwayte and Gallop, and to run their 3 Litre alongside the two works entries - provided that, as WO made clear. Thistlethwayte could get a full four-seater body on the chassis that met the race regulations. The task was entrusted to his favourite coachbuilder, Martin Walter. Walter...
Hero Le Jog 2010
k-1 December. Land's End, Cornwall, to John o'Groats, Scotland HEAVY SNOW FALL, strong winds, dense fog and rain showers.' That was the weather forecast for early December, and they weren't kidding. Once the teams left Newcastle and ventured into Scotland, they were presented with the most challenging weather possible - and at times it looked like some of the entrants weren't going to make it at all. It was definitely a question of survival,' as Robert McLean, winner of the HERO Cup, summed up....
Not The Only Sm Hot Rod
For decades. Citro ns have been enormously advanced cars let down by distinctly pedestrian engines. And as Citroen destroyed its only SM V8. you'd either have had to build your own - or visit Georges Regembeau Regembeau. bom in 1920, first got into engineering at the age of 14, when he built a tractor. At 17 his innovative repair of a road-tarring machine which had broken down outside his home earned a handsome sum from a Mannheim company, which patented his modification. So he bought himself a...
Engine 1
2996cc four-cylinder, OHC, 16-valve, twin SU carburettors POWER 80bhp 3500rpm TRANSMISSION Four speed non-synchro manual, rear-wheel drive STEERING Worm and sector SUSPENSION Front beam axle, semi-elliptic leaf springs, friction dampers. Rear live axle, semi-elliptic leaf springs, friction dampers BRAKES Drums front and rear WEIGHT 1800kg PERFORMANCE Top speed lOOmph In the Irish Grand Prix. Thistlethwayte duelled for 26 laps with Tim Birkin in a blower Bentley before retiring with head gasket...
The George Harrison Mini
In 1966, Beatles manager Brian Epstein gave each of the band members a Mini-Cooper S as a gift -the group was at the top of the charts, and the Mini was the ultimate car to own at the time. George Harrison's Cooper attracted the most attention over the years having started life as a black Cooper S, in 1967 it was painted with psychedelic images such as yantras and Sanskrit mantras, reflecting Harrison's Eastern influences. The car then had a starring role in The Beatles' film Magical Mystery...
Alberton South Africa
CAR ADDICTS always dreamt of owning the coolest car in the world when we were aged ten. For me that was always the Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer. Even the name sounded beyond cool. Thirty-two years later, it was time. I went out and bought the best I could find, from Octane advertiser The Hairpin Company. With two owners and 9000 miles from new, it had been In storage for 20 years after being purchased for 350,000 in the mad times of 1989. Following a very big service, the first day's drive was...
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MAKE A WISH-LIST of all your favourite kinds of classic car event, and you'll find they happen in Italy. The official opening of the season is in March with the Coppa Milano-Sanremo, a four-day historic car tour through beautiful scenery in commemoration of the 1906-73 event, and the Valti amp Nebbie regularity tour around the Ferrara area. These events are popular with owners of pre-war cars, who use them as a warm up-for the Mille Miglia. The Mille Miglia is the queen of the classic world,...
Editorial Team
International editor Deputy editor Production editor Assistant editor Art editor Designer Test drivers Special projects Website contributor Publishing assistant David Lillywhite Robert Coucher Mark Dixon Glen Waddington Keith Adams Rob Gould Robert Hefferon Tony Dron, Mark Hales David Barzilay Matthew Hayward Alex Lowit Guy Allen. Giles Chapman. Date Drinnon. Nick Foulkes, Clive Gibbons, Winston Goodfellow, Paul Hardiman, Jeremy Hart, Steve Havelock. Clare Hay, Dave Kinney, Jay Leno, Delwyn...