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On the lookout for new wheels?
- 5th February, 2025
Get ready for the ultimate experience at this year's Classic Car Auctions by Iconic Auctioneers! This is the sale you've been waiting for, showcasing an incredible array of classic and collector cars, along with fascinating automobilia and much more!
Introducing our January Bright Young Spark - Arthur Atkinson
- 5th February, 2025
What first fuelled my passion for classic cars, was undoubtedly my grandmother. From an early age she would gift me model ‘Hot Wheels’ for me to play with- I was quite the imaginative child.
Meet the Colt Car Club by Guest Writer Andrew Roberts
- 5th February, 2025
One of the many highlights of last year’s Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show was the inaugural display of the Colt Car Club.
Meet the Owner – Steve Cokayne and his 2000 Escort 55D 1.8 Diesel Van
- 5th February, 2025
To begin, a little history of the MK6 Ford Escort… The sixth generation Ford Escort was introduced in January 1995. Based on the Mk5, which had been introduced in March 1992, the Mk6 had new front lights, bonnet, front wings, front and rear bumpers, wing mirrors, door handles and various restyled radiator grilles.
Meet the Car Club – The Morris Register and The Young Driver Initiative
- 5th February, 2025
The Morris Register young driver initiative gives young drivers the opportunity to drive a charming 1939 Morris Eight Tourer. The National committee of the Morris Register started the scheme in March 2018 with the aim to engage younger enthusiasts with pre-war vehicles.
The Not-So-Secret Diary of Diva the Shetland Pony – Layout of the Horse Area
- 30th January, 2025
Horseboxes with a payload of 7.5 tonnes or above are usually designed so that the horses travel herringbone in the horse area with the partitions sideward.
The Not-So-Secret Diary of Diva the Shetland Pony – Travelling Companions
- 17th January, 2025
When travelling with your horse or pony you may need to take a companion along to ensure the horse is OK, and sometimes it is nice to have a human travelling companion too!
STREETS AHEAD AT BEAULIEU
- 17th January, 2025
One of my favourite attractions of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu is Streets Ahead, illustrating the changes in motoring in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. So, in tribute, here is a list of developments encountered by drivers of that era, starting in 1950, when only 18 per cent of UK households had a car...
Meet The Owner – Dave Troughton and his Vauxhall VX4/90
- 17th January, 2025
“See! Look Into! Admire! Sit in! Drive! Hold your breath!” That is how Vauxhall promoted the FB-Series VX 4/90, and looking at Dave Troughton’s example makes you realise how Luton produced a car of “true distinction and international appeal”.
RARER THAN RARE – THE SUFFIX A RANGE ROVER
- 17th January, 2025
Autocar felt it was “even more deserving of success than the Land-Rover”. Motor Sport believed it was “quite as revolutionary as former unique events such as the arrival of the T-Ford, Volkswagen Beetle, Citroën 2 CV, Jensen FF, Issigonis Mini and other world-shaking vehicles”.
WOLSELEY 6/99 RUNNING REPORT
- 17th January, 2025
It has been a little over three years since I acquired my 1960 Wolseley 6/99 – and here are the 12 lessons it has taught me so far:
Emma's Blog - Horsebox turned removal van
- 13th January, 2025
Frankie Fiat, my lovely little 3.5t horsebox, really can do it all. On Saturday my friend and I went exploring in him to find some bridleways for the horses, and on Sunday I helped my friend move house, so he became a removal van.
RARER THAN RARE - THE MORRIS 1800S MK. II
- 13th January, 2025
The year is 1970, and your criteria for a new car are: room for five reasonably sized adults, a fair turn of speed and front-wheel-drive. It must also be built in the UK, which immediately rules out the Citroën D Super, Renault 16TS, or Saab 99. In fact, your sole British option is the BLMC 1800S ‘Landcrab’.
Meet the Owner - Mitka Engebretsen and his Peugeot 404
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- 13th January, 2025
As many of us know, cinema often has an abiding effect on our perceptions of certain cars. Thanks to various 1960s’ International Adventure’ films screened on television during my youth, the Peugeot 404 always seemed faintly exotic.
