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CHRISTMAS GIFTS; DINKY TOYS
- Andrew Roberts |
- 16th December, 2021
Ninety years ago, Meccano Ltd. unveiled their range of ‘Hornby Modelled Miniatures’ as companions to their O Gauge railways. However, by April 1934, the firm branded them as ‘Dinky Toys’, and they dispensed with the suffix was dropped in the following year.
10 of the best road-going rally cars
- 15th December, 2021
Rallying's 1980s and 1990s heyday produced a whole new type of performance car: the homologation special. These were road-going versions of the snarling rally champions that their makers had to produce in sufficient numbers for the latter to qualify for racing.
Classic Hondas we love
- 15th December, 2021
Something similar can be said of Honda, which in its relatively short history (it only properly came into being in 1949) has dedicated itself to some quite brilliant feats of engineering, whether out on the F1 track or in the car showroom.
20 amazing locations for classic car photoshoots
- 15th December, 2021
You love your classic and you want to document – and show off to others – just how beautiful and iconic it is. Beyond presenting it in the metal, some beautiful photos are the next best thing.
THE ROVER 75 REVISITED
- Andrew Roberts |
- 15th December, 2021
The 75 seems to be starting to disappear from our roads; to see one parked outside of the local post office is to perform a slight double-take. It is also too easy to forget that they made their bow twenty-three years ago.
CHRISTINE: BRITISH STYLE
- Andrew Roberts |
- 14th December, 2021
During the first Lockdown, this writer watched many car-related films and too much daytime television. The latter gave me a lifelong aversion to most chat shows, while the former led me to ponder; would the plot have worked in a British production?
THE BEST OF THE CORGI 007 CARS
- Andrew Roberts |
- 14th December, 2021
Or, which of these three die-cast models would you have wished for on Christmas Day?
Our favourite classic Peugeots
- 9th December, 2021
We've said it before and we'll say it again: French cars are big on style. For much of its history, though, Peugeot was perhaps the exception that proved the rule: many a 1950s, 1960s or 1970s Peugeot was more about practicality than panache.
A quick guide to trickle chargers
- 8th December, 2021
In the case of a car that's getting regular use, the alternator plays the crucial role of maintaining a near-full state of charge – but for a car that's getting less use, and a battery that's been allowed to run down, the alternator won't be much use.
Is it worth buying a classic write-off?
- 8th December, 2021
Without thinking for too long, give us your definition of a 'write-off'. It's probably something like: a car that’s been involved in an accident and has been left completely undriveable, fit only for the scrapyard.
Best classic cars for dog lovers
- 7th December, 2021
So, you want to combine two of your life passions: dogs and classic cars. Specifically, you want a classic car that has plenty of vintage appeal but that also provides a safe and enjoyable ride for your beloved canine.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE NISSAN PRIMERA?
- Andrew Roberts |
- 6th December, 2021
What compiling a list of cars that now appear to have almost vanished, one question kept recurring to this writer - i.e. when I did last see a Primera? In fact, it comes as a faint surprise to recall that Nissan displayed the prototype at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show as the Primera always seems a car associated with the ‘nineties, a vehicle for the John Major years as opposed to the late Margaret Thatcher era.
THE ITC WHITE JAGUAR; A CELEBRATION
- Andrew Roberts |
- 6th December, 2021
As many readers know, ITC was the television production company that specialised in men of mystery pursuing fez-wearing villains across ‘Somewhere foreign’ (aka the Elstree Studios car park).
MEET THE OWNER; STUART COOKE AND HIS EX HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY ROVER P6B 3500S
- Andrew Roberts |
- 6th December, 2021
Any police Rover P6B is automatically a very special vehicle, but HBK 875N once served as Earl Mountbatten of Burma’s official staff car on the Isle of Wight. Wadham Stringer (Portsea) Ltd.
