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Lance Macklin and the HWM - Part 3

Read Part 1  |  Read Part 2 With the help of the smaller truck they got themselves to the garage where only a few weeks previously they had kept the racing cars. There, after much welding and bendi...

Recognition for the JUE 477 project at The National Land Rover Awards

The Land Rover Legends event, which took place at a sun-soaked Thruxton Race Circuit over the weekend of 12-13 June, played host to the National Land Rover Awards.  Held for the third time since it...

SuperFinds wins Motorworld Book Prize 2021

We are pleased to announce that the Porter Press International publication, SuperFinds, by Michael Kliebenstein, has been awarded a 2021 Motorworld Book Prize. The award ceremony took place on Tue...

When Is A Box A Bonnet?

One of the most satisfying aspects of Porter Press is coming up with increasingly creative and off-the-wall ideas for our special editions.  For a number of years now, we have had a superb profes...

Gentleman Jack

First published in Classic & Sportscar, August 1988 Jack Sears is custodian of his family’s collection – which includes not only racing Bentleys, but veteran Mercedes, Rolls-Royces and a Ferrar...

Lance Macklin and the HWM - Part 2

Read Lance Macklin and the HWM - Part 1  While I am on the subject, it might be interesting for readers to know what my views eventually were on Stirling Moss as a result of driving for two whole s...

The 1980s Railton And My Inadvertent Involvement

by Philip Porter When I was researching for my massive tome, Jaguar E-type – The Definitive History in about 1987, I visited the designer William Towns (remembered for the Aston Martin DBS and the ...

Pump House No.2

When you’re a top designer and author in need of an inspirational garden office but spending silly money on a pre-built shepherd's hut seems, well, silly, then you best get creative. Which is exact...

Historic and Classic Vehicles Alliance

100k+ SKILLED UK JOBS AT RISK AS RED TAPE THREATENS TO STRANGLE CLASSIC VEHICLE TRADE. NEW TRADE ASSOCIATION WILL CAMPAIGN TO SECURE FUTURE OF GREAT BRITISH INDUSTRY More than 100,000 jobs are in p...

Classic Car Collectors: Nigel Dawes

First published in Classic & Sportscar September 1986 His passion for collecting old cars led to Nigel Dawes becoming a classic car dealer, as Philip Porter discovered. Above: Two pedigreed ra...