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Bob Berry

It is sad to report that R.E. 'Bob' Berry has died. A fine amateur racer in the '50s, Bob played an important part in the Jaguar story for 30 years, including one starring role. He was to join Jag...

Was the first Porsche built in Italy?

For those of you who think they know all about Porsche and its cars, here is a fascinating story that may surprise. On my travels I came cross a cute red car with a double-bubble roof, sitting in N...

Milestone Anniversary

Record-breaking 2020 for UK-based specialist publisher Sir Stirling Moss’s scrapbooks laid the foundations for company’s success Motoring legends and top collectors pay tribute to Porter Press ...

A Doppelganger Discredited

By Martin Emmison First published in Sports Car Market, June 2004. With any collectible there is always an issue of authenticity, whether art, antiquities, baseball cards or automobiles. In the col...

Alan Clark - Some Personal Memories, by Philip Porter

The Rt Hon Alan Clark was a Conservative politician, Government Minister, military historian and author, and diarist but, above all, he was a car enthusiast through and through. A man of strong opi...

AC/DC? - Cobra Le Mans goes electric!

By Stewart Longhurst Barely a week goes by of late without another ‘forgotten marque’ being reborn with the launch of some kind of continuation model or recreation. Whilst there is no shortage of ...

In Praise of Pre-War

By James Page Tucked away in the Cotswolds above the picturesque village of Bibury, the Classic Motor Hub has become a popular destination for enthusiasts since it opened a few years ago. For obvio...

Vanwall Racers Reborn

By Stewart Longhurst Photos by Peter Harholdt. Images are of an original Vanwall VM5, part of the Miles Collier Collections at the Revs Institute.   19 October 2020 - just a couple of weeks ago - ...

Goodwood Speedweek 2020

It was Goodwood but not as we know it!  It was great to be back at the finest historic motoring racing circuit in the world but it was mighty strange that the place was eerily lacking in spectat...

250 SWB Revival - recreating a legend

By Stewart Longhurst Photos courtesy GTO Engineering As David Wheeler pointed out in his latest book Ferrari 250 GTE - the family car that funded racing, nearly two hundred Ferrari 250 GTE chassis...