Blogs

Style and More Style - Salon Privé 2020, by Philip Porter

There was no shortage of stunning cars at Salon Privé this year. With a heady cocktail of supercar launches, historic racers and serious classics, Salon Privé is rather different from other motorin...

SuperFinds and Coincidences, by Philip Porter

In 1973, at the age of 22, I acquired five Jaguar XKs and still have four of them. Apart from one, all were rusty relics in need of restoration and none more so than a 150 ‘S’ Fixed Head Coupe whic...

Elegance Exemplified by Philip Porter

There was an added sense of excitement to this year’s Concours of Elegance in the wonderful surroundings of Hampton Court Palace. Clearly people were thrilled to attend a motoring event again and t...

Moss - Mission Impossible 3, by Philip Porter

(all quotes and illustrations have been taken from the Stirling Moss Scrapbook 1956 - 60) Continuing our occasional series highlighting that Stirling was, above all, a racer. 1958 Nürburgring 1000K...

Bob Blake of Cunningham, by Philip Porter

Bob Blake was a remarkable and delightful man. A life member of the SCCA, in 1936 he started building race cars in Arlington, Virginia for Ted Horn and others. Stationed in England during the war w...

Can You Help with SuperFinds?

We need your help, please! As mentioned in my Welcome, SuperFinds is an extraordinary book, compiled by Michael Kliebenstein. It is truly unique: nearly 900 photographs of historic racers, sports, ...

Swiss Role - A chance meeting that led to the discovery of over 100 classic cars

By Philip Porter In the year 2000, a good friend and member of our International Jaguar XK Club was driving his 150 Drop Head in Switzerland when he had a slight overheating problem. In search of a...

Stirling Moss - Mission Impossible 2, by Philip Porter

Continuing our occasional series highlighting that Stirling was, above all, a racer.  1959 Dutch Grand Prix in Cooper-Climax at Zandvoort The Dutch Grand Prix which took place in 1959 was one of th...

Ron Gaudion, Jaguar Works and Ecurie Ecosse mechanic

Interview by Philip Porter On a trip to Australia in 1996, I visited Ron Gaudion and we have been good friends ever since. Ron worked for Jaguar and then Ecurie Ecosse in the great days and has a f...

Early Years Scrapbook, compiled by Stirling Moss and Philip Porter

The following illustrations are a small sample taken from the Stirling Moss Scrapbook 1929-1954, published by Porter Press, compiled by Stirling Moss and Philip Porter Aileen Moss, Stirling’s mo...