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 seasons...
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The 1980s Railton And My Inadvertent Involvement
Read nowby 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 1988 ‘wedge’ Lagonda) to talk with...
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Pump House No.2
Read nowWhen 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 exactly what our Martin Port has done. ...
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Historic and Classic Vehicles Alliance
Read now100k+ 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 peril as a combination of bureaucracy and...
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JLR Scandal – An Update, by Philip Porter
Read nowSTOP PRESS (23/03/23): We are exceptionally pleased to say that the Magnussons have won their appeal against the lower Swedish court's decision in favour of JLR with regard to their C-type replica which JLR were insisting they must destroy. Not only have the...
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Porsche 935/78 ‘Moby Dick’ and Project ‘Typ 935/80’
Read nowThe Leviathan From 2022 onwards, GT cars in endurance racing will be built to GT3 regulations, which means they’ll be technically less sophisticated than the current GT2-based cars, but above all, should make them cheaper to develop, produce and run....
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Lance Macklin and the HWM - Part 1
Read nowby Lance Macklin In 1949 I had one or two drives on the continent in the 6CL. Maserati which I co-owned with John Gordon. On top of this I was a member of the Aston Martin team that participated in...
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Classic Car Collectors: Nigel Dawes
Read nowFirst 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 racers: a D-type Jaguar and an ex-Le Mans Cunningham Lightweight...
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The red ‘Green Goddess’ fit for a King
Read nowby Michael Kliebenstein The untold story of Daimler DE36 Drophead Coupe, Chassis # 51724, by Hooper & Co. Coachbuilders The details of what I am writing about here are not yet officially confirmed, but are supported by evidence and facts...
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HRH 1921-2021
Read nowby Gordon Murray CBE I first met the Duke of Edinburgh at the Prince Philip Designers Prize Evening in 1999 where I was awarded a prize for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Design for Business and Society’. The organisers placed me next...
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Extract from Norman Conquest, by Vic Norman
Read nowby Vic Norman One of the highlights was when HTV Television wanted to make a TV programme about me being at that time one of only five aerobatic pilots in the UK earning their living from flying air displays. The...
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1962 Le Mans 24 Hours
Read nowExtract from Ultimate Ferrari 250 GTO - The Definitive History by James Page. In 1962, Le Mans was still a Ferrari stronghold. It had won outright in three of the previous four years — the only exception being 1959, when Aston...
