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  • Jack Sears collection
    June 9, 2021

    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 Ferrari GTO. Philip Porter met him and discovered its background.  Jack...

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  • June 9, 2021

    TVR Factory Update

    In December 2020, TVR announced that renovations to its future production facility in Ebbw Vale had been given the green light by the company’s partners in the Welsh Government. In an exciting update sent out to customers recently, it appears...

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  • June 8, 2021

    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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  • May 26, 2021

    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 1988 ‘wedge’ Lagonda) to talk with...

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  • Martin Port's new office space
    May 26, 2021

    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 exactly what our Martin Port has done. ...

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  • May 26, 2021

    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 peril as a combination of bureaucracy and...

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  • May 26, 2021

    JLR Scandal – An Update, by Philip Porter

    STOP 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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  • May 26, 2021

    Lance Macklin and the HWM - Part 1

    by 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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  • May 4, 2021

    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 racers: a D-type Jaguar and an ex-Le Mans Cunningham Lightweight...

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  • 1948 DE36 Daimler drophead coupe
    May 4, 2021

    The red ‘Green Goddess’ fit for a King

    by 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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  • Prince Philip
    May 4, 2021

    HRH 1921-2021

    by 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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