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BRM revs up for 70th anniversary Revival party

Seventy years have passed since BRM’s Formula 1 debut at the 1951 British GP. To mark this milestone anniversary, the storied British brand is bringing more than 35 of its racing cars to the Reviv...

The Lopresto Way

It’s true that anyone can begin a car collection. Having two Cortinas on your driveway probably counts, but you’ll definitely have to pay people to take any notice. A warehouse full of old Mercedes...

Classic cars, future fuels

by Malcolm McKay Biofuels are the topic of the moment with the rollout of E10 petrol in the UK and its implications for the Historic vehicle industry. The short answer on E10 is that most classics...

Michael’s SuperFinds – significant Aston surprises in a Luxembourg castle

When researching a Rolls-Royce 20HP Cabriolet by Barker (ex-Maharadja of Baroda) in a castle in Luxembourg with my good friend Richard Biddulph, we stumbled across an incredible pair of Aston Marti...

Radford: Take four

by Wayne Batty When Rolls-Royce and Bentley dealer Harold Radford branched out into coachbuilding in 1948 with a wood-framed estate car conversion of the Bentley Mk VI, he probably had no idea tha...

Adrian Hamilton

I was shocked and greatly saddened when Doug Nye emailed to say our mutual very good friend Adrian 'Hammy' Hamilton had died. I had the great pleasure of interviewing his father Duncan, the 1953 L...

Act now to save businesses and jobs

* Opportunity to change the law to stop JLR crushing UK replica manufacturers * All enthusiasts need to act now – deadline end of August * Replicas will still be manufactured in non-EU countries, h...

Lance Macklin and Aston Martin - Part 2

Read Part 1 Reproduced from previously unpublished autobiographical manuscripts. I drove the 1951 Le Mans 24 Hours with Eric Thompson. I think he was a friend of John Wyer but as far as I was conc...

Historic car restoration’s challenging future

A recent symposium, titled ‘Restoration – Art or Science?’, put the spotlight firmly on the future preservation of historic vehicles. Held in Bucharest, the well-attended live symposium, supported...

Drivers on Drivers – The cutting room floor

  Editing has begun on an exciting new book titled Drivers on Drivers, which is a series of interviews where the racing greats are encouraged to talk about their rivals and team-mates rather than ...