When architectural photographer Daniel Hopkinson and architect John Piercy Holroyd both arrived for an assignment in Alfa Romeo 159s, the pair discovered a mutual passion for old cars and Modernist ...
Then came Stephen, who is now retired but became a well-known name in the Ferrari world – and he has owned a mouth-watering selection of them over the years. “He was an electronics engineer,” explains ...
Run by the Chappe brothers – Albert, Abel and Louis – and brother-in-law Amédée Gessalin, the family firm based just outside Paris was to become a specialist in glassfibre coachwork, and had been ...
Like many young men at the outbreak of war, James – together with his elder brothers Alex and Leslie – was eager to sign up as a flyer. It must have been a very worrying time for James’ mother, with ...
The ‘RXD’ numberplate prefix shows it was a press car; Vauxhall was never shy of the publicity generated by product placement. It had an effortless kind of performance that was way beyond the ...
Considering the conundrum during 1950, Panhard concluded that it needed a car that could be made in greater numbers and that would command a higher price – and thus, in theory, bring in bigger profits ...
The process started in 2010 and, inevitably, the rot was worse than it first appeared. A lot of new metal was needed, including floors, rear quarters, inner rear arches, one complete rear wing and ...
At the height of the 2020 COVID shutdown, my attention turned to the online auction sites. Datsun Zs had become a staple on Bring a Trailer, often nut-and-bolt rebuilds or low-mileage time capsules.
It aped the new Silver Shadow II’s key dimensions, being just half an inch shorter, at 203.9in, and less than half an inch wider, at 71.8in. More than that, its restrained and elegant lines, combined ...
“I didn’t even know where Denmark was,” Harper admits, “but he explained that I needed to get the ferry and drive across the country.So I took the Morgan. “The hotel was teetotal so the second night I ...
Heynes’ original idea for the XJ project in the early ’60s was to create a four-door, four-seat E-type, a low-slung sports saloon that would take the fight to the Europeans in the ’70s and recapture ...
Developed in-house, the Convertible was the range-topper with a clever folding hood that stowed flush beneath the rear deck ...