25th July 2018
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE A… LAND ROVER COUNTY 12-SEATER?
It was only natural that when the 68-year-old Defender production line creaked to a halt, interest in the iconic vehicle would accelerate...
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11th July 2018
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE A… ROVER METRO CABRIOLET?
The Metro became a Rover in 1990 and suddenly also became the car it perhaps always should have been: in place of the 50-year-old A-Series motor was the modern alloy twin-cam K-Series motor and finally…
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22nd June 2018
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE AN… ALFA ROMEO ALFASUD?
You could consider the Alfasud as a kind of Italian Hillman Imp: a great design pairing sporting appeal with small car practicality but flawed by government interference in manufacturing.
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15th June 2018
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE A… TVR TASMIN?
Think of TVR’s ‘wedge’ series of cars from the ’80s and you’ll probably picture a thundering open-topped V8-powered creation. The range started off though with the much less hairy chested Tasmin, which essentially debuted Oliver…
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1st June 2018
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE A… MORRIS ITAL?
The Marina has taken its fair share of abuse over the years but in reality it didn't do so badly at the job it was designed for. Yes, the chassis owed a lot to the…
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18th May 2018
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE A… AUSTIN 1300 COUNTRYMAN?
The fact that customers were still buying the ADO16 BMC1100/1300 range even after its replacement had been launched illustrates perfectly how popular the 'big Mini' was with UK buyers. In fact the car was Britain's…
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4th May 2018
RETRO ADS – AMCO
Here’s an advert aimed at American buyers of British-built sports cars. In this case, however, the emphasis was on aftermarket accessories rather than the car itself, boasting that “the Amco-equipped TR4 clearly reflects ownership pride!”
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4th May 2018
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE A… CITROEN CX?
Estate cars don’t come bigger than this. Or more practical for that matter, the CX’s traditional Citroën hydropneumatic suspension offering a self-levelling facility which gave it the carrying capacity of a long-wheelbase Transit.
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26th April 2018
BMC FARINA EXCESS – HOW MUCH?
Andrew Everett takes a controversial stand against BMC Farina values...
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20th April 2018
RETRO ADS – PYE HEADUNITS
Few adverts date more than those for in-car entertainment, with rapid changes in technology making car stereo ads from yesteryear seem comically dated now...
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18th April 2018
PROGRESSIVE THINKING
Only Andrew Everett could find a parallel between Peter Gabriel and the Citroën CX...
