24th April 2020
AUSTIN MAXI VS FORD CORTINA
The Ford Cortina and the Austin Maxi were radically different creations but both would have been on the same shopping list in the mid-1970s. Which has survived the years as the better classic?
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6th September 2019
100-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN VANDALISED
Police officers in Scotland are appealing for information following the vandalism of classic vehicles in Keith on Thursday August 22, causing damage estimated at over £10,000.
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14th August 2019
CARS WITH BAD REPUTATIONS
We look at some of the classics with bad reputations, debunk the myths and ask whether a bad name makes a bad classic?
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1st August 2019
MARKET TRENDS – UNFAIR REPUTATIONS
In this Market Trends we take a look at three cars that have unfair reputations; the Triumph Stag, MGC and Austin Allegro...
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25th July 2019
TOP GEAR EXHIBITION EXTENDED
Visitors to the World of Top Gear display at Beaulieu’s National Motor Museum are now able to experience a closer look at the vehicles the team customised in Series 27 of the popular TV show.
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28th June 2019
CONCOURS DE L’ORDINAIRE CARS CHOSEN
Judges have sifted through a record entry of ‘ordinary’ classics to choose their final contenders for this summer’s Concours de l’Ordinaire, which will take place as part of Hagerty’s sixth annual Festival of the Unexceptional…
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4th June 2019
ANNIVERSARY MARKED AT BMC AND LEYLAND SHOW
Key milestones are to be marked at the seventh annual BMC and Leyland Show, which will take place at the British Motor Museum on Sunday July 7.
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16th May 2019
CLASSIC CLUB GOES CARBON NEUTRAL
A Staffordshire classic club has done its bit to safeguard the future of both historic vehicles and the planet by achieving carbon neutral status. The Online Austin Seven Club, based in Lichfield, believes it is…
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4th April 2019
PUFF THE MAGIC WAGON
Classic car fans will most likely already know all about a very early 1969 Austin Maxi called Puff the Magic Wagon and its remarkable story. But for those who don’t, two of the all-female rally…
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2nd April 2019
RESTORATION SHOW SETS NEW RECORDS
Biggest NEC Restoration Show yet attracts a bumper spring crowd.
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27th March 2019
MARKET TRENDS – EXPORT OR DIE
After WWII Britain’s economy was in dire need of repair. The solution was to make and sell things which could be sold to bring in foreign currency. Some of the cars we urged foreigners to…
