South African – all things vintage … or classic by Kevin Roberts
I have recently returned from three weeks in South Africa, specifically, Cape Town, where my wife and I stayed with friends in Simons...
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Lee
- Oct 12, 2022
- 1 min
Rolls Royce with a rich history
THE EX-RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH 1970 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW TWO-DOOR SALOON The unitary construction Silver Shadow unveiled in 1965 nudged...
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Lee
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
FULLY RESTORED - 1978 series lll Lightweight Land Rover
A three and a half years restoration programme completed in 2018 by In Autos who specialise in restoring classic vehicles. This...
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Lee
- May 20, 2022
- 2 min
1971 Fiat Dino Coupe 2400 RHD
This car was originally made famous in the early scenes of the Italian Job movie, where 3 black Fiat Dino Coupe 2000s were used by the...
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Lee
- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
Savage Beast
Craig chats about his 1970 Ford Cortina Mk2 3.0 Savage Estate Auto, a rare beast indeed, 1970 Ford Cortina Mk2 3.0 Savage Estate Auto...
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Lee
- Apr 4, 2022
- 1 min
Cars that make you smile!
1999 Morgan 4/4 We bought our Connaught Green Morgan 4/4 in November 2004 from Brands Hatch Morgans. It had only been driven 3500 miles...
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tonybatchelor3
- Mar 23, 2022
- 13 min
The Toyota (Scion) IQ, is it a serious rival to the Smart Car?
I recently drafted a Blog on the Classic Car Connections Website suggesting that the Smart Fortwo 450 is a Modern Classic and giving...
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Lee
- Feb 21, 2022
- 2 min
Healey Story
By Classic Car Connections member John K Austin Healey 3000 MK 1 1959 658 FCV 1959 was the first year of Austin Healey 3000 production...
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tonybatchelor3
- Jan 29, 2022
- 17 min
Smart Fortwo (450), a unique Modern Classic?
Smart Fortwo design integrates individuality, innovation and art, plus it is a unique car, so does that make it a Modern Classic? Smart...
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tonybatchelor3
- Jan 13, 2022
- 8 min
Freebie community magazines, are they worth a read?
Most of us hate junk mail, I usually have the junk mail sorted from the proper post in the short distance between the front door and the...
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Lee
- Jan 3, 2022
- 1 min
Model Mexico
Award-winning feature car by Colin B From the moment I left College I fell into the motor trade, and despite being surrounded by brand...
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tonybatchelor3
- Mar 17, 2020
- 8 min
Others seeing your classic in a different light
Tony Batchelor The quite serious question you should be asking yourself when driving around during the wet and gloomy Winter days is "can...
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tonybatchelor3
- Jan 30, 2020
- 8 min
Completely out of the blue, news of a former cherished one (I am referring to a car of course)
By Tony Batchelor As this is my first blog in 2020 and the beginning of a new decade I thought I would start with a nice story with a...
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Lee
- Nov 15, 2019
- 12 min
Restoration Inspiration by Bob
Before I embarked on this restoration project, I spent a lot of time researching articles written by classic car owners who had taken...
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tonybatchelor3
- Oct 23, 2019
- 12 min
What exactly is a Modern Classsic?
By Tony Batchelor The Smart W450 Coupe. First introduced to European roads in 1998, yes unbelievably 20 plus years ago, by Mercedes-Benz...
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tonybatchelor3
- Sep 23, 2019
- 4 min
Images of rusty old cars, is it really art?
By Tony Batchelor This Riley 1.5 reached the end of the road a very long time ago (image Arty Pie - Bigboxart). Whilst researching the...
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tonybatchelor3
- Jul 9, 2019
- 11 min
There is no such thing as a crap classic car
By Tony Batchelor. It might look like a "bitsa car", but can you guess what it is? Find out later. (Image Wikipedia) Turning out a...
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tonybatchelor3
- Jun 18, 2019
- 3 min
A Father’s Day classic car trip to utopia
By Tony Batchelor. Whilst searching around for something to do on Father’s Day last week, Mrs B suggested we might go to a “motor museum”...
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tonybatchelor3
- Jun 10, 2019
- 11 min
Out and about on the hunt for unusual classic cars and the occasional hidden gem
By Tony Batchelor Are you able to name this pretty little car which is clearly attracting a great deal of interest? A Maserati or a...
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Lee
- May 24, 2019
- 9 min
To MOT or not MOT, the question is are you aware of and prepared to accept the risks?
By Tony Batchelor You often hear classic car owners enthuse about the advantages of owning a classic car. Forgetting the likely increase...
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