The original Ford Mustang driven by Steve McQueen in the film Bullitt is heading for auction next week, with estimates of up to £4 million. Update: The Steve McQueen Bullitt Mustang may not have fetched quite as much as owner Sean Kiernan hoped (see below), but it sold for a hammer price of £2.6 million […]
1959 Porsche 356A: original patina or concourse restoration? You choose
A classic car restoration company is offering for sale a 1959 Porsche 356A with very original patina. Should the patina be retained, or should it be a concours restoration? Classic car specialists Thornley Kelham in Gloucestershire have got their hands on a very interesting 1959 Porsche 356A, and can’t decide what to do with it. […]
Electric Classic Cars are NOT Classic Cars say International Classic Car Federation FIVA
FIVA, the international federation of historic vehicles, has declared that converting Classic Cars to EVs means they are no longer Classic Cars. There have long been arguments about RestoMods of Classic Cars, with hardcore classic lovers declaring such tampering with classic cars means they are no longer classics as all, and it’s certainly true there […]
Fancy a 375bhp ELECTRIC Jaguar XK120? Got £420k to spare?
A British engineering company, Lunaz, is on a mission to electrify classic cars, including the Jaguar XK120 and Rolls Royce Phantom V. Some classic car lovers aren’t impressed with the growing trend of electrifying classic cars to make them relevant and usable in a new age where volts run cars instead of oil. But with […]
Ready to spend £3.5 MILLION on a Bugatti? Then take a look at this ‘Chiron’ Bugatti.
A Bugatti Type 55, first raced by Louis Chiron and owned by the same family for 56 years, is up for auction and expected to fetch £3.5 million. You can, just about, buy yourself a Bugatti Chiron for £3.5 million, but you could spend twice as much on a Bugatti Divo or almost three times […]
Another new Land Rover Defender revealed – a 1948 Land Rover Reborn
Land Rover has sympathetically restored a ‘missing’ Land Rover which was a demonstration car at the 1948 Amsterdam Motor Show and lost since the 1960s. Whether you think the newly revealed new Land Rover Defender is a perfect embodiment of a Defender for the 21st century, or just another ‘posh’ Land Rover, much of what […]
David Brown Automotive’s Mini Remastered Oselli Edition is a £100k reborn Mini
David Brown Automotive, purveyors of remastered classics, delivers a new performance take on their Mini Remastered – the Mini Remastered Oselli Edition. David Brown Automotive started off by taking the underpinnings of a Jaguar XK and clothing them in Aston Martin inspired panels to create a car – the Speedback GT – which looks like […]
The Bentley Blower LIVES again – Bentley building 12 Blower ‘continuation’ cars
Bentley’s most famous car – Tim Birkin’s 1929 supercharged 4½-litre “Blower” – is to live again as Bentley announce a ‘continuation’ series of 12 cars. We’ve seen car makers with a storied history cashing in on their past with ‘continuation’ versions of their most iconic models, like Jaguar with the Jaguar XKSS and Jaguar D-Type, […]
Thinking of buying a new MINI? You should get this instead.
A 1968 Mk1 Morris Minor-Mini Super De Luxe with just 271 miles from new – and still with its plastic seat covers – is up for sale. The last ‘new’ Mini Mk1? The Mini/MINI turned 60 years old last month and, although the current MINI bears little resemblance to the original 1959 Mini, it continues […]
Lost in Gloucestershire: 10th ever Jaguar E-Type 4.2 REBORN
The 10th ever Jaguar E-Type Series 1 4.2 Coupe has been brought back to better than new after languishing for three decades in a field in Gloucestershire. It’s seems astonishing that ‘Barn Find’ Classic Cars still keep popping up on a regular basis, but this one’s a bit more than just a Barn Find – […]