Barn Finds For Sale

World of Top Gear, home to the cars created for the nation’s favourite motoring TV show, has reopened at Beaulieu following a refresh in time for the summer holidays, with new displays and new motors joining old favourites. Just like many of the unique automotive creations on display, World of Top Gear has been re-engineered to bring it bang-up-to-date, reworked… Read More »World of Top Gear refreshed for summer at Beaulieu

The world-famous Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional enjoyed sell-out success at Grimsthorpe Castle on Saturday, with record attendance and hundreds of unexceptional cars on display. Hagerty created the first Festival of the Unexceptional in 2014 as a celebration of long-forgotten everyday family cars from 1968-1989, now fondly known as the ‘Unexceptional Era’. The 2022 selection… Read More »1994 Vauxhall Astra Merit 1.4 crowned as 2022 Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional champion

The world’s greatest concours (perhaps) promises to be bigger and better this year, with a just-announced appearance from Richard Hammond and The Smallest Cog team. Richard Hammond needs little introduction as the star of many TV shows including Top Gear and The Grand Tour along with Jeremy Clarkson and James May. In August 2021, while Clarkson went farming and… Read More »Festival of the Unexceptional welcomes Richard Hammond and The Smallest Cog team

The prototype Ford Capri RS3100 set a new world-record price for the model as Classic Car Auctions held its Summer Sale at Warwickshire Event Centre on 18 June. Built in 1972 at Ford’s Advanced Vehicle Operations facility in South Ockendon, the Sebring Red RS3100 was retained by the company and photographed for the sales brochure and the… Read More »Record-breaking Ford Capri RS3100 stars at Classic Car Auctions’ Summer Sale

We found this advert from August 1974 particularly interesting, as the Porsche 911 Carrera featured in it is still taxed! Hopefully, the current owner of XAN 7N is aware of this and has a copy of it. I wonder if Pirelli used the car in any other adverts? The Hillman Avenger, sadly, doesn’t appear to… Read More »1975 Pirelli Cinturato Advert

Classic Car Auctions are famous for their success with Fast Fords and their Summer Sale is no exception as a variety of fast, classic and restoration project Fords along with their counterparts from the USA come to auction on the 18th June, 2022. If you are a Capri enthusiast, there are three to choose from,… Read More »Escorts, Cortinas, Capris and Mustangs a Feast of Fords at Summer sale