Some military vehicles are instantly recognised. Others quietly did the jobs that kept everything moving. This Standard Series UV Light Utility is one of the latter. Better known simply as a “Tilly”, it was part of a generation of small British military utility vehicles created during the Second World War by adapting civilian car designs […]
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A Ford Escort Mk2 Estate is always going to get our attention. Even one with rust everywhere. This black 1.3-litre example has appeared for sale on eBay as a full restoration project, and the seller makes no attempt to disguise the amount of work involved. In fact, the description is refreshingly direct: “The car will [&...
You could almost mistake these two for a matching pair. Parked side by side, painted in virtually the same vivid red/orange and surrounded by tractors and old commercial vehicles, this Morris van and pick-up look as though they have spent much of their lives together. Perhaps they have. But as we’re discovering repeatedly ...
Some cars make you feel old. The Vauxhall VX220 is definitely one of them. It still looks modern enough to have been launched only a few years ago, yet the car pictured here was registered in 2001 and is now coming up for sale at Anglia Car Auctions at the grand old age of 25. […]
Some old cars arrive at auction looking battered because they have spent decades slowly deteriorating. This one is rather different. VVR 677L is a 1972 Austin 1800, better known to generations of enthusiasts as the “Landcrab”. Its last recorded MOT was in 2018. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it disappeared from the road eight years […]
We’ve found some unusual things in this collection, but this might be one of the hardest to explain at first glance. From the front, XDD 288 looks like a slightly careworn late-1950s Morris. Walk around the back and most of the Morris has disappeared. Where the rear body once continued, there’s now a ...
We’d barely arrived at Reeman Dansie when this turned up on a trailer. Dusty, rusty around the edges and looking as though it hadn’t seen daylight for a very long time, it immediately caught our attention. Then we spotted the badge on the boot. 2.3 GL. This isn’t just another tired old Cortina. ...
Five Ford Escorts are heading across the block at Ascot this weekend, and this is quite a line-up. There are three Mk1 Mexicos, including two with remarkable period competition histories, an immaculate Olympic Blue RS2000 and, at the other end of the price scale, a wonderfully period Mk2 1.6 Ghia. Estimates range from £9,000 to […]
It has been off the road since 1984, partially dismantled during a restoration that was never finished and tucked away in a garage for more than four decades. But this isn’t just any old Mini. It’s a 1963 Austin Mini Cooper with the early 997cc engine, and it’s now heading to auction in Essex ...
There are plenty of unusual cars in the huge collection we’re gradually revealing from Cheffins. And then there’s this. From the front, B557 CAV looks like a fairly ordinary blue Austin Metro. Walk a little further around it, though, and things become considerably more interesting. Someone has stretched a Metro and turned it ...