A 25-year-old car with battle-scarred paintwork, 176,000 miles and one devoted owner has been crowned champion at the biggest Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional yet. The 12th running of the event took place at Grimsthorpe Castle on Saturday, where 4,500 people gathered to celebrate the ordinary cars that once filled Britain’s streets, driveways and supermarket […]
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There’s something rather satisfying about bringing home a car that’s quietly slipped out of everyday life. That’s exactly what happened yesterday when we collected this 1995 Ford Fiesta Si, a model that’s becoming an increasingly uncommon sight on British roads. Better still, this one comes with an appealing backstory. It has had ...
Nine weeks after its headline-making Farnborough auction, Historics Auctioneers is heading back to Windsorview Lakes in Berkshire with another eclectic catalogue that looks set to attract plenty of attention from classic car enthusiasts. Taking place on Saturday 18th July, the sale features around 190 lots covering everything from pre-war luxury cars to modern performance machinery, […]
We are used to being contacted about unusual classics, but this one stopped us in our tracks. Back in May, we were sent a single photo of a car that had been standing in a London garage for a very long time. Even from that first image, it was clear this was not going to [&...
Some collections are memorable because of what they are. Others are memorable because of the little details. This 1956 Ford Popular 103E manages to tick both boxes. We collected it earlier this week after receiving a lead through the UK Barn Finds website, and from the moment the garage door opened it was clear this […]
Morris Commercial has revealed its latest pre-production Morris JE at the EE West Show in Cheltenham, providing the clearest indication yet that the long-awaited return of the famous British commercial vehicle brand is edging closer to reality. For those unfamiliar with the project, the Morris JE is a modern electric van inspired by the iconic [&...
When a website lead landed in our inbox recently, we had a feeling it might be worth investigating. What we didn’t know at the time was that it would lead to the recovery of two classics that appear to have been off the road for decades – a 1963 MGB Roadster and a 1967 Morris […]
Whether you’re restoring a barn find, rebuilding a project car or simply trying to keep an ageing daily driver on the road, there’s a good chance you’ve ordered a part online that turned out not to be quite right. It happens to all of us. The listing looks correct, the measurements seem ...
A few weeks ago, we made the journey into Wales to recover a remarkable survivor from the early days of British motoring: a 1932 Austin 10 that had spent decades tucked away inside a traditional farm building. Now, after making the trip across the country, the Austin has been catalogued and entered into an upcoming […]
Our Raleigh Chopper competition has not quite gone the way we expected. We genuinely thought these three Raleigh Choppers would cause more trouble than this. When we launched our first ever Raffall competition, we expected a flood of entries. After all, we’re giving away not one, but three Raleigh Choppers. A Mk1, a Mk2 ...