PRACTICAL CLASSICS MAGAZINE WILL BE RECREATING MR BEAN’S MINI LIVE ON STAGE AT THE LANCASTER INSURANCE CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW. IN LINE WITH THE BRITAIN’S BIGGEST MOTOR SHOW’S THEME OF ‘FAMILY TIES’, THE BARN FIND CAR WILL BE REBORN AS A RECREATION OF THE ICONIC GREEN AUSTIN BEFORE AN EAGER NEC AUDIENCE ON 10-12 NOVEMBER, 2017. […]
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THE ‘TOP TEN’ FINALISTS IN THE LANCASTER INSURANCE PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP’S AUTUMN COMPETITION IS AN ECLECTIC MIX WITH A SELECTION OF CARS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO TURN ANY PETROLHEAD. FROM A TRADITIONAL BRITISH CLASSIC TO AN AMERICAN STUNNER, AN ORIGINAL ADVENTURER TO A FIRE BREATHING HOT ROD, EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED! Held at the Lancaster ...
East Entertainment are piloting a new competitive, classic car rebuild TV show called ‘Build It, Start It, Keep It’ for a major UK broadcaster, and they need contestants. If you can put a classic car together and start it before a rival team does, you will get to keep it! All you need to do ...
Aston Martin enthusiasts will have the chance to buy a manual 1973 Aston Martin AM V8 ‘garage find’ at Classic Car Auctions’ (CCA) upcoming September Sale on 23rd September, 2017, at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre. The high-performance, eight-cylinder, classic Aston Martin is one of just 288 made, mostly with automatic transmission. As with all traditional […]
From the highest priced luxury marques to mass market family saloons, most new cars lose part of their value the minute they’re driven off the dealer forecourt and continue to depreciate as they get older. But there are some affordable cars on the road that could become valuable collectors cars in the future according ...
Ben, the not-for-profit organisation that partners with the automotive industry to provide support for life to its people, has today announced that Mike Brewer has become its first ever Ben Celebrity Ambassador. Mike Brewer is renowned in the industry for his role as Presenter of the popular TV show, Wheeler Dealers, and he is also [&...
With people often questioning the price of UK barn finds, we thought this news release from Silverstone Auctions might be of interest, as it opened our eyes to how high bidding on some retro cars can go nowadays. Time to get restoring…. A 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, once owned by Sir Elton John, was […]
TV presenter and inventor Edd China demonstrated two of his craziest creations at Beaulieu on Sunday July 23rd to launch the summer exhibition Wacky Record Breakers in the National Motor Museum. The former Wheeler Dealers mechanic delighted Beaulieu visitors as he drove around the grounds of the attraction on Bog Standard, a complete bathroom suite [&...
Lights, cameras, action: the curtain is about to come up on this weekend’s record-breaking Silverstone Classic (28-30 July, 2017) – an epic three-day blockbuster that will not just be the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival but also, boasting more than 1,000 race entries, the largest motor sport meeting staged anywhere on the planet in […]
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