There’s something about old cars that never really leaves you. Ask almost any enthusiast and they’ll tell you about “the one that got away” — the car they sold too cheaply, the project they never should have let go, or the registration number they can still remember decades later. For one friend of UK Barn […]
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Hands up if you use Right Guard…hands down if you don’t! The Mk1 Ford Escort ‘HLJ 755N’ featured in one of the catchiest theme tunes of the 80’s. And, trust me, there were plenty of catchy theme tunes back then! The gist of the ad campaign was that if you didn’t use ...
Hmmmm…self-levelling suspension. I’ve got to admit, I’d happily park this red Citroen BX GTi on my driveway. F782 OAN looks gorgeous. And I’ve also got to confess that I have owned a lower-model Citroen BX in my younger days. It was the first ‘sensible’ car I ever owned and the self-levelling ...
There ain’t no replacement for displacement…and this Camaro Z28 certainly had some cc! We’re a fan of a big block engine and this 427 cu in V8 Chevrolet Camaro (that’s SEVEN litres to us Brits!) must have sounded awesome, especially with the work that had been done to it. Street Machine featured ...
Like a bat out of hell I’ll be gone when the morning comes… in my Morris Minor. We’re pretty convinced that the inspiration for this advert by The Sun was Wayne’s World, which was released a couple of years prior. The Americans got an AMC Pacer and Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, we ...
Was this Ford Sierra RS Cosworth an official press car? There can’t have been many standard Sierras that made it to the hallowed pages of Custom Car magazine, but the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth was something a bit special and we’re wondering if C232 HVW was a press car, as it featured in ...
Vauxhall. Once driven, forever smitten. Vauxhall didn’t just make some great cars back in the 80’s, they made some cracking adverts, too. Enter the Vauxhall Cavalier E83 WPP in this advert. This would have been quite a buy back in the day, and who remembers those car phones? They really were a sign you’...