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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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The latest H&H Classics Kelham Hall auction results include a remarkably original Aston Martin DB5 selling for £365,625. The 1963 car was one of five lots to break the six-figure mark during a busy sale which saw 176 classic, collector and performance cars offered alongside 72 lots of automobilia. In total, 112 cars found new […]
There probably aren’t many three-wheelers in Britain more instantly recognisable than this. APL 911H is a 1969 Reliant Regal Supervan III dressed in the familiar yellow Trotters Independent Trading Co livery from Only Fools and Horses. And unlike many of the Reliants associated with the programme over the years, this one has a particularly strong [&...
This MG ZT auction result raises a question we’ve been asking ourselves for a while. Should these cars be worth more?aceli Because the MG ZT is now firmly into modern-classic territory. It looks distinctive. It has an interesting story. It was built at Longbridge during one of the most fascinating and ultimately turbulent ...
This VW Golf Cabriolet auction result comes with a little bit of history attached to it. Not because the car once belonged to somebody famous. Not because it’s incredibly rare. And not because it broke any auction records. Quite simply, this was: Lot 1. The very first car through the very first Anglia Car Auctions [&...
This Ford Fiesta auction result raises a question we’ve been thinking about quite a lot recently. Do quality classic cars still sell well? There’s no shortage of gloomy talk around the classic-car market. Prices are down. Projects are harder to sell. Some cars that would once have attracted a queue of bidders are ...
This Citroën Saxo VTR auction result sent us into a part of the modern-classic world we’re still learning about. Because I’ll admit it. This era is slightly outside my comfort zone. Give me an old Ford, a British Leyland product or something that’s spent 30 years disappearing into a hedge and I’...
This Peugeot 206 GTI auction result started with a very simple question. How much do you think this will sell for? Because this wasn’t an immaculate, low-mileage collector’s car. It wasn’t the later GTI 180. And it wasn’t being presented as something you could necessarily jump straight into and drive home. This was ...
I was today years old when I discovered that Esso once sold spark plugs. We’ve been working on our 1956 Ford Popular and, after removing the four plugs from its little sidevalve engine, something caught our eye. ESSO. Printed clearly around the white ceramic insulators. We’re used to seeing names such as Champion, Lodge, ...
This Ford Puma auction result made us wonder whether one of the best small Fords of the 1990s is still being overlooked. Although, before we get into that, let’s establish something. This is what a Ford Puma should look like. Sorry, Ford. We’re sure the modern Puma has plenty going for it. There’...