Catch up on the latest barn finds, auction news, and classic car stories in our ‘News & Waffle’ section. From rare discoveries to expert insights, this is your go-to spot for all things classic.
You might want to start paying attention to the cars in the background of our photographs over the next few weeks… This wonderfully scruffy 1972 Bedford HA van is the latest vehicle we’re revealing from the extraordinary deceased-estate collection we were invited to see at Cheffins in Cambridgeshire. And while the little blue Bedford is […]
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We’ve just passed 150,000 followers on Instagram. That would have felt like a ridiculous number to us a few years ago. But when we stopped and looked at the bigger picture, we realised the main UK Barn Finds brand had quietly grown into something much larger. Across our main Facebook page, Facebook group, YouTube channel, [&...
At first glance, it looks like a battered old Volkswagen hubcap. Open it, though, and you discover one of the cleverest period accessories made for early air-cooled VWs. This vintage VW HAZET tool kit is heading to auction in Essex, apparently complete, with an estimate of £600–£800. For owners of early Beetles, Karmann Ghias and […]
It has been sitting in a dry garage since 1986, the engine is seized and there are reportedly just five Renault 15 TS models currently licensed for UK roads. Now this wonderfully untouched 1973 survivor is going up for auction in Essex with an estimate of just £1,000–£2,000. For anyone with a soft spot for […]
Some of the best bits of motoring history aren’t cars or motorcycles at all. Sometimes they’re the things that used to sit on the counter behind them. A mate recently cleared out an old motorcycle and bicycle shop that had closed down, and knowing my weakness for old shop display material, he saved ...
There are restoration projects, there are brave restoration projects, and then there is HTM 457F. We found this battered Ford Escort sitting among an extraordinary collection of old cars in Cambridgeshire, and it’s fair to say its best days appear to be some considerable distance behind it. The front end is badly damaged. Corrosion ...
Some purchases start with an auction catalogue, an advert or a tip-off from somebody who knows somebody. This one started with a WhatsApp message. A few photographs landed on our phone showing an old Commer camper van that had been stored away for years inside a shipping container. It was exactly the sort of message [&...
A 1960 Morris Mini Minor that’s been dry stored for more than four decades is heading to auction with no reserve. And this is exactly the sort of old Mini we love to see. It’s scruffy, remarkably complete and still wears the signs of a life lived rather than having been restored into something ...
A Ferrari Testarossa barn find isn’t something that appears at auction every day. Yet that’s exactly how Historics is describing this 1986 example, which is heading to its Pace of Autumn sale at Ascot Racecourse on 12 September with an estimate of £100,000 to £120,000. Finished in Rosso Corsa, powered by that glorious 4.9-litre flat-12 […]
This Mini Cooper S auction result is certainly one of the more extraordinary we’ve watched this year. We were at CarFest at the famous Silverstone circuit on Saturday, filming cars going under the hammer with Classic Car Auctions, part of Iconic Auctioneers. Among them was this rather special 1997 Mini Cooper S. It might look [&...