Classic Car Buyer

Joining the rather eclectic fleet of classics and older motors on the Kelsey fleet is a couple of two-year-old lease MINIs. They’re not terribly exciting, but they are remarkably competent – especially for traveling in inclement weather without the n

Pictured at a recent Bentley press event, the famous Blower Bentley GH6951 which was number 17 of 50 road cars built to satisfy homologation requirements for the ‘blower’ Bentleys in racing. Running 9psi boost from an Amherst-Villiers supercharger on

The Haynes International Motor Museum in Somerset is now open again for the first time since March. Its Covid-19 safety measures have been evaluated by Visit England and it’s been awarded the ‘We’re Good to Go’ industry charter mark. New attractions

Combining the lure of a traditional back-to-basics roadster with modern reliability, the original first-generation Mazda MX-5 was undeniably a landmark car. In recent years it’s been increasingly accepted as a true classic to be preserved, enjoyed an

We’ve all seen it, and many of us might be guilty of having done it. As soon as a car reaches the bottom of its value curve, necessary repairs are deemed uneconomical and it’s unceremoniously binned. But now, in the wake of the pandemic, older used c

For many enthusiasts and journalists alike, the freedom of an open road is central to the classic car dream – and it’s the residents of mid Wales who are most likely to find one, according to new research. Powys has 40.5 metres of road per person, wh

Just a week after its first public-facing sale since lockdown at Duxford, October 21 saw H&H Classics back in action for the firm’s regular monthly ABC online auction. It proved to be a particularly attractive sale for fans of 1980s MGs too, with sev

DVCA returned to action for its first classic car sale since March on October 22, moving to a behind-closed-doors online format to keep its clients safe. Commission and telephone bids were accepted in the normal way, with prospective purchasers able

Following the success of the garage-stored 1965 Mini Cooper S that sold at its last online classic car auction for £28,600, Charterhouse is now putting another Mini under the hammer as part of its next auction on November 11. This time it’s a 1968 Au

In the late 1950s the American market had an insatiable appetite for British sports cars – and the raucous V8 engined ‘Dart’ was launched to satisfy that hunger. Indeed, it was launched in the US, and two thirds of production was meant for buyers acr

Be it patriotic enthusiasm or a rose-tinted affection for a lost British brand, there’s a lot of Rover love out there at the moment and that’s finally starting to be reflected in the prices, with the best examples of ’90s Rovers finally achieving dec

Not having children, I have zero personal experience of transporting young offspring. I know nothing of the worries of choosing the right kind of child seat for my car, let alone the trauma of making sure my choice of transport has been deemed safe b

An influx of tiny, efficient microcars might have made sense amid a postwar drive for cheap personal transport, but for BMC supremo Leonard Lord, it presented an opportunity. With the backdrop of the 1956 Suez fuel crisis upping the ante, he promptly

This year marks 40 years since the launch of the Mk3 Ford Escort in September 1980 and here we see the car at its motor show debut at the Paris Show that year. Proudly displayed on the Ford stand, the four-door Escort in mid-spec GL trim features a c

The W123 series was launched in 1975 as a replacement for the so-called W114 series and according to Mercedes a wide range of styles was considered initially, ranging from staid saloons to wild fastback designs. In the end conservatism won the day an

Group Editor Contact: Stone Cold Classics Wrotham, Kent TN15 7RR Tel: 07711 645465 www.stonecoldclassics.com You don’t find too many 32-year old cars with a full main dealer service history… but when you do, Stone Cold Classics is the sort of place y

Group Editor Followers of our Classics World YouTube channel may remember that back in the ‘before times’ when our current fleet of project cars was acquired, I ducked out on the basis that I already had our Honda CRX resident in my garage. Some six