Blog Martin Buckley

16 February 12:11

Meeting the "I" from Withnail to discuss the Dockers

Last week I was interviewed about Lady Docker for a Sky series on the British motor industry. The man asking the questions was Paul McGann, ...

13 February 10:01

Buckley lives la vie en rosé

Had a great three days at Rétromobile courtesy of my friend Claude who organised some Eurostar tickets – by far the most civilised way to travel ...

27 January 14:55

Collecting vinyl and stripping caravans

Spent a blissful afternoon clearing my desk at the mill. With broadband installed, I searched YouTube and found a full version of the Callan film ...

17 January 13:39

Spotting the Phantom of the opera (well, a West End show anyway)

This weekend involved another trip to London see a West End show (The 39 Steps – very funny) but not, sadly, in an old car. Once again 50mpg had ...

21 December 12:28

"Yes Mr Buckley, this is Fullers brewery. What's that, you'd like to hold a p*** up here?"

Around this time of year, my friend Jon Giacobi usually organises a get-together at the Guinea Grill in Mayfair for his ‘car mates’. It’s fun, but ...

15 December 10:35

Christmas reads and planning more purchases

The struggle with my 1967 Merc 300SE continues – hopefully one day it'll look like the one above – but we think we have nailed the problem down to ...

2 December 17:51

Landing another Stuttgart saloon

My latest acquisition is a Mercedes 300SE of the W108/W109 generation. It’s got 39,000 from new, black leather very sound bodywork and, apart from ...