Blog Martin Buckley
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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A quiz ends with a boot-load of epic soundtracks
Sunday was the day of my pal John Antonaki’s long-awaited ‘Car quiz’ so I whizzed down to Edmonton and showed my face. There were eight of us all ...
NEC displays dish up a bargain
I went to this year’s Classic Motor Show at the NEC, a grim venue at a grim time of year but an event I quite enjoy. I know it’s not Rétromobile ...
Dreams of playing Action Man lead to eBay temptation
I can’t get two-door Range Rovers out of my mind, to the extent that last weekend I bought a Land Rover magazine. The next morning I went on to ...
Convincing my girlfriend to switch to an older model
The theme of the last few days has been the new car versus old car thing and the fact that I keep being told – totally unprompted – how tired ...
Another BMW book on the way?
I had a good response to my NSU parts-surplus dilemma – hopefully someone will be collecting a load in a week or two, so I’ve had a therapeutic ...
