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What could be better than La Sarthe in a Scimitar? Going in the AC
Le Mans Classic – my favourite event on the classic calendar without doubt and this year’s was no exception. I’ve been fortunate to only miss one ...
If you thought Port had got Landies out of his system think again
Every couple of months, a copy of Legend – the magazine of the Land-Rover Series One Club, lands on my desk and I drop what I’m doing and begin ...
Port ponders a race car, but not for racing
I know for a fact that I’m not the only individual in the C&SC office that is almost always on the lookout for something new to capture their ...
The day C&SC's earth stood still
Yesterday was a dark day in C&SC history. Why? Curiously, it’s not because of the machinery that was in the car park. Instead it’s because of ...
If Ford ever wondered how a morsel of ham sandwich found its way into its GT40 seat ringlets
Where shall we go for lunch today? A common enough question, but one which took on new meaning for me back in 2006. In fact, it wasn’t so much ...
The first – and last – time Port was snared by a modern
Our esteemed Group Editor recently published a blog about his wife's modern car – a Hyundai that was acquired (importantly) without any cash ...
Some classic relief on a Mickey Mouse holiday
France: home of the 2CV, Renault 5, smoking as a compulsory pastime (or so it seems), the wonderful Le Mans Classic... and Disneyland Paris. Yep – ...
When advertising was fun, if a little bit non-PC
As classic car enthusiasts, we may not be too interested in the numerous car advertisements that appear in the newspapers, magazines or on the ...
Delving the dearth of decent Scimitar models
I appear to have scored an own goal, shot myself in the foot as they say. As someone who normally pounces straight on eBay, scours car boot sales ...
The motivations that stop a resto project from stalling
Anyone who likes classics will be used to this scenario. You may have stumbled across a half-finished project in a garage, beneath a ...
