Paul & wendy mackellow

The concours world exists in a strange parallel universe. Participants often spend huge amounts of money on buying and restoring a classic, only to watch on while a bunch of strangers wearing white Pa

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top

Joe Tinley (right) started tinkering with old British bikes as a kid thanks to his dad John (left). Joe ended up making it his full-time job and now Toolbox Lifestyle is a thriving firm specialising in Matchless and AJS

Motor shows are where dreams are made, and at the 1976 British International Motor Show, a young Brian Attfield saw a car he dreamed of owning one day. “I went to the show with Dad and couldn’t take m

This ex-army Land Rover Defender initially presented as a simple restoration job for specialist Artifact Automotive, but under the relatively robust skin was a dead engine and a chassis riddled with rot

Regular readers will know the 99 had quite an eventful summer holiday at the Le Mans Classic with the rest of the C&SC gang (News special, September). Several ‘issues’ occurred on its travels, meaning