Tales of the unexpected

1939 Alvis 12/70 Special, 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite, 1972 Porsche 911T Berthold Dörrich WHEN MY BRITISH colleagues approached me as the publisher of Octane’s German edition to contribute to this secti

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.

During four decades of classic car enthusiasm, I’ve personally encountered only three real examples of a barn find: I recall a straw-filled barn (literally) at a Cornish farm we camped on as a child,

Difficult, changeable conditions hit Peter Auto’s Spa-Classic from 23-25 May in Belgium, so perhaps it wasn’t a great surprise that the experienced Oliver Bryant took victory in the wet, all-Porsche 9

I wonder if any readers recall, or attended, the British Leyland Special Tuning Day at Mallory Park in June 1972. The idea was to showcase the Special Tuning performance upgrades, as well as some more

After being spoilt for choice with Scuderia Ferrari racers, it was a 1934 Alfa Romeo P3 campaigned by Enzo’s equipe that judges ultimately crowned Best of Show at this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa