I was there in 1974 – right on queue

How quickly empires can fall and dynasties wither. Within living memory the Rootes Group, once one of the key players in the UK’s booming motor industry, was producing a range of sports saloons that w

A pair of UK-based enthusiasts has stumbled across a remarkable haul of British classics in Italy. The cars had been in the showroom of a local Austin Rover dealership that closed down during the earl

Fifty-one years ago, I walked into WH Smith in Hitchin and spotted Classic Car magazine. The cover featured the famous ‘Tulipwood’ Hispano-Suiza shot in a London mews, and the story by historian Jonat

Passive smoking Great to see the photo ...

Times have changed for ace Ducati mechanic and restorer Ray Petty . He shows us round his London workshop, full of Italian goodness from all eras

John Simister gets under the skin of six classics that are now officially ‘historic’