The way we were

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THE WAY WE WERE

Better than a girlfriend

Anyone know if Richard’s distinctive Trito

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Classic Bike Magazine

19 November, 2025

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Classic Car Weekly

June 1966

STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Practical Classics

Your cars

The classics you love, drive and restore

Classic & Sports Car

Lots of fun and friends in need

It has been a hectic season for the Stovebolt Special: 11 hillclimb weekends, two hillclimb schools, and 3000 rapid road miles getting to and from them. And one serious breakage. That was sorted in ti

Bike

‘me, dad, the bike, and a lifetime of memories – best days ever’

[ BEEN THERE, GOT THE T-SHIRT ]

Octane

The great experiment

LOOKING BACK, it seems like fate. I was on my way to view a classic car that was coming up for sale at an auction when the automatic gearbox in my 2006 Volvo XC70 began to overheat and slip. It’s done

Classic & Sports Car

“now, i probably shouldn’t be telling you this…”

The anecdote has thus far been delivered by detour and digression. Wynne Mitchell is doubled up in mirth as he recounts a story surrounding Tony Pond’s third-place finish on the 1985 RAC Rally of Grea

Classic Car Weekly

June 1966

STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Practical Classics

Your cars

The classics you love, drive and restore

Classic & Sports Car

Lots of fun and friends in need

Bike

‘me, dad, the bike, and a lifetime of memories – best days ever’

[ BEEN THERE, GOT THE T-SHIRT ]

Octane