It seems to me that old cars are the nearest thing we have to working time machines: they are ideal for triggering memories, or even the feel and flavour of a particular era. Sports cars, of course, a

STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

A 60-YEAR-OLD car with just over 20,000 miles on the clock, no matter what the marque, is a rare beast. That it had remained in the same ownership all its life is unusual, and that it should survive u

The Wheeler Dealers set out tonight to create a Hillman Imp that corrects the faults found by Sixties road-testers – but Rootes’ baby has had its ups and downs with the press, as we discover

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It’s impossible to avoid comparison with the AC Cobra. In the case of the Tiger, Jack Brabham spotted the potential of transplanting V8 power into the four-cylinder Alpine. Shelby engineered the proto