The year 1953 was when life in Britain began finally to bleed from monochrome to colour. Not everywhere, and not for everybody, but, slowly, there was a palpable sense that brighter days were just bey

ASKING £8750 PRICE ENGINE 2267cc/4-cyl/OHV POWER 73bhp@4400rpm TORQUE ...

If any vehicle is emblematic of the declining value of pre-war machinery, it is this 1927 Star Vela. The last-known six-cylinder Star to survive in the UK, it’s for sale at just under £30,000 – or rou

Once they headed the company car parks of Eighties Britain, now these executive icons offer prestige, nostalgia and pure driving pleasure from £5k. But which of these trading-floor titans best rewards the shrewd classic motorist?

Year of manufacture 1965 Recorded mileage 18,217 Asking price £79,000 Vendor Rawles Motorsport, Alton, Hampshire; 01420 23212; rawlesmotorsport.co.uk WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £1106 Max power 148bhp Max t

An A-road transport cafe circa 1958, the atmosphere thick with intrigue and cheap-cigar fumes. The waitress, a twin for comedy starlet Liz Fraser, scowls at the attempts of four businessmen at the win