By the late 1950s, the National Hot Rod Association, founded in 1951, had already made the once edgy and transgressive activity of drag racing not only respectable in North America, but also hugely an

ASKING £20,000 PRICE ENGINE 2549cc/V8/OHV POWER 150bhp@5800rpm TORQUE ...

Sporting whitewall tyres, Ray Smith’s cream-coloured 1936 Series 62 Hudson Terraplane convertible-coupé looks every inch the classic American sedan – except it was made in Brentford, west London. Actu

ASKING £12,995 PRICE ENGINE 1599cc/4-cyl/OHV POWER 88bhp@5400rpm 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

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