1946 austin 8

ASKING £5950 PRICE ENGINE 948cc/4-cyl/OHV POWER 37bhp@4750rpm TORQUE ...

ACA, KING’S LYNN. 14-15 JUNE

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.

ASKING £7995 PRICE ENGINE 3980cc/6-cyl/DOHC POWER 223bhp@4750rpm TORQUE ...

ASKING £9750 PRICE ENGINE 998cc/4-cyl/OHV POWER 39bhp@4750rpm TORQUE ...

Before I could see it, I heard it. The venue was Boughton House, a summer weekend car meet in the beautiful, manicured grounds of this Northamptonshire stately home, built originally in the 17th Centu