The classics you love, drive and restore

I SUCCUMBED. OR, as younger people say, I caved. I’d been looking at my Phantom’s bodywork (the victim of a blow-over respray prior to my renewed ownership, after a white ‘wrap’ was removed) and alway

Tony bought this Zephyr for £15 in 1975 – but not to preserve it. Little did he know that it would become his show-stopping classic…

The ‘Beige Beast’ has become the pride of ...

A chance meeting with a ‘Fintail’ while on holiday was the catalyst for wanting to own as a classic to keep – but then came the drama...

Further to the Aston Vantage and Ford Capri story (January), I thought my experience of the original X-Pack Capri may be of interest. I started an apprenticeship at FoMoCo in 1974 including various pl