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This car feels rather less prim and imperious than its name, The Admiral, might suggest. It’s dark blue, but there’s nothing dark about its character. It’s a restomodded Series 3 Land Rover named afte

Year of manufacture 1981 Recorded mileage 16,800 Asking price £26,995 Vendor Kim Cairns, Snettisham, Norfolk; 01485 541526; kimcairnsclassics.co.uk WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £15,039 Max power 205bhp Max t

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

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

Year of manufacture 1980 Recorded mileage 21,239 Asking price £69,950 Vendor DD Classics, Kew, Surrey; 020 8878 3355; ddclassics.com WHEN IT WAS NEW Price $10,843 (1980) Max power 160bhp Max torque 28