Year of manufacture 1971 Recorded mileage 47,000 Asking price £21,500 Vendor European Classic Cars, Winterbourne Monkton, Wiltshire; 01672 512879; europeanclassiccars.co.uk WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £2578

Your non-diagnostic vehicle-related problems solved by Steve Rothwell

From fastest selling new Vauxhall of all time to rare classic, here’s how to buy the very best example that you can…

This ‘brutal’ Bentley makes more of a cost-conscious Aston alternative which, if you buy right, shouldn’t cost any more than a Silver Spirit or Brooklands to run. What’s not to like?

When I was 19, I was carrying out my nightly duty of taking my then girlfriend’s dog for a summer evening’s stroll along a certain Warwickshire high street. I happened on a Rosso Corsa Ferrari Testaro

With the new bearings, piston rings and seals fitted into the 850 block (at last), it was time to pull the old 700cc engine from the Vegemite Special so certain other parts could be swapped over. Firs