Simister’s smart buys

Buyers continue to stump up for restored minters – but barn-finds continue to surprise the experts too

ASKING £8995 PRICE ENGINE 5340cc/V12/OHC POWER 299bhp@5500rpm TORQUE ...

1971 Holden Monaro GTS Alastair Watson AUSTRALIA WAS NEVER a major car exporter and, when it did venture into overseas markets, it was usually to other right-hand-drive countries such as New Zealand a

1939 Alvis 12/70 Special, 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite, 1972 Porsche 911T Berthold Dörrich WHEN MY BRITISH colleagues approached me as the publisher of Octane’s German edition to contribute to this secti

Looking for an alternative to Eighties German grunt? Then this masterpiece of Swedish engineering should be right at the top of your shopping list

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