1965 humber hawk

John Simister gets under the skin of six classics that are now officially ‘historic’

Forever car, forever memories. ‘This car is ...

John’s a Vauxhall man at heart but fell for a one-owner, low-mileage Ford Anglia 100E 40 years ago that he gradually brought back to life

How quickly empires can fall and dynasties wither. Within living memory the Rootes Group, once one of the key players in the UK’s booming motor industry, was producing a range of sports saloons that w

Classic values & essential buying advice

Fifty-one years ago, I walked into WH Smith in Hitchin and spotted Classic Car magazine. The cover featured the famous ‘Tulipwood’ Hispano-Suiza shot in a London mews, and the story by historian Jonat