The classics you love, drive and restore

We sample the Spitfire that exemplifies courage and true friendship

What have I done? I have just spent about six times that which I’ve yet previously spent on a car, on a vehicle that has twice as many cylinders as I’m used to, will consume about double the amount of

Paul Atkinson’s damaged Datsun 240Z racer was one of the earliest 240Zs built. But how would restoration balance originality with the fact it had been fettled by the legendary Spike Anderson?

This was a burnt-out wreck destined to be bangered until Glen and Marie-Anne stepped in

Losing Fisher & Ludlow (which had made monocoque bodies for the Standard 8 and 10) to the British Motor Corporation led Standard-Triumph to choose separate-chassis construction for its next small car.