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

‘When the owner came over to Italy and saw the finished car, we surprised him by having Valentino Balboni come and drive him in it. That was quite an experience for him, to have his freshly restored M

A thorough 100-point restoration on a valuable flat-floor Jaguar E-type is commonplace, but on a rusty 1969 2+2 automatic? That takes serious dedication

The classics you love, drive and restore

In 1976 Lancia brought out the Gamma, a luxury saloon that took the place of the Flavia 2000. It had a flat-four engine of 1998cc or 2484cc, but it was withdrawn in 1984, after 15,296 had been built,

Ever wished you’d just bitten the bullet to correct a mistake when working on an old car, instead of going down a complex path trying to make what you opted for fit? In my previous report, the Healey