Even as a pupil at grammar school, I always thought older cars were somehow cooler than new ones, So I counted myself lucky when I later inherited a Volkswagen 1500 from my mum’s aunt, to become my fi

People are prone to certain behavioural ticks, the sort of misjudgements that depart from rationality. This would be one of them. On entering the environs of an active airbase, the sensible thing to d

Pretty, isn’t it? This is the R33 by Automotive Artisans, a beautiful tribute to the 1968 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale, one of the great beauties of motoring. Sure was. The Tipo 33 formed the basis of

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 It had a flat-four engine of 1998cc or 2484cc, but it was withdrawn in 1984, after 15,296 had been built,

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

It’s a petrolhead’s dream: wrestling a rusty old padlock and prising open a creaky door to unearth a classic car ripe for a loving restoration. It’s called a barn find, and there are YouTube channels