IN MY JOB as a freelance photographer, I’d been on the 2012 press launch of the L405 Range Rover in Morocco, where ‘Mr Land Rover’, Roger Crathorne, had brought over a couple of original 1970 Velar pr

The classics you love, drive and restore

With the new bearings, piston rings and seals fitted into the 850 block (at last), it was time to pull the old 700cc engine from the Vegemite Special so certain other parts could be swapped over. Firs

A treasured family heirloom, Kieron Griffin’s Ford Sierra L was sold to his late uncle and used as holiday transport when it was barely off the forecourt. Travelling far and wide, it has been revived and is back on the road in tribute

THERE’S CLEARLY a love for Gordon Murray and his obsession with lightweight and fit-for-purpose cars among Octane writers and readers alike. There has also been a bit of coverage of the first hybrid c

Kevin wanted his first classic to be prestigious yet also practical and punchy. That’s how ‘Colonel Mustard’ gained a royal seal of approval