Treat on a budget – 1929 austin 12/4 saloon, £4536

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.

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

(1962-1969)

IT WAS A case of right place, right time. I was driving back from London on the M40 when a friend called to say that what looked like a half-reasonable 1934 Sunbeam 25 Touring saloon had popped up for

Fancy a Seventies take on a Sixties classic? This BGT would stand out at an MG Owners’ Club meet, Sam Dawson reckons

James Walshe explains how to buy Standard-Triumph’s clever little sportscar superstar