EPIC BATTLE DAIMLER 4.0-LITRE VS MERCEDES-BENZ 560SEL

ALLONBY, CUMBERLAND

The situation looks chaotic in this mid-Eighties dash for the Channel – but there are plenty of vehicles to keep classic car-spotters occupied

Produced by Jaguar’s Special Vehicle Operations in the mid Nineties, this X300 was extended by 13in resulting in a spacious and luxurious limousine. Only one prototype was produced which survives as a great example of what could have been

This XK120 was bought new by Lancashire cobbler Robert Lawrie whose special boot design led to him becoming the official supplier to the 1953 Everest expedition, the team that accompanied Sir Vivian F

Land Rover’s beloved, rattly old workhorse has gained a chic cachet in recent years–particularly when modified to suit all sorts of purposes, even transporting our guest editor’s honey harvest, finds Charles Rangeley-Wilson