Carroll shelby: the lost interview

The concours world exists in a strange parallel universe. Participants often spend huge amounts of money on buying and restoring a classic, only to watch on while a bunch of strangers wearing white Pa

YOU MIGHT ASK THE QUESTION ‘ARE these two Goodwins related?’ The answer is: not as far as Chris and I know, but a simple DNA test would settle it. A less scientific method, though I think also accurat

Apart from dalliances with V8s (and begging an exception for a currently owned Ford twin-turbo V6), I’ve always had a preference for small road cars with simple engines. So why I should be seized by a

I have always been a sports-car enthusiast. When I was young, I had subscriptions to Road & Track and Hot Rod, I knew who Carroll Shelby was and I followed the exploits of Phil Hill, John Surtees and

The cars at Hampton Court’s concours event combine the weird, the wonderful and the very expensive. And then there’s the people…

1. This paperweight was the event memento from the 25th anniversary SVRA race meeting commemorating the silver anniversary of the Ford GT40. The event – featuring a one-hour GT40 enduro – was at Watki