The club for the classic model is marking its 60th anniversary this year, and has a captivating tale to tell, as Graham Keilloh discovers

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The pride was evident in an advertisement that ran in 1953: ‘Lincoln for two years straight won 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place over all stock cars in the Mexican Pan-American Road Race, 1912 twisting, to

That’s impossible, mate, it won’t accelerate, the gearing is way too long,” a British gearbox expert said to Jeroen Booij after he sent over the spec to rebuild his Mini transmission. “It should work,

Cars commence When: September 20, 1953 Having begun ...

As new models become ever more bloated and indistinguishable from one another in their visual appearance, is it any wonder that car designers are inclined to look over their shoulders at their marques