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John Simister gets under the skin of six classics that are now officially ‘historic’

How quickly empires can fall and dynasties wither. Within living memory the Rootes Group, once one of the key players in the UK’s booming motor industry, was producing a range of sports saloons that w

THE MAYHEAD ‘FLEET’ of classic cars isn’t what it once was. I’d just achieved the motoring nirvana of having all five cars – more a grouping of waifs and strays than a collection – roadworthy in May l

I loved Martin Buckley’s piece about his Mamod Roadster (Backfire, July). Martin is always my go-to when I get a new magazine delivered, but enough sycophancy… It rang a bell with me when Martin menti

If you told a Triumph dealer in 1965 that less than two decades later the famous name would have been last seen on a British-built Honda, they would probably have regarded you as an eccentric. Some 60