Talking dirty

It’s 60 years since Alfa Romeo unveiled its Spider Series I at the Geneva Motor Show. It went on to become one of the most enduring of all Italian sports cars

With the new bearings, piston rings and seals fitted into the 850 block (at last), it was time to pull the old 700cc engine from the Vegemite Special so certain other parts could be swapped over. Firs

IN MY JOB as a freelance photographer, I’d been on the 2012 press launch of the L405 Range Rover in Morocco, where ‘Mr Land Rover’, Roger Crathorne, had brought over a couple of original 1970 Velar pr

Kettle on... time for some tall tales from the PC workshop

Richard Dredge ALFA Romeo is no stranger to making distinctive and desirable cars, but the ‘Type 916’ Spider is on another level when it comes to standing out from the crowd. Designed by Enrico Fumia

The son of a railway engineer, the recently departed Paul Grist combined an acting career with a love of vintage cars before he started a top restoration firm. Across 87 years his varied life included