Red&gold

Since my first visit in 1982, four-up in a road-test Jaguar XJ-S HE, Rétromobile has regularly blown me away. The range of incredible Gallic machines always make this Paris show a much-awaited fixture

Sporting whitewall tyres, Ray Smith’s cream-coloured 1936 Series 62 Hudson Terraplane convertible-coupé looks every inch the classic American sedan – except it was made in Brentford, west London. Actu

I SUCCUMBED. OR, as younger people say, I caved. I’d been looking at my Phantom’s bodywork (the victim of a blow-over respray prior to my renewed ownership, after a white ‘wrap’ was removed) and alway

BRENT, NORTH LONDON

By 1985, the hot-rod world had evolved into something far less rebellious and challenging than its pre- and post-war roots on the dry lakes of southern California. It had become the preserve of celebr

A thorough 100-point restoration on a valuable flat-floor Jaguar E-type is commonplace, but on a rusty 1969 2+2 automatic? That takes serious dedication