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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

THE LAMBORGHINI MIURA really shouldn’t be as valuable as it is. It’s a 1960s Italian sports car, a group that has struggled to maintain values over the past few years as the Baby Boomers who remember

Year of manufacture 1981 Recorded mileage 16,800 Asking price £26,995 Vendor Kim Cairns, Snettisham, Norfolk; 01485 541526; kimcairnsclassics.co.uk WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £15,039 Max power 205bhp Max t

Surprisingly, says Sam Dawson , this unusually coloured – and possibly unique – Bentley is also one of the marque’s rarest

‘When the owner came over to Italy and saw the finished car, we surprised him by having Valentino Balboni come and drive him in it. That was quite an experience for him, to have his freshly restored M

HAGERTY HAS announced its annual list of what it considers the current ‘best buys’ in the classic car market, catering for budgets of just a few thousand pounds to £100,000. Hagerty’s valuation specia