Making a difference

I originally created my Special 30 years ago, using full-size paper patterns. It loosely resembled an MG J2, being flat-sided with a slab tank. It was constructed from 3/4in plywood with an aluminium

Year of manufacture 1937 Recorded mileage 23,737 Asking price £250,000 Vendor Graeme Hunt, Battersea, London; 020 7937 8487; graemehunt.com WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £1100 (chassis, 1935) Max power 114bhp

Jaguars have come into and gone from the Buckley fleet over the past 15 or 20 years, but I have not always reported on them, perhaps because they never felt as if they were going to be firm fixtures.

Half a century gone, in what feels like the blink of an eye; at least that was the feeling I encountered whilst looking through some mid-1970s copies of MMM magazine recently. I was in search of infor

POLZEATH BEACH, CORNWALL

This is the original, the vehicle from which the DNA for all subsequent cars developed. Patent number 37435 was filed by Carl Benz on 29 January 1886, fulfilling his dream of creating a purpose-built