Plus 2 perfection

The classics you love, drive and restore

What have I done? I have just spent about six times that which I’ve yet previously spent on a car, on a vehicle that has twice as many cylinders as I’m used to, will consume about double the amount of

Stored for over 25 years after its previous owner abandoned its restoration, this Lotus Elan +2S 130/5’s resurrection was never going to be straightforward

This was a burnt-out wreck destined to be bangered until Glen and Marie-Anne stepped in

Paul Atkinson’s damaged Datsun 240Z racer was one of the earliest 240Zs built. But how would restoration balance originality with the fact it had been fettled by the legendary Spike Anderson?

We can all see that the first-generation Mazda MX-5 looks a lot like the original Type 26 Lotus Elan, but it was a whole pantheon of British roadsters that helped form this Japanese-made car in the mi