The sharp end

Nostalgia drove Paul Nicholes on to recreate the family favourite of his childhood

The classics you love, drive and restore

ME AND MY RESTO

Classic values & essential buying advice

Classic emails, letters, tweets, posts & threads

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.