Odd electrics and a small fire lead to head scratches

IN MY JOB as a freelance photographer, I’d been on the 2012 press launch of the L405 Range Rover in Morocco, where ‘Mr Land Rover’, Roger Crathorne, had brought over a couple of original 1970 Velar pr

With the new bearings, piston rings and seals fitted into the 850 block (at last), it was time to pull the old 700cc engine from the Vegemite Special so certain other parts could be swapped over. Firs

Year of manufacture 1970 Recorded mileage 58,940km Asking price €59,500 Vendor Gallery Aaldering, Brummen, The Netherlands; 0031 0575 564055; gallery-aaldering.com WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £5342 (1972) M

THERE’S CLEARLY a love for Gordon Murray and his obsession with lightweight and fit-for-purpose cars among Octane writers and readers alike. There has also been a bit of coverage of the first hybrid c

When I was 19, I was carrying out my nightly duty of taking my then girlfriend’s dog for a summer evening’s stroll along a certain Warwickshire high street. I happened on a Rosso Corsa Ferrari Testaro