A weekend daydream for £7
I spent £7 on two raffle tickets for a Mk1 Golf Cabriolet and unexpectedly won it. What was meant to be a summer diversion became something rather harder to part with.
Retro-Motoring: classic car culture.
Photos, magazine articles, model histories and reference sheets for everyday late-60s to early-00s cars, plus original designs you can put on your keys, walls or desk.
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Second Exposure: Same Camera, Same Circuit
Nearly forty years after first photographing Oulton Park with a Zenit 12XP, I took the same camera back to the Gold Cup, loaded it with eleven-year-old film and discovered that so…
In Period: Fischer C-Box
Long before playlists lived in your pocket, drivers needed somewhere proper to keep their tapes. The Fischer C-Box answered that need with spring-loaded precision, and in doing so…
Field Notes: Ten Minutes From Temptation at Manor Park Classics
A quick wander round Manor Park Classics’ February viewing day turned into a calm couple of hours of Phoenix catch-ups and tempting metal, from an E24 635 CSi and 560 SEC to a b…
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