The Lamborghini Muira made it’s debut as a rolling chassis at the Turin Salon in 1965 and just as a bare bones chassis it created something of a stir. It was like giving someone their first…
1971 Lamborghini Miura P400 S by Bertone
The Austin A35 and the British Lemming
(This was an article I wrote for Hagerty which was published on 15th March 2015. You’ll find the original on the Hagerty web-site if you click here.) I sometimes wonder if all Britons have just a…
1959 TVR Jomar MkII
I tend to think of TVR as the “Abarth of Britain”. These were cars built by imaginative enthusiasts for imaginative enthusiasts. Business and the business of making lots of money seems not to have been the…
1972 Datsun 510 “1600” SR20DE/5-Speed
Back when I had just graduated from college and was about to take up my first ever work contract I needed a car and almost had an Austin-Healey 3000. However, the Healey’s owner changed his mind…
1963 Porsche 356B Super 90 Coupé Project
Years ago US President George W. Bush made the statement “No child left behind”. It was a good sentiment and I’m sure there were lots of teachers who were keen to help that happen. Sadly the…
1960-Type Maserati Tipo 60/61 ‘Birdcage’ Sports-Racing Re-creation By Crosthwaite & Gardiner
The Scottish poet Robert Burns writes in his poem “To a Mouse”; But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft agley, An’…
