Of all the old British tuning firms Speedwell is probably the best known by the sports car fraternity. The story goes that a bunch of local racing drivers including John Sprinzel, Len Adams and George Hulbert were regular drinkers at a London coffee shop. On one fateful morning in 1957 Sprinzel was overheard moaning about the cylinder head […]
It’s no great secret that the inspiration for this site partly came from the biking fraternity’s booming interest in Cafe Racers: a nostalgic nod to those Triton riding ne’er-do-wells of the 50s and 60s with a stylish modern twist. But in the same way that those original bikers took ideas from the racing machines of […]
A couple of years ago we were having a chat with Jim Dudley at Tiger Racing about the number of middle aged men making the crossover from crazy-fast sports bikes to bare-bones sports cars from builders like Caterham, Westfield and Tiger’s own range of rapid two-seaters. As we mulled that question over a cuppa and […]
Colin Chapman was famous for sporting his trademark corduroy mariners cap when prowling the pitlanes of GP circuits across the world. He got through quite a few though, as was his habit of chucking his headwear high into the air as successions of Chapman-designed F1 car romped past the chequered flag throughout the 50s, 60s […]
Now, as you might guess, we are big fans of the Cabot Watch Company; tough little Swiss-made timepieces that have been tested to destruction by the world’s finest Armed Forces. Set up by a chap called Ray Mellor in 1972 CWC have been supplying functional understated wristwatches to service personnel with only a relatively small […]
Morgan, like Lotus, did not begin their trophy-laden motorsport careers via the high octane and glamorous world of Grand Prix circuit racing. No, to find the real origins of our favourite automotive artisans you have to look a little off the beaten track … quite literary. And so, one balmy summer’s day at our Welsh […]
Danny Hopkins, editor with Practical Classics Magazine, knows his MGBs inside out and gives the potential buyer the low down on the classic little sports car, rust warts ‘n all. We all know that values for useable and solid Bs are on the up, even if there is a glass ceiling for top notch motors thanks […]
Today’s teabreak treat is a fab little film following the MG factory’s 1957 attempt to set a new landspeed record for the flying mile in the 1.5-litre Class F . The video shows national treasure, Stirling Moss, being drafted in for the driver’s job and the rear-engined EX181 streamliner being penned at the drawing boards by a […]
Hans Abrahams grew up in Detroit amid the rorty cacophony of American muscle cars. However, his Dad hailed from Blighty and quickly passed on his passion for 60s European rally cars to the impressionable young Hans; a theme he has rigidly stuck to with this fabulous collection, which includes a 67 Volvo Amazon, a 66 […]
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