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Lee
Sep 108 min read
Rare Corvair by Jim Baker (Classic Car Connections member)
In 1960, General Motors introduced the Chevrolet Corvair as a challenge to the Volkswagen “Beetle”. It was powered by a 6-cylinder, 165...
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Lee
Mar 18, 20233 min read
South African – all things vintage … or classic by Kevin Roberts
I have recently returned from three weeks in South Africa, specifically, Cape Town, where my wife and I stayed with friends in Simons...
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Lee
Oct 12, 20221 min read
Rolls Royce with a rich history
THE EX-RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH 1970 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW TWO-DOOR SALOON The unitary construction Silver Shadow unveiled in 1965 nudged...
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Lee
Jun 27, 20221 min read
FULLY RESTORED - 1978 series lll Lightweight Land Rover
A three and a half years restoration programme completed in 2018 by In Autos who specialise in restoring classic vehicles. This...
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Lee
May 20, 20222 min read
1971 Fiat Dino Coupe 2400 RHD
This car was originally made famous in the early scenes of the Italian Job movie, where 3 black Fiat Dino Coupe 2000s were used by the...
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Lee
Apr 25, 20222 min read
Savage Beast
Craig chats about his 1970 Ford Cortina Mk2 3.0 Savage Estate Auto, a rare beast indeed, 1970 Ford Cortina Mk2 3.0 Savage Estate Auto...
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Lee
Apr 4, 20221 min read
Cars that make you smile!
1999 Morgan 4/4 We bought our Connaught Green Morgan 4/4 in November 2004 from Brands Hatch Morgans. It had only been driven 3500 miles...
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tonybatchelor3
Mar 23, 202213 min read
The Toyota (Scion) IQ, is it a serious rival to the Smart Car?
I recently drafted a Blog on the Classic Car Connections Website suggesting that the Smart Fortwo 450 is a Modern Classic and giving...
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Lee
Feb 21, 20222 min read
Healey Story
By Classic Car Connections member John K Austin Healey 3000 MK 1 1959 658 FCV 1959 was the first year of Austin Healey 3000 production...
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tonybatchelor3
Jan 29, 202217 min read
Smart Fortwo (450), a unique Modern Classic?
Smart Fortwo design integrates individuality, innovation and art, plus it is a unique car, so does that make it a Modern Classic? Smart...
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tonybatchelor3
Jan 13, 20228 min read
Freebie community magazines, are they worth a read?
Most of us hate junk mail, I usually have the junk mail sorted from the proper post in the short distance between the front door and the...
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Lee
Jan 3, 20221 min read
Model Mexico
Award-winning feature car by Colin B From the moment I left College I fell into the motor trade, and despite being surrounded by brand...
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tonybatchelor3
Mar 17, 20208 min read
Others seeing your classic in a different light
Tony Batchelor The quite serious question you should be asking yourself when driving around during the wet and gloomy Winter days is "can...
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tonybatchelor3
Jan 30, 20208 min read
Completely out of the blue, news of a former cherished one (I am referring to a car of course)
By Tony Batchelor As this is my first blog in 2020 and the beginning of a new decade I thought I would start with a nice story with a...
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Lee
Nov 15, 201912 min read
Restoration Inspiration by Bob
Before I embarked on this restoration project, I spent a lot of time researching articles written by classic car owners who had taken...
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tonybatchelor3
Oct 23, 201912 min read
What exactly is a Modern Classsic?
By Tony Batchelor The Smart W450 Coupe. First introduced to European roads in 1998, yes unbelievably 20 plus years ago, by Mercedes-Benz...
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tonybatchelor3
Sep 23, 20194 min read
Images of rusty old cars, is it really art?
By Tony Batchelor This Riley 1.5 reached the end of the road a very long time ago (image Arty Pie - Bigboxart). Whilst researching the...
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tonybatchelor3
Jul 9, 201911 min read
There is no such thing as a crap classic car
By Tony Batchelor. It might look like a "bitsa car", but can you guess what it is? Find out later. (Image Wikipedia) Turning out a...
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tonybatchelor3
Jun 18, 20193 min read
A Father’s Day classic car trip to utopia
By Tony Batchelor. Whilst searching around for something to do on Father’s Day last week, Mrs B suggested we might go to a “motor museum”...
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tonybatchelor3
Jun 10, 201911 min read
Out and about on the hunt for unusual classic cars and the occasional hidden gem
By Tony Batchelor Are you able to name this pretty little car which is clearly attracting a great deal of interest? A Maserati or a...
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