Classic cars in general

Motoring from another era can sound very romantic & rewarding. Driving down an empty leafy country road in the Cotswolds on a sunny summer afternoon with the roof off the E Type Jaguar, young lady or gent (depending on your preferences!) by your side, picnic basket in the boot with a bottle of champagne & not a care in the world. Or, a family day at the beach in the old Morris traveller, hot afternoon playing on the sand, in the water, picnic & the transistor radio blasting out your favourite music. For many buying a classic car to revive old memories has become more popular & the classic car industry is like an industry of its own. ...  Read the complete review

For many people modern cars do not hold a great attraction. Some people are inexorably drawn to an age of superb individual automotive design when cars were not designed by studio of people each compromising the other ideas. It is not that long ago perhaps 20 to 30 years ago that a cars design reflected the vision of one man and not a corporate committee. Thoroughbred and Classic Cars is a magazine which appeals to the discerning motoring fan. Its principal era for the cars it covers is around 1955 to 1985. In this time the automotive industry had recovered from the austerity of the post-war period and cars were no longer made purely for their ...  Read the complete review

Born in the early fifties (the very early fifties!), I grew up with everyday cars that collectors would now give their eye teeth for. Because of the war, British car production had ground to a halt, and anything with wheels and an engine was being used to get about. Even the names of these motors sound odd now..Humber, Jowett, Armstrong Siddeley, Singer..the list seems endless, and each one was individual, unique. This was an era when the R.A.C. Patrolman travelled about on a motorbike and sidecar, and saluted any member he identified.. when garages used to serve your petrol to you, and you didn't need to take out a bank loan to pay for ...  Read the complete review

~ ~ The year was 1969, and the mad cabbie was all of 18 years of age and a trainee cost accountant with a firm of civil engineers and building contractors in his native Edinburgh. At the time I lived over 30 miles away in the small fishing village of Dunbar in East Lothian, and my daily trip to work comprised of a 35 to 40 minute train journey, and a further half an hour on public transport to get to work. So when I got the opportunity to buy my very first car from the head wages clerk of the firm I worked for, I jumped at the chance. ~ ~ The car in question was a 1959 model Wolesley 15/60, and cost me all of £67.50 to purchase, about £30 to insure, with ...  Read the complete review