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Your classic: Datsun 280Z - Classic & Sports Car
A stop on the Datsun 280Z road trip to explore California’s giant redwood trees. Eventually, I found my ‘roadmate’ in a 1973 Datsun 240Z that was reliable, quick and sleek.. I drove it more than 50,000 miles and it never let me down, but after three years I moved on to a 1976 Porsche 911S.. I quickly embraced the marque and over the ensuing decades I …
22 of the greatest Jaguars - Classic & Sports Car
4. 1951 Jaguar C-type. Inspired by the promising potential of a three-car works XK120 entry in 1949’s Le Mans 24-hour race, William Lyons consented to the creation of an XK120-based sports-racer with reduced weight, better brakes and more performance.
25 of the most luxurious classic cars ever - Classic & Sports Car
1. Packard Eight (1924) Packard ranked alongside the very best in the world for pre-war luxury cars. Much of this was thanks to insisting on the best components and build standards for its models, as well as the supremely refined 5.9-litre straight-eight engine that sat on rubber mounts to further isolate it from the car’s occupants.
22 classic cars used as hearses | Classic & Sports Car
4. 1939 Rolls-Royce 4¼-litre Wraith hearse. Given the rarity of standard Rolls-Royce Wraith models, hearse versions are few and far between. This example is said to have started life with saloon coachwork, it was then fitted with a shooting-brake body and thought to have been used by a preparatory school, before a funeral director bought it and married it to a coachbuilt hearse body acquired ...
Buyer’s guide: MGB roadster - Classic & Sports Car
Feb 3, 2023 · The first MGBs had crossply tyres and no synchromesh on first gear, and the heater, wire wheels, folding (as opposed to lift-off) soft-top, front overriders, oil cooler, headlight flasher and front anti-roll bar were cost options.
22 Ford Pinto-engined vehicles | Classic & Sports Car
2. 1970 Ford Cortina. The Ford Cortina was just pipped to the post of launching the Pinto engine by its US relative. However, the Cortina was a much happier-looking car and made the most of its new engine to give a reliable and even sporting drive.
Derek Mathewson: behind the doors of Bangers & Cash
Dec 5, 2022 · Derek’s Aston Martin DBS has covered just 17,000 miles. Derek’s Aston, along with most of the classic car world, experienced the asset bubble of the early 1990s.. Having paid £5000 for his car, he was receiving offers of £85,000 for it just five years on; then a mere six months and a crash later, he bought another DB6 (no longer part of the collection) for £15,000.
Your classic: Jaguar Sovereign XJ12 Series III
Nov 19, 2024 · The Jaguar Sovereign XJ12 Series III is the embodiment of 1970s British luxury. In the meantime I noticed the paintwork deteriorating on the panels around the windscreen and rear window, so I decided to commit to a thorough restoration of the Jaguar’s bodywork.
26 car logos and their stories | Classic & Sports Car
5. Buick. Buick is known in the US as the tri-shield brand for the understandable reason that its current logo consists of three shields. In fact, the logo has been used for only around half the history of company, which began putting cars on sale in 1904.