LIFETIME COMPANION

Zack Stiling tracks down a relative rarity in the shape of a 1932 Ford Model 18 Victoria that might even have a royal connection, but has been in one man’s possession for more than 40 years!

HISTORICS

Royal Ascot, Berkshire March 7

Golden Generation - 1951 Pontiac Chieftain Streamliner Deluxe

If you love the fins of the later Fifties, sleek and superbly usable cars like this 1951 Pontiac Streamliner Deluxe are waiting to convert you to the previous generation.

DiDia 150

If you have no idea what the DiDia 150 is (see what we did there?!) Richard Heseltine is here to enlighten you on this thoroughly wonderful, thoroughly bonkers automotive creation!

ACE OF BASE

Andy Green’s 1976 Mercury Marquis is a low-mileage and very original example of how even the base model cars were luxurious in the Seventies.

Cars or commodities?

Evans looks at the impact of auction sales on the old car market stateside and whether classics are becoming simply another investment vehicle...

1959 Thunderbird

This month Tony salutes one of Ford’s most successful models, the Thunderbird, with a special look at the second generation square birds…

1957 Ford Thunderbird

Vendor: Peter Hind, Hatfield, HertfordshireTelephone: 01707 268863Price: £32,999

The last C7 Vette

The rear-wheel drive Corvette is dead, the new C8 assumes its mantle: Long live the ’Vette! Long live the ’Vette says Tony O!

The future of MUSTANG

Evans contemplates whether the introduction of the Mach-E bodes well for the future of Ford’s original pony car.

Oldsmobile Mini-Toro

This Toronado may look as though it escaped from the crusher in the nick of time, but in actual fact it was made to look this way for a very practical purpose at its home in the Lansing plant parking lot…

Clarke Intelligent Battery Charger/ Maintainer 12v/24v (Model IBC40)

Charger has an RRP of £131.98. It can be found in Machine Mart’s UK stores and online at www.machinemart.co.uk

2020 PARIS RÉTROMOBILE

John Bath heads across the channel to discover Gallic delights with an American flavour at this year’s Rétromobile…

1948 Dodge Special Deluxe D25C Four-door Saloon

Vendor: Les Sales, Attleborough, Norfolk Telephone: 07879 483164 Price: £11,750

Four-Door Fancies

Tony looks at the late, great American sedan, once a staple of every North American highway, now, rarer than hen’s teeth…

A Dose Of Reality

Evans looks at how electric and autonomous vehicles aren’t necessarily all they’re cracked up to be…

The Lost Cause

Could you believe anyone would give a car such a negative name? No, neither could we, but appropriately enough, it was the moniker given to a…wait for it… Corvair limousine! Richard Heseltine explains all…

1968/69 Olds 442

Tony looks at the 1968 and 1969 Olds 442 and the Hurst specials, which livened up GM’s otherwise sensible Oldsmobile division…

Blue Bird

John Castleman has owned his Plymouth Superbird for nearly three decades and he’s spent much of the past 10 years rebuilding every inch of it.

MoT-Exemption Conundrum

Tony takes a look at the recent legislation exempting cars 40 years old or over from MoTs after May 2018…

Birthday Bonanza

Dave Hills’ 1968 Plymouth Satellite is probably one of the more standard B-bodies you might find at the Mopar EuroNats show… it’s also one of the nicest, cleanest ones too, as Paul Bussey discovered…

No Guts Glory

1968 Pontiac Firebird 400The owner of this rather wonderful Firebird had never owned or even driven an American classic before – and he bought it blind, from Florida. So how has that worked out for him? 

Classic Police Cars

Huw Evans finds that American squad cars have an enduring appeal…

Operation Reckless Purchase

1969 Lincoln ContinentalBuying a 1969 Lincoln Continental at auction isn’t something to do on a whim, although Ed and Neil Gazzard did and now don’t regret it a bit…

All About The Base

Steve Blewitt’s 1958 Ford is a rare base model Custom 300 − it was a chance buy that turned out to be a really nice, original car.

2017 Beaulieu International Autojumble

The Beaulieu International Autojumble is promoted as the largest event of its type this side of the Atlantic.

1970 Dodge Challenger

With prices skyrocketing on genuine sought-after classic Mopar muscle, making them all but out of reach – other than for very well-heeled collectors – the only other way to acquire the car of your dreams, that you can actually afford, is to build a tribute version.

Best Time To Buy

Evans ponders whether there is a ‘better time’ to acquire your next classic…

Stengel Cadillac Estate Carriage

Converting luxury cars to estates or shooting brakes has long been a favourite pastime of designers all over the world, but few make it off the paper… this extraordinary Cadillac did, and was effectively coach-built here in the UK…

First Time Lucky?

David Van Haaren had never owned a classic car before. Ending up with this ’63 Corvette coupe suggests luck, judgment and above all, great taste…