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For 99% of my motoring, give me a N/A large (well, relatively large) engine; for the 1% when I want to be a hooligan then maybe a small turbo one, although I have never experienced one. In fact my onl ...

I have been unable to find anyone selling LPG in north Notts for several years, either.

Jens, it was advertised as by Freestone & Webb.

I would agree with Alistair's recommendation to use a shipping agency; over the years I have used Kingstown Shipping on four occasions (one export to Japan, two imports from Italy and one import from ...

I often see prewar cars for sale without an air cleaner or air silencer fitted, like this Lagonda.
Surely they were not sold new without?
Driving on a dusty unpaved road should be very scary when t ...

If he wants to 'just' recover his auction costs and storage then he knows how much he wants - he should be open and put a firm price on it.
I could be interested in that, but I'm not going to get int ...

What a beauty! I suspect the timber framing will be pretty good - the doors fit well and there's no damage to the dashboard.

I wonder how many potential bidders will not turn up on the day? Kelham ...

The second one looks like it has three-stud wheels, which would make it a late-1920s Morris Cowley.

The first one, "Mystery vehicle in Pennan village", is a circa 1923 Austin Twenty Marlborough three-quarter laundaulet.

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But I also got the impression they were aimed at the tweed jacket brigade...rather than the plain ol' 'rich?'

Through the 1950s and 1960s my family knew several Bristol owners; from memory ...

...one thing I do notice is.....when the next vehicle in the queue gets to the front

I experienced this on the first Le Jog I competed in. Somewhere in the north of Scotland I found myself ahe ...

Just to finish off this thread, I have recently had two major surgical operations and have regretfully made the decision that my pre-War motoring days are over - I need to be looking for a more modern ...

Added to which, you can now give the car a thorough inspection and test drive it, facilities that are unavailable at an auction; you also have some comeback if the car is not accurately described, aga ...

While at first there seems to be a lifetime of patina on the body, further reading of the advert reveals it is not time worn.

Previous owner Oliver Way has created a number of pseudo-distressed ...

Mick Fleetwood's Austin is a standard AH four-seater; I believe he is well over 6 feet tall, but that should be no problem in a standard Seven.