MOTOR Magazine Australia

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ON WEEKDAYS, MIKE FLEWITT wears a suit and tie and sits behind a desk in McLaren’s very white temple of technology in Surrey, UK. But today he’d rather talk about racing his Lotus Elan, his historic Formula 2 car (a McLaren, unsurprisingly), his 570S

Classic Car Buyer

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Some Lotus cars are more Lotus than others, and with the Elan it’s clear that you’re at the end of that scale. From its minuscule dimensions alone you know that Chapman’s less is more philosophy is in full play here, but like many early Lotus project

NZ Classic Car

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Veloce’s list of Essential Buyer’s Guides continues to grow; apart from anything else you can view them as an endorsement of a car’s growing appreciation. Today we’re looking at two new volumes devoted to a couple of popular early Lotus models: the E

Classic Ford

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I wanted to give this car the restoration it deserved, to become one of the cleanest four-doors on the classic scene.” A clear statement of intent from Chris Jenks, and the Phoenix Orange GT we have before the lens today suggests that this mission ha

Motorsport News

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“The car was originally sold by Lotus to Brian Sherwood in August 1964 through Duchess Autos of New York, the Lotus distributor for the US east coast at the time. It was raced by Sherwood for four seasons from 1964 to 1967 in club racing at Silversto

Classic Car Buyer

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Production Editor Contact: Paul Matty Sports Cars Ltd Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1DE Tel: 01527 835656 Web: www.paulmattysportscars.co.uk While most think of the open-topped version when the Lotus Elan is mentioned, the fixed-head coupes are act

Classics Monthly

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In a way, my Lotus Elan story starts with a Triumph Spitfire 1500 that I did not really like. I’d had the Spitfire for many years after buying it cheaply and then slowly restoring it to a drivable condition. However, the bonnet didn’t fit properly, i

The Shed

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At the end of World War II, Britain — although victorious — was on her knees economically. Much of her merchant shipping fleet had been sunk by German U-boats and her exports had fallen to a third of their pre-war level. All rationing finally finishe

4x4 Magazine Australia

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WHEN Craig McGuiness first got his hands on this 2004 GU Patrol it was owned by his brother-in-law and still looked very much like a wagon. Eventually, as they often do, the ZD30 went pop, so the deal was made and the pair traded vehicles, Craig offe

4x4 Magazine Australia

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IF THERE’S a gene that predisposes a person to like the original Land Rover Defender, I’m afraid I don’t have it. I appreciate that people are sentimental about these things, but really, the previous Defender was – and still is – the worst car I’d ev

Custom Car

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The Sywell Classic Pistons & Props takes place on 19-20 September. Once again, the venue is Sywell Aerodrome, Northants NN6 0BN, and you can expect static exhibits, drag racing, aerial displays, trade stands and a wealth of entertainment. Tickets ava

Fast Car

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There’s an old Thai proverb that can be happily applied to a lot of the projects we feature in this magazine: kwam lub mai mee nai loke. It literally translates as ‘there are no secrets in the world’, the tacit meaning being that there’s no point try

Just Bikes

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A bold decision by the Honda CB 750 Four Owners Club of Australia to restore three classic Hondas and raffle them off for charity almost came unstuck when finding a suitable CB 500 – and the parts to restore it - proved more difficult than originally

Classic Car Buyer

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Receiving nearly as rapturous a reception from the press as the original, the new front-wheel-drive Elan nevertheless ended up as a bit of a market disappointment. Then, just as it was approaching its demise, a sudden flurry of enthusiasm filled orde

Fast Bikes

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For some years now the Tuono has been king of the castle in the super naked sector. It really is a hell of a bike, with its abundance of power, sporty handling and plethora of electronic aids. Not to mention its devilish good looks. I can remember my

VolksWorld

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As a teenager I simply couldn’t get enough VW input, especially the pastel painted, ‘new wave’ kind I’d seen on the pages of Custom Car (courtesy of a certain Mr Seume). VW Trends and Hot VWs mags had the USA scene covered and I was always stoked to

Fast Car

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Name: Tom Clarke Job Role: Marketer who oversees the UK marketing office, advert placement and key account marketing fulfilment. Stop the press! The car has now made contact with the floor with the chassis firmly laying frame! A big shout out goe

Classic Ford

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1969 1100 Deluxe shell, steel bubble arches, strengthened with skidded front floorpans, large trans tunnel, large diff tunnel, rear turrets, Mk1 Golf front spoiler, quad Cibies, quarter bumpers, Paint: Frozen White with custom side stripes 2-litre ST

Performance BMW

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This update has been long overdue because the E39 is “finished” and has actually been enjoying some time off from the show scene for a while now, and not just this year because of the whole situation. As I type, it’s currently undergoing some rust re

Classic Car Buyer

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Production Editor Contact: Stone Cold Classics, Wrotham, Kent, TN15 7RR Tel: 07711 645465 www.stonecoldclassics.com A spawn of Kei-car mad 1990s Japan, but also of an effort by Suzuki to spice up its image, the Cappuccino was a little roadster confor

BBC Top Gear Magazine

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LESS THAN £5K Price now £3,995 Harris says Have its looks aged well? No comment. But the idea of a big family bus with a V8 engine, no hybrid complication and a stick and three pedals (rather than two paddles) has aged much better. LESS THAN £10K Pri

NZ Classic Car

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SEND YOUR LETTERS TO: Mail: Readers’ Writes, New Zealand Classic Car, PO Box 46,020, Herne Bay, Auckland 1147 Email: editor@classiccar.co.nz Letter of the MONTH After reading the article in your magazine on the Morgan Plus 8 [Issue No. 340], I felt I

RC Car Action

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While I was wandering around the hobby shop, I found myself inexplicably drawn to the 1/18-scale and smaller shelf. As I perused the myriad of offerings, I thought to myself the miniature rock crawlers, racecars and buggies looked like they could be

Classic Ford

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When was the club founded — and why? The Ford Sidevalve Owners’ Club (FSOC) started as the 100E Owners’ Club at the end of 1969 later becoming the FSOC to cater for the other models powered by Ford’s sidevalve engine. The idea for a club, initially

Land Rover Monthly

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WE all know the Disney films. A basic moral story, given some impossiblenot-to-love animal characters, a few emotional twists and turns, not to mention an evil baddie, a castle or two, and some irritatingly catchy songs. The ‘Disney Magic’, they’ll t

Unique Cars Australia

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Lost or lucky? Tell us in 60 words the car you should have bought, or were lucky enough to buy! Send your tale to uniquecars@bauertrader.com.au with ‘Gotaways’ in the title MAZDA RX7 SERIES 1 Back in the 1990s I tagged along with my brother to inspec

Hemmings Classic Car

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Hudsons made their debut in 1948, and by 1950 the stoutly built Commodores had begun to increase in popularity. The Commodore underwent minimal trim changes for 1950, and enjoyed a well-earned reputation for great handling. The Convertible Brougham h

BBC Top Gear Magazine

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Stephen Dobie When ‘my’ i30N left the TG Garage for the last time, my colleagues impishly played a heartbreak playlist on Spotify. But I really was heartbroken. It’s like Hyundai’s engineers had a photo of me on their desk as they imagined the target

Australian Motorcycle News

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The new-for-2020 F 900 XR is practicality epitomised. A sporty, comfortable and sophisticated do-it-all that has far more personality than its pretentious European accent might initially suggest. Using a bored-out version of the firm’s torquey F 850

Car India

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THE MAN WHO GAVE US THE world’s greatest supercar is ready to raise the bar higher. Gordon Murray’s T.50 is a new sports car from a new sports car company, called Gordon Murray Automotive. It’s the spiritual successor to Murray’s marvellous McLaren F