Classic American

I don’t know about you, but it rather seems to me that some of the best weather we get these days appears after what we’d traditionally think of as ‘summer’. As we go into September and October, although the temperatures may start to drop and the nig

When I was a boy, the term ‘supercar’ didn’t exist. In the early Sixties, if I was extremely lucky, I would spy a Ferrari or Maserati road car parked in the car park or paddock at Silverstone race circuit on the odd occasion that my dad took me to wa

Ford may have created the mid-size niche with its launch of the Ford Fairlane and the Mercury Meteor in 1962, but arguably it was GM who finessed that market with their intermediates which were launched in ’64, spearheaded by Chevrolet’s Chevelle and

In a prelude to the Roadkill Nights drag racing event in Pontiac, Michigan, this August, Dodge hosted a press conference with the brand’s new CEO, Matt McAlear, choosing to arrive in an example of the upcoming Charger Daytona EV. The twist was that t

Chrysler reinvented itself as a style leader during the Fifties, working hand in glove with Ghia on a raft of show cars and small-series offerings. Fiat brokered the introduction. At the dawn of the Fifties, the Turin manufacturer was still in the mi

Of all the places a car-mad young man could call home, Battersea in the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies must take some beating. Even in the Fifties, when austerity maintained a tight grip over the country, Battersea had more than its fair share of Fla

Richard’s passion for fast cars and loud engines began way back in 1971 when along with a good friend, he took up stock car racing: “We had a Mk2 Jag each,” Richard smiles. “My friend had a 3.8 while I had a 3.4.” These were the days when £40 or £50

An intermittent water pump noise had been coming from the front of the engine of my ’64 289 Mustang, which I suspected was the water pump. Removing the belt and running the engine for a few seconds gave the confirmation. The power steering pump, albe

Truth is, we’d been chasing this Ranchero for around two years before we finally got it in front of our camera, even though we knew it lived only an hour away in deepest Wiltshire. The reason for the delay was that Andy Loizou, the owner at the time,

events&cruises Classic American Events, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR Slates Farm, Lincolnshire, LN8 2AW. Along with offering a beautiful natural backdrop for showcasing your alternative artwork, vintage vehicles and custom proj

1. We are back in Speedway Auto Salvage, which is in East St Louis, on the Illinois side of the city. Last month we rolled back the clock and explored the Eighties cars in this yard, and this time we’re looking at some of the Nineties residents, incl