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Escorted; From Teens to Retirement

December 14, 2018 Comments Off

A sixty-year-old Escort with a single surname in the logbook and a lifetime of great memories; this Ford has some tales to tell… Launched in 1955 Ford’s twin model line-up featured the all new Squire and Escort estate cars with an accompanying black and white film advert where the presenter complete with ‘well-lit’ pipe pronounced, […]

10 cars that depreciate slowly in Australia

December 3, 2018 Comments Off

Buying a new car is really exciting – although it’s a bit disillusioning when you figure out just how much they depreciate and how quickly this can happen. Aiming for a car that depreciates slowly is really worthwhile – especially if you’re considering reselling it at some point in the future. Generally, new cars depreciate […]

HSCC Historic F2 and Classic F3 to feature at the Silverstone Classic

November 21, 2018 Comments Off

The Historic Formula 2 and Classic Formula 3 categories from the Historic Sports Car Club will be on the schedule for the 2019 Silverstone Classic (26-28 July) as the event celebrates international level single-seater racing. Both categories have enjoyed excellent competitor support in 2018 and will now have high-profile slots at the biggest historic racing […]

Reserve list opens as Roger Albert Clark Rally hits 150 entries

November 21, 2018 Comments Off

A reserve entry list has been opened for the 2019 Roger Albert Clark Rally after the capacity of 130 deposits from UK crews was easily exceeded last week. The biggest and toughest UK special stage rally will start one year today, on 21 November 2019. The response to the 2019 event has been overwhelming and […]

HSCC adds Anglesey weekend to 2019 calendar

November 19, 2018 Comments Off

The Historic Sports Car Club’s 2019 race programme will include the Club’s first visit to the Anglesey circuit for a mid-summer race meeting at the spectacular North Wales track. The 2019 calendar was revealed to over 200 members and guests during the Club’s annual awards dinner on Saturday (17 November) at Whittlebury Hall. The first […]

1941 Beetle: Number 20 out of 21 million

November 15, 2018 Comments Off

Number 20… Let that just sink in a little and we can explain exactly what it means. If you know a bit about wartime and pre-war ‘Beetles’ then you may have seen older examples. Before this and 19 others, there were only ever prototypes, pre-prototypes and staff vehicles. This car rolled off an actual production […]

2019 Roger Albert Clark Rally heads towards capacity

November 14, 2018 Comments Off

The initial entry list for the 2019 Roger Albert Clark Rally is rapidly heading towards capacity with 116 crews having placed deposits against entries for the 21-25 November 2019 event. With just over a year to go to the start of the rally, 116 deposits have been paid and at least six more are expected […]

HSCC to honour Formula 5000 at Autosport International

November 7, 2018 Comments Off

The Historic Sports Car Club will celebrate 50 years of Formula 5000 in a spectacular display at Autosport International at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham (January 10-13). The Club will mark the 50th anniversary of the UK debut of the spectacular category with a showcase six-car display of the mighty 5-litre single-seaters. Cars from […]

Classic ReCollection – Rolls Royce Camargue

November 5, 2018 Comments Off

Sharing Classic Memories… in this series we ask classiccarmag.net readers… Have you ever driven, owned or even been a passenger in the… The decision to include an alternate two door coupe within its range was taken by the Rolls Royce board back in 1969 but breaking from tradition an option to outsource styling from Crewe […]

No Yorkshire leg for 2019 Roger Albert Clark Rally

October 30, 2018 Comments Off

The final draft of the route for the 2019 Roger Albert Clark Rally has been confirmed and will not feature a leg into Yorkshire. The organising team had hoped to take the rally back into the Yorkshire forests during the Saturday leg of the 21-25 November rally, but the Forestry Commission Yorkshire Forest District has […]