Your Stories
Everyone has a special memory about their passion for classics. It might be a car owned by your dad, the one that got away, the project that became a money pit or perhaps your passion became your business?
So grab a cuppa, sit down and have a read through our Owner’s Stories and maybe they’ll evoke some memories for you. If you’ve got a story you’d like to share, please click below to send it to us.
Classics supporting Charity: “Being There”
My 1987 Saab 9000SE 2.0 Turbo Automatic. Malachite Green with dark grey leather upholstery, bought with 173k on clock in 2019, 183k miles currently. A full service history & MOTs came with the car, which I have added to [...]
Jake the Mini – The One That Got Away
First published on www.Hagerty.co.uk / written by Charlotte Vowden in discussion with Crabbers I do believe, and I don’t know why, that Jake is out there somewhere, waiting for us to be reunited. I can just feel it in [...]
Restorations – Rolls Royce Boat Tail
I have a garage where we service and repair all vehicles, but we have a specialist division that looks after and restored vintage and classics. We currently have three MGB's being fully restored and a 1957 Lambretta LD150 (as [...]
What’s it like to own.. a Maxi
Four of us travelled on a three week circular tour of France in 1980 with our Tahiti Blue Maxi 1750. Towing a camping trailer down the west coast from Calais, along the Med and back up the eastern border [...]
What’s it like to own.. a Mini Cooper Classic and Mini Cooper S
My father had a succession of Cooper S’s in the late 60’s. Unfortunately being a student, I could not afford to insure or even buy one. My aunt was the first woman to be put through an engineering university [...]
The Brabus SMART ForFour 454
This is not a terribly well known car, only 1284 of these 454 ForFours were apparently converted by Brabus, and 284 of them were sold in the UK, of which about 200 remain on the road here. The 454 [...]
Sweet Super 90
My fascination with Classic Porsche's started at an early age. In the early 70's as a teenager my then brother-in-law owned a 1965 Ruby Red 356 SC Ruby Red coupe and I was enthralled. For my senior prom I [...]
Lydia – my 1942 Willys Jeep
I've had my 1942 Willys Jeep "Lydia" since 1985 and she has been through 2 re-restorations during that time. She was off the road from July 2014 until February 2017 whilst she had a major nut and bolt overhaul. [...]
In defence of the Porsche 924
The Porsche 924 is a much maligned car. It was criticised when first introduced for being somewhat harsh, and in the US for inadequate performance (the engine used there was strangled down to 95BHP from the 125 horsepower supplied [...]
The Not so Fast (the car) and very Furious (me with it sometimes)
This is not a long tale, of one man’s short experience of Berkeley B105 ownership. Purchased in spring 1970, and sold in that summer, an eleven year old glass fibre monocoque motorcycle engine sportscar of somewhat dubious design. My [...]
