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Buyer’s guide: Triumph Spitfire - Classic & Sports Car
WEBMay 10, 2019 · The Spitfire used a shortened Herald chassis, with many outriggers cut off and stiffening built into the sills instead to give it a low floor. Michelotti made the prototype in 1960; two years later Triumph found the funds to produce it. The car was an instant hit and outsold BMC’s Spridget rivals, ultimately sharing its 1500 engine with the last Midgets.
Buyer’s guide: Lotus Cortina Mk1 - Classic & Sports Car
WEBAug 16, 2019 · Why you’d want a Lotus Cortina Mk1. When it was first announced in The Motor in January 1963 as ‘A ravening wolf in slightly sheepish clothing’, the Lotus-modified Ford Cortina was to be sold through Ford dealers as ‘The Consul Cortina Sports Special’.. Walter Hayes at Ford saw the potential sales benefits in a successful British Saloon Car Championship campaign, and Lotus could see ...
Buyer’s guide: Audi TT (Mk1) - Classic & Sports Car
WEBJan 27, 2021 · The BBC’s Watchdog programme forced Audi to replace faulty dashpods for free on TTs with complete service histories (check this has been done), but today most have been dealt with and over time could well have developed one or more of the TT’s other dashpod faults.. A full service record is highly desirable on all complex modern cars, ideally from main dealers or respected independent ...
Jaguar E-type: a quest for perfection | Classic & Sports Car
WEBJun 17, 2022 · Paul Bridges was meticulous in the restoration of his Jaguar E-type. Having won the combined Jaguar car clubs’ 60th-anniversary concours in July 2021, 160 RKJ is now widely accepted as the ‘reference quality’ early E-type roadster, so painstaking have been Bridges’ labours in making sure that every detail – quite literally down to the last nut, bolt, screw and washer – is ...
Buyer’s guide: Porsche 944 - Classic & Sports Car
WEBJan 31, 2020 · Why you’d want a Porsche 944. Meticulously built with top-quality components, the Porsche 944 was expensive new but offers a lot for the money today, especially when you factor in remarkably good fuel economy and quite exceptional parts availability for a 1980s classic.. With half a 928 engine and a superb handling/performance blend, the 944 had none of the ‘VW engine’ stigma of the 924.
21 classic great British kit cars | Classic & Sports Car
WEBVariety is the spice of life. Britain’s cottage industry of kit car manufacturers has never lacked creativity. Derek Buckler effectively ushered in the movement in the late 1950s via his eponymous Mk6 sports car package.
Buyer’s guide: MGF - Classic & Sports Car
WEBAug 7, 2020 · Why you’d want an MGF. Fun, practical, economical, usually reliable and the best-value mid-engined sports car on the market, the MGF has quietly reached 25 years of age without most collectors giving it a second glance.. Yet the Lotus Elise, which shares its powerplant and layout in a more focused (but less practical) package, is soaring in value.
Buyer’s guide: MGA - Classic & Sports Car
WEBApr 10, 2019 · Those unhappy with its poor security could soon opt for the civilised Coupé, but access was even more of a struggle than with the roadster. Calls for more performance were answered in 1958 with a dual-overhead-cam derivative of the B-series engine, with hemispherical combustion chambers, 9.9:1 compression ratio and big valves.
Buyer’s guide: Ford Sierra RS Cosworth - Classic & Sports Car
WEBFinally, in 1987, the new MT75 transmission was strong enough to mate the Cosworth engine to the 4x4 chassis. Ford wasted no time in developing the Cosworth 4x4, with a stronger block, revised head and manifolds, plus a slightly larger turbo than on the Sapphire, giving peak power of 220bhp to cope with the extra friction and 210lb penalty of the four-wheel drive.