Classic Car News...
01/11/2007
Once again, there will be a strong American car presence at the forthcoming Classic Motor Show, held at Birmingham’s NEC from 9th to 11th November, and DRCReview.com has three pairs of tickets to give away for this event.
19/07/2007
American cars from the 1920s through to the late 50s comprise the core element of the Rally of the Giants, the annual classic car show which took place at Knebworth Park last Sunday, July 15 and which is claimed to be the largest classic automotive rally outside of the US.
28/06/2007
As you can’t fail to have noticed, many parts of the UK have had more rain this month than at any time since records began. Just what you need when you’ve invited priceless cars, their owners, sponsors and celebrities to the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed, which took place last weekend.
23/05/2007
For a few weeks at least, the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum will say goodbye to one of its most famous cars, the Mickey Thompson Challenger, the first American automobile to go 400 mph. It sails for England and the Goodwood Festival of Speed, June 22-24.
10/11/2006
Ask anyone who has recently attended the annual SEMA (Speciality Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas, and they’ll probably tell you the same
01/11/2006
It’s one thing visiting an event such as the recent Classic Car Show at the NEC as a casual observer, but quite another if you are there looking for parts to finish off or enhance a current classic car project. Instead of aimlessly
19/10/2006
The Classic Motor Show, held at the NEC Birmingham from Friday 27th until Sunday 29th October 2006, gets underway next weekend. Spanning five halls and half-a-million square feet of floor space, the show boasts a display of
20/07/2006
The 41st annual Rally of the Giants took place last weekend, July 15/16 at Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, and what a bumper event it turned out to be. Organised as always by the Pre50 American Auto Club, the event has become one of the highlights for American car enthusiasts throughout Europe, and this
12/05/2006
The next H&H automotive sale in London, at Syon House on May 24, will see a 1929 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Coupé, come under the hammer at an anticipated £400,000 – 500,000. However, for those on a more modest budget, a selection of more
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12/04/2006
Traditional April showers threw a spanner in the works at last weekend's AACI Spring Nationals at Billing Aquadrome. Though this didn’t stop the festivities planned throughout the weekend, it did put a damper on Sunday’s usual show and shine and resulted in a much smaller turnout of cars on the display field.
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07/04/2006
Florida is likely best known by most Brits for its theme parks, oppressive summer humidity and propensity for hurricanes. But aside from such diversions, the ‘Sunshine State’ is also home to one of America’s finest annual concours d’Elegance events.
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08/02/2006
Chrysler’s rich hot rodding history goes back over 50 years, and its roots can largely be traced to the introduction of the FirePower hemispherical head V8 engine to the domestic passenger car horsepower race in the 1950s.
02/02/2006
For North American car enthusiasts, “Barrett-Jackson” means just one thing – the biggest, brashest auctions of specialist automobiles that could possibly be imagined. The mixture of classic American iron, immaculate muscle cars, eye-popping hot rods
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25/01/2006
How do you improve on a classic? When it came to the Ford Mustang, the Blue Oval’s designers moved from the pretty, first-generation cars, to the more purposeful 1967-68 models, before going truly aggressive in 1969-70. Then it all went a bit wrong, and the pony car struggled to maintain its identity until the 1990s. The very latest,
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24/07/2005
The Rally of the Giants, hosted by the Pre-50 American Auto Club, celebrated its 40th anniversary this year at Knebworth Park over the weekend of July 16/17th. The club was formed in 1965 and held its first car rally a year later. Over the years, the event has grown is stature
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22/07/2005
In celebration of the GM small-block V-8’s 50th anniversary, a sensational array of cars powered by the legendary engine, scorched up the tarmac at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend of June 24-26, 2005.
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24/05/2005
Imagine an era when excess was the norm, when bold statements in automotive design were an everyday phenomenon, led largely by American manufacturers hell bent on giving customers jet age
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07/02/2005
It was one of those “shudda been there” events. Of course, now that they televise it live in the US, you don’t actually have to be there but like drag racing on TV, auctions are events to be attended not merely watched.
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19/11/2004
As most petrol-heads will know, Richard Hammond is a familiar face on the BBC’s Top Gear TV programme and makes informed, sensible decisions, advising motorists what cars to buy each week.
04/11/2004
The man who created a motoring legend recalls the Cobra story – by Carroll Shelby
“Over the years I have read various versions of how the Cobra was supposedly created. Not all of them were right.
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