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Thruxton's Greatest Hits: Part 2 - Tin-Top Thunder
As Thruxton prepares to mark its 50th anniversary, we continue to select highlights from bygone years. This month? The BTCC's…
June 2018
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Another Classic H&H Auction
Entries open for 2018 sale - plus there's a pre-event brunch with Derek Bell and Richard Attwood H&H Classics is…
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Zenith
Much has been made about the massive trend for vintage-inspired watches in recent years. But this is an industry that…
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Nomos Glashütte
Watches with dials based on the dashboard instruments of old cars have been a very common industry theme in the…
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Panerai
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Being Jack Brabham: driving the legendary BT7, BT24 and BT33 F1 cars
So this is the view. Staring down the sawn-off barrels of an unsilenced Coventry-Climax V8, ears pricked to the bark…
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Brabham back in business
World Exclusive: One of the most famous names in motor sport history has made a sensational return - and the…
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The Road Ahead
Liberty has outlined its plans for Formula 1's evolution, but how are teams likely to repsond - and how did…
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Indy 500 photos: Picture Perfect
A chance discovery of previously unpublished images sheds new light on Jim Clark's fabled time competing in the Indy 500…
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Clark on Indy '63 “We made the local boys sit up and take notice”
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Lunch With... Brian Henton
Some youngsters discover motor racing through family influence, others stumble upon it by chance. Growing up in post-war Britain, Brian…
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Strictly come dancing... on ice
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You Were There Special
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Active Peugeot 205 T16 - Pride of Lions
When Peugeot built its Group B rally challenger, it little thought one of its customers would be Lotus Engineering It…
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Road Tests - Versatile Vantage
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Road Tests - VW Up GTI
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Road Tests - Mercedes-Benz X250d
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Speedshop - Even better than the real thing
The rebuilt Aston that out-replicates the replicas There was a time when words such as ‘replica’, ‘evocation’. ‘tribute’ and ‘continuation’…
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Speedshop - A Hoard of Fords
The largest private blue oval collection comes to auction Bonhams has recently announced that it has been tasked with dispersing…
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Dealing - Kent's Own Prancing Horse
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