The Lotus Seven driven by Patrick McGoohan as ‘Number Six’ is undoubtedly the most famous car to have appeared in the cult ’60s TV series The Prisoner – but this…

The Phil Morris Road Racing Collection Sold by Bonhams, £2.1m This collection of competition motorcycles formed part of the contents of the Oswestry Road Racing Museum established by race team…

It’s amazing to think how far Chevron came in just a few short years during the 1960s. Putting the vacuous legal bickering over trademarks, rights and ownership of the last few…

The 1980s was a golden age for the hot hatch fan, and few did it better than the French. Sure, the Germans may have got there first with the mighty…

On or off the car, radiator adornments have been a very popular collectible since they appeared at the turn of the 20th century. They win on all counts – the…

● It seems you’re never far from a car with irrefutable ties to Steve McQueen. This recently reassembled Chevron B16, chassis b16-70-26, above, was bought by the actor’s Solar Productions…

Mention the name Ford Torino to some of a certain age and they will immediately picture an image of the red-and-white ‘Striped Tomato’ Torino that featured in the 1970s TV…

Car manufacturers try their best to predict what people want, often going to great lengths to offer all the options anyone could possibly ask for – but, as the old adage…

1973 Ford Escort Twin-Cam replica Sold by Collectingcars.com, £24,250 During the two years that I scraped a living buying and selling classic cars in the 1980s (giving up just before…