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1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 W100 EFI SWB

Not content with its world class W100 restorations, Cardock Classics set about making the 600 easier to live with by developing its own electronic fuel injection system

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9.2-litre 1911 SCAT

A 9.2-litre engine and all the mod cons of an Edwardian racer make this 1911 SCAT a handful to say the least. Zack Stiling takes on the challenge of mastering it

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1970 Plymouth Barracuda

We’re often reading about people who have an ideal car in their mind, and who wait decades until that dream becomes a reality. We meet another beautiful dreamer, Tom Aspinall, and his Detroit-inspired dream from Mother Mopar…

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1960 Cadillac Sedan De Ville

Country crooner Johnny Cash famously sang about a Cadillac created by a worker at the Cadillac factory – One Piece at a Time – as he, errr… took bits of car home over a period of years to create a car… but was it a ’60 or a ’61 or a…?

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1929 Bentley Blower

Bentley’s marque-defining 1929 Blower is back, painstakingly cloned for 12 lucky customers. We drive the first one to be finished

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1951 Jaguar C-Type Goodwood track test

Our new editor relives his memorable experience behind the wheel of a storied C-type at this iconic racetrack.

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1971 Lancia Fulvia Rallye HF 1.3 and 1600 HF back to back

After driving two ultra-rare HFs – 1300 and 1600 – with uprated engines, we’re left utterly smitten by Lancia’s enchanting Fulvia coupe.

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1969 Mazda R130 Luce

Come in spinner. An oddball front-drive rotary always destined for orphanhood

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Chavik Indy Roadster - Czech-built hot rod, taking So-Cal by storm

Stanley Chavik used the internet to inspire his dream rod, then used the rod to move to California from the Czech Republic. And California loves it

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1973 Porsche 911 RS 2.7 Hunter

The Hunter RS. Working with the 2.7 RS from new in 1973, Josh Sadler has forgotten more about the halo longbonnet 911 than the rest of us will ever hope to learn. Total 911 joins the fabled RS expert for an afternoon of Porsche chat surrounding the first 911 Rennsport.

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1960 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan

This 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan is a four-door, straight-six with little in the way of options – and that’s precisely why we like it so much

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1954 Mercury Monterey XM-800 Dream Car
  • The ‘XM’ stood for eXperimental Mercury and like many dream cars of its time, its fate was shrouded in mystery until a resourceful young man found it parked behind a barn, sunk in mud…
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1960 Studebaker Hawk

Brian Wrigley’s had plenty of classic Americans in his life, starting as a youngster in the Sixties; could this Studebaker be his finest Yank yet? We reckon so…

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1968 Dodge Charger Memory Machine

Dodge Dreams Bought to create happy memories< this 1968 Charger did its best to spoil that plan with three years of breakdowns and frustrations. Was it worth it? You bet!

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