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Ashley were manufacturers of fibreglass components for “specials” in the 1950s. This involved the removal of a cars existing car bodywork, replacing it with a GRP sports body. Thus giving the owner a “new” car, or a “special”, as they were more commonly called. Ashley also supplied GRP components for the likes of BMC and Jaguar and were noted for producing the fibreglass bonnets for the Austin Healy Sprite. Founded…
The Ford RS200 was one of the all time great rally cars from the legendary Group B era of the 1980s. Losely based around the Ford Escort/Sierra and following on from the failed Escort RS 1700T project, it utilised a modified Ford/Cosworth engine. Its lightweight aluminium chassis was designed by F1 engineer and designer Tony Southgate and F1 engineer John Wheeler. The light fibreglass body work was designed by Ghia…
The Volvo P1800S needs little introduction really as it was the first car to star in our first ever Take to the Road feature film (you can watch the film again here). It was of course the car made famous by Roger Moore in the tv series The Saint and was one of the coolest cars every made by Volvo. Offered for sale is a 1964 classic rally prepared Volvo…
The Honda S800 was a superb showcase of the Japanese marques engineering capabilities when it was launched at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1965. Offered in coupe and convertible forms, it had a tiny four cylinder twin cam 791cc engine which produced an impressive 70BHP and was capable of revving up to 11,000 rpm. Honda’s engine was a technical marvel and showed how it was possible to achieve both power…
Update 07-07-2015: The Fiat 124 Coupe is back on eBay again with a Buy it Now price of £6,760. Find the new listing here. We recently featured a barn find 1974 Fiat 124 Coupe (which incidentally is still for sale) so we’ll just jump to our latest feature. Offered for sale is a restored 1973 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe. Described as being a 124 Lux model with its original matching…
The Renault 8 was launched in 1962 and was one of the French marques new small family saloons. It succeeded the very successful Renault Dauphine which shared many of its mechanics and wheelbase with the R8. Power was supplied by a 1100cc engine which produced around 45BHP with a three or four speed manual sending power to the rear wheels. The new Renault 8 proved a fun car to drive…
We recently featured a restoration project 1975 red BMW 1502 as one of our Top 5 Tax Free Classic Cars 2015 Budget article so we won’t go through the model history but rather just jump right to our latest feature. The BMW 1502 on offer is a 1975 model (so will be tax free under the new rules) and spent much of its life on Jersey. It is fitted with…
Our friends over at Demented Monkeys spent the weekend at Vallelunga Classic 2015 just outside Rome. Held between 28th – 29th March, spectators were treated to a impressive selection of classic racing with some very exotic and rare cars on show. Below are some of the awesome machines they photographed over the weekend. It must have been a visual and auditory delight! Judging by the selection of cars at Vallelunga…
The Ferrari 308 GTB was the Italian marques first fibreglass car when it was launched in 1975. Styled by Pininfarina, it packed the 2927cc 255BHP V8 from the Dino 308GT4. The new look 308 GTB was an immediate success with the GRP bodywork making the car extremely light. It also featured a removable targa top roof which transformed the cars appearance. Despite Ferrari’s best intentions however, the GRP bodywork proved…
Bitter was a German car manufacturer who manufactured coach built sports cars from 1971 until 1989. The brainchild of Erich Bitter, his cars were essentially based on Opels. His first model was the Chevrolet V8 powered Bitter CD which was built from 1973 to 1979. In 1979 the CD was replaced by the new Bitter SC. Bearing a striking resemblance to the Ferrari 400, the new SC was based on…