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To mark the 120th anniversary of ŠKODA Motorsport, ŠKODA has announced it has restored a super rare 1959 ŠKODA 1100 OHC Coupé. The project was lead by the ŠKODA Museum and ŠKODA AUTO’s Prototype Centre who collaborated on the race car restoration. Development of the ŠKODA 1100 OHC began in Spring 1956 with the race car intended to be used at endurance circuit races. Only two examples were ever built….
Ford Motor Company has unveiled a tribute to Alan Mann Racing’s 1966 Ford GT lightweight experimental prototypes, the Ford GT Alan Mann Heritage Edition. This limited-edition version of the supercar celebrates the role the prototypes played in the history of the development of the legendary Ford GT. In 1965-66, Alan Mann Racing used lighter materials to create AM GT-1, along with a second car, based on the GT Mk I….
The Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show is returning next month to the Birmingham NEC and will take place from Friday 18th March to Sunday 20th March 2022. Presented in conjunction with discovery+, The Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show is the biggest classic car and restoration show in the UK. The four day weekend will see over 1,000 cars on display under the roof of the National…
London based classic car club Waterloo Classics has announced it is launching its very first car show called PATINA, which will take place at Lullingstone Castle in Kent on 14th August 2022. The PATINA Classic Car Show is a celebration of all beloved unrestored classic and vintage cars and will welcome 150 cars to the castle in Kent. It is a festival for the unpresentable cars that petrolheads love and…
The Concours of Elegance has announced it will display seven of the world’s finest 1930s Packard Twelves at Hampton Court Palace, which is taking place from 2-4 September this year. Packard was an American luxury automobile maker famed for its opulence, mechanical quality, refinement and reliability. The company was active from the production of the first Packard automobiles in 1899, to the last Detroit-built Packard model in 1956. It was…
GTO Engineering has announced it is opening GTO Parts in Modena, Italy. The components arm of the UK based Ferrari specialist will open its new Italian premises in this Spring and is a response to Brexit and difficulties with European shipping customs. Retaining its headquarters in the UK and its Los Angeles, USA base, GTO Engineering and GTO Parts will have a new outfit in Modena, a location synonymous with…
The Brooklands-based Heritage Skills Academy has announced that a classic Mini project that is being restored by a group of its apprentices is set to air on Yesterday TV. The restoration project is being assisted by British Motor Heritage (BMH), with the company treating the trainees to a tour of its Witney factory and helped with the jigging of the new panels, which it also discounted for the cause. The…
Beaulieu is gearing up for a bumper season of car events in 2022, with the octane action kicking off on Sunday 3rd April with Simply Aston Martin. This will be followed by Simply Audi on Sunday 10th April and a new addition to the car show calendar, Simply Italian, which takes place on Sunday 24thApril. The first of 16 busy Simply Rallies events taking place this year at Beaulieu, Simply…
Heveningham Concours is set to return to Heveningham Hall in Suffolk and will take place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July 2022. The motorsport and aviation event was launched in 2016 and 2022 will be the 5th running of the annual Concours. This year it will host up to 50 of the world’s most beautiful cars, while the aviation concours will feature around a dozen equally rare propeller planes….
Richard ‘Moggy’ Morgan and the team at Electric Classic Cars return in a brand new series of Vintage Voltage, which premiers this evening on Quest. In Series 2 Moggy lines up a fascinatingly diverse selection of classic cars, all destined to be converted into electric vehicles in his workshop in Wales. Fans of the show can look forward to seeing a Porsche 911, a DeLorean, a classic Mini, a Series…