Classic and Collector Car News, Features and Interviews.
Take to the Road is humbled to announce that it has made the Vuelio Top 10 Automotive Blogs for the 4th consecutive year! A massive thank you to the team at Vuelio for picking Take to the Road for its 2020 list! There are a lot of great car blogs based here in the UK, so it is fantastic to get some recognition and shall we say, justification, for the…
All roads will be leading to Daventry’s The Hollows Playing Fields on Saturday 30th May 2020 as organisers gear up for this year’s Classic Car Show in Daventry Town. Building on the success of last year’s first-time event, we hope that this year’s meet will be even bigger and better! Organised again by Daventry’s former Mayor, Cllr Lynn Jones, in conjunction with Daventry Town Council, spectators can take a nostalgic…
Fuelled by the technological developments over the years, GPS has become one of the most influential technologies for the vehicle security industry. Locating an object in real-time had profound effects on improving vehicle security and GPS tracking-based applications have led to the creation of the effective vehicle security systems of today. While vehicle owners are having a hard time trying to protect their vehicles from the prolific criminals of the…
FIVA, the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens, who is dedicated to the preservation, protection and promotion of historic vehicles, has issued a statement on the growing popularity of converting classic cars to electric. An increasing number of commercial outfits are offering to convert historic vehicles to run on electric power, replacing the entire drivetrain with an electric unit and batteries. In this way, they claim, it’s possible to retain the…
Classic and vintage car restoration specialist Thornley Kelham is undertaking its most challenging project yet; a complete nut-and-bolt concours-standard restoration of a rare Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS, with an even more extraordinary history. This particular Alfa Romeo comes complete with records showing the car was delivered to its first owner, ‘II Duce’ Benito Mussolini, on the 13th January 1930, for Lire 60,000. The Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS was…
Sir Chris Hoy, MBE and Great Britain’s joint-most successful Olympic athlete of all time, is staring in MotorTrend’s brand new six-part series, Dream Jobs with Chris Hoy, which is debuting this Friday. In this new show motorsport fans get to follow Chris as he pushes himself to the max as he attempts to master some of the toughest and most exhilarating motoring disciplines in the world. These include World Rallycross,…
A concours winning 1973 Ferrari 246GT Dino which was at the centre of one man’s quest to track down and buy back his old car, and the focus of his subsequent book ‘Dino Days’, will be offered for sale by The Market, the original, online classic car auction house. One of just 498 right-hand drive Dino GTs delivered to the UK via Maranello Concessionaires Limited and finished in Rosso Red,…
One of motorsports greatest icons, Bruce McLaren will be honoured at this weekends London Classic Car Show. 2020 marks 50 years since the tragic passing of undoubtedly one of F1’s true legends who, despite his untimely death, has left one of the most iconic legacies for generations of motoring and Formula 1 fans. In honour of the impact McLaren had on the industry, Jonathan Neale, Chief Operating Officer of the…
H.R. Owen Ferrari has just completed one its most challenging projects yet: the full mechanical recommissioning of a ‘barnfind’ Ferrari F355. Found by its current owner in Macau covered by a sheet and left standing for over 12 years, the H.R. Owen Ferrari team was tasked with getting it running in perfect order once more. Built by Ferrari between 1994 and 1999, the F355 is one model in the long…
Take to the Road first interviewed the stars of Flipping Bangers back in April 2019 when the show released its second series. Since it first aired in 2018, the Blaze channel show has garnered a loyal following of car fans, who have followed Will and Gus’s dream of saving rusted and neglected old bangers. Whilst trying to earn a few quid along the way! Over the weekend I popped in…