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Beach car enjoyed to the max
I noticed it had been seven years since an Austin Beach Car was sold for record money (full story here) and wondered what happened to it since. I dropped the owner, who wished to remain anonymous, a...
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GTM news flash
There is some great news about Cox GTMs and a Heerey GTM that I thought would combine nicely in a little news flash here. First of all, the '67 Cox that I found in April (this one) was finally picked...
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Is Sue's Grantura Yak really a 1967 car?
Sue Willis wrote to me about her newly purchased Grantura Yak: "Hello Jeroen I am a new subscriber to your blog and wonder if you can give me any help with my new purchase of a Grantura Plastics...
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Scamp six-wheeler survivors
It's not very often that you come across a barn find Scamp six-wheeler, but two of them turned up in about a week's time. First there was the Mk2 rescued from one very rural barn by arch-Maximum Mini...
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Biota works racer: BUY 1OR2
A message from Tim Harber: "Just posting this link when I put 1972 into this library. There’s hours of fun looking at old clips but if you look at the 'Scene ‘72 Take 7' film you will see a millisecond...
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Is Nick's Heerey the missing show car..?
The Heerey GTM found by Nick Wilkins in a farm yard earlier this month (click here) may hide an interesting background. Its ultra-1970s metalflake purple paint has struck a chord by builder Howard...
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Visiting a reader in the UK
Reader Stephen Bulling got in touch just a year or two ago, and with such interesting messages that I was eager to catch up when in the UK next time. Despite the current rules making a visit to the...
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Visiting Hambly Cars
You may have heard of Derek Hambly who revived the good old GTM as the Hambly Coupe in 2016 as a retirement project and who'd built a number of cars since (more here). Latest is a stunning...
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The Belgian Ogle SX1000 barn find
Don't tell me that all the good barn finds have been made by this time. If you are determined to find a car, you will find it, or so I believe. I'd heard about an Ogle SX1000, one of just 6 left hand...
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RTVs find new homes
I've been overwhelmed with messages about the Ogle SX1000 find (this one) - thank you all. In the meantime I've already found out a little more about the car's history and will write an update on that...
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Timeire on the Isle of Man
Stephen Callow dropped me a line titled 'Timeire on the Isle of Man (Hill climb circa '73)', which is certainly one good way to get my attention. Timeire was the name of a one-off Mini Van based...
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Biota beautifully restored
Big congratulations to René Sontrop who has just finished the restoration of the Biota that was originally built and used by his dad Jan Sontrop as the infamous Dutch Demonstrator. René finished the...
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Mike's Tricar - yet another
The list of ABC Tricars keeps on growing. After this one was seen for sale in France last August and this one in a hedge in the UK in June, I received a message from Mike Rogers this month. Mike owned...
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Back on the road after 50 years: Rob Thomas Special
Rob Thomas, who built a three-wheeler back in the early 1970s out of the Mini Van of his mother after he'd written that off, has now finished the restoration of his one-off Special. "Finally back on...
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Brian Bray found - Micron GT Mk2 still missing
More good news about the Micron GT: the long-lost car that was found last year by your's truly (click here). And after finding the car, it's builder has now been located also! That's Brian Bray. I...
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Autocrossing a Peel Viking
Stephen Callow recently contacted me about Timeire, the Special built by Tim Conroy (see here), but the conversation moved towards Peel Vikings soon and more particularly towards Vikings on the Isle of...
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Unraveling a bit of that Cox GTM's history...
While researches for the Belgian Ogle barnfind are in full swing, the ones for other cars just continue, too. I thought it would be nice to give a little update on the Cox GTM that I found earlier this...
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Peel Vikings on the Isle of Man
As we saw last week a Peel Viking was autocrossed on the Isle of Man (click here), but it wasn't the only Viking on the island. Stephen Callow owns one, too. He wrote:"Hi, here’s a picture of it from a...
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Magnum Spectre survivor
A picture of the second (of two) built Magnum Spectre was posted on Facebook this week. The car appears to be fully restored and I'd love to hear more about it. The two Spectres were made in the...
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Broadspeed GT found and sold
Last August Leon Daniels contacted me with a most interesting message: "Hi Jeroen, are you familiar with this car at all? Apparently a genuine Broadspeed GT."I was most suprised to see pictures of a GT...
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