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Blog Archive
Here you will find all of our previous Blog Posts that have been posted on the website.
There's a Lamborghini in the Driveway!
Tony Haycock , 3 Jun 2011
It was about 4.00am when Maggie woke me up. "Tony. There is a Lamborghini in our driveway". Now I am not quite sure what it was that it was that alerted her to this particular happening. Maybe it was the fact that a V12 Lamborghini when pulling up...
HD video footage from our friends at the Historical Aviation Film Unit.
Tony Haycock , 15 May 2011
The team at Simply Classics and Classic Driver are pleased to announce a link to the HD video footage from our friends at the Historical Aviation Film Unit. We have some unique footage on there which we are sure you will enjoy. From the recent...
Internet Car Abuse (Mine!)
Tony Haycock , 12 May 2011
It’s a scary thing, the internet. You never know when something from the past reappears in front of you. There I was a work, minding my own business when...
Mazda MX5
Tony Haycock , 10 May 2011
The question for today – Remind me exactly WHY we drive this old crap? And how did the question arise? Well, last week I was lucky enough to...
The Stelvio Pass
Tony Haycock , 1 May 2011
I was finally getting to drive the Passa della Stelvio (The Stelvio Pass). Voted by Top Gear as the best motoring road in Europe, this was one of the must-do's on my wish list for the trip. Now I know a long wheelbase diesel van with seven people on...
Smoking a Grey Pipe 3
Allan Dick , 9 Apr 2011
A year or two back I went to a small rural, Canterbury town and had a look at what must be this country’s greatest “Barn Find” - a collection of cars just stored away for 20 or 30 years and about to be...
Smoking a Grey Pipe 2
Allan Dick , 8 Apr 2011
In a past issue of Classic Driver there was mention of a special Hudson car that resided in Dunedin in the 1950s. It was circa 1936 and had been rebodied with a very elegant English looking sports style body. It was black and gleaming and it...
Smoking a Grey Pipe - To Australia
Allan Dick , 2 Apr 2011
Some time back, I headed for Australia with a firm plan in mind to do a Boy’s Own trip into the Australian Outback, but it all turned to custard when we arrived at Melbourne airport to find that the car we thought we had arranged ...
Ferrari - Driving the dream
Allan Dick , 1 Apr 2011
Think Italian cars and you think Ferrari. Think Formula One and you think Ferrari. We pay homage to this legendary name.
Type 37A Bugatti
Tony Haycock , 30 Mar 2011
So, what is the Bugatti experience really like? Let me put it this way... many people criticise modern grand prix racing as being totally unrelated to the cars we drive. In 1926, the situation was the same. Apart from having four wheels and...
