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There’s nothing even remotely exotic among this little lot, but they are the cars that sold in reasonable numbers and become part of in-period street scenes.
Now, however, they’re far from numerous, and we’ll be chronicling their use, their trips and generally looking after them.
Along the way there will be car shows, auctions and some historic motorsport events to add something, well, both faster and more exotic. And older.
Welcome to The Special. We hope you’ll like it.
RAC Spring Drive-In and shock horror as the Kia’s once again cleaned by someone else and not the guv’nor
For only the second time in our tenure – and again this year – The Special’s Kia enjoyed a well-deserved …
Drive-It Day: Project 55 hits the road
Drive-It Day: yes, Project 55 was certainly driven, putting 394 miles under its refurbished steelies on the day, of all …
We came, we saw – and it was superb
The mighty 55’s first trip out was to the second Scramble of the year and as always the Oxfordshire venue’s …
Project 55 returns
And lo, on Easter Sunday the mighty Escort 55 rose from its pit of corrosion and general mankiness, to appear …
The easy way to a deep shine
The guv’nor at The Special likes keeping his cars clean but as old age draws nearer there’s an increased desire …
A French take on modern classics
There’s no denying the modern classics phenomenon but what is – and isn’t – a modern classic is very much …
One morning, several cars
It started off with sorting out a flat tyre on The Special’s ever-loyal Perodua Nippa runaround: the night before a …
Butler, get that bus out!
OK, enough of the ‘On The Buses’ stuff… We’d never been to Swansea Bus Museum before but its recent open …
Cars and record shops (part 3)
As a lad The Guvnor’s summer holidays were often spent in Porthmadog and during those sunny days many hours were …
Way out West
Two weeks after The Special headed to Bicester Scramble it was time to again brave January’s refrigerator-like temperatures for a …
A nail in the tread
Project 55’s been racking up the miles in the past few months and it has the accolade of being The …
The (classic) New Year starts here
While the VSCC and various other clubs held New Year’s Day meetings, for many people their classic year began at …
New Year’s Day trip out, another record shop visited
Blame it on old age but The Special’s guv’nor thought there was a car meeting going on in Aberystwyth on …
Project 55 – back in use, fresh paint to come
After a serious amount being laid out on re-building Project 55’s underside it’s been pressed back into daily use and …
Keeping an eye-out for these excellent little motoring books
The Special loves a large, well-researched motoring book: think Palawan, for example, where content is matched by design and presentation. …
Walter Hayes Trophy
Just like the season-opening Pomeroy Trophy the Walter Hayes Trophy signed off under cold, grey weather. But forget the micro …
