From 1:1 to 1:64 as Hot Wheels reimagined search kicks off
Here at the The Special we’ve been great lovers of Hot Wheels cars and we’re old enough to remember when …
Back to Bicester
The second Scramble of the year was much anticipated and much enjoyed: in other words, it continues to be a …
Will it ever be repeated?
The Special dropped off its 3.0-litre X-type at Swansea’s Mistermatic – its rare-enough Ultraviolet bodywork still turns heads, but seeing …
Back on the road after test pass
A year passes quickly and it certainly did for the Mentor, whose test came around much more quickly than The …
From South Australia to West Wales, via Surrey
For many years Mrs Special has liked nothing more than visiting antique shops and, what she refers to as ‘tat …
Toyota Hi-Lux Restoration – Part Three
More work has seen the ‘Lux look less ‘pulled-from-barn’ and more ‘it’s getting there’. A serious session with the pressure …
Scrap the Scrappage Scheme
Could the spectre of the scrappage scheme be rising from its slough of murky business-generating despond and become poised to …
Toyota Hi-Lux Restoration – Part Two
Progress was apparent when The Special dropped in on the Hi-Lux and its restoration: later that day the tub was …
Toyota Hi-Lux
The rugged Welsh countryside means farmers need equally rugged vehicles to carry out their business: Close to The Special’s HQ …
January Scramble kicks off Bicester Heritage’s 2024 dates
Christmas Day’s lunchtime table talk turned to the first 2024 Bicester Scramble and at Special HQ the anticipation grew as …
In search of the perfect smoke
At The Special’s head office an occasional foray into arduous work is rewarded by a decent cigar. But finding a …
Down Town
It’s not all lazin’ aroun’ at The Special HQ and trips to our local town centre are still a part …
Hot Wheels
If The Special doesn’t have enough ‘real’ motors it also has a MASSIVE collection of Hot Wheels cars going back …
The joy of rust
You’ve got to hand it to Ford in the 1990s and early 2000s – the blue oval certainly knew how …
Beach Disco
As the sun rose on a local beach The Special spotted a Land Rover Discovery in the distance, waiting for …
Does it get any better?
Does it get any better than the Bicester Scramble, and especially on a warm Autumn day? The Special’s attended the …
ZX values on the up
Remember the Citroen ZX? Maybe it’s an age thing and you had to be there when it was new, but …
Two events, one day…
Two events, one day, as come Autumn there’s a host of events worth getting to, as The Special proved in …
Town Centre Classics
A wet September Saturday morning in Llanelli was given a colourful classic boost with a gathering of cars and a …
Classics by the Coast
It wasn’t too early a start for our visit to the Glamorgan Classic Car Club’s ‘Classics by the Coast’ but …
On parade on the border
Traction engines, classic trucks and, this being Wales, a fabulous array of classic tractors: The Special does like a proper …
Fully charged
For some reason The Special seems to change the Romahome’s leisure battery on an all-too-regular basis and this week it’s …
The Secret Diary of a Car Dealer….Part 3
Had an interesting conversation about cleaning cars this week. Stay with me…..it went something like this…. Brought a new car …
Secret Diary of a Car Dealer… part 2
In this age of technology the ‘tinterweb gives a level of transparency that we simply didn’t have in the olden …
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