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The Danger Within
18/02/2012 – 10:13 pm | No Comment
Crab feat image

With a little help from a friend, the Mini chugged back into life today after what has been an extended (read embarrassingly over extended) lay up. When it caught, it sounded like it was running …

Dep-O Motor Club is Launched
18/02/2012 – 5:22 pm | No Comment
Dep-O Motor Club is Launched

It’s a forum, but not a forum… Following our acquisition of the Retro Car Club, Dep-O now has a place where you can come, chat and share your views about anything to do with old cars.

A Familiar Name Returns to Bristol Cars
17/02/2012 – 3:18 pm | No Comment
A Familiar Name Returns to Bristol Cars

The Kensington-based firm has gone back to its roots by signing up the son of the man who founded the Bristol Car Division in 1945.

Vanderbilt Rolls-Royce For Sale
17/02/2012 – 10:54 am | No Comment
Vanderbilt Rolls-Royce Under The Hammer

Auction house, Dan Kruse Classics, announced the luxurious opportunity to experience a car that conjures the thoughts, sights and sounds of wealth, grandeur and privilege.

Swallow to Jaguar: 90th Anniversary Tour
16/02/2012 – 12:44 pm | No Comment
Swallow to Jaguar: 90th Anniversary Tour

To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the Swallow Sidecar Company, Sir William Lyons’ first business and the forerunner of today’s Jaguar Cars Limited, a unique event is being organised by Jaguar Heritage.

South Downs Stages Rally
13/02/2012 – 11:30 pm | No Comment
South Downs Stages Rally at Goodwood

This weekend saw the Towncross Engineering South Downs Stages Rally held at the Goodwood Motor Circuit – an event organised in joint collaboration by the Southsea and Bognor Regis Motor Clubs.

Guess The Old Car, Part II
13/02/2012 – 6:14 pm | No Comment
Guess The Old Car

UP FOR A challenge? Well, this one is causing a bit of head-scratching on Facebook so we thought we’d share it here.
It was only bashed out in a split second, so we thought it would …

BMH Launch MGF Sills
09/02/2012 – 11:26 am | No Comment
BMH Launch MGF Sills

British Motor Heritage (BMH), best known for the replacement shells and individual body panels it produces for the MGB, Mini and other such popular British classics, has launched its first products for the MGF – replacement door sills.

Future Retro – Lotus 2-Eleven
07/02/2012 – 8:19 pm | No Comment
Lotus 2-Eleven

Dismiss the Lotus 2-Eleven at your folly, because this car packs a masters degree in superb handling and dynamics. The only drawback is that after you’ve driven one, you’ll be forever haunted by the experience.

Guess The Old Car
07/02/2012 – 11:38 am | No Comment
Guess The Old Car

It’s been a while since we did one of these, so here goes. The usual rules apply – basically, we’ll only say yes or no to suggestions. It might sound tough, but we never cease to be surprised at the depth of Dep-O-istes’ old car knowledge.

Unhinged: The Old Car Spiral
02/02/2012 – 5:16 pm | No Comment
Unhinged: The Old Car Spiral

I write this from a viewpoint of being rather a long way down the road. I’m not talking about any old piece of bitumen, more a figurative road – the slap of hypothetical Tarmac which you take on your trip to old car nirvana.

All Good Under The Hood
27/01/2012 – 3:29 pm | No Comment
Jay Kay in Porsche 914

Jamiroquai front man, and self-confessed petrolhead, Jay Kay is bringing his Porsche 914-6 to this year’s Race Retro for a reunion with one of its original drivers, rally legend Bjorn Waldegard. Bjorn will be seeing …

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