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There's nothing quite like the feeling of a well-sorted classic on a sunny Sunday morning. Getting there sometimes takes a bit of help. These are some of our most loved articles — practical, honest, and written by someone who's made most of the mistakes so you don't have to.
Series
BMC Abroad: British Classics Around the World
British classics crossed oceans, survived hostile climates, and found passionate owners on every continent. Our ongoing international series explores where they ended up and why they stayed.
Performance
Getting the Best from Your SU Carburettors
Beyond basic setup, the SU carburettor has real performance potential. Needle profiles, jet sizes, and twin carb tuning for more power without sacrificing road manners.
Marques
The History of Triumph
From motorbikes to the TR6 via the Standard Motor Company, the full story of one of Britain's most loved and most complicated car manufacturers.
Buyers Guide
Your First British Classic Car
Which classic to buy, what to look for, what to avoid, and how to get the best from your first purchase. The starting point for every new classic car owner.
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MGB, Spitfire, GT6, Midget, Ford Capri, Classic Mini, Sunbeam Alpine and more. What to look for, what to avoid, and what to pay.
All buyers guides →Workshop & Maintenance
Practical guides to keeping your classic running. Rust prevention, carburettors, cooling systems, brakes, electrics and much more.
Workshop guides →Marques
History, paint codes and marque-specific guides for MG, Triumph, and more. Including the full story of the Abingdon factory.
Marques →Restoration
Rust removal, lead loading, paintwork restoration. From electrolysis rust treatment to invisible body repairs, done properly.
Restoration guides →Fresh from the garage
Latest Articles
Setting Up and Tuning Dellorto DHLA Carburettors: Singles, Twins, and Triples
The Dellorto DHLA is, in the words of people who have owned both, either a Weber DCOE with better ideas or a Weber DCOE with Italian complexity, depending on which particular afternoon they are reflecting on. Both assessments contain truth. The DHLA shares the DCOE’s sidedraught twin-choke architecture and constant-flow racing carburettor character, and on…
Setting Up and Tuning Weber Carburettors: DCOE, DGV, Stub Stacks and Air Filters
The Weber DCOE arrived on British classic cars by a route that was part aspiration, part fashion, and occasionally part practicality. Designed as a racing carburettor, the DCOE was never intended to manage the daily commute, idle reliably in traffic, or provide the kind of progressive part-throttle response that makes a road car pleasant to…
Setting Up and Tuning Zenith-Stromberg Carburettors: A Practical Guide
If the SU carburettor is the British classic car world’s most celebrated variable-choke unit, the Zenith-Stromberg is its slightly less glamorous sibling: broadly similar in operating principle, different in construction, and fitted to a significant proportion of the cars that crossed the Atlantic from the late 1960s onward. The Stromberg arrived because American emissions regulations…
Triumph TR6 Specs, Variants and Values Guide
The Triumph TR6 holds a specific place in British sports car history as the last of the traditional TR line: a separate-chassis, rear-wheel drive two-seater with a straight-six engine, produced in Coventry between 1969 and 1976. It was styled by the German coachbuilder Karmann, who reworked the nose and tail of the existing TR5 on…
Triumph TR6 Buyers Guide: What to Look For Before You Buy
James May once called the Triumph TR6 the blokiest bloke’s car ever built. This is not an insult. It is a precise and accurate description of a car that arrived in 1969 looking as though it had been designed by someone who had grown tired of delicate things and wanted to make something that looked…
The Story of the Mini: Britain’s Most Loved Car and How It Nearly Broke the Company That Built It
In the summer of 1956, the Egyptian president nationalised the Suez Canal. Britain, France, and Israel responded with military intervention. The Americans told everyone to stop. The episode was a humiliation for Britain on the international stage and a catastrophe for drivers at home, because one of its consequences was fuel rationing. Petrol became scarce…
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