The Magazine

British style, Italian flair.

Stewart Wilkie from the UK is showing off his 1951 Rolls Royce Continental Coupe, designed and manufactured by Pininfarina and most likely a sensation at the Torino motorshow where it was  sold. Well this is a set of wheels one be proud of. Very un RR like in a way. It alsmost seems a crossover with the Lancia Aurelia coupe.  Do you like to display your very special car here? You're welcome. Start your engine here.

Sunday, 19 May 2013

About Quiz #58: 1969 Vincent Hurricane Triumph Spitfire

Sorry, no Ginetta, no Fairthorpe Electron Minor, still we had three competitors coming in with the right make. John Elema, Gerry Barrett, and jury member James Helms. This last one seems to know the car, or at least found it on the web! James writes: "1969 Vincent Hurricane based on Triumph Spitfire EOK486L. Planned restoration/development 2009 to 1500cc 125hp." We think he is right. However James is jurymember and not eligible for the prize. We decided Gerry Barrett had the best answer: "A Vincent Hurricane, a Triumph Spitfire, with replacement fibreglass bodywork. Designed by brothers Martin and Robin Vincent in 1982, using the Spitfire as a basis due to its separate chassis, plus their mother had a rusty Spitfire at the time. Triumph GT6s could also be used. First car sold in January 1983, and over 50 have been built, kit still available today from Caburn Engineering." Congratulations Gerry! More about the Vincent Hurricane here.

Saturday, 18 May 2013

What happened? Tell us!

The little red roadster immediately reminded us of the Markham-Peasey Super Sabre identified yesterday. The young lady with ravishing looks makes us remind of er... well we don't know exactly. We're just glad that the accident in which she got involved brought no damage to her except to the dress. Anyway, you're welcome to use your imagination to let her talk. The best line which comes in before Sunday May 19 will be rewarded with the PostWarClassic badge.

Friday, 17 May 2013

A rooftop roadster mystery (Upd. Morris based Markham-Peasey Super Sabre)

Some workshops, scrapyards or even restaurants use strange or funny colored vehicles as ad sign on the roof of the establishment. Usually these unfortunate cars are not very valuable vehicles or are very common models as VW Beetle or Fiat 500. It´s a shame to use these cars as simple "furniture", but look around, there more out there than you think. A little workshop located in the north of Scotland (on the road from Oban to Duror) is using this interesting roadster of the late 50s/early 60s. Approaching to this place by car the first thing that comes to the mind of the average classic car fan is :"Oh no!! A beautiful MG A suffering under the scottish climate", but looking closer it's getting worse.... When asking to the owner of the workshop after the identity the only answer was "I don´t know the marque, but I think it´s a kit-car". The car seems to have a fiber-glass body, and the rest is hard to identify. The old wheels suggest an English chassis from the late 30s to the early 50s, and seeing three nuts per wheel one could think of Singer or Morris. The body seems stylish and beautiful, and perhaps could be a good restoration basis... but before we start does anybody know what car is this??

Thursday, 16 May 2013