One of the questions I am often asked at a car show is: “Which car, to my mind, is the star of the show?” It’s a question I never answer directly, not because I don’t want to give anything away, but because, to me, it’s like asking: “What is your favourite Bob Dylan...
The 4¼ litre model is one of the first so-called “silent” sporting saloons and coupés built by Bentley after the take-over by Rolls-Royce in 1931. It was a pivotal model for Bentley, which had been financially vulnerable ever since the company was founded in 1919 by...
I can’t really remember a time in my life when I haven’t been acutely aware of Ford’s redoubtable Anglia. At the age of about 10, I learned to drive in an old three-speed 1951 model popularly known as the Puddle-Jumper, then a year or two later one of my...
Rolls-Royce has a reputation for building cars that are exceptionally quiet, but here’s one that gives “the sound of silence” new meaning. It’s a 1933 Phantom II model, one of the most revered Rollers in a long history of exceptional cars, and what makes this one even...
One of the great things about the annual Simola Hillclimb at Knysna in May is the way the Classic Car Friday component of the weekend has grown each year in status and the depth of the entry. This year we had three or four cars vying for fastest time of the day, and...
