THE VOICE OF THE AFRICAN COLLISION REPAIR INDUSTRY

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 it powered by an electric engine!

Kobus Mostert is a car collector extraordinaire. He recently opened a private museum in George to house some amazingly rare and valuable American cars that form just part of his vast collection, inviting members of the Southern Cape Old Car Club for a preview to drink in cars that have world-wide collector value.

Who is the greatest racing driver? All names, fact and figures can be quoted and debated. We should however have to travel back further in time, because there is one driver who dominated racing in the 1960s and is the benchmark against all other drivers measured themselves – Jim Clark.

The Lancaster Insurance Classic Car Show at the NEC near Birmingham, UK, had thousands of eager enthusiasts straining at the leash to be first into their motoring paradise, all waiting for the six enormous halls to open, each jam packed with everything classic car, restoration workshops, seminars and much more.

This 1969 Jaguar E-Type has had one owner and has never been restored or repainted. The unique patina of its original Opalescent Golden Sand colour tells a great many tales of its life over the past 50-something years.

As a young boy Pierino Scalco dreamed of beautiful cars and as a retired panelbeater he now rebuilds all these care that dreamed about. As a teen he assisted the famous English racing driver, David Piper. He has many projects under the belt, including this beautiful Ferrari 250 GTO project.

The C-Type shape was designed by aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer, won Le Mans twice, in 1951 and 1953 and is possibly the most beautiful Jaguar ever built. Kobus van Wyk embarked on a two-and-a-half year project to build an exacting replica of one of the most significant racing Jaguars to date.

Venter’s beautifully restored Austin Healey 3000 is a 1967 Mk III model, boasting an attractive curved windscreen, wind-up windows and a lovely walnut wood dashboard. It has raised ground clearance at the rear which eased an exhaust-pipe snagging problem that had plagued the model since its introduction.