Why the ban on new petrol and diesel engines won’t be the death knell for classic cars
In November 2020 the UK Government brought forward the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars to 2030. This sent shock waves around the classic car and automotive industry as people suddenly realised that we were in the last decade of vehicular combustion engine production. Quite naturally, people began to think about
It’s ok to love Carbs – why we should all show carburettors a little respect
If there is one part of classic car ownership, we get asked about more than anything it is about tuning Carburettors. For many even quite practically minded people the carburettor is mysterious object, prone to faults, confusing to diagnose and impossible to set up correctly. We are often asked to tune and set carburettors only
In the 911s shadow – how one car overshadows all of Porsche’s achievements
Today it’s impossible to think of Porsche without thinking about the 911. Its easy to forget that there even was a Porsche before the 911, but there was. The 356 model had gone though many iterations from its 1948 debut and by 1956 Porsche was actively designing its replacement. The beautiful shape that replaced the
E10 petrol – great news for the planet but bad news for classic car owners
The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed that a new type of bio-fuel, known as E10, will become the standard for unleaded petrol as early as August 2021. E10 petrol is unleaded petrol which contains up to 10 per cent bioethanol, taken from renewable sources such as sugar beet and other vegetable matter. This 5%