Classic Car Articles and Blogs

Mike talks about a friends Aston Martin DB7 and why he loves the model so much.

Top 10 Rules to keep your classic car electrical system in top condition. I have mentioned before that classic car maintenance is like a religion and the fixes and checks we perform are the rituals for practicing this religion. Occasionally one needs the aid of a priest. And once in a while we must turn […]

When my friend Tim told me he had an Abarth on order I must confess I didn’t really know what to expect – a new shape Fiat 500 with go faster stripes perhaps? Go faster stripes that warranted a four month lead time to take delivery? I didn’t get it. Exactly four months and two […]

Nissan. The people that gently sprinkled the Micra upon us and landed bombshells in the form of the Skyline GTR series…. and still found time to give us the Nissan Figaro! My first thought when I spotted this tiny little convertible, presented in pink and white, was…”if Hello Kitty was real, this is what she would be driving”. And I never ever […]

Growing up at the car club, it was not uncommon for a car to appear in front me that I had never seen in the flesh before. This little red original Fiat 500 was no exception. Before then I only knew of Luigi from Disney Pixar’s Cars film. It was so small! How could anybody fit in […]

Mike’s talks about why he loves the 1970s Aston Martin V8 ‘Vantage Spec’. Have you ever experienced something in life and not wanted it to end? I have. After only ten minutes behind the wheel it dawned on me that my life would revert back to being Aston Martin V8 Vantage spec-less at the end of this journey. No […]

Follow Us Mike talks about his first encounter with a Lamborghini Espada and how it captured his heart. The phone rang…. Not unusual for a Friday afternoon. But one thing stood out. The chap on the other end of the line sounded extremely calm and fulfilled, like he had achieved something grand and was now […]

Follow Us I remember the first time I saw the little Austin Healey Frog Eye my immediate reaction was I am going to look silly driving that. It was so small, cute, loveable, not very fast or powerful, the roof was a faff to assemble and thus it was all the things that I avoid like the plague with […]

Follow Us Mike talks about how to maintain your classic car to keep it running smooth and in tip top condition. Just like regular pets, our mechanical pets need more and more attention paid to their health as they age. Equally just like a new born pup, a new car requires frequent checks until it […]

In this article Mike talks about the beautiful and legendary BMW M3 E46. You may recall that I claimed in a previous blog a few days ago that the Jensen C-V8 made me feel like a man. A gentleman to be exact. A sophisticated powerful and stylish fellow. I also shared my secret that Jenny […]

Follow Us In this blog I’m going to talk about the merits of upgrading from an older positive earth dynamo system to a negative earth alternator… So in the ongoing quest to maintain power, some hold this demeanor with their interactions with others, some strive for this under the bonnet of their beloved motor car. […]

Follow Us Being true to my status as a “Playstation Baby” I didn’t really know what a Jensen was. The Interceptor I knew of briefly, but a Jensen C-V8? Is that not a type of battery for a watch? They say that love strikes when you least suspect it and it did indeed do just that. My […]

Follow Us An underlying thought deep in the mind of every motorist eats away at them when they park up their beloved car and walk away from it… Some of us fear the car will not start when they come back, others it will be broken into or hit by a passing car and their […]

Follow Us Once upon a time, in a land where men used hammers and screwdrivers to bring their ruler and pencil born ideas to life, the technological wave of diagnostics was still far out at sea and the Beatles were set to conquer the world, cars had one main feature in common – they were […]

Follow Us In year 2007 I rolled into Classic Car Club London in my 1998 Ford Focus 1.6 LX for the first time to try and ace the most important job interview I have ever had… A private members club, established since 1995 takes care of a fleet of stunning classic cars, giving clients the […]

The next couple of months is all set to be a significant time for the classic car market, with over 470 classic cars being offered for sale by four top auction houses. So why is this such a special time in the classic car market, well there are three key reasons: 1. Timing Buying a […]

Follow Us Calling all classic car owners! We’re very excited here at Trade Classics to be starting our very own Classic Car Shows around the country, however, we really need your help! Do you have a classic car that you’d like to show off?  If so then we’d love to hear from you and see […]

We hosted our first Trade Classics classic car show today in the Old Town area of Leamington Spa in aid of charity to help its Mary Portas regeneration programme. A total of 13 local classic car owners supported the event from 9am – the early start didn’t matter though as there was a lovely array of […]

So you want to find a classic car for sale but don’t know where to start? Well in the good old days you only really had a couple of choices; the ‘Classic Cars‘ section of the Auto Trader that consisted of about 3 pages if you were lucky, then classified publications like Classic Car Weekly, […]

Classic cars are on the rise as more and more people are turning to older cars as a better investment than more traditional alternatives like savings, property and yes even pensions! So are there any opportunities out there for a classic car investor in a rising market where cars like the Ferrari 308 sold for […]