There are no special tools needed for the Alfa, unless you mean metric spanners. There is plenty of specialist support for these cars, worldwide and in the US. Alfa drive trains are solid and robust. 105s were in production for about 15 years, and even the later transaxle models share engines and gearbox internals.

My boss in my first job traded in his E-Type Jag for a TR6. Technologically it was two steps backwards, but for him it was "new", and that was all that counted.

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck. I love motorcycling, and I hate closed face helmets. OK, I'm old and slow. Fortunately I live in Japan and ride here and in Thailand. Never heard of this in either country, Thank God.

Motegi is a must-see if you are in Tokyo and have a free day. It's an easy day trip, entrance is free and they have a wonderful museum. Everythng on display appears to be driveable. There's an engineering shop behind the museum ;)

FWIW, this is what a typical kei car looks like. This is the memsahib's Nissan Otti (a rebadged Misubishi EK). It has AWD, auto, aircon, electric windows, heated driver's seat, belts and bags. It's a real car, not a toy. It is comfortable and it drives and handles very nicely. They aren't just town cars either. Kei…

I'm not a VW specialist and I've no idea what a Type 34 is. If it's the Brazilian Karman Ghia, then its a Fulvia clone. I can see it. I've stripped, de-rusted and painted a Fulvia (mine) and I know what they look and feel like.

The original Ghia (picture bottom rhs) looked nothing like a Fulvia. Rounded flanks, rounded greenhouse. No problem. Were you to photoshop a Fulvia nose on to the <b>Later</b> Brazilian version, it would be hard to tell the difference from a distance.

The first Pantera I saw was at Mallory Park. Mike Hailwood had just done his usual thing and cleaned up the post-TT 350 & 500cc races. He took his Pantera out for a parade lap, smiling and waving from the drivers seat. The crowd went wild. He was a local (Midland) boy and we loved him. The Pantera was something…

Unsure how to post clips here (help anyone?), but the bottom left-hand Karman Ghia is a Lancia Fulvia clone with a funny (not haha) nose and an air scoop.

The rewards then weren't as great as now, but Moss is famous for doing alright. His trademark pale blue overalls were sponsored by Dunlop, and there were other sponsorships too. After he retired from racing there were plenty of "appearances" for his sponsors at various meetings and gatherings. He was (and still is)…

Exactly. Garuda are fine for the actual "flying" part of the experience. They have a little bit of a weak spot when it comes to the "landing" part. Landing short, landing long, landing at 100 knots too fast in a tropical thunderstorm. That sort of thing.

Point. These all have "A" series engines. In terms of tunability, that's the UK equivalent of an SBC. All you have to do is change the block, (1380 or whatever they can be taken out to), crank, rods, pistons, head (5 port to 8 port), cam, carb(s) and manifolds. Just like standard, man.

Top photo shows a chassis which could be developed into a truss. Lower photos show a beam with what appears to be about a 1" diameter tube with an upper rail welded to it at a critical stress point. I'm more blacksmith than engineer, but this is truly horrible. CP at any price.

Planning ahead. I'm 62, a motorcyclist, an ex-trucker, still alive and I plan ahead all the time when driving. Speed, mass, braking distance, space. Thankfully I'm no longer driving trucks for a living. When I did, it was you and the machine against mass. Life on the road was a much better alternative to factory work.

Explain this to me. You are outside a line of trucks, nose to tail, all running right on the speed limit. You want to turn off but they are all linked together and there's no space between them. How does that work?

Austin A35

Mk1 Jag. 19 turns from lock to lock via worm drive steering. He did well to keep it out of the barriers. Big brothers' scecond car was a knackered 3.8 litre Mk2. He managed a similar trick but we were in a narrow lane with high earth banks. The banks kept us approximately straight and safe.

I had to sell my Fulvia because I started a geology PhD and needed something to get me back and forth between the UK and my field area in Morocco. And something appropriate for gravel tracks in the Atlas mountains. The obvious replacement was a Beta Coupe.

And while I remember it. Fulvias show no seams in the body. On the production line, the craftsmen ran lead into the seams, and hand finished them.