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Month: July 2015

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News : ‘As-new’ Metro Vanden Plas 500 unearthed

30 July 2015 Craig Cheetham 14

One of the rarest of all Austin Metro variants is set to go under the hammer during Classic Car Auctions Limited’s sale at Chris Evans’ CarFest South event next month […]

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Project Maestro Vanden Plas

Our Cars : Project Vanden Plas – wiping those problems away… and finding more!

30 July 2015 Mike Humble 12

Mike Humble So, what do think of the news, eh? Yer man has returned to where he belongs and I have an immobile old banger cluttering the drive so, from a personal […]

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News : AROnline – the end of a new era (or welcome back, Keith)

28 July 2015 Craig Cheetham 56

Craig Cheetham The more things change, the more they stay the same – and so it is with AROnline. One of the great things about this site is the sheer […]

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Events : Report – Festival of The Unexceptional 2015

26 July 2015 Keith Adams 25

Words: Keith Adams Photography: Tanya Field Hagerty’s innovative Festival of the Unexceptional returned for a second year, bringing together some of our favourite automotive winners and losers – a wonderful […]

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News : MG Motor UK opens flagship London showroom

24 July 2015 Mike Humble 40

Earlier this year MG Motor UK announced it would be opening its flagship showroom in the prestigious area of Piccadilly, London. Today, members of the public and invited guests are […]

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eBay Find of the Week : Unipart Gold Seal S-Series engine

20 July 2015 Mike Humble 24

Mike Humble Once a doyen of the remanufactured engine industry, Unipart in automotive guise has now sadly left this parish to join the great defunct names of old but imagine […]

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Events : Preview – BMC/BL Rally & Spares Day 2015

16 July 2015 Mike Humble 18

Mike Humble Well, it’s here again – this year’s BMC/BL Rally and Spares Day will be held in Ferry Meadows, Nene Park, Peterborough on Sunday, 2 August 2015. Even though many […]

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News : A stay of execution for the Land Rover Defender?

15 July 2015 Craig Cheetham 45

The iconic Land Rover Defender may not go out of production in 2015 after all, following a huge upsurge in demand from customers wanting to own one of the very […]

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News : Former AROnline Project R8 now up for sale

15 July 2015 Craig Cheetham 41

Craig Cheetham One of AROnline’s former ‘Project’ cars is now available for sale. The gold Rover 214 SLi, a very early example of the R8 on a G-plate, was first acquired by […]

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Project Maestro Vanden Plas

Our Cars : The Project Maestro Vanden Plas

15 July 2015 Mike Humble 12

Well, the work has started on the Project Maestro and it’s already moved to a temporary home in leafy Horsham. So if you’ve got a Maestro, and it don’t run […]

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News : Kimberley makes it as a model…

13 July 2015 Craig Cheetham 9

Craig Cheetham Most die-cast models are of popular subjects – cars that the model makers know will appeal to such a broad cross section of people that they’ll get back […]

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Mini

Raise a glass to : 25 years of the Mini Cooper RSP

10 July 2015 Craig Cheetham 23

Craig Cheetham Today marks the 25th Anniversary of one of the most significant Minis in the diminutive car’s history.   Without the Cooper RSP, it’s arguable that the Rover Mini […]

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Mike's Rover 75

Our Cars : Mike’s Rover 75 – a “Perfect Ten”

10 July 2015 Mike Humble 15

Happy times are here again as the Project Rover 75 passes yet another MoT… but, as Mike Humble explains,  this one is a milestone. Before I go any further, I […]

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eBay find of the Week : Mint Maestro van

9 July 2015 Craig Cheetham 9

Craig Cheetham Well, if the ‘is it or isn’t it?’ Maestro pick-up isn’t enough light commercial action for one week, then you might need to go and lie down in […]

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Raise a glass to : Happy Birthday HST!

8 July 2015 Mike Humble 28

Some of our previous BL/BR-themed content went down rather well in the past, so Mike Humble wiggles a glass to the only serious threat to the passenger car in the 1970s and […]

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News : Maestro pick-up surfaces (or is it?)

8 July 2015 Craig Cheetham 4

Craig Cheetham A Maestro pick-up has surfaced at a scrapyard in Bonnybrigg, Scotland, but is it a rare survivor of a known conversion, or simply a home-converted 700 van? The […]

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Blog : Why the ‘Road Hog’ law is flawed…

6 July 2015 Craig Cheetham 36

Craig Cheetham The first driver to be prosecuted under the ‘Road Hog’ laws introduced in 2014 was convicted by Leeds Magistrates’ Court last week – Ian Stephens was fined £940 for […]

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Events : Report – BMC and Leyland Show 2015

6 July 2015 admin 15

Now in its third year, the BMC and Leyland Show, held at the spiritual home of all things classic ‘firm’, Gaydon, proved to be an absolute barnstormer in 2015. With […]

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News : SHADO unveils new Inspiration EV

5 July 2015 Keith Adams 15

Stephen Harper, the man behind the design of the MGF, Ford Escort Cosworth and MG GT, has overseen the development of a new battery-powered city car designed for emerging markets. […]

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eBay find of the Week : Rover Metro GTA…

1 July 2015 Craig Cheetham 13

Craig Cheetham My apologies for the Metro overkill in recent weeks, but the humble hatchback seems to be very much the car of the moment amongst AROnline readers – so […]

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Car of the Month : July 2015 – Matthias Boller’s Authi Mini 1275GT

1 July 2015 Alexander Boucke 14

Minis are undoubtedly one of the big successes of BMC>ARG. Here we have a rather special one, painstakingly restored to original condition as it left the Authi-factory in Spain. This […]

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