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Month: June 2019

Opinion

Blog : British Leyland: Betting on a miracle 1978-1986

27 June 2019 Keith Adams 4

Keith Adams Chris Cowin, the author of British Leyland: Chronicle of a car crash and Export Drive: BMC and British Leyland Cars in Europe and the world, has added a third title to […]

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Talbot Samba
Development story

The cars : Talbot Samba development story

25 June 2019 Keith Adams 14

The Talbot Samba was another car from PSA which relied on badge engineering to take it to market… However, despite that, it was a reasonable success in its home market […]

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Chrysler/Talbot Sunbeam (R424)

The cars : Talbot Sunbeam Lotus development story

25 June 2019 Keith Adams 18

The Talbot Sunbeam Lotus was an unexpectedly wonderful collaboration between Coventry and Hethel. With 150bhp, it was quick and exciting proto-hot hatch. […]

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Hillman Imp
Development story

The cars : Hillman Imp development story

25 June 2019 Keith Adams 55

The Hillman Imp was the Rootes Group’s great white hope to beat the Mini at its own game. However, as Keith Adams explains, the project was riddled with setbacks and […]

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George Turnbull with the Austin Allegro - the car he helped launch in 1973.
George Turnbull

People : George Turnbull

21 June 2019 Keith Adams 9

George Turnbull was a key player in the British Leyland story following its formation in 1968, but was never given the top job which he so richly deserved. His was […]

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AROnline News

News : Lennon’s Maxi journey story now online

20 June 2019 Keith Adams 9

The full story of John Lennon’s fateful Austin Maxi-bound journey to Scotland is now online. James Walshe, the Deputy Editor of Practical Classics magazine, pieced together the family holiday in […]

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Innocenti Regent for sale
Innocenti Regent

News : Innocenti Regent goes up for sale in Italy

15 June 2019 Keith Adams 4

An Innocenti Regent coming up for sale is worthy of holding the front pages of all the classic car press. And that’s why we’re highlighting this one, not only because it’s […]

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Torcars Princess Estate for sale in Holand
Marketplace

News : Torcars Princess goes up for sale in Holland

13 June 2019 Keith Adams 1

Fancy owning a left-hand drive version of the recently-featured Torcars Princess Estate? Well, now you can, and it could be yours for around €4000 (£3560 at current exchange rates). There […]

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Rapport International

The specialists : Rapport Forte

10 June 2019 Keith Adams 34

You’d be hard-pressed to tell that the stunning Rapport Forte was based on the Jaguar XJ… And now it’s been rediscovered, and is about to be restored to sit alongside […]

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Austin Metro
Opinion

Opinion : 1982 – annus horribilis

10 June 2019 Ian Nicholls 17

For those that remember it, 1982 was the year of the Falklands War, when Britons proudly flew the flag in support of their armed forces engaged in combat in the […]

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Rover SD1 development story - Sir Don Ryder
History

History : The Ryder Report

9 June 2019 Keith Adams 7

The Ryder Report was commissioned by the government in 1976 and took a year to compile. It underlined the £1.5bn plan to return BL to profitability by 1981. […]

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Crayford Princess Estate
Crayford

The converters : Crayford Princess Estate

8 June 2019 Keith Adams 16

And here is the car that the Princess should always have been: Crayford produced its own hatchback versions of the 18-22 Series/Princess, but at a time when the five-door saloon […]

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Princess (ADO71)

The converters : Torcars Princess Estate

8 June 2019 Keith Adams 9

The Torcars Princess Estate was sold through the franchised BL dealer network, and was covered by the BL’s Supercover warranty. The text and pictures at the bottom have been taken […]

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Opinion

The Best of AROnline : Chernobyl or bust

8 June 2019 Keith Adams 5

In 2006, Keith Adams and Mike Duff drove to Chernobyl in a £100 Lada Riva, to mark the 20th anniversary of the nuclear catastrophe that changed the course of history. […]

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Panther

The converters : Panther Lazer – with video

6 June 2019 Keith Adams 1

A one-off commission that suffered from project drift, was rejected by its intended recipient and ended up in the hands of a 14-year-old… Scroll down to watch ‘Drive in‘ presenter […]

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Panther 6 press photo from 1977
Panther

The converters : Panther Westwinds

1 June 2019 Keith Adams 0

The origins of Panther date back to 1971, when Robert Jankel decided that he wanted leave the fashion industry and follow his dream of becoming a creator of exclusive cars. […]

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Reps : Britain’s hardest working professionals

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Steven Ward  This morning, on my gentle canter into work, I saw what we commonly refer to as a ‘rep’ in his smart LeasePlanned Mondeo-alike. Nothing unusual in that – our road network is full [...]

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