Nowadays new year occurs twice a year. Not so very long ago, okay 1998, it happened only once, in September. Before that, until 1997, it occurred once a year, in August, but it hasn’t occurred on 1st January since 1967. […]

I should have noticed the warning signs, as I perused the eBay listings, via cathode ray on the dial-up internet computer in my pub office, back the early 2000s. Austin Gipsy, 1964, some history, ex-Chipperfield’s Circus...... I was smitten; being […]

Wow, here we are again, with only a few days to go until gentlemen up and down the nation wake to the reality that only one shopping day remains before Christmas, that this is it and that the current gift […]

Us classic nuts spend hours pouring over paintwork, surveying steel and caressing chrome, which is all well and good, but it overlooks the material that, in many cases, is sandwiched between adjoining components. That material goes by the name of […]

Recently a post made by me, on one of my social media platforms generated quite a few negative responses. The post stated the fact that my daily driver is a SsangYong Musso, a great vehicle, which suits my requirements exactly. […]

Vauxhall’s renowned 60-vehicle collection relocates to interim home while plans develop for all-new public-facing premises Exhibitions in Luton & Cheshire to display a third of all vehicles after move Vauxhall Archive moves to new permanent home at company’s Toddington site […]

Often, when I’m out and about in my 1929 Austin 12, folks ask me if it’s my next project. Now this is understandable, seeing as there’s rust on the wings, the roof has faded in the sun and the interior […]

Lockdown can be a troubling time for many, but those of us with classic motor vehicles can bring a little sparkle to folks out and about on essential business.The method is simple; by making our own essential journeys using our […]

Over the past couple of decades, it has become something of a norm to finance the purchase of cars and bikes using a loan. I’m talking about ordinary, everyday cars and bikes, driven by folks with ordinary, everyday jobs and […]

Throughout Europe, debates rage regarding increasing ethanol content in petrol and how it affects our classic vehicles. What is certain is that we enthusiastic users of ancient cars and bikes must now be more vigilant regarding the effects of ethanol […]

One requirement that all cars and bikes have in common is that for lubrication. Whether it be engine, motor, transmission, hubs, or some tiny dangly bit that touches the nadger arm whenever the doodah lever is pulled.Regarding motor vehicles generally, […]

It ain’t grim up North n’more. A new ‘North Star’ is lighting the way this week. Manor Park Classics has begun its ascent into the hearts and minds of classic car and bike enthusiasts across the northwest of England and […]

Here at Manor Park Classics, we’re doing things a little differently & we’re committed to offering the complete service for the classic enthusiast: ‘for car people, by car people’. We are building an extraordinary business and with that in mind […]

A major new facility for classic owners - offering everything from auctions and car storage to a venue for club meets - is opening in the north west later this week. Runcorn based Manor Park Classics - a group of […]

A major new facility for classic owners, offering everything from auctions, sales and car storage to shows and club meets, has opened in the North West. Cheshire businessman and classic car enthusiast, Stephen Ashworth, Chairman and CEO of Manchester based […]