The Showroom

Believe it or not, Formula 3 (or at least F3 in its traditional sense) was always an open-chassis formula, accessible to anybody with the ambition and facilities to build a…

Even though the late 2000s were blighted by perhaps the worst global financial crisis in history, you wouldn’t have known it looking back at the list of automotive exotica released.…

Let’s have a crack at defining what constitutes ‘memorabilia’ and what is considered ‘automobilia’. There’s definitely distinctions to be made. Among football collectibles, items like team shirts, trophies or boots…

The Lenham Motor Company was born during the 1960s when such ‘boutique’ marques that built interesting specials based on mainstream models were springing up all around Britain. The foundations of…

● With 007 adorning the side of every bus, now is the time to own a 1934 Rolls-Royce Sedanca de Ville in Masons Black and yellow. The ultimate Bond villain…

The Lotus Seven driven by Patrick McGoohan as ‘Number Six’ is undoubtedly the most famous car to have appeared in the cult ’60s TV series The Prisoner – but this…

The Phil Morris Road Racing Collection Sold by Bonhams, £2.1m This collection of competition motorcycles formed part of the contents of the Oswestry Road Racing Museum established by race team…

It's amazing to think how far Chevron came in just a few short years during the 1960s. Putting the vacuous legal bickering over trademarks, rights and ownership of the last few…

The 1980s was a golden age for the hot hatch fan, and few did it better than the French. Sure, the Germans may have got there first with the mighty…

On or off the car, radiator adornments have been a very popular collectible since they appeared at the turn of the 20th century. They win on all counts – the…

● It seems you’re never far from a car with irrefutable ties to Steve McQueen. This recently reassembled Chevron B16, chassis b16-70-26, above, was bought by the actor’s Solar Productions…

Mention the name Ford Torino to some of a certain age and they will immediately picture an image of the red-and-white ‘Striped Tomato’ Torino that featured in the 1970s TV…

Car manufacturers try their best to predict what people want, often going to great lengths to offer all the options anyone could possibly ask for – but, as the old adage…

1973 Ford Escort Twin-Cam replica Sold by Collectingcars.com, £24,250 During the two years that I scraped a living buying and selling classic cars in the 1980s (giving up just before…

Eyebrows lifted a couple of years ago when Jaguar Land Rover announced a sale of 140 vehicles, all of them as green as they could be, with not a petrol…

John Ketchell original artwork There are few things more special to own than an original painting. Prints are all well and good, but nothing ever beats the story, passion and…

Considering it’s a relatively young area of collectibles, the half-scale helmet market has exploded in recent years and some examples are quickly becoming very valuable. Minichamps began making the first…