Classics Monthly January 2022

I received an email from a reader this month that raised an interesting question, if not a new one. It came from Robert Lightfoot, who wrote: ‘Before COVID19, a lot of show organisers were taking the attitude that anything built after the late 1960s was too new and so you could not take your car to these shows. Now with the country getting back to normal and with the 2022 show season starting to get planned, perhaps it is time to ask what is and what isn’t a classic. I drive a 21-year old car daily, a Vauxhall Vectra from 2000, and would not touch a new car. There are thousands of people with 20+ year old cars who would love to go to shows without being told it’s too…

I received an email from a reader this month that raised an interesting question, if not a new one. It came from Robert Lightfoot, who wrote: ‘Before COVID19, a lot of show organisers were taking the attitude that anything built after the late 1960s was too new and so you could not take your car to these shows. Now with the country getting back to normal and with the 2022 show season starting to get planned, perhaps it is time to ask what is and what isn’t a classic. I drive a 21-year old car daily, a Vauxhall Vectra from 2000, and would not touch a new car. There are thousands of people with 20+ year old cars who would love to go to shows without being told it’s too…

GOT A STORY TO SHARE? EMAIL IT TO CLASSICS.ED@KELSEY.CO.UK OR POST IT TO CLASSICS MONTHLY NEWSDESK, KELSEY MEDIA, THE GRANARY, DOWNS COURT, YALDING HILL, YALDING ME18 6AL After the disappointment of 2020 and the cancellation of that year’s Classic Motor Show (along with so many other events), it was great to be back at the NEC over the weekend of 12th-14th November for this year’s event. We did feel that there was more room to move about the venue than there had been in previous years, but there was still more to see and do than could comfortably be covered in a day. Certainly, despite thinking that we'd seen everything on the Saturday, a return visit on the Sunday still turned up a number of automotive gems that we had missed…

GOT A STORY TO SHARE? EMAIL IT TO CLASSICS.ED@KELSEY.CO.UK OR POST IT TO CLASSICS MONTHLY NEWSDESK, KELSEY MEDIA, THE GRANARY, DOWNS COURT, YALDING HILL, YALDING ME18 6AL After the disappointment of 2020 and the cancellation of that year’s Classic Motor Show (along with so many other events), it was great to be back at the NEC over the weekend of 12th-14th November for this year’s event. We did feel that there was more room to move about the venue than there had been in previous years, but there was still more to see and do than could comfortably be covered in a day. Certainly, despite thinking that we'd seen everything on the Saturday, a return visit on the Sunday still turned up a number of automotive gems that we had…

Photo: Santa Pod A Volvo P1800 Gasser drag racer has been selected as the UK finalist for the Hot Wheels Legends Tour, a competition that is seeking out the best in classic, modified and race cars from around the globe, with the overall winning vehicle to be made into a 1:64 scale die-cast model and released in Hot Wheels’ 2022 range. Nicknamed ‘Ain’t No Saint,’ the Volvo P1800 was unanimously selected as the UK finalist, the judges deeming it to be most fitting of Hot Wheels’ exacting standards of performance, authenticity and ‘garage spirit.’ Owned and built by Somerset-based Lee Johnstone, the Volvo is raced by him and his three daughters – Ellie, Tori and Sarah – with supportive wife Sue also part of the team, which competes under the…

A Volvo P1800 Gasser drag racer has been selected as the UK finalist for the Hot Wheels Legends Tour, a competition that is seeking out the best in classic, modified and race cars from around the globe, with the overall winning vehicle to be made into a 1:64 scale die-cast model and released in Hot Wheels’ 2022 range. Nicknamed ‘Ain’t No Saint,’ the Volvo P1800 was unanimously selected as the UK finalist, the judges deeming it to be most fitting of Hot Wheels’ exacting standards of performance, authenticity and ‘garage spirit.’ Owned and built by Somerset-based Lee Johnstone, the Volvo is raced by him and his three daughters – Ellie, Tori and Sarah – with supportive wife Sue also part of the team, which competes under the name of JD Racing…