Paul Jolly

Buyers of certain used cars should be aware of a seemingly irrelevant detail which has serious implications. Part of my work involves vehicle search consultancy and not just classic cars but regular daily driver modern vehicles. I am often asked to find suitable makes and models within a given budge...

Powderham Castle and its glorious parkland setting saw the 49th Historic Vehicle Gathering on the 13th/14th of July. It is the largest single event in the West Country of its type featuring over 1000 diverse and varied vehicles plus stall holders. The Crash Box and Classic Car Club is to be commende...

It’s that time of year again and hot on the heels of the fabulous Powderham Castle event last month, here is another corker. Classic vehicle enthusiasts from the Teignbridge and Torquay area will be treated to an eclectic display of over 200 classic cars and motorcycles when the annual Exmouth...

Forty-four years separate these photos of the same man with his same car, albeit now bearing a private registration plate. What is so remarkable is how well they have both aged, given the years that have passed. West Country man Richard bought his Rover 3.5 (P5) from my old firm Hurst Park Automobil...

Not so much a case of ‘My Dad had one of those’ but more like, ‘Crikey, I had one of those’! And so it was, and in just the same colour as this fabulous exhibit at the local Classic Car show. My first ever new car, and there have only been three of them in total, such is my d...

It’s that time of year again when the classic car and historic racing world close the doors on the modern world and revel in racing as it used to be. We are talking about none other than Goodwood Revival, Europe’s most authentic and ‘must do’ classic and race car event. Racin...

I really should know better but we still keep making life hard for ourselves. I am talking about my spontaneous decision to buy a 60 year old Ford Zodiac that hasn’t been on the road or had any loving care and attention for at least nine years. All this just in order to have a period car for t...

Organisers of last month’s Exmouth Classic Vehicle Show have announced that this event raised £1,996.54 for Devon Air Ambulance as their chosen charity. The Morris Minor Owners Club Devon Branch and Ford Anglia 105E Owners Club are the joint organisers of this annual event, which this ye...

New cars became noticeably more expensive after the Covid pandemic and needless to say, remain so. Electric cars hold a price premium over fossil fuel cars so are quite a shock (no pun intended) when customers enquire about them, thinking perhaps the next new purchase ought to be an EV as this is cl...

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