2019-06-01 Classic Cars

41 T he latest addition to my fleet is a Europa, which bookends my small but growing classic Lotus road car collection – I nowow ...

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43 T he classic motor sport season is well under way now and the Silverstone Classic and GoodwoodRevivalwillsoonbe withusoncemor ...

Wetakesixcabriolets from£5000to £58,000on a tourof theNorth York Moors drivingnirvana Words ANDREW NOAKES Photography JONATHAN J ...

Front to rear: Jensen Interceptor Convertible, Mercedes E320 Cabriolet, Alvis TD21 Drophead, Ferrari Mondial 3.0QV Cabriolet, VW ...

46 eadengreycloudsfilltheearlymorning skiesoverthe NorthYorkMoors,andthere are dropsofraininthe windthat cutsstraight throughuso ...

47 engines arestrong,andany nigglesare likelyto bewithancillaries. Hot start problems are quite common but canberesolved by care ...

48 I t’seasytolike theSaab 900 Turbo16SConvertibleonfirst acquaintance. It hasendearinglyindividualquirkslikethe forward-opening ...

49 ‘Surprisinglyflexiblepower delivery for a car with Turbo in its title, and keen to carry speed into corners’ Owning a Saab 90 ...

50 O urconvoyturnsoffthemainroadtoheaddown into Farndale on some narrow, twisty valley- sideroads.I’vebeeneyeingtheeleganceoflin ...

51 When Mercedes rejigged all its model designations in 1994 the six-cylinder cabrio acquired the E320 badge. The M104 is a dura ...

52 [The Big Test] Top Cabrios ...

‘Out here on the moors I can slide the gear-hold control towards its ‘max’ setting to savour the straight-six music’ 53 ...

54 I t’shard to finda badangle on the 1961 Alvis TD21 Drophead. After years of elegant but very conservative designs culminating ...

55 OwninganAlvisTD21Drophead ‘Itwasoriginallypurchasedby a Harley Streetdoctorin 1961 , thenbought by Al Ruddy– a Hollywoodmovie ...

56 I ’v e beenitchingtogetbehindthewheelofthe 1974 Jensen Interceptor convertible all day, and now the chance has come.Jensendid ...

57 Interceptorbodiesareallsteelandtheycanrust,butbythe time theconvertibleswerebeingbuiltinthemid-Seventiesthe cars werebetter-p ...

58 W henit waslaunchedbackin 1980 the Ferrari Mondial 3.0QV Cabriolet was criticised for being too slow and too compromised,buti ...

59 The Mondial 8 was only available in fixed-roof form. The Cabrioletarrivedin 198 3,ayearafter theMondialacquiredthe QV engine, ...

60 T he Jensen is a relative bargain, offering much of theappealofaSeventiesAstonMartinbutwithout anything like the stratospheri ...