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British Motor Stories

Tales of triumph, disaster, and brilliant madness from motoring history.

Lotus Esprit Turbo

The Folded Paper Revolution

Colin Chapman - Did the Master of Loopholes Fake His Own Death?

The Ultimate Loophole

Ecurie Ecosse transporter on the way to Le Mans 1962 with the Ecurie Ecosse Tojeiro on the roof (Number 25)

The Unpainted Wonder of Le Mans

Fairthorpe Rockette

A Rocket In a Garden Shed

Donald Healey at Monte Carlo Rally finish line, 1931

The Cornishman, the Crash, and the Icy Alps

Alvis TA350 prototype

The Car That Was Too Clever

Giovanni Michelotti

The Ghost Who Styled the World

Aston Martin Bulldog

The Cage Fighter in the Tweed Jacket

Ariel Climbs Mount Snowdon, 1904

The Audacity Club

The Midas Gold Crash Test, 1986

The Kit Car That Refused to Disintegrate

Reliant Regal Period Newspaper Advertisement

Britain's Three-Wheeled Permission Slip

The Philips Mignon Car Record Player

The In-Car Record Player: The Coolest Bad Idea of the 1960s

Sketch of the Triplex Ten Twenty Special

When the Glass Company Made Better Cars than the Car Companies

Austin Gipsy

The Austin Gipsy and its Fantastically Flawed Flexitor Suspension

Gibbs Aquada on the road

The Gibbs Aquada: When Britain Built a Proper Amphibian

Bristol 404 with spare wheel compartment open

The Bristol Wing: How Aircraft Engineers Solved the Spare Wheel Problem

Jensen FF

The Jensen FF: How a West Bromwich Workshop Built Tomorrow's Car in 1966

Sydney Allard, Le Mans 1951

How a London Garage Owner Beat Ferrari with American Muscle and British Cunning

Mini Marcos, Le Mans 1966

The Flying Splinter: How Two Men Built Britain's Most Unlikely Racing Legend from Plywood and Genius

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