Classic Cars

Even though I'm not really mechanically-minded I've always liked classic cars.  Even as a kid I liked old cars.  What was new and modern then is old now but there is a nostalgia about cars from your childhood so I have a real affection for all cars up to the end of the 70s, even the humble Allegro.  Not so much interested in cars since then (except maybe the Mazda MX5).  You can keep your supercars, hypercars and top of the range motors.  I like them but I am quite happy with a bog standard classic.  

For someone who loves open-top motoring and adores convertibles, ironically it's the fixed head coupé version of the E-Type that I like the best.  I know the E-Type has its faults but for me it is simply the most beautiful car ever designed - such unadulterated elegance.  I know I'll never ever get to own an E-Type but thanks to Tom buying me a classic car driving experience I got to drive a few laps of a racetrack in one! (and a MkI Escort Rally Car and an Aston Martin)

Why the Rover P4?  Easy - Grandad had one.  A big, beautiful, black Rover P4.  It's one of earliest memories.  He used to take us on picnics up over the North Yorkshire Moors and to the coast at Saltburn and Sandsend.  I would have been very very young but I loved that old car.  Would love to own one, myself but I can't see that happening!