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Membership of the Classic Corvette Club in the UK has risen to its highest number since the club was started back in 1979. Increasing numbers of imports coupled to reduced domestic fuel costs, a great service/ spares network and not to mention Chevrolet still producing the Corvette in sizeable numbers, has all contributed to the…

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Rogan with the disability accessible hotrod Rogan McGilp, Ethan Dunbar-Baker and Stuart Chau, all students at Old Swinford Hospital school, Stourbridge, have been busy building a disability accessible hot rod and showcased their vehicle to more than 7500 people at The Big Bang Fair at the NEC, Birmingham. Following the success of his half-scale ‘Teen…

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Congratulations go to Gavin Shaw and son Ellis, who won the Footman James Car of the Year heat at Wheels Day with their stunning 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda 440 six pack… and if you’re having a sense of deja vu, that could be because last year’s heat winner was also a 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda six pack…

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We have received sad news from the organisers of Atomic Festival that Sywell Aerodrome has reluctantly taken the decision to postpone events on the airfield due to the ground being water-logged: “Aircraft and vehicles cannot currently use the grass areas due to the adverse ground conditions and this means that they cannot erect essential structures…

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One of the UK’s leading classic motor insurance brokers has announced its launch of a new document portal for new and existing customers to access policy documents online. Footman James, a classic motor insurance specialist, is proud to announce the launch of an online document portal where new and existing customers can log in to…

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Touch of glitz from Liberace’s gold leaf Cadillac at this year’s Classic Motor Show Visitors to this year’s Footman James stand at The Classic Motor Show may be forgiven for thinking the theme is a lovefest of the outlandish, lavish and extravagant as it unveils a classic car of monumental glitz as its 2015 centrepiece.…

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The Footman James Car of the Year 2014 finals took place over the weekend of November 13-15th at the Classic Motor Show, held at Birmingham’s NEC The judging took place over all three days with three separate sets of judges and the overall winning car selected was Steve Hurd’s 1970 Plymouth ’Cuda. Announced at 3pm on…

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The 5th heat of the Footman James Car of the Year competition took place at the Stars and Stripes Show, Tatton Park, Cheshire. But which car scooped the trophy….? With so many immaculate and original cars on hand, it was always going to be a challenge to choose a car for the heat of the…

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This year saw Bill Billadeau, rightfully collect the Classic American Car of the Year Heat winner with his 1970 Plymouth GTX. A car that has manifested itsself in many guises, but non better as a stock appearing B-body, congratulations to him and all his hard work. We look forward to welcoming Bill and his beautiful…

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The winner of the fourth heat of the Footman James Car of the Year competition is this magnificent 1968 Buick Electra 225. It’s the kind of all original, time-warp condition car that every classic American fan dreams of acquiring. Belonging to Nigel Perring, the Buick only has around 13,000 miles on the clock and was…

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