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Clarke Intelligent Battery Charger/ Maintainer 12v/24v (Model IBC40)

Charger has an RRP of £131.98. It can be found in Machine Mart’s UK stores and online at www.machinemart.co.uk

2020 PARIS RÉTROMOBILE

John Bath heads across the channel to discover Gallic delights with an American flavour at this year’s Rétromobile…

1948 Dodge Special Deluxe D25C Four-door Saloon

Vendor: Les Sales, Attleborough, Norfolk Telephone: 07879 483164 Price: £11,750

Yamaha YZF-R1 5VY part 4 How 8 goes into 1!

Poor PB is rueing his choice of track-day steed – but with some patience and research he may just have tracked down some rare parts…

Two-stroke Know How part 1 Two-stroke guru!

We get to meet a two-stroke fan and engineer who rides the bikes he modifies.

Suzuki TS400 Apache part 4 Indian country!

Thanks to the internet Scoop is able to inspect his latest purchase remotely!

Project Triumph Daytona 1200 part 2 Key decisions!

Oh dear! A simple sort out of the mighty 1200cc Daytona has left our Andy B with a big list of things to find and sort! And where are the keys?

Cutting the wire!

When repairing electrical faults or fully rewiring a bike the first thing you will want is a method of cutting the wire and removing the insulation.

‘Goyles' vs ‘Tractors'

While ‘37s’ and ‘31s’ were both powered by English Electric engines, former 1990s Derby Trainman Tim Helme found the ‘Tractors’ much easier to deal with than the ‘Goyles’.

Powerscene

Our authoritative class-by-class review of newsworthy locomotive workings.

Then & Now: Leeds

CLASS 20s have never been very common in Leeds, despite past allocations at sheds in nearby places such as Sheffield and York. So their appearance in the West Yorkshire city has always been an event.

SHEFFIELD 150

Sheffield station has now notched up 150 years of service since it was opened by the Midland Railway in 1870 on the more direct ‘New Road’ from Chesterfield.

Heljan refurbished ‘Fifty'

Twin motors and nearly 2.5kg of weight makes this one of the largest and most powerful ‘O’ gauge models to emerge from Heljan. But how does it measure up?

From coal to nuclear

Built to move coal-carrying containers for Cawoods, the remaining PFA fleet can now be found transporting nuclear materials for Direct Rail Services. David Ratcliffe tells the story of these innovative low-deck wagons.

Bachmann's ‘Baby Sulzer'

Bachmann adds the distinctive Class 24/1 to its ‘OO’ gauge ‘Branchline’ range, a locomotive type that was a development of the first Derby Sulzer Type 2s.

0 to 60! Just how nimble are today's locos and units, and what's the quickest off the mark?

Could a three-car Class 331 claim top spot in our acceleration table? Neville Hill heads north to find out.

VDubs In The Valley

It’s Movie Night at this year’s VDubs In The Valley

Vanwest

For my first real camp out of last year, I headed to Vanwest in the South West.

Niedrig Unten Transporters

The tentacles of influence of The Lowdown Transporter group have long since reached across the channel. Atleast one part of Germany is now under their spell

Long Distance Conversion

Being based in Scotland has many advantages, like having the Highlands right on your doorstep. Of course, there can be disadvantages too, like having to travel hundreds of miles to your convertor of choice…twice

CJL Leisure Vehicles

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focussed on the smallest detail, the mantra of Cye Hayes, the man behind CJL Leisure

High Roller

I’ve seen a few dark wood and luxurious interiors, often in steampunk themed vans, but let me introduce you to dark-toned luxury, on a thoroughly up to date and contemporary scale

Down to the Woods

If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise, especially when you see this high specification 4x4 T6. Assuming, of course, that you can see the wood for the trees…

Camper Mart 2020

While the 2nd of February was a numerical palindrome meaning the numbers read the same back to front, most VW folks didn’t care, as they were going to Telford!

Chasing Lows

If you have a van that’s used for family camping trips, but you like the look of lowered vans, then the best thing your missus can say is “Hydro”

Apocabus

They say that certain insects, fish and plants can survive a nuclear blast, well now there’s something else that can be added to that list

Love and devotion

Bob Nason waited eight years to get the car of his dreams and, 19 years later, he’s still smitten with it...

Tidy-up time

Craig continues his quest to save the modified ZS 120 he told us about in December’s issue of MGE and takes advantage of a break in the weather to focus on its bodywork.

XPress power

MGs on Track regular, Dave Pearce, has a range of MGs at his disposal including this rather special XPower SV-R.

Sparking memories

MGE reader Peter Morrey recalls his very first MG, his family’s experiences of the then-new MGA and advice from a chap with a bit of MG insider knowledge.