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Porterbrook Donates Power Cars To 125 Group…

Two EMR Class 43s will enter preservation when they are retired from TOC service.

Back To The Start

If you’ve been following the VW scene since ’87-ish and/or recall issue 1 of VolksWorld, this car will need no introduction. However, for the benefit of those that may not recognise this particular rad ride, allow us to introduce Europe’s (first) most beautiful VW….

A Traffic With Pedigree

David Ratcliffe looks at the former Pedigree Petfoods traffic that ran to and from Melton Mowbray.

Out Of Africa

Among the Utes, this '66 Ghia certainly stands out. Having been with the same owner in South Africa for the last 47 years, it’s become a familiar sight on the twisting, mountainous roads of the Lesotho massif

Resurrecting Test Car 2

Having played its part in the acceptance testing and certification of many items of rolling stock, Test Car 2 has been deservedly saved. Dave Bower, who worked on it during the 1980s and 90s, and is now a member of the restoration team at the Great Central Railway, speaks to Christopher Westcott about this historic vehicle.

A Second Chance To See… Class 101 DMUs

Neville Hill visits the Mid-Norfolk Railway to resample a Class 101 DMU, formerly one of Britain’s most numerous and widely used units, and looks back to four notable runs.

Exploring Not Touring

Our time in Australia was coming to a close and selling our van was now at the forefront of our mind

Red Hot And Blue

When Chris Tuckwell bought his Night Blue bus, getting it converted was a bit of a mission, mostly due to two doors and a fridge

Blown Away At Beaulieu

Checking the weather prior to VW T Chill, things looked ominous. A summer gale was on the way and the event was going to be right in the middle of it

Another Place

Mike Trippitt and ‘George’ steal a few of days in the northwest, and discover miles of beaches, mysterious men looking out to sea, a nineteenth century pier and a gem of a museum

Berkeley Castle Festival Of Transport Show

A real A-Z of vehicles in the back garden of Berkeley Castle - and guess what they had for V?

The Benaiah XS

Custom motorcycles are built for many reasons, but the one common denominator is passion. In the case of this Yamaha XS650, two passions came together to create one very special motorcycle

Rhon Racer

When it comes to customising one of the new Indians, there is little doubt that the powerful and lightweight Indian Scout is by far and away the most popular choice for builders, whether they be professional or amateur customisers or even official dealers. Rhönmotor is a motorcycle shop which has on its doorstep some of the best serpentine motorcycling roads in Germany, the perfect playground for a café racer-style Scout…

Project Worldbeater: Part 5

Hell fire, it bloody runs! Not that it hadn’t been a frustrating few weeks, but the bloody thing was running. Hang on though, let’s step back a little...

Mobile Chaos MCC's Rock Night - Valley Of Lune Rugby Club, Lancaster, Lancashire

One of my favourite parts of being a biker is the fact that we are all different and this really is most obvious when we all get together at a rock night. You get the typical biker, then you have the lovely older lady dressed up for a night out in her floral dress and then when you look round the room you see the guy in the shirt with flowers on it chatting to the guy who looks like his cut-off never leaves his back…

Five Years On

We don’t feature too many Jawas in this magazine, yet the little Czech bikes have a lot of customising potential, something which Paul Kuijs from Holland has proved with this motorcycle

Dirt Quake

ARLINGTON STADIUM, HAILSHAM, EAST SUSSEX As you know, here at Casa 100% Towers, we like to look at any event which has promoted itself as alternative and DirtQuake has always been one of our favourites with all sorts of unsuitable contraptions being built for racing on a dirt track

A Dose Of Reality

Evans looks at how electric and autonomous vehicles aren’t necessarily all they’re cracked up to be…

The Lost Cause

Could you believe anyone would give a car such a negative name? No, neither could we, but appropriately enough, it was the moniker given to a…wait for it… Corvair limousine! Richard Heseltine explains all…

Booze Cruisin'

If your wine rack needs stocking up, why use your local off-license when you can get everything you need for half the price in France – and have a bloody good weekend whilst you’re at it!

Winter Hybernation

Winter months are long and gruelling… so how should you take care of your bike?

Streets Ahead

Just when you thought Triumph’s Street Triple couldn’t get any more brilliant, the Hinckley maestros crank it up a notch.

Living With A Bavarian Bullet: Gen 1 S1000RR

I’d heard loads of good things about theS1000RR, so after years and years of Fireblade ownership I decided to make a change and start searching for a Beemer to try.

And Now, The End Is Near…

DORNA MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Ten Minutes With... Alex Lowes

Having recently signed for Kawasaki to partner Jonny Rea in 2020, we caught up with World Superbike front runner Alex Lowes for a good old-fashioned chinwag…

The CCB Mini-Festo

Our team was asked which Mini appeals to them the most and why. We ended up with a shining collection of classics from the 1960s through to the 2000s

Starting Points

Everyone has to start somewhere and you might be surprised how many car companies got their first break with someone else’s design

HSA Apprentices To Rebuild TR2

Heritage Skills Academyapprentices have been given a boost in their bid to become the next generation of historic vehicle engineers, with Cambridge & Counties Bank joining forces with the Bicester Heritage-based facility to support the restoration of a highly significant Triumph TR2.

Jaguar XK8

The Jaguar XK8 was Jaguar’s first V8, and its first new GT in a generation. Sam Skelton outlines how to buy the best

Classic Scenes

This issue of CCB hits the shops almost 30years to the day since the world watched the fall of the Berlin Wall live on television and here we see the scene at Checkpoint Charlie just nine days later.