Old Trafford built model T Ford motors to £13k result in first SWVA sale of year at Poole where market confidence boosting 89% of classics find new homes. £4k Fulvia magnetises much interest and all 5 Minis sell out.

Rover P6 prices are rising, with an exceptional 2000SC model being for sale at £8000.

65 more classics are knocked down to new keepers during ACA’s first Saturday afternoon drive-through sale of the year in King's Lynn where punters pack hall to see  £29k paid for 280SL Merc, ‘Nykilodeon’ hot rod rumble across block to £12k result and disc-braked TR2 fetch more than £14k

• ALTHOUGH McRAE AND SENNA DRIVEN FOCUS AND 6R4 FAIL TO HOOK BUYERS DURING COYS SEASON-OPENER AT NEC, ‘GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS’ MUSTANG FLIES AND THERE WERE BUYERS FOR ALL FOUR ENTRIES IN ALAN MANN RACING TEAM COLOURS
• DRIVE-THROUGH SALES AT KING’S LYNN AND POOLE WILL PROVIDE  NEXT BAROMETER READINGS FOR UK COLLECTOR VEHICLE MARKET

• IN ARIZONA MEANWHILE, US BUYING POWER COULD BE TESTED TO EXHAUSTION BY SIX MEGA-SALES IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK!

A full list of this month's upcoming auctions.

We Brits are a funny breed. So apologies if you’re reading this and not a ‘native’ to our windswept yet sceptred isles. But one of the things that marks out our Bulldog spirit is a fanatical support of the underdog

Do you remember when Alan Partridge uttered the phrase "I'm not driving a Mini Metro "? We've got the story of how Ayrton Senna did that very thing

As Scotland gears up for the start of the Monte Carlo Classic, an ambitious plan has been launched to bring together a Scottish Super Team to win the Rally under the famous Ecurie Ecosse banner.

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Are you a connoisseur? Perhaps a collector? Or maybe your acquisitive nature has, like mine, gone beyond all sanity and reason and now extends to HOARDING?

This ground-breaking Hot-Rod named Nykilodeon starred on the cover of Custom Car in 1973 and brought US-quality construction to the UK

The Cadillac hearse that was used to transport the body of assassinated US president John F Kennedy is being auctioned without reserve on 21 January

MORE CLASSICS SELL AT EEC AUCTIONS DURING 2012 THAN EVER BEFORE. WHILE SALE RATE FROM 15 MORE AUCTIONS REMAINS MUCH THE SAME AT 64%, AVERAGE AUCTION PRICE PER CAR SOLD FALLS BY 5% TO £29,846

FEW PUNTERS BUY ONLY 45% OF BARONS STOCK DURING FINAL CARD OF OLD SEASON AT SANDOWN PARK WHERE GOING WAS HARD

ONCE BERNIE ECCLESTONE OWNED 1937 540K MERC FETCHES £848k AND TEXAN BEATLES FAN PAYS £342k FOR GEORGE HARRISON DB5 DURING COYS MULTI-MILLION POUND CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SPREE 

BARN FIND CONDITION LE MANS AUSTIN-HEALEY 100S PROTOTYPE FETCHES £843k TO ESTABLISH NEW WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR BRITISH MARQUE UNDER BONHAMS GAVEL AT BROOKLANDS WHERE JUST OVER £3m IS SPENT ON 37 CLASSICS IN AN AFTERNOON

A 1989 Mercedes-benz 500 SL R107 with only 900 miles on the clock has been unearthed at marque specialists The SL Shop and is being offered for sale at £50,000. By GREG MACLEMAN