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The Carchive (In Video!): The 1986 R31 Nissan Skyline
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Welcome once more to that time of the week where we blow the dust off yesterdays memories only to hurriedly find some way of forgetting them again as quickly as possible. Today we’re trying something a little different. The Carchive contains a great many worthless priceless documents which, sadly, don’t translate too well into the…
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The Carchive: '75 Audi 100
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Once again it’s time for us to don our waders and slurp our way through the thick gruesome soup of motoring past in the hope of fishing something of interest from among the putrid, foetid slurry. Welcome back to The Carchive. Today we’re heading back a full forty years to see what Audi were doing…
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The Carchive: TWR JaguarSport in the '80s
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Later today Greg will treat you with news of the latest and most exciting developments on four wheels. But before that, lets take a chance to wallow in the mud of the past My recent encounter with the most sharply clawed Big Cat you could possibly imagine sent me raiding The Carchive for Fast Jag…
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The Carchive: Oldsmobile in 1985
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We’re enjoying a heatwave right now in the UK. After the excitement of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, followed closely by the sheer overwhelmingness of an encounter with a still-active Ford Granada Estate, what better than to sit back and relax in a shady spot with a long, cool, refreshing brochure? The Carchive has been…
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The Carchive: The Skoda 1000MB.
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Libraries are great. Histories and cultures, collected and catalogued for the benefit of mankind. But all too often they have altogether insufficient car content. That’s where The Carchive comes in. I’ve still got Eastern Europe in my mind after my little trip to Slovakia, so let’s finish the week off with a look at a…
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The Carchive: Z20 series Toyota Soarer
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Apropos of absolutely nothing whatsoever, I fancied a look at something a little out of the ordinary from the Orient. I have a particular fascination with certain forbidden fruits enjoyed by the Japanese in their domestic market and after a little rummaging I soon uncovered this document from 1986. It’s one of my favourites. The…
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The Carchive: The 1992 Dodge Collection
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It’s time once again to dive head first into the automotive kitchen dustbin of the past, rummage through the vegetable peelings of time and uncover another lost mouldy potato of history. Welcome back to The Carchive Last time we pondered on the almost unimaginable grandeur and luxury enjoyed by the owner of a Vanden-Plas 1500.…
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The Carchive: 1960 Volkswagen Trucks Lineup
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Yeah, I’m not Chris, and it’s not a brochure for some obscure thing that can’t be purchased here in the 50 States, but I thought you might be interested in seeing my most recent eBay score regardless. I’m a bit nutty for all things oddball and aircooled, so when this came up on my computer…
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The Carchive: The Vanden Plas 1500
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It’s high time we busted out our cagoules and oilskins, left the warmth and cosiness of today’s automotive scene, and exposed ourself to the stormy doldrums of motoring past. Welcome back to The Carchive. On our last visit we admired the marvellous if short lived Caterham 21, and we saw that it was good. Today…
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The Carchive Special Edition: Ferrari 456M
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While I usually mine The Carchive for the old, the unusual or the downright inexcusable, because today is my birthday I’m going for a completely self-indulgent choice, just like I did this time last year with the Maserati Quattroporte Evoluzione. The Ferrari 456 is miles off the Hooniverse radar, really. In terms of significance to…
