Winter 2016

Analogue or Digital I always enjoy reading Jay Lenos article in OCTANE, he may richer than all of us put together but he’s still a petrolhead at heart. He was…

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Autumn 2016

The bodies used to die first – now it’s the brains It never ceases to amaze me that there are two members of the register who, whenever I see them,…

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Summer 2016

Another Key loss It seems that car design is pushing forward relentlessly, and not always for the good of the car. For every car and motorcycle I have owned one…

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Spring 2016

Why? How many times have you gone out for meal in your classic, with a specific establishment in mind, only to drive on to next one because there wasn’t a…

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Winter 2015

Character Cars that have character are often that have faults and the ability to drive round these faults are sometimes what gives cars their character. If we run through the…

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Summer 2015

1970 ‘Z’ Restoration – A CatzEyez View I am a tabby cat, my name is Eric CATona (I was given this name because of my inclination towards violence) , I…

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Spring 2015

Yutaka Katayama b: 15th September 1909 – d: 19th February 2015Aged 105, yep 105! You know well my love for all things Datsun and, in particular the 240Z. With such…

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Winter 2014

The most unreliable part of a Z – Part 2 I referred in the last edition about an unreliable item of the dashboard. The item in question in this articles…

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Autumn 2014

The most unreliable part of a Z (Well nearly) For the purposes of this article we are going to focus on the interior of the Z. I have espoused many…

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Summer 2014

Normal service will resume shortly The good news, we are back in our Bothy! It has been rebuilt, reconnected and re-furnitured and I for one am glad to be out…

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