BRITISH CLASSICS

Two decades of British motor shows (1950s and 1960s) can once again be enjoyed in the latest DVDs from Strike Force Entertainment/Cherry Red Records.
British Motor Shows of the 1950s looks back to the period when the British motor industry was highly competitive in the world arena, while British Motor Shows of the 1960s documents how the UK emerged from the austerity of post-war Britain into a new age of expectancy.
Featured are cars such as the Austin A30, Ford Consul, Standard 8, Morris Minor, Ford Anglia, new Mini, Rover Gas Turbine, Ford Zephyr and Zodiac, Triumph Spitfire, Morris 1100, Hillman Imp, MGB, Jensen and many, many more.
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Priced at £11.99 each (plus postage) and can be ordered online at www.cherryred.co.uk/

MATCHBOX NEWBIES

75 of the 100 new models in Mattel’s Matchbox range for 2010 will be released in Europe shortly. Collectors here will soon be able to buy pocket money priced renditions of vehicles such as the Routemaster, Austin Mini Cooper S, Jaguar XK120SE, Caterham Superlight R500 and Lotus Exige from outlets such as Asda and W.H. Smith.

PARIS EXPO

Automedon, the vintage car and motorcycle show, celebrates its 10th anniversary at the Parc des Expositions, Paris over the weekend of October 16/17 this year. Opening hours are 9am to 7pm and 350 exhibitors and more than one hundred car clubs will be present. For more details log on to www.automedon.fr

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You can order from all good book stores quoting (ISBN 9781845842758) or www.veloce.co.uk