A new poll carried out by Duckhams’ valued partners, The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) indicates that interest by the British public in historic cars, motorcycles commercial, vehicles and buses has grown since this audience were last polled in 2016. Then the survey indicated that just over 8 million people had an interest in historic vehicles, but this new survey shows that number has grown to nearly 10 million.

British Racing Motors (BRM) was founded just after the Second World War by Raymond Mays, who had built several hill-climb and road racing cars under the English Racing Automobiles (ERA) brand before the war, and Peter Berthon, a long-time associate of Mays.

A custom-built Mini Cooper S from 1965 that was once owned by Paul McCartney of the Beatles, has sold for what is thought to be a world record breaking $235,500 (around £183,500) at a classic car auction in Illinois, USA. It is understood that the buyer intends to ship the car back to the UK where it can be enjoyed by Beatles fans on home turf once again.

Louise Cook runs with Duckhams stickers on her WRC Ford. She is FIA WRC Production Car Cup Champion 2012 and British Female Rally Champion 2011. At Duckhams, we are great followers of Louise Cook and enjoy her regular updates through these pages. Louise took the risk of driving all the way to Turkey not knowing if she would have the sponsorship to compete, but had to take the opportunity to gain more points after missing out on Rally Finland. The rally had offered a free entry to all competitors, normally near £4,000, so this allowed Louise to enter.

Let’s roll back 50 years to 1968. A plan is being hatched for an epic endurance rally from London to Sydney. A rally that was set to become one of the most famous endurance rallies’ in history and would pave the way for a series of new events. Let’s roll back 50 years to 1968. A plan is being hatched for an epic endurance rally from London to Sydney. A rally that was set to become one of the most famous endurance rallies’ in history and would pave the way for a series of new events.

This year, Jaguar celebrate two big birthdays for some of their most iconic vehicles. Marked by events up and down the country throughout the year, both of the UKs major Jaguar clubs are coming together in Scotland this September for a final flurry of celebrations at the Bo’ness Revival Hillclimb held on the Kinneil Estate over the weekend of 1st-2nd September. We thought in honour of that, we would take a look at the stories and the cars behind two iconic marques and that all used Duckhams oil back in period.