Recalling the rise of the UK and European vehicle industry during the Fifties and Sixties as they recovered from the traumas and devastation of the Second World War.

• Containing a comprehensive glossary of the iconic vehicles produced during these iconic years.
• Profiles of the visionaries that pioneered the UK and European Car industry pre and post war.
• Not to forget a a comprehensive guide on now to acquire, restore and maintain cars produced during the Fifties and Sixties.

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Our very active blog and maintenance websites are designed to provide classic car restorers with an ongoing abundance of aids, suggestions and tips on how to maintain the presence of these great cars well into the 21st century and onwards.

Estimates are that around seventy-five million cars were produced during these years, more than forty million of them during the Sixties. Half of that number came from UK factories, the rest coming from Western Europe, particularly West Germany, France and Italy

Owning a car in the per-war years was a privilege usually reserved for the middle class and upwards, although the increasing prosperity of the Fifties and onwards, owning a private car became increasingly common -thanks to the advent of mass-production, which brought prices down.

Constant advances in technology meant that cars were improving all the time in terms of appearance and performance.

By the beginning of the Sixties, the UK and European car industries were riding on the crest of a wave of success that,at the time, seemed would last forever.

Almost tragically these buoyant times failed to last little more than a decade, and by the Seventies, the UK car industry was mainly in ruin.

The Golden Age for the UK car industry was over almost as soon as it had begun- not due to a lack of demand- which never faltered - but to the complete failure of the UK car giants to keep pace with the strong competition coming from the Far East and Western Europe, while the huge British conglomerates wallowed in a sickbed of sub-standard management and constant labour disputes.

Relative to the millions of cars produced in the UK and Western Europe during the Fifties and Sixties, very few survived, with most of them stored in old buildings and lockups, largely forgotten.

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A UK or European Classic Car of the Fifties or Sixties

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