Classic Car Adventures

One of the big local early-season events for classic car fans is the Vancouver All British Field Meet. This annual celebration of the British motorcar and motorbike is the largest of its kind in Western Canada, with more than 5,000 attendees and 600 vehicles displayed at the beautiful VanDusen Gardens on Saturday May 22. Hagerty Insurance will also be hosting a series of seminars called “Cars That Matter”.

Bought for $500, the dash and seats weren’t cracked–only the gas tank. Spring Thaw participant, John Chattin-McNichols found himself a craigslist bargain in this 1967 Volvo 144S.

As an organizer of the Spring Thaw, the days of planning, preparing, and participating merge together into one blur and my experience becomes very different from a participant’s. There are moments over the three days, however, that make me realize why I love classic cars and why its important for people to get out and drive them.

A rare bird, the Dove looks like the Triumph equivalent of an MGB GT, except it predated the latter by two years.

Have you ever considered how your classic was transported around the world or across the ocean? Before containers and roll on/roll off shipping, cars were often protected by wooden crates.

Bill Lockwood photographs this early Ferrari 212 racecar 0086E being restored to exacting specifications in Vermont.

Directed by Claude Lelouch of Un Rendezvous infamy, the quirky French film, Un Homme et Un Femme, features great cars and driving scenes that will appeal to all classic car fans.