James Elliott

Classic and performance car obsessed Editor in Chief of @octane_magazine

[James Elliott @OctaneJames]

@paulpunter @raymasseytweets Hmm, it's not an infallible system then.

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Just taken delivery of this beauty for a few days loan. I'm off to find me some roundabouts...

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Fancy winning a fantastic, £800 1:8 scale Pocher Porsche 917KH model kit? Or the premium collectors’ edition of Brian Long’s brilliant Ultimate Pagoda book worth £200? It couldn’t be easier.
https://t.co/7jobI4ggc2

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McLaren is selling five ex-works Formula 1 cars through Tom Hartley Jnr, from two Senna-tested 1991 MP4/6As to Lando Norris’s 2023 MCL37A, the most modern F1 car yet offered for private ownership. All five come direct from the team.

https://t.co/mJkTOiFPT4

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Flying visit to Classics & Cake at Duke of London in Brentford this morning. Lovely to see some wonderful cars and catch up with some great people.

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@harrismonkey Brush off the race licence and bid to join @harrismonkey and @Missionmotorspt racing at Race of Remembrance 6-8th November
https://t.co/RLJTnesLfr

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The rotary-powered C111 prototype firing up at the opening ceremony of the newly extended Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Stuttgart!

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I’ve had a few t-shirts in my time – I am wearing a rather nice Swell Maps one as I type – but you couldn’t make a 348-page book out of them as you can from Gordon Murray's. Yes, this is an actual thing, £55 from Porter Press International, ISBN 978-1-913089-19-1.

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#thursdayspot

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The commitments you have to make in order to get access to Duke of London's Classics & Cake meets (there's one happening on the Brentford Riviera this Sunday by the way), just went up a level...

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I love browsing auctions like this (who wouldn't want a Ferrari F40 suit carrier and suitcase?), but buried deep in this Ferrari sale is a bunch of Alfa spares and automobilia (240-260) and a load of low-estimate Alfa Romeo cars (lot 440 on). https://t.co/U27v0WczUo

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Policing West Midlands style vs Dubai style. Yes, Dubai Police now has a 920hp, 0 to 100 km/h in 2.7 secs Lamborghini Temerario on the fleet. Needs some roof-lights really.

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One from the archive...
Many years ago (2007, look how slender and hirsute I was) Coys (remember them?) sold a load of movie cars at Blenheim and James Mann photographed the Pink Panther car at Teddington Studios (lovely office but no Grauman's Chinese Theatre). It sold for £71k.

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On the one hand great for enhanced vision at night for classics; on the other I am sick of being blinded by oncoming LED headlamps and think they can be dangerous. There is a bigger safety discussion to be had here. https://t.co/P26LY74vYV

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The shortlists for the 2026 International Historic Motoring Awards, presented by Lockton, have been announced. A total of 400 nominations were considered for the 16 categories.

https://t.co/XyLmNeC59k

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@LUDENClassics Loved mine, though not the fact that it was on Strombergs. You can't really get full-sized people in the back, sadly, but it was perfect for the school-run when the kids were little (though they always preferred the Interceptor).

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@Davi1056009981

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And that's a wrap... last photos from last weekend's Southside Hustle in Wimbledon. The next one is on Sunday 1 November.