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Revive: a range of British, premium detailing products optimised for classic cars (oldtimers), also suitable for modern classics (newtimers) and cherished modern cars (not forgetting bikes too).

03/11/2026

Three on the tree, and steering that is pretty much stock. About six turns where a race car would need one.

At Brands Hatch a marshal came over after a session. He said he'd thoroughly enjoyed watching.

Then he told Derek it looked like a Series 1 Land Rover being driven at high speed.

Full episode on YouTube.

29/10/2026

The original Monstre had a two way radio. A first, from what Derek was told.

It only worked as you went past the pits, mind!

And when they were testing in America, an apprentice lay under this panel with headphones on, radioing temperatures and oil pressure back to the garage, because the driver couldn't hear a thing over the wind noise!

Full episode on YouTube this Sunday!

27/10/2026

Have a guess what the rev counter cost!

Not the whole dashboard. Just that one gauge. Over two thousand dollars - ouch!

So Pat put a post up on a message board. An old gentleman in the States replied: he had one, and they could have it for what he paid for it a long time ago. About two hundred bucks.

When they sent him photos of the build, he said he was honoured to be part of it.

Full episode on YouTube this Sunday!

25/10/2026

Woohoo - off and away! Snapshots of beautiful - and thankfully warm and sunny - Sicily. History, food, w**e and the odd interesting car too..!!

22/10/2026

Drive it there. Race it. Drive it home.

That is how Derek and Pat do it. Across America with a teardrop camper in tow, racing at every stop, the way plenty of people did back in period with a Healey, a TR or a Jag.

At Road America a man walked up and said he wanted to meet the crazy people racing this car. Then he heard the English accents and said, now it all makes sense.

Run what you brung.

Full episode on YouTube.

20/10/2026

Always take a shovel.

Le Mans, 1950. Le Monstre was going well until it spun off into the sand. Some say the brakes. The French say a dog ran out in front of him.

He had been told to carry a shovel. He didn't. Took about half an hour digging it out by hand.

He still clawed back to 11th. On the times he was setting, he would have been fourth or fifth.

One folding army shovel. Half a dozen Le Mans places.

Full episode on YouTube.

17/10/2026

When it turned up at Le Mans in 1950, the French spent a whole day scrutineering it. What have you done? What is this?

Fair question. It runs five carburettors on one V8.

The centre one is the primary, the outer four are secondaries. Very rich on tick over, but as Derek says, it goes okay.

Full episode on YouTube.

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13/10/2026

What a way to close the season! 🏁

Final race weekend of the Porsche Carrera Cup and Sprint Challenge at Brands Hatch, and it delivered.

Huge congratulations to Gabe Fairbrother, crowned Sprint Challenge Clubsport Champion 🏆 His car has been cared for here at Revive all season, and we couldn’t be prouder to have played a small part in that title.

And Sid signed off in style, grabbing a podium with 3rd place in the very last race of the year

Thank you to everyone who followed, cheered and shared along the way. Time to rest the engines (for a little while, anyway)

12/10/2026

Briggs Cunningham wanted to take an American car to Le Mans in 1950.

He wanted a Cadillac in a Ford. Mr Ford said no. And it had to be a production car, nothing made up.

So he took two Cadillacs instead. One was the pretty car, a standard three speed manual. The other was rebodied by Grumman, the aircraft company that built fighter planes.

That one became Le Monstre.

Full episode on YouTube.

07/10/2026

So what actually is Le Monstre?

Underneath that body is a 1950 Cadillac. Short wheelbase, about four inches shorter than the standard car.

And the engine was the first overhead valve V8 ever to go racing. In 1950 that was a big deal.

Derek explains it all in the workshop - it is fascinating stuff!

Watch the full episode on YouTube.

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