Upper Middle Petrol Head:

Would you if you could?  I'm not convinced that it's the, shall we say, most alluring livery I've ever seen on an Aston Martin.  But, then again, I'm not Ted Stourton - artist-in-residence at, and co-owner of - Camelot Castle in Tintagel, Cornwell ( https://tedstourton.com/ ).      Let's just say the car's Fetching , shall we?  And leave its desirability to art collectors and classic car buffs to debate. U M P H Photos by regular correspondent Matt O.

The pristine looking Beetle on the right - shown here at the Lubiana Osteria at Granton, approximately twenty five minutes' drive from Tasmania's capital city of Hobart - goes by the name of Antonia .  She certainly gets around, does Antonia, having also been spotted at the 2019 Picnic at Ross in the north of the state, as well as having made guest appearances at Lake Margaret, Sheffield and Railton.      Antonia's visit to the osteria coincided with an appearance by Nick's work-in-progress XB GS hardtop, which has recently had all its mechanical issues sorted, and has also benefited from a tiny bit of reupholstery.  The driver's seat has come up particularly well.  Some rust remediation and a new paint job is next, with an estimated completion date of some time late in 2019. The images above an below are of Antonia's engine compartment and power-plant - a Formula V race-spec Volksie flat four - and were taken at her recent showing at...