UK’s rarest cars: the Citroen Ami 6, defining French weirdness for 60 years
Nothing looks quite this small family car that debuted in April 1961. This one was imported – it’s thought that no UK-spec examples survive
24 April 2021 • 4:27pm
Under the distinctive bodywork, the Ami had tried and tested mechanicals from the more famous 2CV, which seems conventional in comparison
Sixty years ago today, Citroën unveiled a car intended to bridge the gap between the 2CV and the ID/DS range. Some enthusiasts applauded the distinctive lines of the new Ami 6 Berline – others thought it had escaped from a low-budget sciencen fiction epic. Indeed, David Scarff’s 1964 example featured here could never be confused with any other vehicle.
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HILLMAN IMP AND SINGER CHAMOIS CARS AWAITING SHIPMENT AT ROOTES , SCOTLAND LIMITED , LINWOOD , PAISLEY .February 1965 Pic: Herald and Times DRIVING tests – or the lack of them, thanks to the pandemic – are in the news this week. It prompted Times Past regular Dan Harris to get in touch with two fantastic tales about his own attempt to get a driving licence back in the 1950s. They are bound to strike a chord with our readers – as are our photos from the days of Rootes car factory at Linwood and its Hillman Imps and Minxes. Please get in touch to share your memories too, we’d love to hear them.
5 Apr 2021
Ian Lamming roars with approval after driving the latest Peugeot 2008
LET’S talk about features but only in the loosest of senses because life is too short to go into that much detail.
Take the ‘standard features’ of the brand new Peugeot 2008, for instance, but again only in the loosest sense as the list runs to 110 items.
By contrast, the optional extras list, which pushes up the price of this GT Premium from £30,930 to £32,095, contains just two items, bizarrely, the metallic paint – no I’d rather have mine in bare metal please – and upgraded hi-fi, which does sound rather good by the way.
The Bristol psychic detective who helps police solve murders
Mike Baker and his spirit guide helped police solve serious crimes for decades
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Psychic detective Mike Baker (Image: Mike Baker)
When Mike Baker became part of a meditation circle as a young man, little did he think that years later he’d be using his psychic skills to help police solve murders.
Mike, now 78, has used his unusual talent, nurtured by his parents, to help police as a psychic advisor in their investigations to solve some of the country’s most serious crimes.
Mike’s early links with the spiritual world came when he was part of a meditation circle run by his parents at their home in south Bristol each week.
Murilee Martin
If you re familiar with the logos for Shell, Exxon or the United States Coast Guard and Postal Service, not to mention the layout of the interior of the Concorde and Skylab, you ve seen the work of French-American designer Raymond Loewy. It goes without saying that Loewy designed vehicles, including the Studebaker Avanti, Sunbeam Alpine, Hillman Minx, and Greyhound Scenicruiser. When I learned that my most recent old camera acquisition a 1954 Ansco Anscoflex II was a Loewy design, I decided it would be best for everyone if I took it to photograph a discarded Loewy-designed 1955 Studebaker Commander in a nearby junkyard.