Earlier this year a photo was published in VINTAGE RACECAR magazine . It was taken on the starting grid at Le Mans for the 1996 24 hours race and was…
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Beauty & The Beast : Prescott La Vie en Bleu /Vito en Rosso 2017
Saturday evening. Lazing on the big wide sofa with a pint of real ale, inappropriately grubby rigger boots on my feet , my familiar black Aussie bush hat still on…
Read moreYet Another “Twenty Years Ago Today…” Moment : My Most Costly Mistake.
There are a few moments in life when you can say you reached that fork-in-the-road and the direction you took altered everything afterwards. Twenty years ago today , Easter Monday…
Read moreFrom The Other Side Of The Counter : Race Retro 2017
This edition of the annual historic motorsport celebration was a rare event for me. I was a ‘punter’ rather than a trader and doesn’t it look different from the other…
Read moreGreat Books – Rotten Titles…
How many times have you browsed a shelf of books and groaned at the plethora of generic, unimaginative or rather obscure seeming titles? You know the sort – you generally…
Read moreThe Body Beautiful : Carrozzeria In Books
Have you heard of Carozzeria Boneschi ? Full marks if you have, this is one of the lesser known Italian coachbuilding concerns but it’s got an extensive (and expensive) book…
Read moreTo Use Or Not To Use? Thats is the question. Competeing with Vintage Cars.
Last month I posted a video clip of a vintage Bentley in very spirited action on the VSCC Welsh Trial – and it caused a lot of comment . Comment…
Read moreWhere Have All The Classics Gone In Italy?
In October we took a short family holiday to Rome. Always an ambition. What a city! Bustling, beautiful, exciting…overwhelming! It did not disappoint. We even saw an huge abandoned stock…
Read moreIt Was Twenty Years Ago Today… But Sgt Pepper Had Nothing To Do With It.
Friday evening I was in Tewkesbury at the annual Mop Fair with my family. The ancient town was jammed with people, dazzelingly lit funfair rides and painfully loud music, all…
Read moreBeaulieu 1986 & 2016 : 30 Years And Worlds Apart.
When I was 18 and just starting out as a book seller The Event was Beaulieu. Nothing else came close. Nothing was as important or as influential. You had to…
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