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 moreFrom The Other Side Of The Counter : Race Retro 2017
Great 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…
Read moreFunny Place For A Chateau…but then again…
It is, with the best will in the world, a slightly bizarre venue for a hilclimb. There’s a 19th century French chateau dominating the landscape but it’s located just outside…
Read moreStuck In The Middle…Shelsley Walsh & Auto Unions
Yes, yes, I know. Dreadful pun. Sorry. Won’t happen again , honest. That’s Hans Joachim Stuck of course. Famous son of famous father, Grand Prix driver, Le Mans winner, Nurburgring…
Read moreAll A Question Of Clouds… Four Motor Sport Events In Spring
We had storm clouds, rain clouds, dust clouds and clouds of tyre smoke. We even had that rarest of happenings, Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb with no clouds at all! Yes Spring…
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