Kevin, the Ice cream man stopped his van as it headed past us towards the exit. It was something after 6pm on a Sunday evening and raining. Kevin leaned out…
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The Things You See When You Havn’t Got Your Camera…Until Now. Classics On Dash-Cam
In recent weeks I have, for one reason and another, done a lot of travelling between home, in the Forest of Dean, and Cheltenham, 30 or so miles North along…
Read moreThe Longest Day(s) : Le Mans 1996
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…
Read moreBeauty & 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…
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