The End Of The Road, For Now : VSCC Herefordshire Trial
It’s nearly the end of March 2020 and I was planning to be at Goodwood for the Member’s Meeting this coming weekend. A fortnight later we should have been off…
Read moreNew Year – New Venue – Old Cars. VSCC Gathering Ross on Wye.
There’s, a huge Rolls Royce Phantom that looks as if it’s youth was spent on tiger shoots and a 3 wheeler Morgan getting stuck in the mud under a tree.…
Read moreSudden Fascination : 1 – Avions Voisin
Some cars you always liked – maybe those you recall your parents owning , or the one your rich neighbour had in the garage when you were small, or if…
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 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 more30th ANNIVERSARY of SIMON LEWIS TRANSPORT BOOKS
February 25th 2016 sees the 3oth anniversary of our founding. It’s hard to get your head around judging an enterprise in decades (four of them!) rather than years or months.…
Read morePetrol Pumps, Pedal Cars and The World’s Smallest Sidecar : Beaulieu 2015
The thing with Beaulieu Autojumble is you never quite know what you will see. On the surface it all appears much the same year after year (It’s 31 since I…
Read moreMeanwhile, In Central France… Book Hunting In Montmorillon
Montmorillon is to France what Hay-on-Wye is to Britain : Bookshop heaven. An attractive little town on a river in a rural region with more second hand bookshops than you…
Read moreAston Martins, Record Speeds & A Bashed Finger at Shelsley Walsh
The centenary of ASTON MARTIN cars was celebrated at the even older Shelsley Walsh hillclimb over the weekend of August 17-18th. A host of wonderful examples of the marque…
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