The story of an AH 3000 MKIII with the same owner for 48 Years – Part Two
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The story of an AH 3000 MKIII with the same owner for 48 Years – Part One
Introduction This is another transcript (revised) in the Warwickshire County Record Office’s Healey Archive “Oral History” series. As I have mentioned before, the process is for people with connections with […]
BMC & Leyland Show 6th September 2020
I attended this show as a guest of the Historic Marathon Rally Group. The BMC & Leyland Show, held in the grounds of the British Motor Museum at Gaydon, Warwickshire, […]
The Story of an Austin Healey 100 (BN1) “Le Mans” with Nassau Connections
Neil Bacon’s Austin Healy 100 (BN1) “Le Mans” URK 397 Initial Enquiry Neil first contacted me, via a speculative email, in April 2019. In the email, he told me that […]
Sir Stirling Moss – a Healey Friend
It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of Sir Stirling Moss, Britain’s foremost racing car driver (I don’t think that Messrs. Hamilton, Mansell, Stewart, Hill et […]
The Jensen Brothers, their cars and after
I had the pleasure and privilege of working for Jensen Motors Ltd., as a draughtsman, in my early working life. I am probably one of the few people, still around, […]
Scottsdale’s Car Auctions 2020
In September 2017 I was scanning the Jensen Owners Club forum and saw a post from ‘Rocky USA’. What caught my attention was a number of well executed photographs of […]
Healey – The Men and the Machines by John Nikas
The story of Donald Healey, his career in the British Motor Industry, the founding of his eponymous motor company and his outstanding achievements in racing, rallying and record breaking, is […]
Classic Car Show Report- Birmingham NEC November 2019
What follows includes much of what I wrote for the introduction to the 2018 show report. I make no apologies for that because I found myself making the same observations […]
Retro Warwick Classic Car Show 2019
Despite weather that was more typical of April than August there was a good turn out of both cars and visitors to this year’s Retro Warwick Classic Car Show organised […]