Classic Cars – Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’ Concours d’elegence Goodwood FoS 2014
The Cartier Style et Luxe Concours d’Elegance has established itself as one the many favourite features of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Set on the Cartier Lawn, this event has become […]
American Car Show – Hatton Country World U.K. 22nd June 2014
This was the second time I had attended American Car Show at Hatton Country World, the first time was in 2012. Hatton is only four miles from where we live and I had […]
Jensen Motors – The Contracts
Before I get into the detail of the Jensen Motors Contracts I feel that I should provide a brief history of the company – The development of the Jensen brother’s […]
Jensen Motors – The Interceptor years
Jensen Motors – The Interceptor years The ‘Beginning’, ‘Bespoke’ and ‘Contracts’ posts were certainly all about Alan and Richard Jensen, the cars they designed and built in their pre WWII […]
Jensen Motors – The Beginning
Introduction In 2013 a number of my posts, unexpectedly, featured the Austin Healey 100/3000. The trigger for this was me being provoked into wanting to draw peoples’ attention to the […]
Cars – A Story of the Hudson Motor Company, Detroit, USA
This post has, probably, the strangest origins ever – Pixar’s excellent animation film ‘Cars’. When this film first appeared in 2006 it did not grab my interest, in fact I was slightly alienated […]
Austin Healey 3000 MK.II Restoration
Introduction I was introduced to John Lavill by a friend of mine who lived**very close to John in Halesowen, Worcestershire. One day, in the Spring of 2013, my friend, Brian, […]
Kit Car Show – Donington 2013
Kit Car Show The power of advertising My wife and I only visited this show because I heard it advertised on local radio, proof that it ‘pays to advertise’. I […]
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012
My wife and I visited the Goodwood Festival of Speed for the first time about fifteen years ago. It had already established itself as one of the ‘must go to’ […]
American Car Show – Hatton Country World U.K.
My next door neighbour owns a 1973 Ford Gran Torino car (similar to the one used in the Starsky and Hutch T.V. series). He informed me last week that he […]