On the 23rd March 1914 ‘The Light car and Cyclecar’ magazine reported on an extensive 4 day trial in a 9hp Morgan Adler Carette. Their test covered 452 miles, where they achieving 38 mpg with a maximum speed of 50 mph. They describe the car as ‘one of the most refined light cars at present on the market’. They ...
This 12/60 TL Beetleback is one of few surviving examples still carrying its original Carbodies body—many examples have been fitted with replica coachwork. The body has recently been stripped to bare metal and repainted in cellulose and new wings have been made, correctly in steel, and to the original pattern. The ...
Brian Frank in purchased this 1935 Riley Monaco circa 1990. The last but one owner informed me that Mr Frank was a well-respected restorer of Vintage motorcycles, and this Monaco was his final accomplishment before he passed away some two years after completion. Upon finishing the car he used it extensively travelling ...
Riley produced about 500 of these stylish roadsters, and only about 100 were in right hand drive form for the home market. The car was based around the RM 2.5 litre big four engine, giving ample performance, a capacious cockpit and plenty of room in the boot for suitcases and other large items. The previous owner bought ...
When it comes to any special, whether it be a historically important one with Brooklands history or something a little more contemporary as in this case, it’s often important to find more about the man who conceived and importantly built it! That man was the late Lt. Cdr Robin Everall (1945-2013), a decorated retired ...
CS1212 was registered on the 22nd December 1934 at the time of writing I have no real information on CS1212’s early history. Contemporary history starts 21st April 2008 Bonham’s auctions sales catalogue where they state that CS1212 had been stored for 40 years prior to the auction. The photos in that sales catalogue ...
Michael Worthington-Williams starts the current chapter of the life of this rare W Type Lea Francis. The latest chapter begins in the “Finds and Discoveries” section of the July 2005 copy of ‘The Automobile Magazine’. He writes: UW7619 was purchased in 1959 by the Borg family to be used by Mrs Shirley Borg for ...
Offered from long-term single-family ownership, the first family member being Mr Leslie Lansdowne, who acquired WV310 from Skurrays of Swindon in 1932. Ownership continued until his death in 1975. MOT’s confirm WV301 was still in regular use at this time. Leslie bequeathed WV301 to his niece, Marion Campbell of Lincoln ...
The MG Q type came into production in 1934, with a total of 8 cars being produced by the Abingdon factory. It was then the fastest MG 4 cylinder car produced up to that time. It was built for racing and campaigned by a few privileged privateers including the Evans brothers and sister owners of the famous Wandsworth Bellevue ...
Offered on the open market for the first time in over 50 years. CTU892 a Cheshire registered car was dispatched to Henleys of Manchester from Alvis on the 16th June 1936 with the guarantee card being written on the 18th June of that same year. The proud first owner was Nathaniel Greening of Frodsham Cheshire and understood ...
Most customers purchased their T21 cars in kit for home assembly, thereby saving on purchase tax. Although intended for road use, the Cooper-MG was raced extensively by enthusiastic owners and also by the works, the car's first win coming at Goodwood in the final members' meeting of the 1950 season, fittingly with John ...
