p20200931Europe/London25 20208 Aug 25, 2020
My interest in old vehicles came from watching the London to Brighton Runs that came right past the family home in Crawley. From a very young age I watched all the Runs (cars, commercials and motorcycles) and always wanted to take part one day. I bought my first old...
p20204230Europe/London26 20206 Jun 26, 2020
The early days of The AA were born out of the development of the motor car, or locomotive as they were called in those days, as early as 1896 with the Emancipation Act which allowed locomotives to travel without vehicles being preceded by a man with a red flag at a...
p20203230Europe/London15 20206 Jun 15, 2020
Sunday, 13th November 1927 In 1927, the Daily Sketch decided to organise a ‘Procession of Ancient Motor Cars’ from its offices in Fleet Street, to Olympia. The date scheduled for the event was Sunday, the 16th of October, the first Sunday of the Motor show, and prizes...
p20202029Europe/London11 20202 Feb 11, 2020
This Renault car, built and registered in 1905, is a model VB with Park Phaeton coachwork by Rothschild et Cie of Paris. The engine is a 4 cylinder, 4¼ litre producing 23/25 brake horse power. It has a 3 speed quadrant change gearbox operated by a leather cone clutch....
p20191031Europe/London25 20198 Aug 25, 2019
The Rise and Decline of the De Dion Bouton Company “There is a view that De Dion Bouton was as much an architect of its own demise as it was of its triumphant success some decades earlier.” These words formed part of an introductory paragraph that Bill Boddy wrote for...
p20165430Europe/London25 20166 Jun 25, 2016
The vehicles participating in the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run represent an impressive array of manufacturers, body types, means of propulsion, and country of origin, and yet I suspect that we would all have marvelled at the entries received for the Paris...
