Keith Bennett wrote: ↑

22 Jun 2024 09:44

Very pleased to learn that your health is improving and - yes - what dedicated research. Closing date for next FN is next month so do please get in touch with editor Martyn to ensure your story appears in there.

Thanks Keith, I'll send it off to hopefully appear in the next FN!

It turned out Val left the production line at Longbridge with a Black exterior and Horizon Blue interior. A colour scheme which was never made available to customers, either on the Mk1 or Mk2 Do you have the "Post War Baby Austins" book by Barney Sharrett? There's a chapter on paint schemes and col...

The body is still in the original black, and a good portion of the paint appears to be original, but sadly the interior was swapped out for a red one long before I bought her. I'd love to be able to put a Horizon Blue interior back in, return Val to some semblance of how she looked when she was buil...

Hi all! I've been away from the forum for many months due to poor health, but in that time I've been doing some "amateur archaeology" when I've been able, in particular about my beloved A40, Valentina. You might be aware that the British Motor Museum holds the enormous archives of the British Motor ...

Hallo Bart en welkom! (I don't speak Dutch, I just know how to say that! :lol: ) Your A40 looks like it's in beautiful condition and has been well cared for. And it's the same colour as mine, including the white roof and red interior, so I like your A40 already! :D The work you've done looks great a...

Well it was forecast to be a rainy day, but thankfully we only got a few spots of rain in Coventry. That being said, it was chilly and (mostly) overcast on Saturday, and a definitely-smaller number of the public were out and about in Coventry than during last year's meet. Unfortunately, the same was...

A bit of a late post about this, but I haven't been well for a while. Anyway! The Trentham Gardens classic car show happened to fall on my birthday this year, so my dad and I went along in Valentina. More on that (hopefully) in the next FN! But for now, here's a Youtube video from the show, on the c...

Dave the rave wrote: ↑

28 Aug 2023 01:59

Now there’s an idea Maya . There’s only another 3 who could logistically do so with you, from Cannock, Hall Green and Aldridge. ( Others are from Banbury, Redditch and Coventry ). I’ll pass on your email address if that’s ok….

Sure thing!

Keith is absolutely right, the museum itself is a real gem, which is fitting for somewhere with such a vast automotive history as Coventry. It tends to be forgotten that Triumph, Jaguar, Daimler, Hillman, Humber, Singer, Riley, Standard, Armstrong Siddeley, Lea-Francis, and various others, were all ...

You could get in a lot of trouble if anyone notices you're sharing a picture of next year's Williams!

Gorgeous photo though. What times are you getting up Wiscombe in the A40?