A couple of months back Dave Flyn, who runs a well-known fit-out company, called me saying “Clear your diary for September 25th”. “Why?” said I. “Factory visit” came the response. We do a fair bit of that in our line of work, so no surprises there then. Something to look […]
Yearly archives: 2015
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Great Leighs is famous for its brand new, state-of-the-art, horse racing venue, but it is also the home of a much older property. It’s the location of St. Anne’s Castle Inn, now just The Castle, which is believed to be the oldest inn in England. As with many ancient buildings, […]
The penultimate gathering of this popular informal mix of classics and exotica saw a lower turnout than usual, but, as the weather, dull at best, improved to a brighter shade of grey, via a light drizzle, so did the attendance. The Porsche fraternity fielded various iterations of their evergreen 911 […]
[youtube=http://youtu.be/qafVryU60cQ] Thursday 18th June and just finished fixing window rubbers and chrome bonnet strips to Bob’s E-type. Time to meet the others at the Holiday Inn in Folkestone. Bob would follow on later when he had installed the interior. The sun was alone in a cloudless sky, so it was […]
A day trip to the Heritage Collection sounded irresistible if, like me, you can’t get enough of car museums. So it was with great anticipation that I set off with our club convoy of Jaguars from Grange Motors in Brentwood in the direction of Warwickshire. Arriving a couple of hours […]
It was 8.15 a.m. on the first Saturday in April when I pulled into the Hare car park and greeted Doug for the first Breakfast Meet of the new season. With grey skies full of foreboding, the scene was clearly set for another bank holiday weekend downpour, but this did not deter a steady […]
The continuing story of a Jaguar Mark 2 3.8 MOD, registration 5949 DD Why a Jaguar Mark 2? Ever since I was a boy I have been car mad. During my later career from 1991, I have been lucky enough to have two XJ6’s, an XJ8, six Jaguar Sovereigns and three Daimler Super V8’s […]
As mentioned at our Club Night in March, the committee proposes to offer the option of collecting annual membership subscriptions by direct debit. Arrangements have been set up with GoCardless, an online direct debit agency and, subject to confirmation at the club’s AGM, will be launched in May. Why direct […]
You know how it is. You’re in the depths of winter; cold, wet, freezing and you need to take that cherished classic out for essential work, MOT or, if you are really keen, just for the fun of it. The day is damp, the rain is falling to Earth in […]
January saw the opening of the first ever London Classic Car Show in the Excel Centre in Docklands. Clearly, as the inaugural show, it was never going to be as large as the national Classic Motor Show each November at the NEC, which regularly attracts over 60,000 visitors; nevertheless some 25,200 […]
This year marks a little-known anniversary: 50 years since the 1964 Road Signs Regulations came into effect, on 1 January 1965, and introduced the standard signage system that we still know and love today. The designs have become classics, much copied or imitated around the world, with their now familiar black images […]
Wishing all our members a happy and prosperous year in 2015, as our club goes from strength to strength. A blue plaque like the one above is being ordered, for display at Langdon Hills Golf and Country Club, the venue for our monthly meetings. photo credit: cocoate.com via photopin cc