Tag: VSCC
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Old Fashioned Fun
The Vintage Sports Car Club New Year Tests took place at Brooklands Museum on 26th January 2025. This rounded off a week of pretty heavy storms for the UK so it was a nice surprise to arrive at the venue with just clouds overhead, although that would change. An entry…
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Happy New Year
Well that’s it. All over for another year, so time to get thinking about the next 12 months. 2025 Anniversaries: A lot of car related milestones coming up, giving me a good excuse to post some car pictures. Jaguar is 75 years old, having changed its name in 1950. The…
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Upcoming Classic Car Events – November 2024
First weekend of November sees the two day Walter Hayes Trophy meeting at Silverstone. A celebration of the original 1600cc Formula Ford series which first appeared in 1967 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_Ford). For me, there’s the monthly Cars and Coffee meet at the Jackson and Phillips garage in Leighton Buzzard on Sunday 2nd…
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“The Fastest Lorry In The World”
This was how Ettore Bugatti described the 3 litre Bentley (although he probably said “Le camion le plus rapide du monde”). When compared to the aesthetic charms of his Type 35, he could have a point. But history shows that the Bentley 3 litre and its siblings, weighing in at around…
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