In 2006, my late father bought a perfectly presentable GAN 5 MG Midget. However, as always happens, he soon started “Improving” things. One thing, that came out of the woodwork and which I couldn’t believe, was that whilst the car had new rear wings, the previous owner hadn’t changed the boot floor extensions. Since these…
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Touring In A Pandemic
The Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020 really messed-up everyone’s plans for everything. It also messed-up many lives with profound and tragic consequences. This blog is in no way intended to diminish the seriousness of the issue. However, extracting whatever limited pleasure was available to Petrolheads through using their beloved cars was one way of offsetting the…
Tim Raymond – Alpi
In 1983 my wife and I lived in Essex and bought a 1965 Sunbeam Alpine Sports car. The car became known as ‘Alpi’ and was our only car for a time. We drove her every day through rain, sleet, and snow. We went all over Europe and when I worked in Central London I drove…
A Classic Motoring Adventure – Lady D Comes Home
I first saw “Lady D”, an Armstrong Siddeley 20/25 Salmons Tickford Cabriolet in a Pre War Car.com ad on the internet, and thought she looked pretty good, but I was mid-way through purchasing a 1930’s Lanchester cabriolet – or so I thought. Frustratingly, that car was sold from under me the day before I was…
January 2021 Round-Up
Good Morning, 2021 hasn’t been the start of the year that many of us had expected. However, we see our customers creating a more positive start to the year. We are guessing with all of the extra time on your hands, many of you are making the most of it and getting those projects finished….
Lockdown Survival Tips
Lockdown survival tips for the motoring enthusiast Self-isolation from the Covid-19 outbreak can lead to all sorts of problems, from the degradation of social skills, to stress on relationships and loss of regime. Follow our handy guide to stay sane during the lockdown. 1. Create art projects. Got a car that looks gorgeous but has…
November Round-Up 2020
Good Morning, We can’t quite believe that December is upon us and what a strange year it has been. Let’s hope that normality resumes for us all in 2021 and we can get our cars out of the garage and back onto the tarmac, whether that be road or track! Despite a second lockdown for…
October Round-Up 2020
Good Morning, Happy Halloween to those of you who choose to celebrate! Either way, we thought it very fitting that these special order Vintage Bucket seats were made for one of our customers this week. We love the colour and look forward to seeing pictures of them fitted in our customer’s car. You can see our full…
September 2020 Round-Up
Good Morning, We hope that you have all been keeping well. The rain has arrived here in Herefordshire and (on a more positive note) so has our stock of the new Long Way Up collection from Belstaff. If you are interested in viewing the collection click here. It has been another busy month here so we…
June Round-Up 2020
We hope that this email finds you well and that you have a relaxing weekend ahead. Those of us in England might even be planning our first trip to the local pub! Thanks to you all we have had a busy June here at HVC and are pleased to announce that as of Monday the…