Best known for his enduring speed, outstanding racing history and cheery outlook Barrie ‘Whizzo’ William’s legacy lives on in Bromyard. With a racing career that spanned almost 60 years, we remember Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams fondly in Bromyard for his racing achievements and for being an all-around, terrific guy, for making time for a chat with…
Making business better with Retro Classic Cars
We are delighted to announce that as of the 1st of May Holden Vintage & Classic Ltd will be joining forces with Retro Classic Car Parts brand. Colin Beever, (previously the Retro Classic Car Parts Director), will be joining our team as ‘Lucas Specialist’, where he will provide his expertise in the technological side of…
Classic Car Clubs in the UK
If you’ve been looking for a place of mutual interest to share banter, petrol talk and discuss a few of your favourite vintage or classic car moments, you might find it in this list of car club and forum links below. Happy browsing. If you think we’ve missed any please let us know! Abarth Owners…
Re-enacting ‘The Italian Job’
Bromyard Speed Festival 2019 is to re-enact the 1969 film ‘The Italian Job’. The popular Speed Festival returns to the streets of Bromyard on Sunday 7 April and for the fourth year running Holden Vintage & Classic are a proud sponsor of the event. This year’s theme is the 60’s with over 100 cars and…
National Women’s day
Our inspiration for the National Women’s day is Pat Moss. Sister of Sterling Moss, Pat got her first professional drive with MG in 1955 and went on to finish third best woman in the RAC rally at the wheel of an MG TF. Three years later, driving a Morris Minor, she finished fourth overall in…
It’s Here!
We are proud to announce the launch of our newly redesigned website www.holden.co.uk. We have redesigned it with you in mind, bringing a variety of new features and streamlining menus and simplifying navigation to make browsing, purchasing and searching for a product much more accessible. The new search bar, allows you to find what you are…
A look back at 2018 and to the Future
We hope this post finds you well and that you’ve had an excellent year. We feel this year has been the most diverse in the whole of Holden Vintage & Classic’s 30-year history. It’s been an exhilarating and challenging year, one which we’ve made the best of ‘Against All Odds’! We started the year with…
Rally Round Africa: Victoria writes (Part 1)
Jeremy and I met with Kim and Nikki Bannister in a pub in the Cotswolds to try and teach me how to hold a tulip map the right way up and how to press buttons on a stopwatch. They certainly got me looking efficient and Jeremy had the fun job of driving the Boxster through…
Rally Round Africa: Victoria writes (Part 2)
Umhlanga to Umngaz Super organised Charlotte, had organised for the brakes parts and a new cable for the Guage Pilot to be sent to the Oyster Box, so we were really looking forward to continuing in a “relatively” normal way – and for me to do some of the driving – but “this is Africa”…
Charging Bullet Update: Mission Complete
Well done to Fred and Finn, who finished their Land’s End to John o’Groats run on the all electric ‘Charging Bullet’ (www.charging-bullet.co.uk) just last week. They send their thanks to anyone who helped fund the expedition through their crowdfunding campaign, you should have been receiving detailed updates as the adventure progressed but for anyone who…