Back to the beginning
An amazing, but frightening sight
Theres no going back now!!
The wheels have turned for the first time for many years!
Perhaps I should buy the speedboat instead?
An unlikely home for pre war Riley`s
When I first bought these Riley projects and spare parts, and collected them from the barn in Somerset, (see my first blog entries), I forgot to take a camera with me. … In order to capture a flavour of the event I took a few photo`s on my mobile phone. I then found that I didn`t have the lead that connects the phone to my computer and couldn`t download the pics! Anyway, I sent them to my daughters phone, she downloaded them and emailed them to me. (Thanks Caz).
While I`m mentioning my daughter, I should also mention my son Stephen. .. He constructed this site for me and explained to me how to use it. (No mean feat considering my total lack of understanding and skills with computers, cameras, phones, etc). … Anyway, he is very good at designing and constructing sites like this, (and bigger and more complex sites of course). … Have a look at his blog titled Tokyo story at www.stephendavidsmith.net
So here are the pictures that should have accompanied my early blog enrties.
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Phil Smith is a vintage car enthusiast with many years experience of owning, restoring and using vintage, PVT and classic cars. A longstanding member of The Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC), The Riley register and The MG Car Club. Makes he has owned include Alvis, Bentley, Lagonda, MG, Talbot and Riley, of course. Now retired, Phil satisfies his 'old motor urges' by competing in the MGCC Luffield Speed series in MG Midgets from the 60's and 70's. This blog will chart his return to vintage/PVT cars.
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May 25th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Looking at your barn find photos brought back such happy memories of scrapyarding with my friend Julian Brownridge in the early sixties. What a time that was! I had a MG KN Magnette and he a Wolseley Hornet Special (still has several!) All bought for between 5 and 75 pounds and in 1966 I bought a beautiful Alvis Speed 20 Vanden Plas coupe in good easily restorable condition, it ran with a s/h cylinder head, for ten pounds. I have had a lifelong interest in old cars and have been lucky to own some lovely examples including Rileys, MG’s, Wolseleys, Alvis, Bristol, Jaguar, Bentley, Rolls Royce. I was chairman of the WHSC and for many years in the tripple M section of the MG Car Club and competed in Historic racing, hill climbs and trials with great enjoyment. Great memories stirred up happy restoring!