This is my first ever post on my first ever blog. I’m more familiar with vintage cars than computers! This blog will be about the restoration of various pre-war Riley cars that are currently lying around in my garage & other sheds/hiding places. …. It started like this: I owned the remains of a 1936 Riley Kestrel which I intended using as the basis for a pre-war special for road use and some light competition (Vintage Sports Car Club sprints & hillclimbs). Because I was short of some parts I placed an advertisement in the Riley Register newsletter for “Riley parts wanted”. … I was contacted by a chap in Sommerset who had a collection of parts in a farmers barn gathering dust & rust! To cut a long story short, I bought the entire contents of the barn and now have parts to build more than one Riley special! … More of this later.
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.