London to Brighton by 6hp Dedion. Last year a chap called from Australia touting a 6hp DeDion Bouton that he had found in a barn.  Apparently the car was shipped down under in 1903, hit a stump in about 1910 & was unceremoniously shunted into a barn where it lay undisturbed until recently.  The Australian [...]

I recently bought a delightful Rolls Royce 20hp Barker all weather cabriolet in Dumfries Scotland.  Having parted with my hard earned cash I loaded it upon a trailer & made a slow progress back south to base.  This to me is the best of body configurations allowing for full closed, half open or fully open [...]

Last Wednesday dawned cold & clear.  I had calls to make to photograph cars in places as disparate as Falmouth in Cornwall & Stranraer in Scotland.  Nothing for it but to fire up the trusty Piper Cherokee & triangulate round the country.  The distances involved meant an early start.  As close to 7 hours flight [...]

Last week a customer in Spain called. He had purchased a delightful Mulliner Wraith previously & now wished to trade it against a Silver Cloud II I had in stock. After protracted negotiations involving the two cars, we came to a gentlemens’ agreement over the telephone, & agreed to meet near Santander to do the [...]

A brief report of driving two 1911 cars in the 100 year Alpenfahrt re-enactment. The Osterreichische Alpenfahrt was run during the years 1910 through 1914.  It was a contest & reliability trial covering arduous mountain passes & was open to all motor manufacturers.  Many of the majors participated with illustrious names such as Rolls-Royce, Mercedes, [...]

Late last year I acquired a Rolls Royce Phantom 1.  The Derby built car is really nothing more than a Silver Ghost chassis with a more modern engine mounted in it, but at the time was a quantum leap forward replacing the Ghost engine that had been in production for a couple of decades. The [...]

For our Summer holidays my extended family rented a large farm house in the Dordogne at which we were all to gather.  Having  a Rolls-Royce Phantom V in stock, I thought to myself what better car to take?  We duly fired it up, loaded a 10 day supply of luggage & took the overnight ferry [...]

When I was a young man a few decades ago I was driving one day through Winchester in Hampshire.  As I drove along the road by St Cross I came upon a magnificent blue/black  Phantom 1 Tourer sitting outside a church pressed into wedding duties, chauffeur waiting expectantly at the wheel.  I stopped & mused [...]

Day 1:  Bonners Ferry Idaho to Portland Oregon. Whenever preparing for a trip I experience a growing sense of excitement & expectancy as the departure date draws near. Accordingly, the night prior to my departure I find myself tossing & turning, wide awake at 3 am. Nothing for it but to get up, load the [...]