KING OF THE ‘DASTLE’ – GEOFFREY RUMBLE AND HIS DASTLE RACING CARS AND TRAILERS
Words by STEVE HOLE Geoffrey Dastle was a very clever engineer. He was actually trained as a heating and air conditioning engineer based around the […]
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REMEMBERING DAVID OGLE, DSC, MBE
WORDS BY STEVE HOLE – PHOTOS – ARCHIVE AND CAROL HARDY This time we take a look at the gifted designer David Ogle who was […]
THE STORY OF THE GRP-BODIED CITROËN BIJOU
WORDS BY STEVE HOLE Not a kitcar of course, the Citroën Bijou was an incredibly low-volume car for a mainstream manufacturer and had a fascinating […]
THE STORY OF SHORROCK SUPERCHARGERS
SHORROCK SUPERCHARGERS – WORDS BY STEVE HOLE Another of the great sixties ‘speed’ companies was Shorrock Superchargers and their products were in great demand to […]
ALLARD'S ALLARDETTE FORD ANGLIA CONVERSION
Many specialist car enthusiasts have high regard for Clapham-based Allard Cars founded and run by Sydney Allard. The company was active between 1945-1966 although the […]
LET THE BUS TAKE THE STRAIN – THE CAREER OF ALAN PONSFORD THE DESIGNER OF THE AVA K1
PHOTOS TO FOLLOW Crikey, if this was Total Bus magazine the name Alan Ponsford would be very familiar to you. Much like the CVs of […]
IN A CLASS OF THEIR OWN – THE STORY OF COSMIC WHEELS & ACCESSORIES
Whenever I used to hear Rodney Trotter say his ironic ‘cosmic’ remark on ‘Only Fools and Horses’ it used to remind me of my dad’s […]
CLASSIC KIT CARS & SPECIALS – GREEN CREDENTIALS – EVERGREEN ROADSTER
A very underrated kitcar that I always felt should have done better was the Evergreen Roadster, marketed by a Cornish classic car restoration company called […]
THE STORY OF THE MAYA GT AND A TRIP TO CAMBER SANDS
George Holmes was a trained agricultural engineer who had been running a grocer’s shop in the Croydon area before moving to Camber Sands, East Sussex. […]
FAST HORSES – THE STORY OF MOTOR RACING STABLES
By STEVE HOLE Actually, there are no, horses here, rather a look at one of the sixties leading racing driver schools, Motor Racing Stables, based […]