Monthly Archives: October 2012

Back in the 60’s Nick Marro wrote off three Spitfires, the last one in spectacular fashion when on his way home from the watering holes in New York State, a Ford Galaxie barrelled into his lane on the old Vermont … Continue reading →

“The car had been seen off and on from 1977 to 1981 in various open sheds or fully exposed to the weather”  So wrote Dick Sanders in the opening remarks of his monograph on the Westland Aristocrat. This is certainly … Continue reading →

Back at the end of May I took a call from Hemmings asking if they could send their Florida based videographer out to shoot some film (as we used to call it).   I spent all of  Memorial Day weekend … Continue reading →

A screwdriver doesn’t always make a very good lever.  I’m guessing that one might have been used to deaccession this crankshaft pulley from the engine.  Fanbelt life is likely to be affected by its reuse so we’ll track another one … Continue reading →