Talbot Tagora
How about something with 4 wheels that you don’t often hear about? Talbot’s forgotten executive car had only a short life from 1980 to 1983 with fewer than 20,000 models ever made. Summary The Talbot Tagora was a large four door saloon aimed at the executive car market, dominated by the like of Ford’s Granada and Rover’s […]
Rover SD1
Even today the Rover SD1 doesn’t look out of place against it’s modern counterparts at it’s launch it was style revolution. Sadly at many of the car rallies I’ve attended SD1’s are a rare visitor. Summary Launched in 1976, development had begun in 1971, when Rover ,who at that time were part of British Leyland, […]
Dennis Loline Bus
Over time we hope that there will be something here for everyone so with that in mind. A post for vintage transport enthusiasts. The Dennis Loline was a low-height double decker bus manufactured by Dennis Specialist Vehicles (another story for another time) between 1958 and 1966. The design was particularly attractive to fleet operators operating bus services where low […]
Raleigh Chopper
If ever there was a cult mode of transport this has to be it. The Raleigh Chopper was the coolest cycle in town for generations. Millions have been sold worldwide, we’re concentrating on the UK. Summary There have been four versions of Chopper, the most recent being this year. Back to the beginning The first […]
Trolleybus
A once popular ‘green’ form of transport you’d have seen trolleybuses in many cities and towns from around the early 1900’s when in many cases they replaced aging tram networks. Trolley buses were seen as a viable alternative as whilst they were powered in a similar way to trams they didn’t need the track infrastructure. […]
MG
Perhaps best known for it’s two seater sports cars 0f the 1970’s, this great British marque started life as far back as 1923. Summary William Morris owned a garage in Longwall Street, London. From here he sold his own brand of Morris cars. In 1921 he appointed car designer Cecil Kimber as the dealership’s sales […]