It was a glorious day …
Review of Fast Lady in September Issue of Autosport Magazine
Review of Aero Dynamic in August Issue of Octane
Dorothy Levitt Featured in Aspects of Motoring History
Aspects of Motoring History #18 (published June 2022) has a very well researched, and nicely written, article by Angela R. Thompson investigating the relationship between Dorothy Levitt and Selwyn Edge. Aspects is the annual journal of record of The Society of Automotive Historians in Britain.
Fast Lady - out now!
Review of Aero Dynamic in June Issue of Tazio (no. 4)
The 450 Returns to Montlhéry
A dream, years in the making. Congratulations, Olivier.
Saturday 14th May Launch of New Book Aero Dynamic at the BRDC Clubhouse
Aero Dynamic - out now!
We start shipping today (18th May)…
Since we were in the neighbourhood we decided to make a little stop at the famous Oscar Brandstetter Verlag (now Handwerkskammer) in Leipzig.
The Bristol 403: or, Dudley Hobbs Was a Genius
A Day at the Track
Silverstone on a gloriously relaxed and sunny day.
Two Bristol 401 Farina's
The Rétromobile Portfolio
As visitors to the 450 stand at Rétromobile will have seen, we brought a very chic brochure to the show this year to promote the launch of our new book Aero Dynamic. For those of you that haven’t seen it, here is a digital version.
Finishing Touches...
The Famous Circuit de Reims, Then and Now
So, this is the Bristol 450 racer at the 1954 Reims 12hrs. And what a spellbindingly beautiful little car it was. Car No.21 was driven by Mike Keen and Trevor Line, the other pairings that weekend were Wisdom/Fairman in car No.20 and Wilson/Mayers in No.22.
© Peter Mann both images
Bristol had of course won the 2-litre class in 1953, and came close to winning the 1954 event as well. Safety in those days was not what it is today. Here are Jack Fairman’s helmet, goggles and gloves with their original Herbert Johnson & Polaroid boxes (courtesy of Olivier Boré).
This is Reims today:
If you ever find yourself in the area do have a look around. What remains of this classic French circuit oozes history and charm.