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Vintage Thing No.149 - Sprite motorcycles
The children's TV show Rentaghost had a Sprite in it, called Timothy Claypole, but he was nothing like this...I am partial to Villiers two stroke 250s and so is my mate Colyn. When he mentioned he was...
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Vintage Thing 44.2 - Citroen C15D
September 2014 and Mighty Whitey's future hangs in the balanceI still have my aunt's old C15D van, which she christened Mighty Whitey. It's something of a family heirloom having been supplied new to...
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2020 President's Trial
As Stuart and I were not from the same social bubble, we had to wear masks to reduce potential infection. Obviously, this also made us much more aerodynamic. (Photo : Pete Brown)The Camel Vale Motor...
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Vintage Thing No. 150 - Arkley-MG
This is me getting up Simms! With Simon Knight (Photo : Pete Brown)To celebrate one a half tons of Vintage Things, - yes! 150 of them - here is my cheekily little Arkley-MG. It originally started life...
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The 2021 MCC Pop Up Trial
Car 54 where are you? On Chilli Bridge (Photo : Steven Price)The 2021 MCC Pop Up Trial was no push over. Although conditions were uncharacteristically dry for April, there were twelve difficult...
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2021 Presidents Trial
At the start from left to right, 1900cc BMW 316 of Rob and Michael Holden, 2 litre Escort of Ken Bassett and Liam Hartley, Class winning X90 of Simon and Charlotte Lewis and Darren Ruby with Lisa,...
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Vintage Thing No.151 - SS JAG. special
John called his series of specials Spenceley Specials. I really like the play on abbreviations for the SS JAG (SS being the pre-war name for what became Jaguar) but he reckoned it just confused...
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Vintage Thing No.152 - Austin 7 Ulsteroid
Another great photo by Pete Brown. There's an awful lot going on here. Stuart and I are bouncing hard. (Photo : Peter Brown)Regular perusers of my ramblings will already know about my taste for Austin...
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35th Launceston Trial
A sense of occasion at the start after 100 years of motorsport organised by the Launceston and North Cornwall Motor ClubThe Launceston and North Cornwall Motor Club put on another challenging trial...
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Vintage Thing No. 153 - Suzuki X7
If you ride a white bike, people will mistake you for a highway cop - unless it's an X7I have often wondered why I should like the Suzuki X7 as much as I do. It defies logic. There are better bikes....
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The Inaugural John Aley Trial 2021
I think the new white wheels really suit the Candidi Provovatores AllardMy John Aley trial experience began with a rail journey to Andover near where Binky lives. Ever since we broke a perch bolt on...
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The further mechanical adventures of the Candidi Provocatores
In this picture of the Allard in the queue at Warleggan, you can just make out the end of the axle before the end of our John Aley TrialThat last cliffhanger left your brave boys with an immobile...
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Inaugural Heritage Trial
The Gregory Special and Cannon of Ian and Nigel MossThe first ever Heritage Trial took place on the 4thof July this year at Blackmoor Farm, near Woolminstone, south west of Crewkerne in Somerset. This...
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Vintage Thing No.154 - Coates Orthoptera
The Coates Orthoptera just before last year's President's TrialOn the 35th Launceston trial earlier this year, many people were frankly amazed by the performance of Roger Ashby in his Coates...
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2021 Tamar Trial
Rickman Metisee of Rick HowellThis year's Tamar Trial took me to some obscure parts of countryside that were probably familiar to regular competitors. The 2019 event impressed me with the varied...
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2022 Exeter Trial
Team Inappropriate lurk in the hotel car park.Preparations for “Noddy goes trialling again in an Arkley SS" began some months before the 92nd Exeter trial. After the Tamar Trial in October, I had come...
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Vintage Thing No. 156 - Harmes' Bedford YRQ (Podgy's successor)
Here is our old school bus after it had been sold on. Don't those mirrors look small? I found this mage on the net years ago but can't find it anywhere anymore so can't give credit for the source....
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Vintage Thing No.157 - Vat 69
VAT 69 caught my eye in the car park of our hotel after the 2022 Exeter TrialThe 92nd Exeter Trials people's choice for Spirit of the Event went to Hughie Walker and Angus Frost with their Austin 7...
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Vintage Thing No. 158 - Skeetle
It all looks so innocentAt the 1999 MCC Testing Trial, I took these photos of a Skoda convertible with a difference. These are rare cars and getting rarer but this car was unique. It was based on a VW...
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Vintage Thing no.57.1 - Little Jimmy
English by looks but rear-engined in nature (Photo : Grobmotorix archive)When I wrote about Little Jim in my original post, there was a conspicuous gap in the narrative. Some details about the pre-war...
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