The first B&Q store, in Portswood, Southampton housed in an old picture-house. Named after Block & Quayle, the two founders.
"B" in the Greek alphabet is of course "Beta". The other car is a Quapri.

None of my insurance has gone up more than 5/6 percent, across Adrian Flux, some bunch up in Watford that Mrs Rocker has always used nor Peter James on the Morrises. I auto-renew as well, I can guarantee I would have ended up paying more on at least one of those policies had I shopped around as all ...

In complete contrast, I just walked past our local Co Op Funeral Director and they have their latest acquisition outside (or maybe a demo, I dunno). Stretched "Mustang" badged Mach E SUV thing, I take it perpetrated by Coleman-Milne. Too bleedin ugly to take a picture of and in fact I had ...

Panther Rio....Dollop-of-shite in a party frock with Granny's eyes. Nice to see, though, I don't think I've clapped eyes on one since the 1975 Motor Show.

Bloody hell!

Serendipity indeed....I usually find stuff like that after I have paid retail for it.

Indeed it does.

I was like that until I got a tape dispenser. Having a 3lb weight on the end of the tape also dissuades me from hurling it at the sideboard.

Always feel that P5s are something to be enjoyed from afar. Lovely old things but not for me. A mate, whose credentials with old motors pre-date mine - when I was swanning about in Mk2 Grannies in the 90s he was commuting in a Mk1 Consul - ended up with a nice but utterly doomed 3 Litre Coupe. It ne...

That Hereford Coupe is superb! Austin really did have some line-up throughout the 1940s, in complete contrast to the likes of Rover and Standard with their one model policies - even Ford, Morris and Vauxhall only fielded offerings in two sectors of the market. Admittedly, Morris had a bigger version...