What's New

This is where all the latest listings for the site updates can be found as I post them in decending date order.

06/04/10  Another small London company that I have not heard of before called Lively Motors Ltd added today.

22/03/10  A couple of rare items added today The Berkshire Countyman thanks to Leo Greenaway & an ad for the Wickertrim I have never seen either.

15/03/10  I have added an advert on little known Boormans Performance and some information on Neal Davis Racing.

12/03/10  I have added quite a few period 60's ad's for Various Products in the Ad's section including a section using the fairer sex to help sell your products.

01/03/10  I have added some old Morris Minor Specialist Ad's most of them no longer exsist.

18/02/10  A few adverts from Performance Equipment Company Ltd added, otherwise known as PECO.

11/02/10  A photo of an Aquaplane manifold and twin carbs for a mini added today with thanks to Alan Wright.

10/02/10  I have added some details and information on a Series 11 Minor fitted with the little known Marshall-Nordec Supercharger from 1955.

08/02/10  A 3 page example of tuning the Morris Minor by Yimkin added today.

05/02/10  I have added an article on the Monaro Motors twin carb conversion from 1952 today.

28/01/10  Today I have added a photo of a rare Arden Rocker cover with thanks to Greg at Bromsgrove Engine Service.s

18/01/10  A pair of early Sprinzel inlet manifolds added from my pal Bryn Jones.

13/01/10  A rare restored Aquaplane pre cross-flow cylinder head added today thank's to Joe Allenby-Byrne for the photo's.

10/01/10  Some information about Oselli added today with a few pictures of rocker covers.

17/12/09  I have added a picture of an Aquaplane grill badge today

14/12/09  Today I have added a rare Barwell rocker cover from Peter Morley in Belgium, and some Barwell touring car entries and results from 1959 to 1964 and my thanks go to Frank de Jong from the Netherlands for this little known information.

03/12/09  I have added four Alexander brochures today with thanks to Bernard Tyrrell for the information.

28/11/09  Some details added for the earlier years of Super Accessories as they started off in car building and not just the accessories catalogues that most of us remember from the 60's magazines, also thanks to Rob Daniels for the shop front photo and some of the information.

26/11/09  An Aquaplane rocker cover added today thank's to Joe Allenby-Byrne.

23/11/09  My thanks to Keith Luck for the photo's of the Shorrock Manifold and brochure cover added today.

22/11/09  A company I have not come across before W.A.T.S. Co.Ltd. has been added today.

21/11/09  I have added some more to the early history of Yimkin along with some early adverts and a bill & photo of a 1961 converted car that belonged to the late Fred Scatley, and also a photo of a rare Yimkin built Formula Junior car that was taken by Barry Boor at the 2006 Goodwood Revival.

18/11/09  Today I have added a recent photo taken by Michele Page in Katmandu on the home page.

15/11/09  A new still boxed set of 150 Stomberg carbs on Alexander manifold added today.

14/11/09  A rare Speedwell instrument display added today.

08/11/09  I have started to add some of the early history of Yimkin today.

07/11/09  Today I have added an article on the Miller Minor This car was originally tested in Motor magazine in 1973 with a top speed of 105 mph & 0-60 of 8.4 seconds and was built by David Miller who was an ex emplyee of Downton before setting up on his own at Border Garage in the New Forest.

05/11/09  I have started to put some details on Downton including a magazine article and how the first A series car they improved was a Morris Minor.

07/10/09  Today I have added the Gemini MK11 to the engine list and also to the Speedwell page as its powered by a Speedwell engine & transmission with thanks to Roger Herrick for cars pictures, I have also added an usused Moggie Bodyshell photo's with receipts in 1973-74 from Ed Stancliffe in the Ads page.

04/10/09  Today a couple more cars in the Unusual section with another of Randolph's creations & possibly the ultimate Traveller from Ian Dent-Willoughby.

26/09/09  I have added a some information on John Sprinzel with thanks to the Brad Ward collection for the photo's.

22/09/09  Today I have added a flyer for the Alexander extended Boot Conversion.

19/09/09  A couple of images of BMC Competitions Vehicles added along with a link to some more and some other Special Tuning Brochure details.

17/09/09  I have added a few more companies that I have no details off in the bottom list of the companies page.

15/09/09  Thanks to Phil Plumbe for pointing me in the direction of the BMC Mini tractor powered by a 948cc 'A' series engine to add to the list.

13/09/09  Today I have added single and twin carb manifolds from little known company Lynx from Australia thanks to Phil Plumbe and John Lindsay.

10/09/09  I have added a magazine article from 1960 along with a picture of the Speedwell Streamliner on the North Circular Road in NW London.

05/09/09  I have had a small reshuffle and moved the links in with Ad's section and started a new section for the more Unusual cars.

02/09/09 Today I have updated the Monaro Motors section including information on the designer of the Twin Carb Conversions Peter Manton, and my thanks go to miniexperience for many of the details.

28/08/09  I have made a start on the BMC Competitions and Special Tuning section.

21/08/09  Some more details added to the Weslake page showing the original style 2 tier cylinder head.

19/08/09  I have added some information on JLH Motorsport today.

16/08/09  I have added a few more images to Les Lestons pages today including a photo of one of his display stands selling his products, I have also added a couple of photo's of an `A` series engine in a marine application somethimg I had not seen before, thanks to Michael John York.

15/08/09  Thanks to Roy for pointing out 2 cars missing from the what cars used the 'A' series engine list, the MG Metro's of course.

14/08/09  I have added a couple of pictures of Roy Allingham in the Moggies in Action section today.

12/08/09  A few details on Barwell Motors has been added today.

02/08/09  Today I have added some details on Weslake's and the 8 port cylinder head conversion.

31/07/09  I have added some interesting details on the Speedwell Streamliner today and its world record attempt and who the actual driver was.

26/07/09  Some details on Arden conversions added today.

22/07/09  On the home page I have added a list of cars that used the 'A' series engine and a few more photo's.

21/07/09  I have started to put a bit of detail on Les Leston today and thanks to Bryn Jones for the advert & article.

16/07/09  Today I have started to put some information and photo's in the Shorrock section and my thanks go to Ian Bishop for much of the information, detail and photo's.

12/07/09  Thanks to Dean Cocks I have been able to add some Janspeed catalogue covers and some of the details to the Janspeed section today, and thanks to Chris G for the early manifold.

08/07/09  An Australian enthusiast has kindly sent me some photo's of some original Monaro Motors Manifolds and carbs which I have added today.

06.07.09  I have put some link`s to YouTube Video's that are in the Moggies In Action section, including some from the National Rally at Sparkford last month, and I have also added a link to some Resting Moggies at the end of the Who Am I section.

04.07.09  I have added some more images in the Moggies in Action section including some from the National Rally at Sparkford Somerset last weekend and I have changed the main layout to a slideshow.

01.07.09  I have added some pictures into the Moggies in Action section.

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