Summer 1972

THE SQUARE, BOURNEMOUTH

In February 1948, the Cadillac Series 62 Coupe became the first American car with tailfins, inspired by the Lockheed P38 Lightning aircraft. A decade later, they reached such baroque heights on US car

This photo is 65 years old but a large number of the cars have survived

MARLBOROUGH HIGH STREET

What have I done? I have just spent about six times that which I’ve yet previously spent on a car, on a vehicle that has twice as many cylinders as I’m used to, will consume about double the amount of

A history lesson in Hastings, with a DAF as a bonus