May 1978

MARLBOROUGH HIGH STREET

THE SQUARE, BOURNEMOUTH

It might be the summer of the Falklands victory and a new surge of optimism for Britain, but it’s business as usual on King Edward Street in Hull

In 1973, the arrival of a new Toyota Crown raised eyebrows in our middle-England cul-de-sac, where most driveways were decorated with conservatively styled British products, plus the occasional Fiat o

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

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