Spring 1959 faringdon market place, oxfordshire

Road users had best be careful if they don’t want to incur the wrath of that police constable for over-revving their engines

ROMSEY MARKETPLACE, HAMPSHIRE

CITY OF YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.

Some very small cars in the shadow of a very big castle; we take a nostalgic trip to regal Windsor

We’ve landed in North Wales for a bit of car- and train-spotting, where the Griffins and Blue Ovals face a Bavarian interloper