June 1982 hull city centre, humberside

THE SQUARE, BOURNEMOUTH

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

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

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

For the English leg of this four part roadtrip, we could have planned a picturesque route through the Peak District or across the North York Moors. We could have crossed both the Lake District and the