Was it really 50 years ago?
As we leave 2017 behind, two cars launched 50 years ago in 1967 were unique failures – with much money spent – and little to show, says Dave Moss in the first of two pieces –
1997 and all that 20 years on – Is the wheel turning full circle?
Twenty years ago, two landmark models reached the end of the road but another brand began a new journey, recalls Dave Moss –
The numbers game – looking back to 1997
Twenty years ago new car sales reached a turning points, says Dave Moss –
Fifty years of trials and tribulations in Bristol
From bootmaking to motorbikes, an early car and sixties scooters, Douglas of Bristol is a cosmopolitan story, reveals Davd Moss in the first of a two-part feature –
Cheltenham Douglas – Fortune, but not much fame
Wartime designed vehicle gave rise to Cheltenham specialist vehicle company thriving today, reports Dave Moss –
Bridges of sighs
Arguments about paying to cross Britain’s biggest road bridges have raged for as long as the structures have existed, and nowhere more so than in the Western Group region, says Dave Moss –
Long gone, but never to be forgotten…by some
The next time you turn on your car radio or plug into the AUX port to link mobile phone, spare a thought for an early radio entrepreneur from thewesterngroup area, says Dave Moss –
From wartime secrets to sounds of the sixties
Strange to realise that today’s global in-car entertainment and information industry owes so much to Malmesbury, says Dave Moss –
‘Historics’ changes & MOT Testing
Times they are a changing with possible new concerns for owners of classic vehicles, says Dave Moss –
An electrifying Greek tragedy
Not many automotive tales of international mystery, intrigue and endeavour have strong links to the Western Group area, but here’s one, says Dave Moss –
All things in time
As plans are outlined three months today to discuss a new £1 Billion bypass around Newport in South Wales, archivist Dave Moss looks back 40 years to construction of the current M4 link carved through the town which was planned an incredible 30 years earlier –
The Welsh M1 and what was Britain’s most expensive road
The Port Talbot bypass is 50 years old this month and is the first example in Britain of major new road construction slicing through the heart of an established, intensively built up, heavily populated area, says Dave Moss …. and it was unofficially opened by our chairman –
Concrete thinking from a Welsh grocer’s son
The Welsh contribution to Britain’s motorway age is probably unknown but deserves recognition among the great road builders of the nation, says Dave Moss –
Seasonal musings from a Western Group fireside
As its traditional to reflect on past events at Christmas and New Year, an invitation now to return to long-past schooldays, and the carol Good King Wenceslas, sung with gusto in the school hall and lead by our own Dave Moss –
The end of roads unlimited
A string of serious accidents in fog brought about one of the most signficant pieces of legislation 50 years ago today, although it was supposed to last for just four months, recalls Dave Moss –
Severn crossing really is a bridge of sighs
Western Group historian Dave Moss pulled on his waders and packed a wod of money to pay tolls as he set out to uncover the history spanning the River Severn –
New Alfa Romeo Junior at the NEC Classic Motor Show.
1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R sells at the Iconic Auctioneers NEC Classic Motor Show sale.
1994 Renault Clio Williams sells at the Iconic Auctioneers Classic Motor Show.
1979 Volkswagen Mk1 Golf GTi at the Iconic Auctioneers NEC Classic Motor Show auction