Coventry-built Cars

well spotted that man haha spilling was never my strong point

I went to the Festival of Motoring on Saturday and stumbled on this new 'Coventry' beauty - the David Brown Speedback - built on the current XJ. Yours sir for £495,000. It was actually shown by Premier Group Engineering who do the Bodywork - as a Coventry lad it was terrific to see a new Coventry built car built by Coventry skilled engineers once more. And the lads on the stand were superb - no fenced off roping - they showed me all around the car and let me sit in and fire up! Probably the most expensive vehicle I've sat in and it was sat on its own in the corner of 'shed' - one of only a handful of finished vehicles in the world! How brilliant to see we can still 'turn 'um out'

Wow Neil, thanks for the pics, I'm amazed that they let anyone near it! It looks very much like the Aston doesn't it, and, very strange coincidence (I think I'm right in saying) that the owner of the company is also called David Brown! Did you order one?

Great photos, Neil

Was great to see. Crazy money really Tony but there's always someone with a wallet large enough who wants something different without a thought to the cost. The fit and finish was superb but the real joy for me was talking to the Premier lads who were all ex-other car manufacturer trained and were all chuffed to bits that its a bit of Coventry engineering once more. The DB link is a complete coincidence though he is trying his best to deny its a complete DB5 copy More info here.

Coventry was well represented at our local Classic Car Show on Sunday, as this selection of photos will show - enjoy 1928 Alvis 12/50 TG Two-Seater Tourer 1930 Lea-Francis P Type Two-Seater 1938 Riley Sprite 1496cc 1948 Triumph Roadster 1.8ltr 1953 Armstrong-Siddeley Hurricane 1957 Jaguar XK150SE 3.4ltr Coupé

Had a lovely day at a car show at Middleton Hall near Tamworth. Spotted this Singer Nine, kept on the road by this lovely 80 year old lady.

Delightful visit to the latest Sunday Scramble at Bicester Heritage - Coventry, of course, extremely well represented amongst the cars on show [click on the link for the full photo gallery!] Here are four Coventry-built vehicles 1935 Alvis Speed 20 1935 Triumph Gloria Southern Cross 6 Cylinder 1936 Riley Sprite Sports 1958 Jaguar XK150 Drop Head Coupe

A "Coventry Cracker" from yesterday's Sunday Scramble at Bicester Heritage - this 1920s Alvis 12/50 Ducksback 2 Seater Tourer

Another, amongst the shadows - 1927 Humber 9/20

I don't know if this is of any interest (Mods feel free to delete if it isn't) but I remember seeing this local designed and built car featured in the CET in the early 70s. Voodoo

I was there as well Cliff, not in the Riley but in my MGB, and that was cold enough

Yes, it was cccccccold, and the low sun and long shadows didn't help the photos My images from a short stay can be seen here