Ford Escort Mk II
Advertised in Edinburgh Evening News, September 1987
Tag: cars
STAR GARAGE
I wonder if ‘SPEEDY‘ came from STAR GARAGE?
S P E E D Y
It took me almost a whole day to find SPEEDY, an auld Opel Olympia, rusting in a forest in the Cairngorms. I feel that it is right that I do … Continue reading S P E E D Y
‘Full size family motoring’
Advertised in the Daily Express, 20 January 1964. Our family bought a Morris Traveller [which still had a wooden frame and eventually succumbed to dry rot].
The Dodge Brothers’ Six!
As advertised in the Bridge of Allan Gazette, 16 Nov 1929.
‘The finest small car in the world’
Advertised in The Bystander, 1st April 1931
This road will take you wherever you want to go
A rusting 1938 Opel Olympia, in the middle of a Scottish woodland, was ‘picture of the day’ in the Scotsman, 19 January 2021. I do not know the exact location … Continue reading This road will take you wherever you want to go
T R A V E L L E R
The first family car that my parents had was a Morris Minor Traveller. Here it is, with roof rack, at Drumdruils, Bridge of Allan. In it we took Gustav, who … Continue reading T R A V E L L E R