Dec
28
What can be seen?
A fantastic ‘new’ photo has emerged on the Isle of Wight heritage page on Facebook taken c1960 outside the Ryde Garage – Downing and Donovan. It is a great photo in its own right because […]
Dec
23
New Triumph Herald Magazine from Practical Classics
From the producers of Practical Classics a new magazine sees a host of previously published Triumph Herald and Vitesse articles compiled together in one feature magazine. VDL634 is in again from the PC article back […]
Nov
16
Original Advert Downing and Donovan
Further findings and this time it is rather brilliant – dates September 3, 1960 this is the advert by Isle of Wight Triumph Dealer Downing and Donovan for their new Triumph Herald Convertible available to […]
Nov
11
VDL634 New Facts
Fab NEW facts unearthed – a bit long winded but some amazing finds. This was a car with a MASSIVE history file and yet you could still find out even more. If you, like me, […]
Nov
2
Meet Rosie
MARIE Smythe should not have worried when a police-man stopped her as she sped along in her bright red open top car — like so many others, he just wanted to admire it. For Marie’s […]
Oct
21
A Mysterious First Owner?
We have a mystery regarding the first ‘owner’ of VDL – a couple of clues suggest Mr Stimson was not the first owner – but the second. The modern V5C’s I have (I have copies […]
Oct
16
Location Map
Location map for VDL634 BETA. You can click on locations for more information and dates. [mappress mapid=”1″ width=“90%” height=”400″ adaptive=“true”]
Oct
15
A church – 1997
These two photos have a date stamped on the back of Jan 18th 1997 – the day the photos were printed. This would put the car in Herne Bay and in the possession of the […]
Oct
10
Downing and Donovan (Ryde Garage)
Downing and Donovan (Ryde Garage) Logo.
Apr
9
No More Tax Discs
No more. The end of an an era and such a shame for owners of classic cars as the old tax discs are really good to save for the history of the car. There are […]
