Motor Vehicles

The Speed Twin 5T was a motorcycle made by Triumph at their Coventry, and later Meriden factories. It was a 500cc OHV vertical twin in a lightweight frame and the first truly successful British parallel twin, setting the standard for many twins to follow. Edward Turner, Triumph’s Chief Designer and Managing Director, launched the Triumph Speed Twin at the 1937 National Motorcycle […]

The Willys MB and the Ford GPW, both formally called the U.S. Army Truck, ​4×4 Command Reconnaissance, commonly known as “the jeep”, were highly successful off-road capable, light, military utility vehicles, built in large numbers to a standardised design, from 1941 to 1945, for the Allied forces during World War II. It became the primary

The Morris 8 was a small family car produced by Morris Motors from 1935 to 1948. It was inspired by the sales popularity of the Ford Model Y, styling of which the “8” closely followed. The car was powered by a Morris UB series 918 cc four-cylinder side-valve engine with three-bearing crankshaft and single SU carburettor with maximum power of 23.5 bhp. The gearbox was a

The famous RT1 Double-Decker Bus is to London bus enthusiasts what the Flying Scotsman is to the world of steam locomotives; The RT1 Type Double Decker was built between 1939 and 1949 and was the forerunner of nearly 7,000 buses of its type which continued to dominate the streets of London right up until the late 1970s.

Probably made even more famous through its ownership by Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, one of the RAF’s Battle of Britain fighter aces during the early years of WW2, the MG T-Type was a series of compact yet speedy, open two-seater sports car, produced by MG from 1936 to 1955. It included within the series the MG TA, MG TB, MG