Did you know that the car chase scenes inside the sewers in the 1969 classic movie, ‘The Italian Job’ were NOT shot in Italy? They were filmed here in Coventry.
BP and Shell were one, once.
Triumph once produced cars
Looks like the Jag design hasn’t changed much from the earlier models
The Thrust2. It held the World record for fastest Land Speed Record held the world between 1983 and 1997.
I was surprised at the number of car brands that once came out of Coventry. This include Alvis, Calcott, Daimler, Jaguar, Lea Francis, Humber, Hillman, Sunbeam, Standard, Swift and Triumph.
Out of all, only Jaguar remains and is still producing cars here.
Barbie’s Jaguar.
A day out a long time ago.
The Lotus concept car. Designed by a Coventry University student.
Jaguar concept.
Classic motorbikes.
The Penny Farthing bike. It must have taken an effort to climb this bike even before riding it.
Do you recognise this futuristic looking car with a stainless steel body. Unfortunately it didn’t sell and the company went bust.
Coventry was once the home of many famous car manufacturers and I have always wanted to visit the Coventry Transport Museum. Unfortunately, my wife is not that keen on classic cars. I finally got the opportunity to visit the museum when my father-in-law (who’s happens to be another car enthusiast) came to visit us.
The museum is situated in Millennium Place, Hales street CV1 1PN, just opposite the Pool Meadow Bus Station.
It was really interesting. Unlike other museums, entry is totally free and you are allowed to take photographs. Isn’t that great.
I know that Jay Leno is the host of NBC television’s long-running talk show “The Tonight Show”.
However, I didn’t know that he’s an avid collector of vehicles. He’s actually more than a just a collector. He writes a regular column in the American automotive magazine - Popular Mechanics and he also restores classic cars. He has 84 cars. Yes! that’s correct, 84 cars at last count plus 73 motorcycles.
Leno keeps his cars in his “Big Dog Garage” located in a Burbank industrial park, Southern California. It is spread across two low-slung buildings and covers about 17,000 square feet.
Check out footage of some rare cars and motorcycles owned by Jay Leno in the NBC site Jay Leno’s Garage. The site also has some how-to videos for tweaking your car. Four new videos go up every week.
The latest includes a video of Jay’s Monteverdi High Speed 375, a how-to about stopping Corvettes from overheating from fan blockage, footage of Jay’s head mechanic working on the engine of his 1924 Ace Motorcycle and a video extra of the garage’s eco-friendly ultrasonic engine part cleaner.
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