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The Holden Vintage & Classic blog has moved!

Posted on July 20, 2012

The Holden Vintage & Classic blog has now moved to a new home but with the same great content. Please update your bookmarks to our new address as no further posts will be added here. Holden Blog now lives at … Continue reading →

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Cholmondeley Pageant of Power – Blog 13

Posted on June 28, 2012

And now for something completely different, well not really that different, in fact reminiscent of the early Goodwood Festival of Speed, but Northern! Set in the green and pleasant parkland of Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley) Castle grounds in the North West … Continue reading →

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Bromyard’s Motor Cycle Club (BMC) Bob Bemand and Holden Vintage visit the 2012 Coupes Moto Legende Dijon. Blog 12

Posted on June 15, 2012

The start of the Bromyard Motorcycle Club’s annual road trip. This year included Bob Bemand’s stag event and a Holden Vintage and Classic exhibition at Coupes Moto Legende Dijon France. 23/05/2012 Richard Leveson – Roger Garness – Stuart Dawson – … Continue reading →

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Holden Vintage – BMC Road Trip to Coupes Moto Legende, Dijon – Blog 11

Posted on May 23, 2012

Mixing business and pleasure? Most people think it’s a good recipe; Holden Vintage and Classic will be doing just that with the Bromyard Motorcycle Club at this year’s Moto Legende.Twenty club members will be travelling with the Holden Belstaff road … Continue reading →

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Caterham V8 – testing and Shelsley Walsh – Blog 10

Posted on May 16, 2012

Having spent the last eight years building a V8 powered Caterham, the moment of truth had finally arrived… Test day! The test track is two hours west of Bromyard, a pleasant and accommodating called Llandow but open to the Atlantic on the Welsh coast between Cardiff … Continue reading →

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Concerns continue about the use of ethanol in petrol….Blog 9

Posted on May 9, 2012

The product ethanol added to petrol may also be called bio-ethanol to link its use with non-fossil derived or renewable bio-fuels. Bio-ethanol has been used at times over the decades, but its recent use is linked to EU directives to … Continue reading →

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Gentlemen, Start your engines……… Blog 8

Posted on April 3, 2012

De-winterising your car. Now that the weather has improved and the salty winter roads are but a distant memory, thoughts are surely turning towards unearthing your cherished classic from its winter hibernation, shaking the cobwebs out and returning it to … Continue reading →

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Goodwood Press Day 2012 – Blog 7

Posted on March 26, 2012

I was lucky enough to take my father to the re opening of the Goodwood circuit in 1998…. and keen enough to get us there at 8am, at the moment Ray Hanna flew his spitfire along the start finish straight, … Continue reading →

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Robertson Square Drive Screws – Blog 5

Posted on March 12, 2012

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Pomeroy Trophy Competition – Celebrating 60 Years

Posted on March 4, 2012

I had wanted to do this peculiar and oddly popular event, held at Silverstone and run by the VSCC for the last 15 years, or more. Since its launch 60 years ago, the “Pom” earned a cult status. Truly a … Continue reading →

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