The National Motor Museum Trust

The Motoring Research Service often receives requests to assist with finding the history of individual vehicles. In the vast majority of cases it is very unlikely that we will be able to help. Unless...

Some recent enquiries have reminded me just how wide the subject area covered by the National Motor Museum’s Reference Library really is. Naturally cars feature prominently with good coverage...

On hearing the phrase ‘Caravan Club Road Rally’ the uninitiated might assume, as I did, that this refers to a group of caravan owners meeting up for the weekend somewhere. The truth, as I...

The early years of motoring continue to fascinate historians, car enthusiasts and anyone with an interest in our industrial heritage. The pioneering days of the 1890s and 1900s are now well beyond...

A glance at the programme of events scheduled to take place at the National Motor Museum this year will reveal the Steam Revival over the weekend of 5 and 6 June. This harks back to the 1960s when...

The current issue of The Automobile (November 2009) has an interesting article, written by former National Motor Museum Director Michael Ware, about a Ford Model T railcar conversion. The car in...

Having said that I would be posting some interesting snippets here on the blog, I was starting to worry that the supply of such snippets might suddenly dry up before I had a chance to start. I...

Today sees the launch of the Trust's new website and this new blog. It will provide me with a chance to share some of the interesting motoring snippets that come across my desk in the course of my...