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Moss Motors and Rimmer Bros Announce Ben Smart as Global CEO
September 25, 2024 Goleta, Calif. & Lincoln, England, September 25, 2024 – Moss Motors (“Moss”) and Rimmer Bros (“Rimmer Bros”), global specialty suppliers of restoration and replacement parts primarily for classic British vehicles, today announced the appointment of Ben Smart as Global Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Smart will oversee the combined operations of Moss…
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Tyee Triumph Club
By Kay Franklin Hailing from Washington State, the Tyee Triumph Club is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, long-time member Kay Franklin shares her experience and perspective on this tight-knit community of classic car owners: A big part of the fun and enjoyment of belonging to the Tyee Triumph Club is…
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The History Of British Racing Green
by Amanda Lundquist Despite being well-known in the classic car community, British Racing Green has a bit of an air of mystery to it. It’s immediately recognizable, and yet many colors bear its name, from the lighter GN. 25 to the deep, almost black tones seen on Jagaurs. There are often jokes on forums wishing…
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Bouncing Across America
by Bruce Porter The Trials of Driving a Morgan That Would Rather Have Stayed Home in Britain The plan was to pick up the brand new 1986 Morgan Plus 8 in San Francisco, where it was imported from the factory in England, and drive it back home to Brooklyn. I’d been warned, of course, that…
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Some More Dos Than Don’ts When Working on Your MGA
by Ned Serleth Perhaps you’ve read my last DIY exposé in Moss Motoring on working on your MGA. Well, let’s ramble on and address another step of the restoration process: body repair, especially those infernal B-posts, sills, and accompanying rocker panels where rust grows like weeds in a garden, causing the body of your MGA…
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Formula Ford Recollections
by Ed Praxel In the 1970s, one of my ambitions was to race a car on as many British race circuits as possible. So, with help from friends and family I set out to do this. A relocation from Panama to the north of England was the first part of accomplishing this quest. The second…
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Time to Rest
by Scott Lehman @bouldersprites Ice encrusts my grill at speed,Kicked up from last night’s snow;The roads are tight,I’m feelin’ right,My grip will not let go. The Sun cuts low across my path,With Earth it doth conspire;To shorten days,And chill the nights,Brings change of least desire. So I accept this might be the night,This season’s last…
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Coming of Age
by Frank Barret Circa 1960 in Hanover, New Hampshire—a lovely small town nestled in the upper Connecticut River Valley and the home of Dartmouth College—there was never a shortage of interesting European sports cars, either in residence or passing through. My older middle brother, an avid reader of Road & Track, would keep an eye…
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Capital Triumph Register
by Matthew McGuire Ironically, my wife and I relocated to London, England, about a year after I acquired a Spitfire, so all the refurbishments I was considering were either on hold or being conducted piecemeal during our occasional visits back stateside. However, whilst abroad, I was still posting photos on the Triumph Experience website of…
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Car Art
Some people want their car to be precicely like it was when it was hastily driven off the factory floor to the transporter. All original, baby. And then there are folks like Steve Homewood who, with precious memories of years of youth spent in Montana and Wyoming, sent cut swaths of leather to the best…