Terry Peddicord: A native of Ojai, California, Terry grew up in Santa Barbara, attending local schools. After attending SBCC, he entered a mechanical engineering program at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Terry’s father was a restorer of Model A Fords, as well as an all-around car and motorcycle buff, so Terry acquired a fascination for…
From Moss Motoring 1985 by Lawrie Alexander The double overhead camshaft engine fitted to the MGA Twin-Cam models was known as much for its notorious unreliability as for its 108 bhp output. Clearly, this head design extracts more power from a given displacement and some manufacturers achieved solid commercial success with it (Alfa Romeo, Fiat,…
From Moss Motoring 1985 Moss’s Rockaway New Jersey facility played host to the first and second Marque Days of 1985. The first, co-hosted on March 23rd by the New Jersey MG T Register attracted approximately three hundred enthusiasts who enjoyed free Moss catalogs, our special free shipping and the ten percent discount at our sales…
From Moss Motoring 1985 Most of us are all too familiar with our exhaust system. For the most part, they are out of sight, but not out of earshot. They hang tenuously under the car, rusting away, eating holes in your parts budget. Replacement is a regular, costly job not on anyone’s list of ‘fun…
From Moss Motoring 1985 Photographing our cars and the people who enjoy them is a big part of everyone’s involvement with the British Car. There are as many cameras as there are cars at most events. Camera toting enthusiasts are after the ‘special’ shot or the specific detail shots needed to finish a restoration accurately….
In every facet of life we have legends, men whose deeds and accomplishments put them out in front In music or art. It seems you have to die to become a legend in sports you can be a legend and be forgotten in the same decade. But in the world of automobiles there are some…
From Moss Motoring 1986 By Robert Goldman Racing in the streets. My images of sports car racing come from picture books and tales recounted by the likes of my father. November 29 to December 1, 1985 the images become real at the Springs Vintage Grand Prix. The cars, now pampered collectors items, returned to do…
The Big Healeys…the name of a book (Moss No. 213-000) and a phrase spoken with reverence by all who love the cars that evolved from Donald Healey’s genius. They were big, in value performance and in the impact they had on the sports car marketplace between 1953 and 1967. The enthusiasm that follows them today…
From Moss Motoring 1986 When Al Moss started Moss Motors in 1948 he catered to British sports cars. Of course, at that time, beyond the MGTC the selection was limited but Moss equaled British and that’s all he worked on in 1986, Moss still equals British. Now even more so. What has changed in 38…
From Moss Motoring 1986 By Reid Trammel, Tampa, FL It’s been a little over seventeen years since the first of the ‘Big Healeys’ rolled out of Abingdon, and although virtually every Healey enthusiast regrets that fact, it had to end. A combination of new US legislation and the vagaries of the British auto industry teamed…
