Have you heard the rumor that Moss Motors has opened an English operation? We sure have. In fact, so many people have asked that we felt it was high lime to set the record straight. Moss Motors does have a facility in England, but don’t pick up the phone to place an order. Moss Spares…
Sports cars have never been the primary aim of Jaguar. They certainly fill a niche in a the market, but saloon cars have been the bread and butter. Fortunately, William Lyons’ pursuit of the perfect luxury car provided the basis for a series of perfect sport cars. Lyons’ dream of a smooth, 100 mph car…
Moss Motoring Fall 1988 One of the advantages of being “in the business” is the occasional bit of information which floats my way. While I was in England, our manager at Moss Spares commented that he knew the whereabouts of SRX 210 and asked if I would be interested in taking a look. I’m not…
Most of us think of car parts in terms of carburetors, engines, transmissions, brakes, and so on. The most common part in any car isn’t really noticed at all until you take one apart. Even then you don’t think much about it until it comes time to put the car back together again and, suddenly,…
All of our British sports cars are fitted with Lucas electrical equipment; indeed, it was William Richard Morris, later Lord Nuffield, who gave Joseph Lucas Ltd., their first really large orders for motor car electrical equipment in the early twenties. But just who was Joseph Lucas, the man who founded what is nowadays an international, multi-million…
A little piece of motoring history was made on Thursday, May 21, 1992 when British Motor Heritage announced the addition of the TR6 bodyshell to their range of remanufactured items for classic vehicles. I consulted my notes on this project to find that it was early September 1989 when David Bishop and I sat down…
The other day I was finishing up a drawing for a part that I am sending out for manufacture when I got a call from April, our receptionist. She wanted to know if I had time to show some folks around who were visiting from Florida. I said sure. It would be a welcome break…
It hardly seems possible that twenty years ago, the only V8 engined MGs were either a few American Ford V8-engined TD Midget “home brew” specials or Ken Costello’s exciting and well engineered (but expensive) Rover V8 engined MGBs. In early 1973, the best that British Leyland had to offer MG fans were a Midget and an MGB…
I’ve just visited what has to be the most interesting automotive museum in the world. No, I haven’t seen them all, but I can’t imagine a collection of British-built cars that could mean so much to an enthusiast. Why is the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust’s facility at Gaydon so enjoyable? Not because it’s new—which…
A lot of boys have broken their picks in an effort to build a sports car out of the family sedan. After endless planning and alteration they usually wind up with a hybrid that outwardly resembles a sports car but lacks many of the characteristics that are inherent in true members of the breed. In…
