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I was on my way to a car meet yesterday evening when I was pulled over by the Gendarmes. I got out of the car with all my documents but he said , no, you don’t need those, this is personal. He only wanted to get a better look at the Model A.

L’Opéra de Paris, 1930.

I enjoyed a good day out yesterday, a hundred mile round trip in my Sport Coupe in the beautiful summer sunshine with lunch at one of my favourite restaurants.

Last year someone posted a video of two Model As racing in Northern Ireland in the 1920s. The race was won by a Bentley. Here's a 1929 Bentley being used as a daily driver. Ettore Bugatti called the Bentleys the fastest trucks in the world. Perhaps he was right!

Only two weeks to go before this year's event and my Model A is entered. A 120-150 mile drive through the French countryside stopping a lunch time for meal prepared by a Michelin starred chef in a local chateau. Last year I had to resort to Plan B as the Model A had a hole in a combustion...

A popular event near my home is the Sport and Collection 500 Ferrari Contre Le Cancer which, over the years has raised millions of Euros for our local cancer hospital. This year I'm booked onto a partner event which will involve driving my Model A through the French countryside along with about...

My Model A, another car and a car trailer all fit snugly in one of my barns. The trailer has to go in first, the Model A then sits on the trailer and the other car just fits in between the trailer and the door. As it's a big, old airy barn both cars are covered by dust sheets. Earlier in the...

I was in no real hurry to get my engine back together and running again as winter was approaching and I wasn't expecting to be able to drive the car before next Easter. I'm glad that I did though, it's been very mild recently and today's sunshine was too good to resist.

Circuit International des Remparts d'Angoulême This is what I'm doing tomorrow; http://www.circuit-des-remparts.com/index-id_page-95-lang-uk.html?circuit2013=1caee34dec977a5a8c7c7a5ef9a9a025 I was booked in to take part in tomorrow's rally in the Model A and despite getting it running...

I have a '31 Sport Coupe that has a fuel flow problem. Yesterday I noticed the awful condition of the (rubber) gasket that fits between the glass bowl and the filter top. Luckily I had a genuine replacement kit with a new gasket and gauze. Problem. If I screw the adjustment screw too tight fuel...

After getting my 1931 Sport Coupe running, replacing the water pump and wiring and 101 other small jobs it has passed its roadworthiness test and I've just received the registration papers. At last I can try it out on the numerous quiet country roads around my home.

I have a 31 Sports Coupe with two bulb headlamps. I drove my car outside yesterday, stopped it and with my son's help looked at making sense of the lights. At that point; the horn worked, the stop lamps worked and the headlights would light in one position and the parking lights in another. The...

I am in the process of replacing the waterpump on my car. As the car has a four blade fan I need to remove the radiator. Following the instructions in my Les Andrews Volume 1 I started removing the radiator shell. All was going smoothly until I reached stage 7, remove the radiator cap. How? I...

Just a quick word to say hello from France. I've just bought a 1931 Sport Coupe that has been in Europe since being imported from California in 1992. It's pretty sound but I have a list of things to do so will probably be asking a few questions in the coming months. A great site by the way.