E Type experience

This is a picture taken in about 1998 of me driving an E type Jaguar at Silverstone in Northamptonshire. A brilliant day out. The man in the passenger seat was the instructor and after a few laps with him driving showing you the ropes, you were just allowed to get on with it! Fantastic experience. There were three E Types and we were all out at the same time, dicing with Lotus Elise's and single seaters. The Jaguars sounded brilliant and didn't feel 30 years old. You ended the day with a written assessment from the instructor. He mentioned 'red mist' in mine!

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Ray Cowles Motorcycles Pontypool

I've lived in South Wales for the best part of 25 years, and for the first few years lived near Pontypool. I used to drive past this shop every day on my way to work in Cardiff. I didn't have a bike license at the time, so it didn't much interest me - but it always struck me as looking as though it was lost in time. Roll on a quarter of a century and even though I don't live near it now, whenever I pass through Pontypool I've found myself taking the side road to see if its still there. I must have said to everyone a thousand times, "I've got to go and take a look" after all, surely it wont still be there next year.... So, at last, welcome to Ray Cowles Motorcycles of Pontypool. When I eventually popped in last week and told him my little story he laughed. It happens quite a lot apparently, people popping in to take pictures.He doesn't mind at all and says hes never been busier - apart from when he was a Honda main agent a few years back. (Hes

The Car and Bike list.

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