Category: history

A Century For ‘Prince Henry’

Britain’s first ever sports car  the ’Prince Henry’ or C10 to give it its official title will celebrate its 100th birthday this weekend with a celebration at the legendary Shelsey Walsh hill climb track in the Midlands. The event will include numerous pre-War vehicles  but it will be the five of eight surviving Prince Henry’s [...]

Thursday July 15th, 2010 in history | No Comments »

Head Gaskets

Gaskets are mechanical seals that fill the space between two mating surfaces.  There general purpose is to prevent leakage from or into the objects while under compression.  Gaskets are found in a few places in cars, however the main Gasket would be the Head Gasket.   A blown head gasket can be expensive to replace on [...]

Monday July 12th, 2010 in history | No Comments »

The Omega

The Vauxhall Omega was produced between 1986 and 2003.  It is an executive car and its competitors are the like of Fords Scorpio and the Rover 800.  The Omega won European car of the year in 1987.  The Omega in many countries was used as a police car and for other security functions such as [...]

Thursday July 8th, 2010 in history | No Comments »

What’s the difference between Vauxhall and Opel

Many will have have heard of Vauxhall and Opel, especially if they have been on the continent.  Some will noticed too that their cars look remarkably similar.  Some will also notice that some models have different names too, even though they are the same car.  Such as the Vauxhall Carlton and Opel Omega. Here is [...]

Thursday July 1st, 2010 in history | No Comments »

Vauxhall Classic Stuff

There have been car manufacturers that have come and gone, especially those with a truly British heritage.  IN some ways you can call Vauxhall a British brand as there are only a few countries where Vauxhall is used as it is also known as Opel in Europe and of course GM Motors in the USA.  [...]

Wednesday May 19th, 2010 in history | No Comments »