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Coachlines - May 2020
16.05.20 Assistant Mark Broadbent
Take a tour of Fenix Carriages
View the latest instalment of Assistant Mark Broadbent’s tour of Fenix Carriages. This edition features private coaches, in particular park drags, which were the sporting coaches of their day.
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Coachlines - May 2020
16.05.20 The Clerk
Simon’s new old car – the Veedol Lotus
The Senior Warden has sent us news about a project that her husband, Liveryman Simon Diffey, has been passionately working on for some time. In an exclusive pre-screening of the original high-resolution production, which we are privileged to be able […]
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Coachlines - May 2020
16.05.20 John Kendall
W Series launches new simulated motor sport for female racing drivers
W Series, the international single-seater motor racing championship for female drivers, has announced the inauguration of a new W Series Esports League. Partnering with Logitech G (PC and console gaming gear), Beyond Entertainment (tournament hosting) and iRacing (e-sports simulation platform), […]
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Coachlines - May 2020
16.05.20 Major Thomas F R Coker, Royal Dragoon Guards
Ajax – the strike concept part 2
In my previous article we looked at the impressive new Ajax family from the technical aspects of its capabilities. However, as the operator of any vehicle will tell you, the equipment is only as good as the people who use […]
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Coachlines - May 2020
02.05.20 The Master Richard Charlesworth MVO
Master’s message 4th May 2020
Well, Boris is back and the government is making it clear that we should not expect anything more than a slow and gradual relaxation of the lockdown, and his medical advisors are suggesting we will need a vaccine before a […]
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Coachlines - May 2020
02.05.20 The Clerk
Clerk’s notes – May 4 2020
I think it’s fair to say that the world is in a rather confusing place right now. As the fight against the coronavirus pandemic continues, whatever we thought of as normal in January 2020 has now changed in ways that […]
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Coachlines - May 2020
02.05.20 Liveryman John Kendall
Competitions, bursaries and scholarships
The closing dates for a range of competitions, scholarships and bursaries designed to attract new talent across the automotive, aerospace and defence sectors are looming during the next couple of months. The Autocar Drivers of Change initiative, launched in partnership […]
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Coachlines - May 2020
02.05.20 Assistant Mark Broadbent
Take a tour of Fenix Carriages
Assistant Mark Broadbent, a true Coachmaker in every sense of the word, has opened the doors of his museum and restoration workshop at Fenix Carriages. Here, Mark escorts us on a virtual tour of the fascinating coaches he has assembled, […]
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Coachlines - May 2020
02.05.20 The Master Richard Charlesworth MVO
Behind the scenes at Bentley Motors
For those of you interested in great British automotive engineering, More4 has a TV series called How to Build which is a ‘behind the scenes’ look at how various British cars are built, writes The Master Richard Charlesworth MVO. I […]
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Coachlines - May 2020
02.05.20 Liveryman Mike Goggin
The fall of the handshake – will it ever return?
Does the handshake really maketh the man or indeed the woman? That simple act that has so many different connotations, has been taken away from us all, and somewhat impossible anyway, from two metres apart. Are we witnessing the demise […]
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Coachlines - May 2020
02.05.20 Liveryman Mike Goggin
Can you believe the headline recently?
The crude oil price per barrel went into negative territory. Yes, if you expected delivery recently there was nowhere to store it so you had to sell on your contracted purchase without taking delivery and what a price you had […]
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Coachlines - May 2020
02.05.20 Liveryman Chris Mann
Stirling Moss: an appreciation
Pictured above: Stirling Moss and his navigator, the journalist Denis Jenkinson, in their Mercedes-Benz 300SLR en route to an epic victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia courtesy of Chris Mann Sir Stirling Moss, whose death was announced on 12th April, […]
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