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Armstrong Siddeley Owners Club Ltd.'s Latest News (Page 10)

Popham Airfield Visit For Southern Area

Posted in Events on the 18th May 2015 at 9:22am.

This year’s Southern Area visit to the fly in at Popham airfield near Basingstoke was a great success with perfect weather for both flying and driving Classic cars. It was also good to see two exceptional 1934 12HP Armstrong Siddeleys parked...

Central Area Drive It Day

Posted in Events on the 8th May 2015 at 1:38pm.

The ASOC Central Area joined together with the Coventry TSSC Club for what was a great day out. Eleven cars took place including a Typhoon, Whitley and a Long 20, together with Triumph Heralds, Spitfires, a Jaguar XJS and an Austin Cambridge...

Final Call For ASOC German Tour

Posted in Events on the 5th May 2015 at 11:42am.

The ever-popular Annual German Tour has still a couple of places left for anyone wishing to join them. Garry Hall has spent many hours organising a most interesting programme over the four days commencing Thursday 18 June with visits to various...

Stars At The Cathedral

Posted on the 28th April 2015 at 9:36am.

The South Midlands' latest outing was to the lovely Market Town of Wells in Somerset and a guided tour of the magnificent Cathedral. Half a dozen Armstrong Siddeleys (three Stars, a prewar 20 and a 12+) arrived with local members and...

NW Area Inaugural Run

Posted in Events on the 16th April 2015 at 2:00pm.

Four Armstrongs ventured out for our first NW club run in many a year. We started on the Wirral and headed into North Wales to Llangollen for Sunday lunch and a catch up. Steven Dutton bravely came in his prewar car...

A 29-Year Labour Of Love

Posted on the 12th April 2015 at 3:27pm.

JSF 948 - A Condensed review of the long running and ongoing restoration I sold my first Whitley at the request of my then girlfriend "it's either me or the car". However later I bought JSF948, my second Whitley in 1984 for...

POLDARK... We were there first…

Posted in Events on the 30th March 2015 at 8:35pm.

Chavenage House South Midlands visit 2012: BBC POLDARK series 2015: And guess what - it's not even in Cornwall!

South Midlands Area First 2015 Outing

Posted in Events on the 27th March 2015 at 12:40pm.

On a cold March Saturday, four classic cars ventured out for the first South Midlands outing of 2015 which was a visit to the National Waterways Museum in Gloucester docks. The museum is housed over three floors of a converted warehouse...

Heritage Trust Obtains 'Test Bed'

Posted in General News on the 17th March 2015 at 1:28pm.

  Back in1960 when Ernie Marples was Transport Minister, the MOT was launched as a road worthinesstest for cars 10 years and older. Very quickly, on the basis of nationwide experience, in 1961 the testwas amended to apply to vehicles 7 years...

John Pinner Obituary

Posted in General News on the 2nd March 2015 at 9:22am.

John Pinner It was with great sorrow that we learned of the death of John Pinner on Thursday 26th February, following health problems, several months battling cancer, and then a nasty fall down stairs in early February. John joined ASOC in September 1988...