A project to race a car at more than 1,000mph has been axed after it failed to secure a £25m cash injection. The Bloodhound supersonic vehicle – built with a Rolls-Royce Eurofighter jet engine bolted to a rocket – is all but finished. The Bristol-based team behind it was aiming … Continue reading
Again this year we had a great range of cars on our stand at the NEC. There was much interest and new members were signed up. A full report will appear in the Riley Record. Look here for all the pictures :- Our Facebook Page Continue reading
We had three Rileys on our RMC Club Stand, organised by the West of England Centre, at the 2018 Castle Combe Autumn Classic race meeting, namely Joe Lee’s 1933 Monaco, Mike Overfield-Collins 1950 RMC Roadster, and Richard Nunn’s 1963 1.5. There was a lot of interest in the Rileys and … Continue reading
The West of England Centre had their Winter lunch today. It’s a very sociable event for the whole family. The committee met to discuss recent events and plan for the coming year. Mike and Tim were missed from the usual attendees but Malcolm stood in to MC the event. The … Continue reading
The October edition will soon be on your doorsteps! If you can’t wait it’s now available in the Downloads section Continue reading
Riley Motor Club – National Rally 2018 Report View all the photos here What a wonderful event this turned out to be, held at the Bowden Hall Hotel in Upton St Leonards over the weekend of 7th to 9th September. There was great camaraderie amongst the members present and a … Continue reading
Riley 1300 MK2 Very rare, with the original all important twin carb 11 stud high compression engine. Very good condition, solid body with very clean rust free subframes Cumlus grey with lovely blue reef interior low mileage only 4 previous owners, dry stored since 2001. Starts and runs fine. eBay Link … Continue reading
THE 2018 ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB 1000 MILE TRIAL HAS AGAIN SET THE STANDARD FOR ALL OTHER PRE-WAR MOTORING EVENTS. 1090 MILES OF THE BEST ROADS IN BRITAIN, 27 REGULARITIES, 19 TESTS AND 30 OF THE TOP CREWS BATTLED IT OUT OVER 6 DAYS IN 30+ DEGREE HEAT. Starting off from … Continue reading
Riley Kestrel 1300 twin carb. These are now becoming very rare. This car is in good solid condition and has had new front wings in the past and the usual innerwing trummpets welded. Sills and subframes are all good. Nice interior,everything works as it should. Recently had 4 new tyres, … Continue reading
Last week-end we attended the Kilkenny Motor Club Rally 2018 in the Republic of Ireland, where Victor was Guest of Honour. Their were fourteen Riley’s, mainly RM’s and my 1968 Elf MK 3 ” Little Keith “. Here’s a picture of ” Little Keith ” & Victor outside the Springhill … Continue reading
