The facia board has now been fitted and the electrical department are back in action. This smart young man, complete with 'collar and tie' under the brown du...

In this first picture it is almost 20 minutes past three in the afternoon of July the 23rd 1954 and we are permitted a glimpse into the cutting room of the u...

Returning to our series of pictures of Armstrong Siddeleys being built: the now prepared and ready body shells on the right of the first picture are about to...

In a topical change from our series of pictures showing Armstrong Siddeley’s being built in the Parkside factory, Coventry, here is an item to celebrate VE d...

Having passed through the paint shop the body shell is now treated to the first of two major sessions in the hands of the electricians. Threading the main wi...

The body shells, still mounted on dolly and track, have now reached the paint shop. The impressive extractor fan over the spray booth seems to be doing a pre...

In this picture from the factory files the title given is 'Anti Rust Treatment'. The picture is dated as in previous jottings and is, as one would expect, th...

Three days earlier than the previous picture on the 23rd of July 1954, in another part of the factory car bodies were being prepared to meet the finished cha...

A further picture from our archives, this time we are looking at a picture taken in 1954. It is Friday the 23rd of July and judging by the blurred figures wo...

Most manufacturers back in the thirty years after WWII were keen to promote the end product in the pictures which reached the public. Many had in house or em...

Continuing from a recent News Item concerning the 1952 Earls Court Motor Show we now have the promised cleaned up version of the photo, Can you see the diffe...

At the Earls Court Motor Show of 1952 Armstrong Siddeley introduced the all new Sapphire 346 saloon to succeed the 16/18HP cars. This image is far below the ...

It has been a very busy and active summer, 100 years since Armstrong Siddeley cars were first produced. To mark the occasion, a group of car owners mainly...

At a local Armstrong Siddeley event last weekend, a couple were admiring the cars and the gentleman was overheard to say that he thought the sphinx indica...

Today is a rather special day. Why? You ask. ​ Let me take you back to the morning of 30th May 1949. A lovely late Spring Monday morning. Just the job for ...

The AGM held on the 11th May was very positive, showing our charity to be in good order. Trustees and members present agreed that there was much to look forw...

In December of last year, we published two photos sent to us by a member of the Heritage Trust who asked: "did we know anything of its origin?" The photos...

Sixty years ago the dreaded MOT test was introduced. It is a little known fact that an Armstrong Siddeley was the guinea pig for the prototype test, the ca...

One of our members when renewing his Heritage subscription sent these two pictures of a teaspoon which he thought we might find of interest, it is! Howeve...