We have published a new page dedicated to the Siddeley Puma aero-engine and its related engines, the Double Puma, the Pacific, and the Tiger. The Tiger on this page is the 1918 V12 engine, not to be confused with the 1930s Radial engine. Siddeley Puma Aero-Engine The page includes details of the history of the Puma engine and its development from the BHP/Galloway Adriatic engine, technical details of its evolution into prototype engines, previously forgotten photographs, and

The Sapphire 346 which became a Star. Usually, when a heading like this is shown it leads to a story of how ‘the car saved the day, or perhaps some very important person alighted from it in a fanfare of trumpets, but in this case it quite literally morphed from Sapphire 346 model into the new Star Sapphire model. The board at Armstrong Siddeley Motors felt that though the 346 Sapphire introduced in 1952, and later in Mk11 form, had sold very well the market indicated that it

The trustees are pleased that we have again been able to issue one of our periodic Armstrong Siddeley Heritage Trust magazines to our members. Our front cover for this issue features port of the Cathedral Grounds at Wells in the West Somerset. Can you guess the European record held by this street? Answers please to: heritage@siddeley.org

Serendipity, according to the dictionary is - an unplanned fortunate discovery. There could not be a better description of the experience a very kind lady related to us when she contacted the Heritage Trust, just a few days past. For whatever purpose, she was visiting her local recycling centre and spotted someone about to throw a framed picture into the skip. She called out and asked if, as it was being thrown out, might she be allowed to have it. The framed picture was glad

We have published two webpages covering the Wolseley Siddeley motor cars and those produced by Siddeley-Deasy. Please take a look at them and let us know what you think of them.

We have just published a new page for the Siddeley Autocar, introduced by John Siddeley to the motoring public in 1902. It contains new...

Isle of Wight Classic Motor Show AS the 21 st Centaury dawned, Victor Gallucci, a true ‘all things motorised enthusiast’ invited those...

We need a cup, happy to beg, or borrow, but prefer not to steal. As work at The Armstrong Siddeley Centre, Pentre continues to make good...

Sole survivor! In this entry we take a look at the very rare Wilson-Pilcher car which is one of approximately 300 cars made between 1900...

The trustees are pleased that we have again been able to issue one of our periodic Armstrong Siddeley Heritage Trust magazines to our...

This picture of a Siddeley Deasy Limousine with what we assume is a luggage trailer is not only surprising but an intriguing insight into...

Note- The ‘snaps’ used to illustrate this entry were taken in 1969. Our apologies for the poor quality. In the last Jottings entry we...

Apologies for the terrible picture quality in our first offering this week, but we just could not resist this fascinating advert placed...

In Armstrong Siddeley circles there has been a sudden revival of interest in a body type which Parkside never produced, sparked off by...

Until 1941, when the UK National Fire Service was established, the danger and extent of a fire in industrial or commercial premises, was...

The picture above is from our ‘factory collection’ negatives taken by Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Publicity Department. The location is...

Today, we have published a new web page for the 1930s range of Armstrong Siddeley 20/25hp and 20hp cars. There is a series of new images...

Following on from our last Jotting entry we have the Armstrong Whitworth Alnwick Landaulette, pictured below. This was a full 5 seater in...

This year we have been fortunate enough to add several collections of historic car images to our Heritage Trust photographic library....

For our third picture in this collection the background is again the gatehouse to Charlcote Manor. The car is the Armstrong Siddeley,...