
Derek Thorpe, an early member of the VAR at the wheel of his 1925 Austin 12/4 'Windsor' saloon, which he had recently purchased from President and Founder member Bob Wyatt. Standing to the side is Peter Fry, founder of the VAR's New Zealand chapter.
(Photograph: Peter Fry)
A very early colour photograph showing the driver of the early Austin 7 'Chummy' and her daughter picking the flora from a country lane embankment.
(Photograph: from the front cover of the April 1929 edition of The Austin Magazine)