Herridge & Sons Ltd

11/07/2025

🚨 GIVEAWAY TIME 🚨
We’re giving away a signed copy of one of the most comprehensive MG books ever published — covering every MG model from Old Number One to the last Abingdon-built MGB, with 416 pages and over 700 archive and modern images.

To enter, just click the link and fill in your details:
👉 https://mailchi.mp/998321a601fc/mg-giveaway

🖋️ Signed by the author, Malcolm Green
📅 Closes Sunday 20 July at 6pm
🏆 Winner announced the next day

Good luck!

Win a signed copy of one of the most comprehensive MG books ever published — The MG Story: 1923–1980 by Malcolm Green. UK entries only. Closes 21 July.

09/07/2025

📸 Geneva, March 1963 – the Series 3 Sunbeam Alpine debuts

The Series 3 brought real change beneath that familiar skin. For the first time, the Alpine range split in two:

🔹 Sports Tourer – with a soft top, optional black hardtop, and a black dashboard
🔹 GT – with no soft top, a standard colour-matched hardtop, carpeted floor, walnut veneer dash, and a wood-rimmed steering wheel

Mechanically, both used the 1592cc engine – but the GT was initially softer tuned at 77bhp, while the Tourer made 82bhp. Twin fuel tanks replaced the old single setup, and the spare wheel now stood upright to free up boot space.

Other updates included:
• Fixed quarter-lights and reshaped door glass
• New front seats with side bolsters and reclining function
• Plastic bonnet badge replacing earlier enamel type
• Subtle trim changes inside and out

Just 5,863 Series 3s were built – making it the rarest of all mainstream Alpines.

📘 Discover every detail (and then some) in 'Factory-Original Sunbeam Alpine & Tiger' by James Taylor.

🚗 Now available from our website with £10 off!
🔗 https://www.herridgeandsons.com/factory-original-sunbeam-alpine-tiger

07/07/2025

This 1960 Austin-Healey Sprite MkI in Leaf Green is one of five Frogeyes specially photographed for 'Original Sprite & Midget' — the definitive originality guide by Terry Horler.

📘 Covers every model of Austin-Healey Sprite and MG Midget from 1958 to 1979, with 225 colour photos and unrivalled detail on all the changes, versions and export variants.

🛠️ Whether you're restoring a Frogeye or just reliving the fun of your first ‘Spridget’, this hardback is essential.

🎁 Use code SPRITE10 to get an extra 10% off — valid until Sunday 13 July.

🔗 https://www.herridgeandsons.com/original-sprite-midget?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spridget-promo

04/07/2025

🛻 Our Land Rover giveaway winner has his book!

Congrats to Gary from Edinburgh, who bagged a signed copy of 'The Complete Catalogue of the Land Rover'.

Huge thanks to everyone who entered — we had an amazing response.

If you didn’t win this time, don’t worry — we’ve got another giveaway coming soon.

MG fans, you might want to keep an eye out... 👀

02/07/2025

📸 Saab 900 Turbo — a 1987 three-door 16-valve, and one of the last flat-front cars.

It was over 20 years old when I got it and a bit tired, but still full of charm. I’d known the car for years before buying it — quick, characterful, and surprisingly roomy. I even helped my brother move house with it… pretty sure we got a sofa in the back. He bought it off me later, so it stayed in the family.

I still remember that classic turbo lag… then the shove in the back when it came on boost. Exhilarating. The 900 Turbo has a big reputation — and it lived up to it.

We were a bit of a Saab family, really — Dad had a naturally aspirated 900, a 9000, a low-pressure turbo 9000, a full-pressure 2.3 Turbo, and a 9-5 Aero HOT. No wonder I ended up with one too.

I nearly bought a 900 Carlsson later on (which didn't seem as quick as this car), but ended up going in a different direction — and got another forced-induction ’80s car instead: a Porsche 924 Turbo.

30/06/2025

This 1964 356B Carrera 2, one of 35 cars photographed specially for 'Original Porsche 356', was among the final and most advanced developments of the 356 line. Powered by a 2.0-litre four-cam engine developing 130bhp, it was capable of over 125mph.

Just 436 Carrera 2s were built across the B and C series — and this superb example belongs to the Porsche Museum.

📘 Original Porsche 356 is our definitive guide to authenticity across all models from 1950 to 1965.
💷 £28 (RRP £35)
🔗 https://www.herridgeandsons.com/original-porsche-356

27/06/2025

🚘 Original Citroën DS – now back in print!
Our bestselling originality guide to the DS and ID range is once again available — and currently £30 (RRP £40).

📸 Shown here: a 1973 DSuper 5 in Blanc Meija (AC 088), one of the 35 cars specially photographed for this title.

The book features 270 colour photos and detailed coverage of every major production change between 1955 and 1975 — saloons, estates and convertibles.

📘 “An indispensable reference book... gloriously illustrated.” — The Citroënian
🔗 https://www.herridgeandsons.com/original-citron-ds

25/06/2025

This elegant Drophead Coupé on Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III chassis LCSC85B wears Mulliner, Park Ward design number 2045 — introduced at the 1963 Earls Court show.

Originally a Park Ward creation, the design became part of the Mulliner, Park Ward portfolio after Rolls-Royce merged its in-house coachbuilders to preserve traditional skills in a rapidly changing market.

The Rolls-Royce versions of the Koren Drophead, like this 1965 example, were distinguished by a subtle side trim — a hallmark of design 2045.

📘 This car features in 'Coachwork on Rolls-Royce & Bentley 1945–1965' — already reduced to £35, with an extra 10% off applied at checkout until 30 June.

🛒 Browse the full coachwork collection here:
https://www.herridgeandsons.com/coachwork

24/06/2025

This BMW UK press shot shows a 1978 528i – the top of the E12 5 Series range in Britain at the time, and a true executive express.

With 177bhp from its 2.8-litre straight-six, it could hit 60mph in just 9 seconds and top out at 129mph. Comfortable, understated, and properly quick.

I’ve had four 5-Series BMWs — two E34s, an E39 and an F11 — but I’d still love one of these earlier cars. I'm sure it would be cheaper to fix, too!

23/06/2025

VBL 197H — recce duty in the snow.

This works Triumph 2.5 PI MkI — photographed here during pre-event scouting for the 1970 World Cup Rally — might not have been as exotic as the MkII cars that followed, but it laid the groundwork for one of the most ambitious motorsport undertakings of its time.

Driven by rally legend Andrew Cowan in the 1969 RAC Rally, VBL 197H took 1st in class and 11th overall, before becoming a test mule for Abingdon’s epic transcontinental rally bid.

More on this car — and over 150 other works Triumphs — in our beautifully detailed hardback:

📘 Works Triumphs In Detail
Now £32.50 (was £45)
✍️ Signed copies available while stock lasts.

👉 https://www.herridgeandsons.com/works-triumphs-in-detail

20/06/2025

Period Charm, Midget Style

This joyful period colour publicity photo captures the MG Midget Mark I in its prime, complete with Ace wheel covers and an unmistakable air of optimism.

The image features in 'The MG Story: 1923–1980', our richly illustrated history of the marque.

And if you’re after factory-correct detail, from Frogeye Sprite to rubber-bumper Midget, 'Original Sprite & Midget' is the definitive originality guide – with 265 photos showing how these cheerful little cars left the factory.

Take a look inside:
📘 The MG Story
https://www.herridgeandsons.com/the-mg-story-1923-1980?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mg_story_midget_post

📘 Original Sprite & Midget
https://www.herridgeandsons.com/original-sprite-and-midget?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprite_midget_post

19/06/2025

We used to own this Peugeot 205 CTi in the noughties – and on a day like this, we’d quite like to have it back.

The soft-top, the sharp styling, and just enough go to feel fun without trying too hard.

What was your favourite summer car? 🌞🚘