Editor David Vaughan: Welcome to issue 58 of Country Motor Australia, maybe I should call it Country Motor International? As, like previous issues, I have included stories from overseas. The first story is a tour in Austria…

Issue 57, full of interesting stories for you to enjoy. I am looking for more stories for Issue 58, so please get behind your
computer screen and jot down your experiences with old cars.

Variety is the spice of life so I hear. Issue 55 has plenty of variety. It came together quite quickly as I spend more time indoors when the temperature becomes less congenial for outside activities.

The cycle car theme continues from issue 53 with a story on a veteran Swift by Gavin Muttonmain. The focus of issue 54, however, is on Vauxhalls. Vauxhalls were a sporting car in the 1920s and a few specials even add to their sporting credentials.

As promised in issue 52, issue 53 would be discussing cyclecars, a motoring phenomenon of the late teens and early 1920s. The manufacturing of such machines enabled many thousands of people to experience the chance of being a motorist in the relatively new age of the motorcar.

As it has been frequently freezing in the garage. I have instead been spending my time compiling issue 52. Thank you for the many emails I received after send out issue 51, they are most encouraging…