Here are the first 5 pages of the logbook

The logbook is a buff colour which shows its age. It was issued in February 1947. (Since 1950 logbooks were printed on green card). We tried very hard to obtain her first book but this had been destroyed or recycled for the War Effort. Apart from registering the ownership of a vehicle the secondary aim of logbooks at the time was to meter the small supplies of petroleum during and directly after the Second World War.

The original owner Merddyn Rees of Colwyn in Wales kept the car for ten years and then sold it locally in July 1947 to Ivan Amphlett Edwardes-Evans. Mr. Evans kept the car for twenty-one years and eventually sold it to the Hen and Chicken Filling Station in Froyle in Hampshire who had her for only a month before selling it to Kenneth Adams of Farnham Surrey. He kept her for six years before she had a major refit and was sold to my mother Jane Bransbury of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. I took ownership in 1985 when the lack of power steering on a two ton car made my mother's driving her difficult.

Thus although the car is some 63 years old, she has had a total of five owners (not counting the garage). During the late 80's I would drive her whenever time allowed but it was becoming clear that the main crankshaft bearings were showing signs of imminent doom. I then contracted to have the engine rebuilt by Marcus Barcklay Ltd. of Slough, Berks. I moved to America in 1990 and Marcus Barcklay worked on her whenever they could spare time from their thriving business rebuilding E-type Jaguars.

Finally the work was done and the engine ran as smooth as silk. They also rewired the car completely as the 1937 insulation was becoming a serious fire hazard! Finally Great Aunt Dahlia landed on the shores of the San Francisco Bay in October 1999 and took up her new digs in Moraga.