Brooklin Blog

IT’S HAPPENING!!! We have started to take some of our stuff to our temporary home. We’ll get you a video tour of the establishment ASAP. We are just boxing up the V16 engines on the work front.

The 1953 Oldsmobile Fiesta (BRK39) was introduced as an open convertible in September 1992 and deleted in January 2000. It is finished in two tone blue and white, with blue and white interior, white tonneau and  whitewall tyres.   FACTORY SPECIAL John Hall was wanting to release a "top up" version of the Oldsmobile Fiesta in a color that he felt would be just as striking as the convertible, if...

T-MINUS 2 WEEKS. That’s all we have left here in Bath. Scary/exciting times! We are finishing up the last of the jobs here before we pack everything up.

Do-Do Doo Doo Doo….another week bites the dust. And with another week down we are another step closer to our ‘Locational Relocating Transitional Period’….Moving day………More packing the week and, rather surprisingly, some visitors!!!!

The first standard edition of the 1939 Graham Combination Coupe (BRK38) was released in June 1992. It is finished in beige with beige interior and yellow license plate. This model was deleted in March 1993 when the second edition was released, this one deleted in January 2013. It is finished in grey metallic with four color variations, interior is white / black and the license plate is green. All tyres...

Wooooohoooooo. July. Half way to the Christmas holidays. But we have a lot to do between now and then. Plenty more packing and some building too. ONWARDS!!!!!

The standard 1960 Ford Sunliner Convertible (BRK37) was released in March 1992 and deleted in January 1998. It is finished in lilac metallic with maroon interior and matching roof, orange license plate and whitewall tyres.   D.M.P. STUDIOS The 1960 Ford Sunliner Convertible is the 6th in the Brooklin factory authorized D.M.P. Code 2 series. It was done in 1998 as a top-down version, beautifully modified and detailed by Dean...

‘I LIKE THE WAY YOU MOOOOOVE’……as the song goes. We are well into the moving process now. Another skipload was taken away yesterday, and we have been ruthlessly sorting out everything. Not much happening on the assembly front, just finishing off the BRK 1LE and the V16 engines.

The standard 1952 Hudson Hornet Convertible (BRK36) was released in January 1992 and deleted in January 1998. It is finished in green with light green interior, brown tonneau, yellow license plate and whitewall tyres. WESSEX MODEL & TOY COLLECTORS The 1998 W.M.T.C. is a very special model because it comes with an open hood and engine detail. Engine option is the big straight 6 as detailed in the 1952 catalogue...

“Hey there. We must be a good mood because we have been skipping all day. Sadly, it is skipping everything that we aren’t taking with us to the new factory.”

FRIDAY!!! Best day of the week. You have the whole weekend to look forward to and a brand new blog. We have just started work assembling what will be our last ever model produced here in Bath. Sad times but also a fresh start.

Bill Harrah was a prominent gaming pioneer who founded Harrah’s Hotels and Casinos. He also was an enthusiast car collector and founded the Harrah’s Automobile Collection which opened to the public in 1962 and grew to the largest, most historically significant collection of its time reaching approximately 1400 vehicles. After his death, in 1978, Holiday Inns purchased Harrah’s Hotels and Casinos and Harrah’s Automobile Collection. Holiday Inns donated 175 cars...