Just like the very exciting Six Hours meeting held at the end of September, the Summer Classic is organised by the Roadbook Organisation. This meeting was the Summer Classics premiere.Various categories of historic and classic cars took part. Grand Prix cars of the 50's and 60's, historic Formula 2 and Formula Junior, Sport Racing cars, Touring Cars  and GTs, the Masters Top Hat All Series and the R&M Spirit of 9 Hours.

It could so easily have turned out to be a fleeting infatuation but as it happened my initial instincts on first acquaintance with a 1929 Alfa Romeo 1750 SS turned into an enduring love affair.   Having admired from a far, with the assistance of my older brother and my husband of those days, we located a car that had been standing for some considerable time lying neglected in the open. The ownership was a complex matter and after much negotiation the car was acquired and joyfully taken home. This was in 1964