British cars succeed in invading Lewes - The News Journal
Jeffrey Medved fell in love with his first Rolls Royce when he was 5 or 6 years old. Then he started to learn about the cars, how they were handmade, part by part. And now, he owns Maggie May – Rolls Royce owners typically name their cars, he said –with a perfect magnolia paint job and lemon yellow piping on the off white, buttery soft, leather seats. The car is a 1998 Rolls Silver Spur IV and she looks showroom perfect. Lem Burnett, of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, drove the classic car 236 miles Friday and will drive the car back this weekend. He found the car in Arizona and bought it when he "wrote that last college tuition check. Every car at the British Motorcar Show, held Saturday in Lewes, has it's own story and history. Others have grown old with their owners, taking them half-way across the country to their first jobs. There are automotive "movie stars" at this show and there are cars that represent the hopes and dreams of the men and women who own them. Mike Tyler, who founded the Lewes British car show 20 years ago, owned a local bed and breakfast and could never leave town to go to car shows. So he brought a car show to Lewes and his 1961 Austin Healy has been coming ever since. This year, he gave the car a. Source: www.delawareonline.com
