Classic Car Weekly | 17th February 2016
CAR COLLECTION AND BUSINESS WRECKED BY FIRE
An entire fleet of classic wedding cars was wiped out when fire devastated a Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, family’s business on 8 February. Classic car enthusiast Melvin Dolby, who had built up the Classic Wedding Cars Peterborough business with his wife Sue, was taken to hospital with a suspected heart attack and suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation
following the fire. Ten cars including a 1937 Studebaker, 1950 Bentley and a 1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, worth a total of about £500,000 were destroyed at the fire near Thorney, Cambridgeshire. The cars, garage, and the Dolby’s adjacent house was ruined in the blaze that was whipped up by the effects of Storm Imogen as it moved eastwards.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Classic Car Weekly 17th February 2016.