For those interested in the era, the 1957 film
The Man in the Sky featuring Jack Hawkins as a test pilot flying the Bristol 170 Freighter from Wolverhampton (Pendeford) airport is now available on DVD.
Great period details - not just the flying sequences, but a snapshot of life in the 1950s.
(In actual fact the aircraft used belonged to Silver City and much of the filming was done elsewhere!)
Danny - our Zephyr convertible was VYB 173, finished in cream and maroon. It could be a bit of a battle to get the hood up and down, involving bad language from Dad and tut-tutting from Mum, but didn't the sun always shine back then anyway? Luggage capacity wasn't spectacular, so Dad had a little boot rack fitted to augment the moderate boot space.
Some of the Allied destruction of German cities was still in evidence and the odd policeman wasn't too friendly....
Unfortunately all the photos we had of that trip were sadly lost some years later....
