Upper Middle Petrol Head:

Welcome  to the second instalment of the Upper Middle Petrol Head Drives ... series.  This time, our intrepid writer, photographer and editor-in-chief gets behind the wheel of not one but two exciting classics:  John Regis' 1974 Jensen-Healey, and his 1978 MGB racing car that once belonged to the late Geoff Dodge of MG Car Club fame. John is a long term classic car tragic, having owned many, many magnificent vehicles over a half century or so in the hobby, not the least of which was the very first steel bodied, right hand drive Jaguar XK120 ever built (the first 242 were wooden framed with aluminium panels).  The history of that car - chassis number 660059 - is comprehensively described by Bonhams Auction House in the footnotes to the car's auction in 2008, accessible via this link:  https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/16250/lot/218/ .   Not content with merely collecting cars, John is an active member of the Jensen Car Club of Australia, races his MGB at club-level events in his