Team

Joined the Register in 1972 and bought my first real Riley in 1973 from an ad in the E&M, this was a 1936 Kestrel Sprite BVC 832, now I'm told converted to a Special. Have owned total of 10 different 1930's Riley’s since.

Committed to the Register, having attended every National Rally since 1978 and have judged the Clifford Stanley class in the concours for many years. Proposed and donated the annual 'Bull' trophy in 1986 and am currently the lead judge of a team of 3.

Reinvigorated the Sussex Area in 1978 and was Area Sec for 18 years until 1996. Joined the national committee in 2010 and was chairman from 2012-2017. Organised with a local team, a number of events including AGM weekend and the Diamond Jubilee in 2014.

A member of the Riley Motor Club and served on their London Centre committee during the 1980's as an event’s organiser.

My first car, in 1966, was a 1936 Merlin 9, which suffered the indignity of being rammed in the back by a Hillman Imp.  This was followed by a 1934 9 fitted with an Austin Newbury body, purchased in bits for restoration but not yet completed!  There is also a pair of 1933 12/6 Kestrels, both major projects; one is almost back on the road.

For most of my working life I have run a business restoring pre-war vehicles; a major part of this activity has been the remanufacture of an extensive range of parts specifically for Rolls-Royce and Bentley, plus replacement cylinder blocks for the Riley 6-cylinder engine.  After a number of years in the wilderness, returned to working on my own cars in 2000 to be very impressed with the quality of the Riley engineering.

For a short period in the 1970’s I chaired what was then the Register Spares Committee and prior to that ran a ‘Directory of Services’, disseminating information to Register members about companies offering services that could be of use to them when maintaining or restoring their cars.

I've been a Register Member since 1992 when I bought my 1938 Six-Light Kestrel as a barn find. I restored it over 6 years and still own it 27 years later. I spent 20 years sourcing and selling used Riley parts as a hobby with two Riley friends while jointly finishing a part restored '9' Lynx and building two Specials; a Brooklands Replica and a 'Big4' . All of this leading to a broad knowledge of the various Riley configurations, but 27 years is only a 'toe in the water' with the Riley.

Geoff is a member of both the Purchasing & Stores team and the Directors team.