Damien Kimberley – Curator, Coventry Transport Museum
The frontage of Coventry Transport Museum lends itself for motor shows and activities by visiting car clubs and organizations.
Photo: Haydn Bailey
VR: What was your first interest in motor vehicles? Was this when you were a lad, or later life?
DK: As a boy, I was always fascinated with cars. I built up my own collection of toy cars, like most boys do. I was always good at identifying the makes of cars; even at night I developed an ability to identify a car simply by the shape and position of the headlights. Even so, at that point I hadn’t envisaged a career engaged with motor vehicles it was just a hobby, something many young boys did at the time.
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